The offer went out on July 17th, and with it, Houston officially crashed a party it had no business showing up late to. Ten days from now, on August 2nd, a 6-foot-4 corner out of Modesto Junior College is going to stand in front of a camera, pick up a hat, and end a sweepstakes that already reads like a murderer's row of blue bloods. Alabama. Cal. LSU. Mississippi State. Programs with rings, with NFL pipelines, with recruiting budgets that could buy a small country. Houston's offer didn't come first, and it didn't come loudest. But it landed at exactly the moment a recruitment like this…
Houston Makes Its Move: Coogs Offer Juco Phenom Alius Mayo with the Clock Running

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