2023 - State of the Recruiting Class

benneboy

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So what did Pendleton momma and keeley’s momma say on twitter? Seems like keeley’s mom deleted a bunch


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Apparently Keeley's mom mentioned that alabama wasn't even their biggest pay for play offer. Which means she wasn't super in tune to the admission that comes with a tweet like that. Sounds like someone let her know.
 

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UNC, BYU and Syracuse he registered snaps on the edge. I distinctly remember Cuse he was on one edge and Botelho was on the other.
Oh, I remember Marist on the edge, not Jr. I probably just assumed Marist because of the hair.
 

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Apparently Keeley's mom mentioned that alabama wasn't even their biggest pay for play offer. Which means she wasn't super in tune to the admission that comes with a tweet like that. Sounds like someone let her know.
I saw it before it was deleted, off a Sampson tweet. She said "he didn't go to the highest bidder, he went where he wanted to be" or something to that effect.
Which, yeah, I'm sure one of the real aggressive NIL schools offered more than Bama did. But Bama still offered more than we did. And so here we are, and there he is.
 

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I saw it before it was deleted, off a Sampson tweet. She said "he didn't go to the highest bidder, he went where he wanted to be" or something to that effect.
Which, yeah, I'm sure one of the real aggressive NIL schools offered more than Bama did. But Bama still offered more than we did. And so here we are, and there he is.
It’s so weird that journalists and lawyers can actively speculate on how much players are being paid to go places but because of the toothless “enticement” rules players/parents still have to pretend that it’s a pure coincidence that they signed somewhere and also just happened to get a contract with that school’s collective.
 

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It’s so weird that journalists and lawyers can actively speculate on how much players are being paid to go places but because of the toothless “enticement” rules players/parents still have to pretend that it’s a pure coincidence that they signed somewhere and also just happened to get a contract with that school’s collective.
To be fair, Ma Keeley did also tweet awhile back “sure if someone wanted to give us $1 million we’d probably go there.” Or whatever it was.
 

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It’s so weird that journalists and lawyers can actively speculate on how much players are being paid to go places but because of the toothless “enticement” rules players/parents still have to pretend that it’s a pure coincidence that they signed somewhere and also just happened to get a contract with that school’s collective.
It's becoming a commonality in sports journalism and speculation...
 

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Yeah and Kelly has another 13 slots to Phil. He’s done a really great turn around at LSU
If you were an LSU fan you’d be like “Kelly is trash! He lost to FSU and got blown out by Tennessee, a crap ATM and Georgia! Our program has a long way to go!”

Turnaround…lol.
 

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Travis Hunter gonna screenshot his NIL contract eventually. The don’t ask, don’t tell era that’s currently in place won’t last forever. Eventually recruits/players/families will be proudly announcing the size of bag they are getting from collectives


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If you were an LSU fan you’d be like “Kelly is trash! He lost to FSU and got blown out by Tennessee, a crap ATM and Georgia! Our program has a long way to go!”

Turnaround…lol.
Bro drunk is one of the worst posters on this forum. It's like arguing with the shitty neighborhood cat that fights every cat on the street.
 

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Any word on other transfer guys we are after?

Fiske has been the only one that has been reported on.

I'm sure there are more. Several ND outlets (Loy & Singer) have reiterated that ND is keeping their transfer activity relatively quiet with the media.
 

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I agree this looks good if not great in a vacuum. But you take a 2 year run of Bama, UGA, OSU, Michigan (with transfers), Texas and soon USC and OU and it would be noticeably better than ND. If you had kept Keeley and Bowen that would have been far better argument.
You seem like the guy that wins a billion $ lottery and bitches about the taxes. FFS does someone piss in your Cheerios everyday or so you do it yourself on the days no one else is around.
 

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Wondering could Jaiden Ausberry be a guy who moves to safety? With the depth of young LB’s
 

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Wondering could Jaiden Ausberry be a guy who moves to safety? With the depth of young LB’s

He's a skinny 215 Ibs at the moment. He's so good playing sideline to sideline that it would be almost criminal to not have him play LB.

But, I do see your point about the depth at LB.
 

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Wondering could Jaiden Ausberry be a guy who moves to safety? With the depth of young LB’s
Probably the best post I've seen from you; I'm sure I haven't read all 936 but as of late, you seem to mimic many of other more cantankerous posters.

Having said that, I'm kind of with you on this. I don't think Ausberry is a safety but I do think he's a safety/LB hybrid, somewhat akin to JOK. I think his speed and diagnosis is lightning quick and I think DCs will work to find him a position in nickel/dime. One of the podcasts said he grew up playing corner and then got moved to LB so he has incredible coverage skills and loose hips.

I think he's a high impact player that may take 1-2 years (of course it could be shorter)
 

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This is eerily similar to you’re Book - Pyne argument, multiple holes, some pretty disingenuous parts and mainly, incorrect.
How is it mainly incorrect? It’s a good , well rounded class, and I’m happy to finish in the top 10 composite for the third straight year. But Freeman was only fully responsible for one of those classes, and partially for the another one. Yes I understand, that this class and Freeman’s recruitment in general will alway the caveat of “what could have been” if it wasn’t for NIL.

I don’t remember posting on a Book - Pyne argument.
 

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How is it mainly incorrect? It’s a good , well rounded class, and I’m happy to finish in the top 10 composite for the third straight year. But Freeman was only fully responsible for one of those classes, and partially for the another one. Yes I understand, that this class and Freeman’s recruitment in general will alway the caveat of “what could have been” if it wasn’t for NIL.

I don’t remember posting on a Book - Pyne argument.

Maybe I had the wrong guy then. Someone with some version of Philly/PA/Philadelphia and Irish/ND but there is a handful.

My bad.
 

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How was penn state able to land two high 4 star safeties from florida and one from bama
 

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If you were an LSU fan you’d be like “Kelly is trash! He lost to FSU and got blown out by Tennessee, a crap ATM and Georgia! Our program has a long way to go!”

Turnaround…lol.
Most LSU fans are happy w Kelly. They were predicted to win just 7 games and not ranked. We were ranked Top 5 and then lost 4 games. Go figure - Luck of the Irish I suppose. Hoping next year Freeman figures out this HC gig.
 

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Fiske has been the only one that has been reported on.

I'm sure there are more. Several ND outlets (Loy & Singer) have reiterated that ND is keeping their transfer activity relatively quiet with the media.
I think with NIL and other issues, the media people will be phased out more than in the past. Their job is to learn secrets and tell secrets but now that money is involved their reporting is more like the national inquirer than anything.
 
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