For those who care about rankings

[miamimike]

Lets just sign 15 DT next class and be done with it for the next 4 yrs

Curtis Porter
Olsen Pierre
Luther Robinson
Jalen Grimble
Dequan Ivery
Earl Moore
Corey King
Jacoby Briscoe

All 8 of those DT's say hello. I get it, the DT's underperformed last season. They're all gaining weight and getting more knowledge of the position during this offseason. This defense is going to be leaps and bounds better than last season. Bet!!!

I think u should add Chick to that list as well.

 

[jandman514]

Grimble needs to perform this year. No more excuses for this Jr.

perfect candidate to red shirt kid came here as a 17 year old raw overrated prospect and needed a shirt but due to no depth had to play. If Porter,Robinson,Pierre are healthy i say red shirt Grimble. Grimble similar to Jimmy Gaines are very young for their classes..

 

[Plzwork4]

So the same folks who claim not to care about stars when the argument suits them are now high fiving over our recruiting rankings?

I care about stars and the athlete's film. I'll be honest. That's why I follow recruiting. I can't watch all of these kids play and evaluate them individually. That's why we have services that do it for us. I'm not a star *****, but it is nice to see our school get recognition for bringing in highly rated kids. I also do not ignore the correlation between the consistent top teams in the nation generally having high recruiting rankings. Not ALWAYS, but the majority of the time there is a correlation...(cue up the "look at Boise State/FSU sucks comments) I'm banking that most of us feel the same way, but they just won't say it...this is evident by the 23 page thread on the Derrick Griffin signing. Maybe 2 of us on this site has seen him play live (not watching him in the AA game on TV).

Shoot me.

 

[The Dude]

Lets just sign 15 DT next class and be done with it for the next 4 yrs

Curtis Porter
Olsen Pierre
Luther Robinson
Jalen Grimble
Dequan Ivery
Earl Moore
Corey King
Jacoby Briscoe

All 8 of those DT's say hello. I get it, the DT's underperformed last season. They're all gaining weight and getting more knowledge of the position during this offseason. This defense is going to be leaps and bounds better than last season. Bet!!!

A lot of JAGs there. Porter's Health and Pierre and Robinson staying out of stupidity are huge. Only 3 guys who have done anything

Could we stop calling rising sophomores JAGs? They're developing. Development isn't a step you just skip over. There's growing pains, especially along the defensive line.

Exactly. Among the veterans, just having a healthy Porter will be a huge difference, and we saw a flash of that at the end of last season when he started playing. This coming season he should be in much better game shape. Pierre played better as the season progressed as well, and Robinson had his moments.

For the young guys, Earl Moore could very well be a solid, if not very good DT based on his limited playing time last season, so calling him a JAG is just ridiculous. Give him and the other youngsters a chance before dismissing them.

E. Moore is like a bull man. That kid is compacted and stocky and looks like he wants to hurt people.