On the 28th of May is pretty good as it has been twice before in the Spring, but I think all would agree it' most important come SIGNING DAY. I'd be pleased with a Top 3-5 class come signing day, but the "Usual Suspects" who sit with 9-12 commits always close with vengeance.
ND will end up 6-10 as usual with a 70-85 BCR.
If that's the case, then again no need for the extreme excitement of #1 Spring classes, which we tend to have because we have 18+ commits by Spring/Summer. We need to start finishing in the 3-5 range, as opposed to 8-12 range. Last two times we were #1 in Spring we ended up 7th and 9th.
Exactly.
It's not where you start, but where you finish. On the other hand, having a #1 class for a while has to help some when talking to recruits.
Typically though we get 22 with a lot of solid 4* kids, MAYBE one 5*. The 25+ classes are the ones with three to four 5*s
Agreed, I mean a class of 27 with 22~3* and 5~4* would rate highly with this point system. Most if not all would certainly take the 22 commits over the 25 commits. Having the #1 class at a point helps a bit but it helps more the later in the process it is as opposed to being early in the process for some of the big fish.
Wrong forum then perhaps
I think we're all fully aware that ND won't have the top rated class by December. But having it in June with 22 verbal commitments is a good place to be.
If we take 28, it's actually possible (barring no more 3* projects) we NEED at least 2 LBs, 2 WRs, another DB and would take PK Schmidt who is deciding between WISC/ND. I have yet to do the math but if we close with Meadows AND/OR Robinson, Hines, NOB, Faraimo, Blair and Joseph where do we sit as far as points Averaging the past 5 classes 304.6 is the avg for a Top 3 finish and 323.9 for #1 with the outlier being A&M's HISTORIC '22 class with 333 points and the top 4 classes with 300+ points.
Agree on takes and need. The rest I will take your word for it.
There is efficacy to having a class of 25 over a class of only 22. And I'm actually not sure why ND remains conservative with managing their number of takes--especially in these changing times
Is that the number with all those guys committing? Only 16-20 more points? I can see based on the volume of 3* guys we seem to take we will have about a 91 average but with 28 commits I would think that number would be closer to 294-300 range.
This thread makes my head hurt
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Yeah that’s his Dad
The first Mark Zackery
Or Mark Zackery……
Love him as a prospect for us, but don’t get me started lol. He absolutely did not deserve this nom based on his body of work this year.
Didn’t play until sectionals.
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