Not really. Schools with multiple 5-stars in their classes tend to finish higher than teams with only one or none.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (The thing I was most wrong about this season...)
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Richt got a fresh start. Sometimes those are worth their weight in gold. See Many Diaz.
It's possible Herman is an offensive version of Muschamp. Everyone loves the resume, passion, manic attitude and 'look' but may not be top tier. Even a slightly above average coach should be able to get 8 wins a year here minimum.
It will show up in the next two games.
the players they think will be wanting to transfer that they DO NOT want to transfer will play more snaps than the norm.
something tells me a few seniors will be playing less......
Well, I said "a bit" and I'm dealing in the reality that we likely go into another offseason without an established QB. I realize some want to pretend that Sam has proven beyond a shadow doubt that he is the savior at QB but the truth is he hasn't. Can he? Sure. But to this point he hasn't. Not unexpectedly.
Not sure what Bill Walton was saying:
1. is he suggesting that the arrests are something for which the human race must apologize? I understand the thefts were caught on videotape.
2. Is he saying the human race should apologize because a few UCLA kids are crooks? Maybe he should apologize for UCLA. I feel no responsibility for these kids' stupidity or dishonesty. I did not raise them and their shame is not mine.
1. is he suggesting that the arrests are something for which the human race must apologize? I understand the thefts were caught on videotape.
2. Is he saying the human race should apologize because a few UCLA kids are crooks? Maybe he should apologize for UCLA. I feel no responsibility for these kids' stupidity or dishonesty. I did not raise them and their shame is not mine.
There are still 12 5*'s uncommitted with Texas having a good shot with only 1 it appears. 23 of the composite top 50 are uncommitted with only 1 appearing to be leaning our way... Team rankings at this point are pretty pointless with so many kids electing to commit closer to signing day... At this point @Ketchum is right and I would put a lot of money on us not finishing with a top 5 class...
Stuff like this is the problem. We want saviors we don't want a good coach. We just figure eventually if we keep firing guys we'll luck in the next Saban. Think about the cycle of assistant coaches and transfers that's taken place here recently. We chew coaches and players up and spit them out. We'll want the new staff to start all the freshman day one, don't start any seniors, have the depth chart perfect on day one, etc.
This is a process, building a football program. There is a reason Smart went 7-5 last year before emerging this year. Have some confidence in who you hired for the job and stop watching every week to find reasons why he's not. Maybe if we would stop expecting new guys to come in and win with players they didn't recruit. Firing a bunch of people every year you don't win 10 games is not the answer.
Welp, ok now you have me convinced... lol.... Care to make a wager? I'm a sucker for easy money....
I don't disagree with any of that. I'm just saying the Oklahoma State game didn't make me forget about the other two performances at all, especially in light of the offense in the last two weeks.
Where they are on the track to graduation when they leave matters. Quite a few have stayed at Texas and finished their education.
It's quite possible you haven't been around long enough to know how it all works, recruiting rankings that is. I only have two decades in the industry to lean on...
Sure it felt like 20 point loss but it wasn’t. And to be truthful we had the ball with a chance to get the lead late in the fourth quarterFinal score was misleading.
Can’t argue against experience. But we won’t stay at 18 commits either. We will sign 25-27 guys.
Wow, he was not aware that kids occasionally shoplift? That honesty is not an instinctive human characteristic like breathing?
Yep. The twists and turns of recruiting, so crooked a snake would break his back following the trail.
I hope all the predictions of a big class, and a Top 5 (or hell, Top 10) are accurate; I just know that even with early
signing, it's a long way to dry ink and fax machines.
Did Sam only get one series? I left early, I couldn't take any more. If he played one series, then.... why?
Buy or Sell:
The offense we rolled out Saturday, even with all the injuries, has more talent than Kansas, K-State, or Iowa State?
I honestly don't know the answer. But my feeling is even with our backups at several line spots and the youth in the backfield, we are miles ahead of those teams talent-wise. So if that it the case, our OC and by extension our HC, are getting out-gameplanned on a weekly basis. We've made a lot out of not having a gamechanging QB since Colt left. But when was the last time our OC gave us an edge?
The offense we rolled out Saturday, even with all the injuries, has more talent than Kansas, K-State, or Iowa State?
I honestly don't know the answer. But my feeling is even with our backups at several line spots and the youth in the backfield, we are miles ahead of those teams talent-wise. So if that it the case, our OC and by extension our HC, are getting out-gameplanned on a weekly basis. We've made a lot out of not having a gamechanging QB since Colt left. But when was the last time our OC gave us an edge?
That's my preference. I can't even watch other games when UT is this bad, so it's not hard for me!Are we going to pretend that he just doesn't exist? I'm game for whatever.
Yeah. We've been starved for the moxie, leadership, and ability to make off schedule plays for so long that lots of people are ignoring his flaws. Most notable of which has been his below average accuracy downfield. The decision making is a true freshman thing and I'm not worried about that.
Clemson, Alabama and USC have 11 or 10 recruits, they will fly by us when their classes fill up.
15 miles west of Gainesville. They could possibly hold the Football, Basketball and Baseball trophies all at the same time if Football pulls it off. Won both Basketball and baseball last yr. Lost in the Semi's in football last yr to Albany on a bs ref call.
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