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[rwspear]

im hoping our defense needs coaching more than fresh faces (hoping). i DO like the idea of a 5 OL class.

btw:

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Eric Thompson @_EricThompson
GT QB commit Damon Mitchell has scheduled a visit to Arkansas this weekend. If he takes the visit he will not be a Jacket on NSD.

Eric Thompson @_EricThompson
GT is looking for another QB to recruit.

^^Georgia Tech's 24/7 recruiting analyst tweets^^

[eastcoastrazorback]

Otha, AJ, Rohan, and Tevin are going to be bad ass players for us.  D line should be improved as well.

[eastcoastrazorback]

And thanks for that tweet.  I read somewhere that Paul Johnson pulls scholarships if kids take visits.

[Squealliam Fatner]

eastcoastrazorback, on 29 January 2013 - 06:23 PM, said:

And thanks for that tweet.  I read somewhere that Paul Johnson pulls scholarships if kids take visits.

I heard this as well. What a dumbass. Sounds like GT must really suck balls if he's afraid for recruits to visit other schools...

[jacobp]

http://247sports.com...-Mitchell-19181

Couple 247 guys posted tonight that Mitchell would be a steal if we get him. That he's an elite prospect. I think he would project as a safety for us

[rwspear]

im going to laugh my ing ass off if BB's first class is better than anything CBP ever brought in... gonna be hard to beat 2008 tho

[gchamblee]

http://www.wholehogs...cision-tougher/



Three highly regarded offensive linemen were among the seven prospects the Hogs entertained over the weekend on official visits.
Kenny Lacy, 6-5, 284, 5.1, of Phoenix Mountain Pointe, Dwayne Johnson, 6-6, 270, 5.2, of Bellaire (Texas) High School and Denver Kirkland, 6-5, 320, of Miami Washington were taken back by what the Hogs had to offer.
Lacy, a UCLA commitment admitted Arkansas made his decision much tougher.

"It was some place I felt comfortable," Lacy said. "I felt like I could fit in here. It gave me something think about. "
Arkansas Coach Bret Bielema and offensive line coach Sam Pittman made an in-home visit with Lacy Monday night. He said in a text message the visit went "great man".
"Coach Pitts is real cool," said Lacy on Sunday after his visit to Arkansas. "He's very excited. I can tell he loves the game and loves being around it."
Lacy, who has officially visited UCLA, Nebraska and Arizona State, said the Hogs had the best facilities he had seen.

"It was way better than I thought it would be," Lacy said. "I was very satisfied."

Edited by gchamblee, 30 January 2013 - 11:23 AM.

[rwspear]

those three plus the 3 we already have... we may finally have an OL again

[razorhead]

eastcoastrazorback, on 29 January 2013 - 05:49 PM, said:

Of our 17 commits, 9 are on defense.

4 DB commits

1 DE commit

1 DT commit

3 LB commits

That's refreshing.  The last few years 16 of our 17 commits would have been WR's.

[jacobp]

If you're obsessed with stars, if this class closes out the right way it will be an amazing one.  If we can crack the top 25, with our staff only having two months to recruit, it'll be one of the best recruiting jobs in the nation.
I'm not all that obsessed with star rankings, cough ole miss cough, but we are getting the bulk of our talent up front on each line. Where OM is going to suffer is they're signing every skill player they can find and ignoring the trenches. We've been down that road before.
The style of offense run by Auburn, Ole Miss, Etc is going to be what ends the SECs run of nattys, mark it down.  I really wish half our conference wasn't trying to imitate big12/pac12 football

2014 is when we should really make some noise with our recruiting. The 2014 instate class is one of the deepest in a long time

[The Doctor]

jacobp, on 30 January 2013 - 04:49 PM, said:

If you're obsessed with stars, if this class closes out the right way it will be an amazing one.  If we can crack the top 25, with our staff only having two months to recruit, it'll be one of the best recruiting jobs in the nation.
I'm not all that obsessed with star rankings, cough ole miss cough, but we are getting the bulk of our talent up front on each line. Where OM is going to suffer is they're signing every skill player they can find and ignoring the trenches. We've been down that road before.
The style of offense run by Auburn, Ole Miss, Etc is going to be what ends the SECs run of nattys, mark it down.  I really wish half our conference wasn't trying to imitate big12/pac12 football

2014 is when we should really make some noise with our recruiting. The 2014 instate class is one of the deepest in a long time

I don't know if you could really say we are ignoring the trenches. We are in contention for tunsil, have a couple of solid three star linemen coming in, and have an experienced offensive line returning. As far as defensively, we could potentially have a pretty DL heavy class if we close out with Nkemdiche, Daniels, perhaps steal Chris "CJ 2.0" Jones. We do have a lot of skill players yes, but that is where our need lies right now. We don't have a solid every down type of back, and we need more receiving threats than Moncrief.

Just my opinion however.

Edited by The Doctor, 30 January 2013 - 05:00 PM.

[gchamblee]

shit just broke loose in south florida.... i bet we get kirkland now and possibly collins too

http://miamiherald.t...m-kirkland.html


Booker T. coach Tim "Ice" Harris says he's stunned UM pulled scholarship from Kirkland



This isn't the type of finish UM coach Al Golden had in mind.
With less than a week before National Signing Day, the Hurricanes have pulled a scholarship offer from a top recruit at a major high school power in Miami-Dade County and angered its head coach.
Booker T. Washington coach Tim "Ice" Harris said Thursday it was grossly unfair for the Hurricanes to pull their offer from All-American offensive lineman Denver Kirkland right after the team's state championship parade through Overtown.
Harris, who himself worked on UM's staff under Randy Shannon and whose son Brandon was a standout cornerback at UM, said he had assured UM coaches privately Kirkland had decided to sign with the Canes and was simply waiting until National Signing Day to announce. But because Kirkland wasn't willing to commit before then and make the announcement public, Harris said, assistant Micheal Barrow told him the program "was moving in a different direction."
"This had nothing to do with academics and everything to do with UM doing something unfair to a local kid," Harris said. "Denver has a 2.8 GPA and has the test score.
"Coach Golden visited the school today before our parade and told Denver everything he wanted to hear. Then, a couple hours later, everything changed. I told them Denver was all set to go there for the academics. This isn't the way UM should be doing business, not with the kids in their own backyard."
Harris said Barrow asked for a private meeting following the parade and asked Kirkland flatly if he would commit. Harris said Kirkland told Barrow UM was in the top three, but he wanted to wait until Signing Day to announce.
"I just don't understand why they couldn't wait," Harris said. "The same way [linebacker] Matthew Thomas is a big-time kid, Denver is the same big-time offensive lineman. Let the kid enjoy his moment. If they were going to do this to him, why not let him know well ahead of time so he could plan another visit. Don't come to us in the end and say you're going in another direction because of a defensive lineman."
Asked if this would affect Thomas' recruitment, Harris said: "I just look at this from a loyalty perspective. If we commit to something and show you love and tell you we're going to do something, just wait for it to happen. I've never seen anything of this magnitude. I'm not sure what this does for UM in Miami as a whole... I'll never tell a kid not to go somewhere, but it's tough for me to tell my kids to trust UM at this point.
"They don't know when an offer is going to get pulled, if they're going to do what they did to Denver today. He's an All-American. I just don't understand how they let him get out of here. I won't stop anybody from going to UM, but I can tell you I'll never help them again."

Read more here: http://miamiherald.t...l#storylink=cpy

Edited by gchamblee, 01 February 2013 - 11:01 AM.

[Squealliam Fatner]

gchamblee, on 01 February 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

shit just broke loose in south florida.... i bet we get kirkland now and possibly collins too

http://miamiherald.t...m-kirkland.html


    Booker T. coach Tim "Ice" Harris says he's stunned UM pulled scholarship from Kirkland



This isn't the type of finish UM coach Al Golden had in mind.
With less than a week before National Signing Day, the Hurricanes have pulled a scholarship offer from a top recruit at a major high school power in Miami-Dade County and angered its head coach.
Booker T. Washington coach Tim "Ice" Harris said Thursday it was grossly unfair for the Hurricanes to pull their offer from All-American offensive lineman Denver Kirkland right after the team's state championship parade through Overtown.
Harris, who himself worked on UM's staff under Randy Shannon and whose son Brandon was a standout cornerback at UM, said he had assured UM coaches privately Kirkland had decided to sign with the Canes and was simply waiting until National Signing Day to announce. But because Kirkland wasn't willing to commit before then and make the announcement public, Harris said, assistant Micheal Barrow told him the program "was moving in a different direction."
"This had nothing to do with academics and everything to do with UM doing something unfair to a local kid," Harris said. "Denver has a 2.8 GPA and has the test score.
"Coach Golden visited the school today before our parade and told Denver everything he wanted to hear. Then, a couple hours later, everything changed. I told them Denver was all set to go there for the academics. This isn't the way UM should be doing business, not with the kids in their own backyard."
Harris said Barrow asked for a private meeting following the parade and asked Kirkland flatly if he would commit. Harris said Kirkland told Barrow UM was in the top three, but he wanted to wait until Signing Day to announce.
"I just don't understand why they couldn't wait," Harris said. "The same way [linebacker] Matthew Thomas is a big-time kid, Denver is the same big-time offensive lineman. Let the kid enjoy his moment. If they were going to do this to him, why not let him know well ahead of time so he could plan another visit. Don't come to us in the end and say you're going in another direction because of a defensive lineman."
Asked if this would affect Thomas' recruitment, Harris said: "I just look at this from a loyalty perspective. If we commit to something and show you love and tell you we're going to do something, just wait for it to happen. I've never seen anything of this magnitude. I'm not sure what this does for UM in Miami as a whole... I'll never tell a kid not to go somewhere, but it's tough for me to tell my kids to trust UM at this point.
"They don't know when an offer is going to get pulled, if they're going to do what they did to Denver today. He's an All-American. I just don't understand how they let him get out of here. I won't stop anybody from going to UM, but I can tell you I'll never help them again."

Read more here: http://miamiherald.t...l#storylink=cpy

Wow. Looks like the 'Canes just reserved themselves a seat on the dumb-as- bus...

[eastcoastrazorback]

fsu, Arkansas, and OM:  Hey coach Golden have another retard sandwich?

Golden:  No thanks guys I'm full.

[jacobp]

5* LB Matthew Thomas is an outside possibility too.  He's a longshot....but this class is potentially closing STRONG