So, heading into early signing day, I decided to take a peek at how things are stacked up on the commitment front in the SEC.
And, my mind, she is blown a little. According to the 247Sports Composite, Florida is bringing up the conference’s rear, and it ain’t close, either. Only seven commits and an average score that’s lower than all but two other programs. Yikes. As we used to say about Mullen, they’re gonna have to build a bigger transfer portal.
The other thing that jumps out there is the huge gap (you knew I was gonna use that word, right?) between the top three and everyone else.
To put it into sharp relief, check out Jeff Sentell’s math.
That’s a national comparison, but looking at SEC level, those three schools have a combined total of 11 five-star recruits as of this morning. The rest of the conference? Four. That is how you dominate.
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Will we get another ‘crootin trophy for the Buttsmear today?
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Is there a special trophy for back-to-back-to back recruiting national championships? I bet it is awesome!
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Any ideas why Travis Hunter committed to FSU?
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He’s been committed there for a couple of years and has stuck by as that program has continued to descend.
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Thanks ee. Obviously I don’t follow recruiting and I just saw his name on site that my phone prompted me to check out.
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Dude signed with Prime and Jackson State. That’s amazing. Actually I’m sort of glad to see the smaller schools getting a shot at top talent. Hope it works out for the kid.
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Heck I’m just glad he didn’t go to Bama.
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Noles lost both their DC & OC. Don’t count out Kirby……yet. 20+ years remain in the Abyss for FSU/Jameis Winston/soul to the devil.
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Definitely not counting the Dawgs out, but he hasn’t wavered publicly in his decision.
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This is pretty funny to read late in the day :’D
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I was absolutely floored when I read he’s going to JSU.
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Believe he’s going to have Deion Sanders mentor him at Jackson State per all the news releases.
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I guess Prime Time is going to use Hunter as leverage into his next coaching job.
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James Coley doing his thing at TAMU.
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Maybe a little deeper look into recruiting, like how many of the five stars are going to be on defense vs offense. Kirby’s style of coaching is already costing dividends on the offense. O line three and fours, WR three and fours… name one true WR at Georgia who would have started for Alabama since Kirby has been here (other than Pickens). We’re showing great numbers (number 1 class baby!), but overall we’re losing the race. Let’s just hope we win the next two and can reframe the conversation, or it’s only going to get worse on the o-side.
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Fire Kirby Smart!
Jesus, fella, these kids haven’t even set foot on campus yet. Why don’t you save the hand wringing until they start working out with the team, at least?
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Atta boy, Eeyore.
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I’m glad you said this. We’ve got Pickens and Bowers that would start at receiver for Bama, but that’s it!!!!! Sure that would be half of Bama’s starting pass catchers. but we should have all of them. Amirite?
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In this recruiting cycle according to 24/7 there were only TWO 5 star WR. They both stayed “home” with Burden to Missouri and Preston to TAMU. That’s IT. Hard to sign 5 stars when there are that few and even harder to pull them from the home area. Notice ‘Bama didn’t sign any 5 star receivers either, nor did anyone else.
The OL I will admit is a little worrisome, but the other than that, it looks pretty well covered with 5 stars and very high 4 stars with a few 3’s sprinkled in across the board.
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Don’t confuse folks with facts…crox may go crazy.
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Well said.
And like you, I’m a little worried we seemed to focus on three stars for the OL this year. Hopefully Luke has some magic to sprinkle on the OL for the next couple of years.
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I meant Stewart not Preston to TAMU. Preston is a 4 star who did sign with Bama
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If my kid was a WR or QB I’m having him playing for Monken. Why is it so easy for everyone to forget how good he is?
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Because they can’t see past Stetson. The ignorance of the college football public is only outdone by its willingness to declare it with verve.
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We’re “losing the race…” ?? This is..uh, a joke right? No offense man, but I think our O recruiting is looking great from where I’m sitting; I’d take Stockton at QB and Robinson at RB over any recruit in the nation. And you can put down the WR recruiting because of our low star count vs Bama’s if you wanna, but just go look at the stats for Cole Speers. He’s only a 3 star guy, but HOLY COW….this kid had 1200 yds receiving as a senior and ran a 4.38 in the 40! He put up 310 on the bp, that’s pretty dang good for a 185 pound WR. Those numbers dwarf some of the numbers I’ve seen from alot of the ‘4 star’ and even a few of the ‘5 star’ WR recruits. I’m putting my faith in our recruiters that they know what they’re getting with some of these kids even if they ain’t got the ‘star’ power. Ladd McConkey was only a 3 star guy, but he’s a freshman AA this year. I think we’re gonna be just fine. JMHO
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And, I respect your humble opinion…those stars only partially indicate potential..a lot can happen when you hit a nutrition table and weight room combined with good position coaching. Our WRs are all well positioned for great college careers so just cool it on that subject. You’re right…our recruiting staff with analytical input has a lot of credence with me. Go Dawgs…the future looks bright!!
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Tyre West to 10RC is a shocker. We all pretty much knew he was flipping, but this was way out of left field. EVERY recruiting service had him flipping to FSU. Shows how predictable 17 year olds are.
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UT’s about due for some fresh violations. 😉
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Gators heading to the bottom faster than the Titanic.
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Going down faster than….
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…..Linda Lovelace
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Let’s hope so!
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They’re chasing Southern Cal of all teams.
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