I take recruiting ranking with a grain of salt ... there’s a bare minimum that you need to be at the table
After that, it’s all about what you do when you get them on campus
We are entering the territory you need ... you don’t play 85 players per game
We have never landed a class at the top tier nationally ... expecting us to do so as a sign of success is bound for disappointment. Aspirational goal ... absolutely.
The discussion in this thread is Top 10 ... it’s completely arbitrary. But when you separate and normalize the gaps in this range with the next handful of teams on either side what you find is comparable results. In that light ... there’s enough there to compete at the highest levels,
The evidence accumulated over the past 20 years suggests you can win a Natty or get damn close with top 11- 20 type talent, BUT only if you add on the generational talent, messiah QB- i.e., Watson, Cam or Marcus. Every other NT winner going back to Miamuh in 2001 was Top 10 level rather easily. Don't recall where Oklahomo in 2000 was.
Good thing Huard is 81% sure to be that generational type talent.
I take recruiting ranking with a grain of salt ... there’s a bare minimum that you need to be at the table
After that, it’s all about what you do when you get them on campus
We are entering the territory you need ... you don’t play 85 players per game
We have never landed a class at the top tier nationally ... expecting us to do so as a sign of success is bound for disappointment. Aspirational goal ... absolutely.
The discussion in this thread is Top 10 ... it’s completely arbitrary. But when you separate and normalize the gaps in this range with the next handful of teams on either side what you find is comparable results. In that light ... there’s enough there to compete at the highest levels,
The evidence accumulated over the past 20 years suggests you can win a Natty or get damn close with top 11- 20 type talent, BUT only if you add on the generational talent, messiah QB- i.e., Watson, Cam or Marcus. Every other NT winner going back to Miamuh in 2001 was Top 10 level rather easily. Don't recall where Oklahomo in 2000 was.
Good thing Huard is 81% sure to be that generational type talent.
edit: 2024 will be speshul
Just like his dad and uncle
We should have got Billy Joe's kid and MADE him a QB
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edit: 2024 will be speshul
We should have got Billy Joe's kid and MADE him a QB