How is your team's recruiting class looking?

Roger_the_Shrubber · Post by **Roger_the_Shrubber** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:30 am

For FSU

Signed:
Player Position Height Weight National Ranking

Calvin Brewton DB 6-0/175 25
George Campbell WR 6-3/183 4
Derwin James DB 6-1/199 1
De'Andre Johnson QB 6-2/186 11
Jacques Patrick RB 6-1/224 2
Da'Vante Phillips WR 6-1/206 11
Josh Sweat DE 6-5/236 1

Commited, not yet signed:

Brian Bell LB 6-2/215 46
Abdul Bello OL 6-5/298 36
Deondre Francois QB 6-0/191 7
Johnny Frasier RB 5-11/220 20
Sh'Mar Kilby-Lane LB 6-2/220 18
Kai Locksley ATH 6-4/185 17
Tarvarus McFadden DB 6-2/195 3
Cole Minshew OL 6-4/305 30
Nyqwan Murray WR 5-11/164 NR
David Robbins OL 6-5/305 NR
Auden Tate WR 6-4/199 20
Darvin Taylor II DT 6-2/311 16
A.J. Westbrook DB 6-0/180 12
Jalen Wilkerson TE 6-4/230 13

Commitments: 21
4 Five stars
12 Four Stars
6 Three Stars
Avg. - 4 Stars

So far. :)

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:55 am

I'm sure that list will transfer seamlessly to a police blotter. Props.

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:55 am

Roger_the_Shrubber wrote:How is your team's recruiting class looking?

Intelligent.

Roger_the_Shrubber · Post by **Roger_the_Shrubber** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:56 am

sigh

Was hoping for 'real' responses

Still hoping.

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:37 am

Milton tried to run recruiting smack a few years ago.

It did not end well.

Roger_the_Shrubber · Post by **Roger_the_Shrubber** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:57 am

See....

It's not "smack". I was just curious about how fans of other teams felt about their incoming recruiting class. 'Bama seems to have a killer one coming in. Damn, relax!

Man! Y'all need to let the guard down a wee bit and sometimes just take posts at face value, instead of reading crap into it.

Sorry that I didn't preface the post with "No smack! Just conversation".

Cripes.

PS - Having two frosh QB's coming in, one 'Deondre' and the other, 'De'Andre' is..interesting. Hope they are never in a game at the same time, cause Herbstreit would be hilarious trying to pronounce the two differently.

PSS - Life is short. Just try to have some fun and converse with others without having to watch every word one says. Preach-a-fying over.

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:03 pm

Settle down Clarence. It's what we do.

As for actual recruiting talk I don't give a flying flip until they sign or matriculate. Anything else is useless since these kids can and do change their mind every day.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:32 pm

Don't know and don't care. MSU will take a bunch of kids with MAC offers and kick the shit out of people.

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 4:07 pm

Sudden Sam wrote: Saban always plugs great ones in to replace those who leave.

Like Kiffin?

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:29 pm

Michigan will have a smallish class of 16 or so and has only 6 commitments so far. Hoke was lining up a nice class until the season went off the tracks and guys jumped ship. Since Harbaugh arrived and the dead period is now over I think the spots will fill rather quickly. Michigan is hosting a bunch of guys over the next two weeks and I think Harbaugh flips a couple of big names, gets a few to re-up, and does some damage among the uncommitted. It will be tough to crack the top ten just on the sheer lack of schollies, but I think the average rating will be quite high. The 2016 class should be very strong.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:24 pm

I would look into this but, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I have a few things ahead of it on my "to do" list.

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:56 pm

Jsc810 wrote:
Sudden Sam wrote:Bama just lost two of their best coaches/recruiters to rival SEC West schools.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:33 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Don't know and don't care. MSU will take a bunch of kids with MAC offers and kick the shit out of people.

Ditto for Wisky. Get a bunch of 2- and 3-stars and coach 'em up.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:47 pm

Jsc810 wrote:
LSU is getting some great players again.

Except that 4-star DB, who flipped to Oregon. Didn't know anything about the kid, but what I do know is that about 50% of the DB's in the NFL (and about 99% of the ones who make the Pro Bowl) come from LSU, it made me smile.

Roger_the_Shrubber · Post by **Roger_the_Shrubber** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:05 am

See Carson,...just a conversation about the topic and board reason in general. Pretty simple formula.

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:28 am

I'm so ashamed.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:47 pm

Roger_the_Shrubber wrote:See Carson,...just a conversation about the topic and board reason in general. Pretty simple formula.

There's another simple formula you apparently are not grasping.

Humorless toolbag + meltdown machine + sketchy board reputation = Entertaining source of mockery for all.

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:53 pm

schmick wrote:Odd that the top 3 classes according to the recruiting services all have more than the 25 players a team is allowed to sign already committed to their classes and giving those schools classes "points".

You can legally sign more than 25 players a year, so long as you didn't hit the 25 limit the previous year and don't exceed 85.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:55 pm

Depending on which service you listened to, Mariota was a 2 or 3 star. He did OK.

Scooby Wright was a 2 star, and was one of the baddest mofos to take the field in recent years.

buckeye_in_sc · Post by **buckeye_in_sc** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:07 pm

most of OSU's OL that are starting are:

Baldwin - converted DT (3 star I believe)
Price - 3 star
Elflein - 3 star
Boren - 3 star
Decker - 4 star

so the group that mauled ORE...was comprised of a position switch (Baldwin) and mostly 3 stars...coaching matters...stars don't in many cases (as Dins pointed out with Marcus and Scooby)...and the one that many OSU fans point to is AJ Hawk and James Laurenitis...I think their collegiate as well as NFL careers have worked out pretty good...

OSU's class this year will be top 10...next year's class will be the mother lode...

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:21 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Depending on which service you listened to, Mariota was a 2 or 3 star. He did OK.

Scooby Wright was a 2 star, and was one of the baddest mofos to take the field in recent years.

Le'Veon Bell was a 2-star. He was set to go to Bowling Green until MSU offered. Now he is arguably the best all-around RB in the NFL.

Recruiting is important...recruiting rankings, not so much.

buckeye_in_sc · Post by **buckeye_in_sc** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:27 pm

^^ RACK

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:29 pm

I'm thinking we could sit here all day and cite 2 stars that turned out to be outstanding players. And 3 stars. And 4 stars. And five stars.

There's certainly an element of randomness to it all.

Wasn't that long ago that Jeff Driskel was named the #1 recruit in the country, and he's the new QB for La Tech.

buckeye_in_sc · Post by **buckeye_in_sc** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:35 pm

absolutely we could...but where I think you have the rub here is the coaches who can evaluate and find those guys and then coach them up...that's why the A LEVEL coaches are who they are (as one part of their overall philosophy and such)...

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:41 pm

To add to your point -- coaching up Joe Twostar into a decent player is what allows the top coaches to run a "plug-and-play" system, which is what allows teams to perform consistently from one season to the next.

But that's belaboring the obvious, I suppose.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:07 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Le'Veon Bell was a 2-star. He was set to go to Bowling Green until MSU offered. Now he is arguably the best all-around RB in the NFL.

Right up until this year's draft.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:09 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Wasn't that long ago that Jeff Driskel was named the #1 recruit in the country, and he's the new QB for La Tech.

So was Terry Bradshaw.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:10 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Le'Veon Bell was a 2-star. He was set to go to Bowling Green until MSU offered. Now he is arguably the best all-around RB in the NFL.
Right up until this year's draft.

Uh huh.

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:13 pm

schmick wrote: Schools are over signing and the recruiting services are giving them points for the extra players

Do you really care about points handed out by a recruiting service.

The only ranking of recruiting classes that matter are the ones done 5 years after the fact.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:54 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Le'Veon Bell was a 2-star. He was set to go to Bowling Green until MSU offered. Now he is arguably the best all-around RB in the NFL.
Right up until this year's draft.

Uh huh.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:15 pm

Cry me a fucking river.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:08 am

Goober McTuber wrote:

I'm interested to see what Gordon does at the next level. Seems to me Wisky's OL has been the real star of that show over the years.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:43 pm

Nobody cares.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:24 am

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:
I'm interested to see what Gordon does at the next level. Seems to me Wisky's OL has been the real star of that show over the years.

I think Gordon's different. A lot of backs have gone over 1,00 in that system, but not 2,000. He's faster than his predecessors and a very tough runner. And a team player as well. He'll be great at the next level.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 11:11 am

Goober McTuber wrote:He'll be great at the next level.

Is he transferring to an SEC school?

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:54 am

Mikey wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:He'll be great at the next level.
Is he transferring to an SEC school?

He beat an SEC school a couple/few weeks ago, you fucking moron.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:43 am

Goober McTuber wrote:
Mikey wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:He'll be great at the next level.
Is he transferring to an SEC school?
He beat an SEC school a couple/few weeks ago, you fucking moron.

No shit?

Gosh I must have missed that. Thanks for reminding me.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:27 pm

I'm here to help.

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:23 am

Marshall had a nice visit.

http://michigan.247sports.com/Bolt/Mars ... n-34893700

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 3:52 pm

schmick wrote:and yet 247 still has him 98% to USC, 2% to FSU

What does that even mean? How can that even be quantified? Truth of the matter is, once a kid gets on different campuses, anything can happen. Nobody knows what's in a kid's heart. He may very well end up at SC, but I'd think he'd eschew the visits if he were 98% committed anywhere. doesnt really matter to me, I just posted it to bust your balls. DB is actually an area of depth right now.