It's National Signing Day, the unofficial start to the 2015-16 college football season. (Never mind that most of these kids will redshirt this year.)
It's a little anticlimactic here. Three of our best players who are going to ACC schools have already enrolled. A fourth signed today.
SB Nation is supposedly updating this story all day with big national news.
Too early to rekindle my Austin BBQ tour I make when Cal goes to play @ Texas in September?
Right now I'm thinking landing on a Thursday leaving on a Sunday... so probably a dinner on Thursday, Friday to go crazy, Saturday gameday so I should have either lunch or dinner, and then leave on Sunday.
The only "musts" I want to try are Franklins and La Barbecue (based on goodjer feedback). Even though its more branding at this point, I'll probably hit Salt Lick @ the airport when I leave on Sunday.
I really want to get to Lockhart for the big 3 there, but with the game on saturday and travel on Sunday, I'll have to figure it out.
GO BEARS!
Top 5 recruiting class in the nation? Yes please
Top 5 recruiting class in the nation? Yes please :)
Your Vols are killing it.
Carl - I hit Black's in Lockhart on the way to PAX South. It was nothing special, compared to most other Top 50 joints I've been to. Nice Texan atmosphere, though. I would expect Franklin and La Barbecue to annihilate it. I'd like to try them sometime.
Kansa signed 18 players from Texas in the last three recruiting classes. Today, with David Beaty on board, Kansas signed 19 Texas players, which is the pipeline Mangino used to to build the Orange Bowl team. So while there are no 4 or 5-star guys to brag about, they still added a nice haul of solid 3-star guys. There is a ton of rebuilding to do, since Weis' strategy of juice guys fell flat, so I'm glad there is a good infusion of youth, with 21 of the 28 commits coming from high school.
I heard this morning on Mike and Mike that none of the players in the Super Bowl were 5-star recruits. That's pretty bizarre. But I'm pretty sure most of your NCG teams have more than a few of them.
The stats about college teams who win the NCG and their prior recruiting are downright depressing, although the Aggies have been recruiting at that level the last three years.
On the other hand, TCU has had amazing results without amazing recruiting. Apparently coaching still plays a major role.
Louisville's overall class is like 30, but we kept a couple of key verbals that other schools were trying to flip. In particular, Lamar Jackson, Florida QB who just won the Lou Groza Awards High School Player of the Year in Dec fended off a late run from UF, and DE GG Robinson, who got a late push from Auburn, where his dad played.
Hit some positions of need, especially after losing a few DBs early to the draft. Hopefully the defense will remain strong.
And we'll have like 8 QBs on the roster, after the last two classes, plus two transfers last year that were sitting out for a year. So... someone is going to switch to WR probably, but I have no clue who it will be at this point.
Cordell Broadus, son of noted USC fan Snoop Dogg, declares for UCLA. Awkwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard.
Louisville's overall class is like 30, but we kept a couple of key verbals that other schools were trying to flip.
Don't forget about the HB they "grey shirted" two days ago, asking him not to show up for a season!
Yeah I can't decide if we're assholes now or we're just big time football, since Bama and others do the geryshirt bullsh*t every year.
Always disliked it, now we're doing it. Ugh.
Yeah I can't decide if we're assholes now or we're just big time football, since Bama and others do the geryshirt bullsh*t every year.
Always disliked it, now we're doing it. Ugh.
Given the program brought back Petrino, we know which of those is the answer.
I say that as a bit of a UL fan.
Wow, Cal just pulled another one with 4 star WR/ATH Jaylinn Hawkins. Looks like we're a consensus top 40 class.. and top 30 depending on what silly ratings service you believe. We did add more WRs a position we're deep in, but also took a shotgun approach on a variety of 2- and 3-star ATH/DBs to shore up our most glaring need.
Oh and since that should do it.. I'll give one final
F-YOU TOSH LUPOI
Stele wrote:Yeah I can't decide if we're assholes now or we're just big time football, since Bama and others do the geryshirt bullsh*t every year.
Always disliked it, now we're doing it. Ugh.
Given the program brought back Petrino, we know which of those is the answer.
I say that as a bit of a UL fan.
It's a scummy move, at least, that close to NSD. Bama also did it two days ago.
Roll Tide, guys! Four years in a row. Whoop!
My fun story to follow for the day was the Byron Cowart "will he or won't he" drama. How ya gonna sign two letters, dude?
Gumbie wrote:Top 5 recruiting class in the nation? Yes please :)
Your Vols are killing it.
The third Saturday in October is going to get much more interesting in coming years. Y'all are getting scary.
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/in...
I'm not a fan of the "greyshirt" but it's possible that he was going to be ineligible for a scholarship due to grades according to this article. In a case like that, I can understand.
Roll Tide, guys! Four years in a row. Whoop!
My fun story to follow for the day was the Byron Cowart "will he or won't he" drama. How ya gonna sign two letters, dude?
Several years ago, we had a recruit from Louisiana whose mother forged his signature on an LOI and faxed it to LSU.
That's right, the Cajun Mafia is so dirty they even get your mom to turn on you!
Everything got sorted out, and I believe he just finished his senior year with us.
Louisiana moms are no joke. Landon Collins' mother had some sort of break down when he signed with Alabama. She was devastated that he didn't choose LSU.
The stats about college teams who win the NCG and their prior recruiting are downright depressing, although the Aggies have been recruiting at that level the last three years.
According to noted analyst and all-around good guy humanitarian Clay Travis, the stat I'm referencing here is that no team has won a title since 1998 without at least three top-ten classes in the previous four years, with the exception of 2010 Auburn, who had two.
So you've got to recruit at an elite level consistently to win one.
Except when titles are basically voted on, and are opinions, just like recruiting classes are opinions.
It's the same old crap. Recruiting class is ranked high because team was good the year before, team is ranked high to start the year because recruiting class is ranked high, stays high if they're moderately successful, and next year's recruiting class is ranked high and round and round we go.
Seen way too many times where a commit changes to/from a school (usually SEC) and sees their ratings go up/down at the same time. The whole thing is a joke.
If that record isn't broken in the next couple years with 4-team playoff, it certainly will be when they expand to 8 or 16. Parity is coming, at a glacial pace, but it's coming.
Don't forget, Louisville was a FG away (or a Michael Bush broken leg away) from being in the BCS final and probably winning it all in 2006.
Rivals ranks:
2003 #35
2004 #109
2005 #45
2006 #34
Players still have to be coached. And there's still a great amount of luck involved. The main thing higher recruiting rankings give you is depth and more leeway to absorb injuries.
Don't forget Oklahoma St should have been in that BCS game in 2011 too, robbed by the voters.
'08 #26
'09 #36
'10 #31
'11 #28
I didn't realize that stat was going to set off the SEC truthers. My bad!
I waited until today to make a recruiting post because, UGA's last target waited until today to commit. Actually, he committed on signing day to UCLA but luckily the word got out before he faxed his papers, that his primary recruiter for the Bruins was leaving for the Falcons (and had lied about it.)
Well, today the 4 star LB committed to the Dawgs, bumping our composite rank up to number 6.
I waited until today to make a recruiting post because, UGA's last target waited until today to commit. Actually, he committed on signing day to UCLA but luckily the word got out before he faxed his papers, that his primary recruiter for the Bruins was leaving for the Falcons (and had lied about it.)
Well, today the 4 star LB committed to the Dawgs, bumping our composite rank up to number 6.
So he's just a number to you? We would have treasured Roquan Smith in Aggieland!
badferret, your Dawgs have a 2016 verbal from that kid Eason (QB, I think I have the name right...) Kid is a stud. Should be fun!
Badferret wrote:I waited until today to make a recruiting post because, UGA's last target waited until today to commit. Actually, he committed on signing day to UCLA but luckily the word got out before he faxed his papers, that his primary recruiter for the Bruins was leaving for the Falcons (and had lied about it.)
Well, today the 4 star LB committed to the Dawgs, bumping our composite rank up to number 6.
So he's just a number to you? We would have treasured Roquan Smith in Aggieland! :razz:
Hehe, I was typing that from my phone and lazied out.
Considering that Bobo left, we had a damn fine class. We did have a couple of WRs flip after Bobo, but our defensive haul is just plain nasty, including Trenton Thompson, the composite best player out of high school.
badferret, your Dawgs have a 2016 verbal from that kid Eason (QB, I think I have the name right...) Kid is a stud. Should be fun!
Yeah, Eason is a stud and more importantly, he is all Dawg, even with Bobo leaving. He has been actively recruiting for us and will enroll in Dec. Hopefully, one of the two 4 star QBs we have on campus can hold down the fort for a couple of years and Eason can take over as a redshirt Frosh or Soph.
Wow, Cal just signed a home and home with Ole Miss for 2017 and 2019.
So between now and like 2021, we have series with Texas, San Diego State, UNC, Ole Miss, Auburn, TCU
if the schedule holds we'll be @UNC in 2017, @Ole Miss in 2019, @Auburn in 2020, @TCU in 2021. Which is actually pretty awesome. From a recruiting standpoint its great we can get down there, and Dykes surprisingly pulled quite a few folks from the South (and Texas) this year.
Oh, and hot off the presses, word is Franklin's BBQ is popping up in SF this year. Given SF's penchant for lining up for food this is probably looking like a 3-4 hour line in all likelihood. Thankfully I'm going to Austin so I only have to stand in a 2 hour line, but that is big news bringing good BBQ to the BBQ-desert that is California even if its just a day or two.
Wow, Cal just signed a home and home with Ole Miss for 2017 and 2019.
So between now and like 2021, we have series with Texas, San Diego State, UNC, Ole Miss, Auburn, TCU
if the schedule holds we'll be @UNC in 2017, @Ole Miss in 2019, @Auburn in 2020, @TCU in 2021. Which is actually pretty awesome. From a recruiting standpoint its great we can get down there, and Dykes surprisingly pulled quite a few folks from the South (and Texas) this year.
Oh, and hot off the presses, word is Franklin's BBQ is popping up in SF this year. Given SF's penchant for lining up for food this is probably looking like a 3-4 hour line in all likelihood. Thankfully I'm going to Austin so I only have to stand in a 2 hour line, but that is big news bringing good BBQ to the BBQ-desert that is California even if its just a day or two.
You should really hope for a home and home with Kansas. not only would Cal get an easy win, but you could come to KC and get BBQ that is actually good.
You should really hope for a home and home with Kansas. not only would Cal get an easy win, but you could come to KC and get BBQ that is actually good.
*shrug* John Mueller, Franklins, La Barbecue, the Lockhart joints, not to mention Pecan Lodge all beat each other up those are quality losses that show the strength of Texas barbeque.
Oklahoma Joes and Arthur Bryant, they don't play anyone tough so they can't be that tough.
Everyone knows 4th or 5th place in the Austin division of the Texas BBQ conference deserves to play for national BBQ champion over the Kansas City champ.
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