Tariq Owens looks like he's hitting gym

+2.  And even with development and improvement, I think both are at minimum 3 years guys, which is nothing to sneeze at in this day and age of so many kids leaving before their senior year.

To point out the obvious, Worked in our favor getting Yakwe earlier than we thought. Would've been a kick in the balls if a Duke, UNC, Kentucky stepped in and scooped him up after he exploded

Yup.  That Matt had a rel'ship with him from Iowa St recruiting was huge.

I'm still shocked that we were able to land Sima as late in the game as we did.