IMO Best guesses

Zanecane

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Just wanted to put my recruiting picks out there and see how they finish in a few weeks. I have no inside info but I think it's interesting to see the split between the "follow the visits" crowd and the "trust the insiders" crowd. I myself lean more towards the follow the visits (which includes their twitter mentions etc). Would love to hear others best guesses and compare the results in a few weeks.

Briggs: kind of feels like the B. Edwards recruitment from last cycle. Highly coveted by our staff, would see playing time early and has been made a priority but in the end he is going to ignore these positives and wind up in Tallahassee (like Edwards did UF). He should have canceled the FSU visit if he wanted to be a cane. Stop playing with FSU.

Ezzard: The Georgia pipeline is real! He has posted lots of stuff about Miami, and he has a great relationship with current recruits. Judging by the visits he has lined up and his social media I'm saying Cane. Miami

Chatman: finishes the UNC visit and immediately posts a cane edit. I love that. Other teams having three weeks to negatively recruit the fact we only gave him a committable offer 3 weeks before signing day.. I don't like that. But I think his love for the canes, the chance at early playing time and that Georgia pipeline help us close him. Miami

Nesta: all that talk about him helping close the other AH kids but I haven't seen much of it. The UF visit this weekend is clearly not what someone 100% committed would do, he didn't sign early, and other recruits weren't sure he would sign. I do think that he's just that alpha personality though and is feeling himself. Knows he can do what he wants but will sign with the canes. Miami

Gerald: we sent the assistant d-line coach, Louisville and others have sent the entire staff. I think it's great that we have playing time to offer, but this kid is mature and ready to play almost any where. I think he goes else where, somewhere that's made him a top priority. (UF)

Chatfield: that chad thomas edit game me CHILLS. This kid is going to be a cane. We shouldn't have waited as long as we did. But I think he's made to rep the home team. Miami

Campbell: I was convinced he was UG's on twitter for a long time. The only thing that connected him to Miami was second hand info that always seemed unsure of the situation. Not worth getting into how bad a miss it is. Georgia is the pick.

Surtain: I'm following the visits and Miami leads the pack. He had no reason to have waited and not commit to LSU. But Miami became that reason. I think we ride the wave and land him. Miami.

Bethel: I think he wants to be a Cane, (seems obvious) but I think he ends up at UCF. He's a priority their and a special teams player here.
 

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Bethel also seems to be entirely contingent upon what Campbell and Surtain do. Land either one of them, and Canes probably won't accept his commitment.
 
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I think we lose Campbell. Move Banda to LB and hire Surtain as coach which lands us Surtain Jr. Also maybe Campbell and Surtain don’t want to play together at the next level and he was waiting to see why Campbell was going to do. Now that Campbell is leaning towards Georgia maybe Surtain is now strongly considering us
 
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I think we lose Campbell. Move Banda to LB and hire Surtain as coach which lands us Surtain Jr. Also maybe Campbell and Surtain don’t want to play together at the next level and he was waiting to see why Campbell was going to do. Now that Campbell is leaning towards Georgia maybe Surtain is now strongly considering us

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I think we lose Campbell. Move Banda to LB and hire Surtain as coach which lands us Surtain Jr. Also maybe Campbell and Surtain don’t want to play together at the next level and he was waiting to see why Campbell was going to do. Now that Campbell is leaning towards Georgia maybe Surtain is now strongly considering us

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It is. Has to be a position coach...not an analyst.
 
Very sensible post. Hate it with Campbell but he and family never led anyone to believe that he was anywhere close to being a Cane lock. Wish him well. I always felt that Surtain was more possible then Campbell. His favorite team LSU has a lot of uncertainty in its short term future but who knows. Bama worries me for him and Silvera. I don't care for players like Silvera. I wish that we were in a position to pull his offer. He should have signed with the players in December. I don't care how good he thinks he is he's not in the same class as Lingaard, Pope, our two tight ends, Scalfe and others. To have to spend additional time to cater to his nonsense in my opinion is an affront to the kids who committed. I'm going to get a lot of flank from the board on this but we are not losers anymore we won ten games and were one game away from being in the mix. He may end of here but he could have started being a good teammate in Dec.
 
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