re: Do we sign a full class of 25 this year?

if you took 25 per year, and had no attrition and no redshirts, then you'd have to take 10 your 4th year. So, yes, they are related.

Every guy that leaves early for the NFL reduces that 85 count heading into next season.

Oh I know. I just quoted that to simplify it, every thread I realize fewer and fewer people know the ins and outs.

I posted this in another thread and I think we have a shot at filling 25 with great players. Yes we only have a puncher's chance on some but here is what I think. Assuming we lose Clark we need 8.
1. Kelly, Jr-good shot
2. Dupre-great shot
3. Valentine-good shot
4. Speaks-good shot
5. Carter-tough pull but there is a shot. Fits Haley's m.o. of pulling big out of stater based on LSU rep and his relationship with recruit.
6. Jackson-good shot
7. Young-tough pull by all recent accounts and we slow played him so I think we have ground to make up but even after 1/2 I do not think we are a long shot on any LA kid that we get to visit.
8. Porter-better shot than people think. Lost his Texas recruiter and he is visiting and we have a good shot to get him and Dupre.

That leaves, Rushing, Granier, Olaka, M. McDowell, Leialaimatafou all long shots for one reason or another to fill in any that we miss up there. Sure some of these are longshots, but they all have visited or will visit with the exception of Lealaimatafou who has an offer but no visit confirmed yet. Granier is interesting because although he may not have an offer, he is visiting and a new OL coach may evaluate him differently that our old coach.

I talk to Coach. 23-25.












Maybe?

I think we get 5 of your first 8, but I am relying on consensus recruitnik thought, admittedly.

Getting 3 more decent prospects at that point would not be hard.

And it also depends on who we get in those top 8. E.g., if we miss on Malachi (yikes!) we may take both Rushing and Holland/Porter.

Either way, I'd be surprised if we aren't sitting at 25 by end of Feb.

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Hey, can we not do this? LSU didn't slow play Young-unless him not returning our calls is us slow playing him.

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Semantics, he did not return our calls because we did not offer him as early as we did others and he started looking elsewhere. No blame on either side, he blew up his senior year and now we want him bad. Fact of life and recruiting

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In the 84 I included Bolden, Fobbs, Neighbors, Williams, Maclin, Rivers, Mickey Johnson, Sandolph, Edinburgh, Phillips, and Raymond as scholarship players.

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At least two from this list definitely wont be playing football in Tiger Stadium this year. Trust me on this. Take Neighbors off your list, as he will be.

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Take Neighbors off your list, as he will be.

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Agree just since he was not scholarship originally, there is always the chance he could lose it if needed. Will not be needed but I still include this as a possiblity.

I don't care about the 85. We can take 25 and make it work. We always do.

I really think we missed on so many of our big targets that we won't fill this class. I think we end up with 20-23 total.
Unless of course we go crazy and offer some longsnapper or three or four kickers no one has heard of.

And pizza, I don't think we have as good a shot with all the guys you listed. I think we maybe land 5 of those.