QBs for 2013

minimum of 2.

we arent taking only 1.

J.T. MOTHER EFFIN BARRETT and whoever else

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then why have we offered conner mitch and the bateman kid?

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I don't know about Bateman, but Mitch doesn't have a committable offer.

Not saying I agree with it... But

They are recruiting and offering too many guys to be taking only one. If we were only taking one, we'd be focusing on only three or four guys like last year.

if we get barrett or bateman it would be hard to get a good quality no.2 guy who could go to another top quality school and be no.1.

LSU is taking 2 QB's this year...Bank on it.

I think we get barrett. we won't get a top end no.2 unless we get a project that we like more than other school. think rivers.

Agree with everyone in this thread and can see both scenarios(1 or 2). I personally think 2 is the plan with 1 of each style as was the plan last year. The problem is that we are after far many more dual threats than pro style so the 2nd really is dependent on the 1st.(if that can be followed)

Imo Bateman and Barrett/Johnson(don't care that he's listed as a pro style, he's not) are the top guys. If we land Barrett or Johnson 1st then the pickings are slim for a pro style to couple with them. It would likely be someone like a Conner Feist type kid. If we landed a Bateman or Mitch 1st(my prefernce is to get the pro style 1st) then the options for the 2nd spot are much better and more with the guys we already know like Kincaide,McCarley etc. I also don't see 2 of Bateman,Barrett,Johnson,Mitch or Cody Thomas in the class though honestly i can envision a scenario where Mitch or Thomas would agree to commit with another of the others in but it's not likely.

Also think our staff is going to have to make a decision before they want with a couple of these kids. Barrett is close to commiting depending on his OSU visit. We and OSU are the top 2 choices and I don't see him getting through April before commiting but May at the latest. Bateman is likely to commit by early summer so if we want him we'll have to push now. Mitch likely jumps at either LSU or Bama if they give a commitable offer before camp. The problem rests with Johnson. I think he's going to wait out Auburn and that could be after the other top guys on the board have made a decision. Seeing as he's #1 that would mean that the staff would have to decide whether to turn those kids away to wait on Johnson. I would hope they'd take the kid that wants in if it's Barrett, Bateman or Mitch but with Les I'm never sure. I personally would be slighty pissed off if we turn away any of the other 3 to wait on Johnson. Huge mistake if that happened. Johnson speaking so highly of us after his visit makes it even more plausible to happen. Our staff at times can get to focused on 1 kid and get played while turning away others. Hopefully the staff figures out whether Johnson is holding out for Auburn and takes an aggressive stance with the others.

Besides the supposed high ceiling he has, Johnson doesn't impress me anymore than Barrett or Kincade do. I say just move on from Johnson, especially with him saying LSU is even with Auburn. He will string his recruitment along in hopes of an Auburn offer (which I think he will get).

While I don't have a problem with Liggins, we don't want to go into the last week without a solid QB commit. I know Kiel hurt us in that regard but it will be easier if we have 1-2 committed by the time the season starts up. It is a very fast domino effect with QBs committing so you better be able to put your domino in line or else you will be grasping at scraps