2024 Recruiting Thread (2024)

Codaxx said:

Unranked on 3 of 4 services and mid-3 star on On3. Odd you only bring that up about Texas DL

Click to expand...

IMO Rankings are meh anyway. Gimme a 3 star with heart and a motor over a talented 5 star with a what can you do for me attitude every day of the week

Kevin12773 said:

IMO Rankings are meh anyway. Gimme a 3 star with heart and a motor over a talented 5 star with a what can you do for me attitude every day of the week

Click to expand...

Good luck with that ... I lived that for 15 years under Richt ... it will get you what it got us, no NCs albeit some good football.

At the end of the day, stars matter. The more really high end players you get the larger your margin for error when some don't work out. Relying on diamonds in the rough, or being a great developer is not the way to get NCs.

Kevin12773 said:

IMO Rankings are meh anyway. Gimme a 3 star with heart and a motor over a talented 5 star with a what can you do for me attitude every day of the week

Click to expand...

I have no idea. I have made my thoughts clear on the bugs. Services are always slow to move them up and generally underrate them compared to a position like WR. I was just laughing about the hypocrisy

WhosYourDawggy said:

Good luck with that ... I lived that for 15 years under Richt ... it will get you what it got us, no NCs albeit some good football.

At the end of the day, stars matter. The more really high end players you get the larger your margin for error when some don't work out. Relying on diamonds in the rough, or being a great developer is not the way to get NCs.

Click to expand...

That may have been his point. To some people, good football, not natties, is the goal. 65-7 is not good football.

Kburjr said:

That may have been his point. To some people, good football, not natties, is the goal. 65-7 is not good football.

Click to expand...

Not sure how you get that as his meaning. Your outlook on CFB is unique and I respect that. But if you aren’t wanting the highest rated players your team can get, you aren’t following how CFB works. The ass end of 65-7 had three stars with heart. As you stated, that’s not good football.

WhosYourDawggy said:

Not sure how you get that as his meaning. Your outlook on CFB is unique and I respect that. But if you aren’t wanting the highest rated players your team can get, you aren’t following how CFB works. The ass end of 65-7 had three stars with heart. As you stated, that’s not good football.

Click to expand...

What he was saying, IMO, was he wants players that are competitors, not prima dona 5-stars. Obviously the goal is to get 5 star players that are competitors.

Kburjr said:

What he was saying, IMO, was he wants players that are competitors, not prima dona 5-stars. Obviously the goal is to get 5 star players that are competitors.

Click to expand...

Yeah, my response was to get 5* that aren't prima donnas. Candidly, I think the best programs get them, but some come through. Bear Alexander is an example, Cox who left UGA for UF was another. A quick trigger to process them is the way to go.

There is also a positional element to this. WR and CBs tend to be more prima donnas than DL, as an example.

ILB recruiting continues with the no. 9 LB committing to my Dawgs.

Michigan whiffs on another one as well

Bennett Warren 4* #82 OVR #5 OT who scUM supposedly had been in the lead for forever committed to Tennessee instead this morning

osubuckeye89 said:

Michigan whiffs on another one as well

Bennett Warren 4* #82 OVR #5 OT who scUM supposedly had been in the lead for forever committed to Tennessee instead this morning

Click to expand...

That's what happens when you invite recruits to a "BBQ" where chicken fingers and hot dogs are served.

Kburjr said:

What he was saying, IMO, was he wants players that are competitors, not prima dona 5-stars. Obviously the goal is to get 5 star players that are competitors.

Click to expand...

I like to look at star rankings, more as a percentage. We know that each star roughly doubles the odds of being a draft pick. On the aggregate the star rankings are very good. They are not as good on the individual level. Plenty of kids will out-perform or under-perform their rankings. While plenty of 3 stars will play in the NFL, your odds of success are a lot better with a team of 5 stars than 3 stars.

Is there any team hotter on the recruiting trail than the Oklahoma Sooners? Whether it’s 2024 or 2025, the Sooners are simply on fire.

That trend continued Monday night as they land the commitment of 2024 Rivals four-star safety Mykel Patterson-McDonald.

Wishbone said:

Is there any team hotter on the recruiting trail than the Oklahoma Sooners? Whether it’s 2024 or 2025, the Sooners are simply on fire.

That trend continued Monday night as they land the commitment of 2024 Rivals four-star safety Mykel Patterson-McDonald.

Click to expand...

REAL HOTTTT

Thiefery said:

REAL HOTTTT
View attachment 104772

Click to expand...

Yup OU backing off him since landing Tatum. You didn't tell me that Caden Durham was a bit of head case. But hang on, Big Boom coming soon.

Wishbone said:

Yup OU backing off him since landing Tatum. You didn't tell me that Caden Durham was a bit of head case. But hang on, Big Boom coming soon.

Click to expand...

he's not a headcase because he decided to go to LSU.. but you gotta admit.. he was a real ou fan... him going to LSU is something else

Thiefery said:

he's not a headcase because he decided to go to LSU.. but you gotta admit.. he was a real ou fan... him going to LSU is something else

Click to expand...

OU has 2 running backs in the class already and Lsu has none. Makes sense to me.

Wishbone said:

OU has 2 running backs in the class already and Lsu has none. Makes sense to me.

Click to expand...

i get that but his skillset is much different from tatum and the other guy you have

I don't know exactly what to do with him either because he's (imo) not an everydown back.. he's more of a 3rd down and long back who can do damage in space since the kid can fly

But this was a blow to ou.. he was in everyone's calculator.. hope LSU gets him and leaves Simmons for us lol

Welp, we better get Houston now. Another year of supposedly "leading" for these top end DL and whiffing on them. Might be time to start showing Larry Johnson Sr the door.

osubuckeye89 said:

Welp, we better get Houston now. Another year of supposedly "leading" for these top end DL and whiffing on them. Might be time to start showing Larry Johnson Sr the door.

Click to expand...

I really don't understand this mindset. I'm sure a big reason he's going there is playing time. Even after JTT and Sawyer leave (not even 100% sure Sawyer will after this year) we have minimum 4 other EDGE rushers that he'll be behind in Jackson, Abor, Caden Curry, and very likely Joshua Mickens. That doesn't take into account Hero Kanu, Jason Moore, Kayden McDonald who were all top 150 composite overall players, with Will Smith at 165 overall, in the 22/23 classes. Bringing in Justin Scott and potentially Eddrick Houston would be a recruiting haul that basically only UGA and maybe Bama can touch over the last 3 years.