re: Where are some of the older Recruiting Board posters?

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Everyone gets burned out on it eventually. I still keep up but I don’t concern myself with the day to day when things can change by the hour.

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What's up, man. I was going through my twitter inbox the other day and saw one of our Dms

It’s a shitshow now. I try to stay out of it unless some nut job melts for silly reasons.

Prom, I can admit my opinion of Orgeron has swayed my recruiting enthusiasm. I'm not rooting against the guy, but I am still upset about all that entire coaching search went down. Hope he makes me eat some crow

Am I considered an “older” poster now?

I don’t contribute shite, but I post on the recruiting board more than any other board

Checking in.

Football recruiting was probably the greatest hobby I've had in my life and it lasted for a good ~6 years. I eventually got older and ran out of time to follow the merry-go-round of recruits each year.

At the height, I had watched video on almost every top ~300 player in the country and knew a lot of details about many of them.

My dad and I still joke about how excited I was when we landed the Patrick Johnson [now Peterson] commitment. I remember running around my apartment cheering He loosely follows it [saw him post about NSD today on social media] so he knew about him but didn't realize just how big of a recruit he would become. Of everyone I saw coming through the pipeline over the years, he was my favorite prospect and eventually player. I was confident he was a 1st round talent but his success in the NFL has surpassed my expectations.

Now, I will typically check out the highlight reel when we get a commitment. I still follow LSU football as closely as ever but recruiting took 10x as much time

One other quick 'flash from the past': I was watching the Super Bowl and realized Rex Burkhead plays RB for them. He was a mid-low ranked 3 star back when I was following recruiting very closely and I thought he was a hugely under ranked. He eventually got a 4th star IIRC and headed to Nebraska where he has a successful career leading to the pros. I recall LSU trying to get on him late but that ship had sailed. He was one of those hidden gems everyone likes to find. I pulled up his HS footage and showed my girlfriend as I told her the story...man, has footage quality gotten so much better in the last 5 years!

Doubt I qualify as an older RB poster, but I just decided it's not worth spending as much time following it. I'm sure everyone gets burnt out eventually.

Damn, lynx is in here too. Always enjoyed your contributions here. I wasn’t huge on posting back in the day. I relied on you guys for information. Y’all made recruiting exciting.

How old we takin about here?

Just not being productive on NSD



I still read the board a lot but like Ell said, I got married and had a kid so my activity on here has been greatly reduced.