And will you take a look at this?

Our old pal Andy Staples, the former Florida walk-on football player with whom we'd exchanged plenty of notes on former Utah football coach Urban Meyer, recently traded his job at the Tampa Tribune for one as a recruiting specialist with SI.com ... and his latest piece focuses on hoops star Brad Tinsley of Oregon, whom the Utes recruited before the guard chose Pepperdine.

Aside from noting the explosion of interest in Tinsley since he was granted his release from the Pepperdine commitment in the wake of coach Vance Walberg's midseason resignation -- between 30 and 40 schools are "actively recruiting" him, his father said -- the article focuses largely on how timing can so vastly impact the recruiting process.

"I always thought it was best for our kids to sign early," said Carl Tinsley, who's also a coach. "I have found that maybe that isn't always the best thing. Just rushing to get a scholarship so you can play your senior year with no pressure, I think there are some really good things about that. But I also found that Brad was under-recruited a little bit."