isn't the recruiting cycle weird?

I'm 65 and I remember the days before the 25 count where it was said Bear Bryant signed 50 players every year just to keep them from going somewhere else. Then came the 25/85 and that made more sense. Now the NIL and it's a brand new ball game. No more 25 recruit limit but still a hard 85 roster limit of scholarship players. Recruiting is always weird and just wait on the flips. Both the good and the bad. Every commit will be reevaluated during their Sr. seasons and some will be asked to look elsewhere.

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With NIL we’re a tier 2 school. We’ll get beat by the money schools most of the time and consistently bring in a 6-15 ranked class. Getting into the top 5 though takes money and we don’t have a lot of that

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Your post will likely be unpopular. And admittedly I know little about how NIL works. But it stands to reason that teams with billionaire alumni have a recruiting advantage and that Texas and Texas A&M have alumni who are massively more wealthy than LSU alumni.

I know of four billionaires in Louisiana, all of whom are relatively poor compared to high end billionaires, if one can call a billionaire poor. I don’t think any of the La billionaires have LSU connections, maybe one or two does.

From what little I have read, our big NIL guns are guys like McKernan and Graves. I’m grateful to them and others who put their money up for LSU. I doubt, however, that McKernan, or even Graves who might be a 200 mil net worth guy, would remotely compare to people like Michael Dell with 30 plus billion or even Jerry Jones from Arkansas with 10 billion or so.

i really do not know how NIL works, but if its all about the money it’s reasonable to think LSU is at a competitive disadvantage. Alabama probably is too. Georgia I am sure has a ton of rich alumni, Florida as well. That probably explains why Napier is doing well in recruiting.

If anyone on here truly knows how NIL works and how our offers compare to offers by texas and texas A&M, please chime in. Common sense and math seems to argue LSU would be at a disadvantage in a pure money battle for players.

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Florida as well. That probably explains why Napier is doing well in recruiting

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If a school can’t recruit Fla, they’ve got problems. The state of Tx has a little under 300 kids every year that sign Scholarships. Fla around 250, Cali 200. Schools in those states should always have players. Louisiana has around 60’ish. There is more D-1 talent in a 100 mile radius of Houston, than in the state of La.

As for money people in La, they have folks that give a ton to LSU, here’s a hint, they have football suites, they attend both men and women’s basketball games, they also love baseball. But don’t think it’s only in state, money comes from out of state. We have money people, just that they stay out of the limelight.

NIL is big, Mulkey put one lady on that job to coordinate the overseeing. It has gotten way too big.

Too much goes into recruiting of a player, even more so now.

Like I say, be thankful for the ones you get, don’t worry about the ones you lose.

Recruiting cycle weird? To a certain extent, it’s always been this way.

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From what little I have read, our big NIL guns are guys like McKernan and Graves. I’m grateful to them and others who put their money up for LSU. I doubt, however, that McKernan, or even Graves who might be a 200 mil net worth guy, would remotely compare to people like Michael Dell with 30 plus billion or even Jerry Jones from Arkansas with 10 billion or so.

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True, but as the saying goes, more money, more problems. Take Texas for example. They have all the money, footprint and resources to compete for national titles yearly. They're in a talent rich state, have a massive following and are well established in college athletics.






So why haven't they won anything since the Bush administration? Certainly they have the money to lure almost anyone they want to coach the team and yet they've whiffed consistently since Mack Brown left.


With those high dollar power donors comes alot of drama and politics. It's the Washington DC of college football. It will always be a challenge to get those high prices guys to pull in the same direction for a consistent enough amount of time for the program to find it's footing. This NIL thing is the hot ticket right now, but what happens when, just like they have with coaches, you get too many cooks in the kitchen with regards to the roster and they maybe underachieve a little bit. They certainly have a great advantage over most programs just in terms of resources, but they'll have to find some for lack of better terms alignment of it won't amount to championships.

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The DB recruiting is odd though.

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I think the DB recruiting has been exceptional this cycle. You have an elite safety in McBryde and a really solid guy in Rogers and two lockdown corners in Bates and Evans. DOesn't even account for foster in the nickel role either.

In terms of DLine recruiting, there aren’t many top end DTs in Louisiana regularly. But when we have them, we need to close on them. Now, with the fact that LSU has had 7-8 DLine coaches the past 9 yrs, it hurts. No top end talent will commit to an unstable position group. But I have faith in BK. He will & probably already has recognized the needs to have some stability at the position & will make the necessary changes. Hopefully in time to prepare for 26’ class that may produce some much needed studs.

Give it time. McBryde has a fantastic shot at getting his 5th star.