Let's have a global thread as NLI's come in. Starts in a couple minutes

Signed:
Emory Williams
Christopher Johnson
Mark Fletcher
Ray Ray Joseph
Robby Washington
Jackson Carver
Riley Williams
Frankie Tinilau
Samson Okunlola
Francis Mauigoa
Tommy Kinsler
Antonio Tripp
Raul Aguirre
Marcellius Pulliam
Jayden Wayne
Joshua Horton
Collins Acheampong
Rueben Bain
Malik Bryant
Bobby Washington
Kaleb Spencer
Robert Stafford
Antione Jackson
Damari Brown
Punter Dylan Joyce

Commits we are Waiting on:
Cormani McClain (not announcing today per his mom)

Transfers:
Thomas Gore (signed)
Francisco Mauigoa (signed)

Pending announcement times:
• TBD - 4-star DB Conrad Hussey

 

Dude are you kidding? What is this underwhelming bull****??? I swear some of you all are never happy.

Seriously. We literally signed 2x 5-star OTs to headline this class. Outside of Bama and UGA, not many schools can say they've done that in a cycle.

 

I ordered dominos 2 hours ago!

So fake pizza

 

This is how I see it... I won't call not flipping a kid taking an L on ESD, especially when 23 of the 25 commits we started the morning with are already signed before 2PM.

Cormani not signing with us is definitely concerning, but it's not an L unless and until he signs elsewhere. If he signs elsewhere it's a huge L and a major disappointment. No sugarcoating that potential reality, but I'm also not going to assume the worst at this point.

The only other commit not to sign is Francis, and I am very confident he is going to sign in a couple of hours. That'll make it 24/25 commits signed on Day 1 of ESD.

Damari, assuming he signs with us in about an hour, is a win. Gore is a transfer portal win at a position of need. And if we get Francisco to sign today that's another transfer portal win to add some needed skill+experience to the LB room. I think both were expected, so maybe those additions aren't enticing enough for some.

Hopefully we convince Thornton to sign, too, because we need outside WR help. Right now, the lack of a true outside WR looks like the biggest L in this class. And considering all the smoke about adding/flipping a WR that's been going around, it's fair to be disappointed if we can't get some outside WR help in the early signing period.

That said, if we hold onto Cormani and add Brown, combined with those portal additions, I will still consider this a wildly successful early signing period. Just not quite as "elite" a day as some had hoped (or as apparently could have been if a couple of other things broke UM's way).

 

Just when you think Bama may be starting to slip, these dudes copped 6 fives stars

Yeah but that’s some bullsht. If Russaw is a 5 star then what is Bain?

Same with Wayne.
No writer at 247 or rivals will ever down grade a Bama commit/lean’s star rating.
It’s usually the other way around.

 

I expected Cormani to sign today. Our number 1 recruit. I thought we'd have a shot with some of the guys listed in the bank but to be honest idgaf if we struck out with all of them I wouldn't care if Cormani signed.

I'm glad we have everyone except for Cormani and that UM is still optimistic about him, but I just think that kid is a game changer and a program changer. Don't want to lose him. The fact that he delayed his commitment is underwhelming. Not saying the sky is falling just keeping it real

This. The worst news today by far.

 

Sorry if I missed it but this kid has not been mentioned

 

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he signed at like 930

 

So fake pizza

If I wanted a real pizza I'd have to drive 40 minutes from my small town

 

So we signed 24 of 25 commits with that last dude being our biggest commit. We are still looking good there.

Miami is trending up for Brown who announces soon and we signed 3 solid transfer guys. Yet some of you want to call today "underwhelming". Get the **** out of here with that ****. What did people expect to happen? Hykeem and 3 other 5 stars sign with us?

 

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Been committed since October

 

If I wanted a real pizza I'd have to drive 40 minutes from my small town

Fair enough. Is it good pizza tho 40 minutes from you?

 

Sign Brown, secure Cormani, & a surprise at WR would have been awesome. Best class ive witnessed so far though

 

This. The worst news today by far.

And like I've said, it might not end up being bad news. If he signs with us idgaf that he didn't do it today.

There is still confidence that he'll sign with us which is good, but the fact that he didn't when he was supposed to is why today has been underwhelming to me

 

This is how I see it... I won't call not flipping a kid taking an L on ESD, especially when 23 of the 25 commits we started the morning with are already signed before 2PM.

Cormani not signing with us is definitely concerning, but it's not an L unless and until he signs elsewhere. If he signs elsewhere it's a huge L and a major disappointment. No sugarcoating that potential reality, but I'm also not going to assume the worst at this point.

The only other commit not to sign is Francis, and I am very confident he is going to sign in a couple of hours. That'll make it 24/25 commits signed on Day 1 of ESD.

Damari, assuming he signs with us in about an hour, is a win. Gore is a transfer portal win at a position of need. And if we get Francisco to sign today that's another transfer portal win to add some needed skill+experience to the LB room. I think both were expected, so maybe those additions aren't enticing enough for some.

Hopefully we convince Thornton to sign, too, because we need outside WR help. Right now, the lack of a true outside WR looks like the biggest L in this class. And considering all the smoke about adding/flipping a WR that's been going around, it's fair to be disappointed if we can't get some outside WR help in the early signing period.

That said, if we hold onto Cormani and add Brown, combined with those portal additions, I will still consider this a wildly successful early signing period. Just not quite as "elite" a day as some had hoped (or as apparently could have been if a couple of other things broke UM's way).

So basically: mope

 

Hicks, ****ey, and/or Rashada sign yet?

 

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Signed

 

Hicks, ****ey, and/or Rashada sign yet?

Nope. Hicks signs Friday

 

Hicks, ****ey, and/or Rashada sign yet?

Mets swept in and got them all

 

UF board thinks they flipped him back

They can think what they want. And we can laugh at them.

 

Holding on to the class is huge, its not ok, its not good. Its ***ing yuge. We solidified to OL and DL and LBs. Which are key positions to compete. And we have the portal. Losing Cormani would be a big black eye but we have done really well to hold the class together. Said it earlier, its not a small thing with our record. We got smoked by FSU at home with many of them watching.