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Fair points, but Al Golden's recruiting classes were majority Florida. His out of state recruits (Kaaya, Elder, Njoku, AQM, Herndon) were top level players on our team. His biggest roster fails came from scholarship reductions and players getting kicked out. As much as I thought Golden was a clown with most of his roster decisions (especially DB recruiting, Skai Moore, Kirkland, and Mackenzie), his roster failures were not from going out of state and ignoring local. Mr. SEC, Mark Richt and his expensive staff focused on local dbs and got owned by UF. South Florida is a hot market for talent but they have big families to feed.

The U doesn't just represent Miami zip codes. We just need the right guys that have that swag be wherever they are.
 

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The thing that impresses me most about this class is the quality up and down the commit list. Not one kid who doesn't deserve a spot. We won't get beaten down in the second half of games with classes like this, and our special team play will improve dramatically.
 
More than a bit rosy. The national championship mention shouldn't be in there. That's the same caliber as all the posts expecting a sweep of the late decisions.

We had such a ridiculous stretch of elite play for so many years that we lost all sense of how difficult it is to win the title. The phrase is thrown around far more often than it should be. Right now you basically need to be replacing first round talent with first round talent at key positions and not surprised it is happening.

If our pass defense becomes extraordinary and stays there, I'll pay attention. Find some Malik Hooker type players.
 
Derrick Smith is going to be an absolute stud.....big, rangy, can high point the ball, and will demolish you when he gets the chance.

cant wait :U5PyXda: :rickflair2:
 
D$ any thoughts on late pickups in the woodwork that the staff is looking at with 4 scholarships left?
 
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Overall...

With our DL starting to look the way they should... Our OL SHOULD be better going against one another in Practice....

Once out OL gets to the DL level .... then we'll be back

JC
 
Awsi Dooger said:
More than a bit rosy. The national championship mention shouldn't be in there. That's the same caliber as all the posts expecting a sweep of the late decisions.

We had such a ridiculous stretch of elite play for so many years that we lost all sense of how difficult it is to win the title. The phrase is thrown around far more often than it should be. Right now you basically need to be replacing first round talent with first round talent at key positions and not surprised it is happening.

If our pass defense becomes extraordinary and stays there, I'll pay attention. Find some Malik Hooker type players.
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More hot air from Awsi. Awsi is someone that wants to bring back the triple option so take his opinions with a massive grain of salt.
 
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I'm glad that we didn't make any real "reaches" in recruiting like we did under Golden and at least tried to attract all of the local star athletes. With that being said I'm less than thrilled at the number of star athletes we got. Trying to get the best athletes doesn't really matter if you don't end up getting them to come to UM.
 
I wish we had gotten an HS All American or Elite 11 QB. And I wish we recruited the safety position better. I don't think either of those guys can cover.
 
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maurice3p said:
I wish we had gotten an HS All American or Elite 11 QB. And I wish we recruited the safety position better. I don't think either of those guys can cover.
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We got Nkosi Perry, the #14 QB overall in 247 Composite, and the #6 Dual Threat QB, and the #193 player in the nation. But yes let's **** on the QB recruiting...
 
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Cane Dynasty said:
Dollarbill said:
rokulika said:
Punter U
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How about we forget about punting and go for every 4th down? It saves 4 scholarship spots.
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I'm sure you were talking crank-in-cheek but there is a legit argument to be made for that.

Advanced Football Analytics (formerly Advanced NFL Stats): The 4th Down Study - Part 1


Meat of the series here: Advanced Football Analytics (formerly Advanced NFL Stats): The 4th Down Study - Part 4
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The interesting part is that they could have a dedicated assistant to run the calculations before every play, and never have to decide based on mental calculations... Also unfortunately statistics is not the strength of this board.
 
Chrisarg72 said:
Cane Dynasty said:
Dollarbill said:
rokulika said:
Punter U
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How about we forget about punting and go for every 4th down? It saves 4 scholarship spots.
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I'm sure you were talking crank-in-cheek but there is a legit argument to be made for that.

Advanced Football Analytics (formerly Advanced NFL Stats): The 4th Down Study - Part 1


Meat of the series here: Advanced Football Analytics (formerly Advanced NFL Stats): The 4th Down Study - Part 4
Click to expand...

The interesting part is that they could have a dedicated assistant to run the calculations before every play, and never have to decide based on mental calculations... Also unfortunately statistics is not the strength of this board.
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That's genius. Could take into account other things on the fly like weather/wind etc....


They could grab some kid in a graduate math program to do it as an internship and win-win for everyone.
 
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