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So where does this class rank all-time at UW?
Gladstone
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So where does this class rank all-time at UW? 45 votes
Top 1-2
37%
17 votes
Top 3-5
26%
12 votes
Top 5-9
0%
Worthless because Martin didn't commit. FML.
35%
16 votes
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LB/OLB recruiting is still lagging a bit even with Kaho. Ty found Donald Butler and Mason Foster. Sark found Kikaha, Littleton, Feeney, Bierria, and Victor. All of that talent doesn't include a single 4* recruit. Petersen's staff has *us stocked with white 3* and a couple of promising young athletes who were, however, unable to crack the depth. You don't have to win a ton of big recruiting battles to find big athletes who can play linebacker or rush the passer. Fight those battles and get your occasiomal Kaho type miracle, but quit favoring polished tryhards over big, fast athletes to fill out numbers.
That rant aside there aren't any other holes. There are big time guys at every position. It's amazing.
It really depends on a) will one of the QB's become stars b) what do they do with BUCK and does it work (Kaho? ZTP? Bueller?).
It's a damn good class.
I would be interested to hear which ones you think looked better at the time they were signed.
Maybe 1991 and 1988? Very difficult to compare historically going that far back.
92 would be close.
88 I'm too young to have an opinion about it at the time.
2001 looked amazing at the time.
I'd probably go 91, 01, 18, 92 for what I can recall. I can't imagine 88 was a legit top 10 class on paper because of where the program was at at that point. Obviously they proved to be elite. Thanks Dr Feeldgood!
It was ranking around 10-12.
But we landed our top target(s) at every position other than RB and DL so I would have a hard time imagining any class being better all-around.
If Stanford gets credit for Tanner Mkees two year Mormon mission, than I say we get credit for Skinnys 1 year of forced penance.
If you're ranking this class as #3, that mean you're putting it ahead of Dobie's '11 class and DJ's '88 and '90 classes. That's just crazy.
Back then you had Allen Wallace, Tom Lemming, and Street & Smith for class rankings, as well as the Long Beach Press Telegram's Best in the West. Sadly there aren't any archives that I could find on any of those with historical rankings.
I just re-read that last paragraph and I want to kill myself for being such a loser.
I'll go with "top 3-5" but "worthless because Martin didn't commit. FML." was very appealing due to the fact our best edge rusher is still a six foot white try hard walk-on.