ldevon1

June 27th, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^

Except for the fact that of the 20 commits, only 6 are from Louisiana and 2 of those are 3 star recruits, so that doesn't really explain the sudden appeal, and they just released an article saying a booster loaned the father of a lineman $180,000. Other than that, I agree with you.

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JPC

June 27th, 2019 at 2:28 PM ^

All true. It's pretty clear that "just bagmen" or  "just success"  can only take you so far. Having both is like a rocket ship. 

Clemson SC is also probably a pretty cool place to play football. It's tiny town, but the players are like gods there and women are Southern pretty. If I were an elite HS prospect choosing between getting paid to play football at Alabama or  Clemson I'd definitely pick Clemson just based on location. 

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1VaBlue1

June 27th, 2019 at 2:39 PM ^

Wait, who gave them Osterine-O's for breakfast? 

Dabo: "Well, gol-ooolllyyy!!  We done meant to pull that off the table, schucks, that was just a gol-derned mistake!!  Ain't nothun' to see here, folks, we just good'ol church goin' people down here, now, dagummit y'all, whooooweee..."

Probably...

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NeverPunt

June 27th, 2019 at 2:13 PM ^

We will end up with a definite national  top 10 and likely fringe top 5 class when it is all said and done if we swing a couple more top guys and the rankings catch up here on a few others already committed. That’s where we need to be to stay competitive and run with the elite teams. Always top 10 and periodically top 5 classes.

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DHughes5218

June 27th, 2019 at 6:41 PM ^

This is not a top 5 class. We are 9th right now. We might pass The U, but everyone else in front of us has either a significant lead or less recruits. It’s hard to say if we will even finish with a top ten class. McGregor might move up but Atteberry will probably continue to fall. This will be true for all recruits, some will rise and others will fall.

Enjoy the fact that we are getting guys we wanted who had a mutual interest in playing at Michigan. 

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LKLIII

June 27th, 2019 at 2:27 PM ^

For me the key is that average rating statistic.  However, for large classes that statistic can see the average pulled down.  IIRC, we had the #1 class last year in the Big Ten due to size, technically either OSU or PSU had a stronger "average" player rating. 

However, if you ranked the recruits top to bottom, our top 15 or so matched up in terms of average player rating with the top 15 or so of OSU's class.  The difference was we had another N+ lower ranked kids too, whereas OSU just had a small class. 

So essentially, similar classes *except* we also had those N+ number of lottery tickets, some of which might hit, whereas OSU had none.

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FatGuyTouchdown

June 27th, 2019 at 2:35 PM ^

That's what I'm saying. I see a lot of guys that will jump pretty significantly. There's a lot of guys without camp scouting that play other sports, and a lot of guys from smaller states that don't get as much attention. I expect 1 or 2 of the 4 star players to lose a 4th star, and 3 or 4 of the 3 stars to gain one. I also expect a lower ranked tight end with a connection to Michigan to leave the class. 

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outsidethebox

June 27th, 2019 at 2:58 PM ^

Sainristil, Jackson, Henning and now Corum...and you can add (George) Johnson and Dennis to this group type...I like what this portends. With that outstanding group on the outside and Charbonnet getting isolated against a linebacker...this could be very entertaining!

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