11.   Reedy characterized the Douglas episode, which drew the attention of the SWC office, as an inevitable outgrowth of a tight recruiting battle.

12.   Robinson failed partly because he lost the in-state recruiting battles to Hamilton at Miami and Donovan at Florida.

13.   Surrounded by more powerful Southwest Conference programs, Rompola waged a successful recruiting battle using a simple message.

14.   That is in contrast to Tennessee, where recruiting battles among private schools are notorious.

15.   The Cowboys also won recruiting battles for linebacker Billy Stone of Oklahoma City Putnam West and running back Nathan Simmons of Boulder, Colo.

16.   The Florida State Seminoles may have come up short against Florida for the national championship in January, although the Seminoles appear to have won the national recruiting battle.

17.   The recruiting battle between Connecticut and Tennessee seems to be cyclical.

18.   They already have visited Arizona, but most observers expect the recruiting battle to come down to UCLA and Stanford.

19.   Vaughn and Los Angeles freshman Paul Pierce, who selected Kansas over UCLA in a heated recruiting battle, came on especially strong.

20.   We were losing too many recruiting battles.