Momentum having any effect on recruiting?

[GCF Staff Support]

Having beaten Clemson 4 in a row, and Georgia 3 in a row, when can we start to expect a bit more of a swing in recruiting momentum? It seems that even though we seem to win on the field, we lose in recruiting class rankings.

Second question, are we recruiting better "sleepers", or are we coaching them to higher levels than expected?

So much accomplished, so much farther to go!!!

 

[FeatheredCock]

I have done some analysis that says we are moving up in OL and DL quality and depth on our competitors. OL especially. When Elliot came we were still suffering from the John Hall era although Hall's replacement only stayed one year he got us started on a recovery. Hall left us with something like 7 OL on the roster. This year we dressed 12 and resdirted 5. Of the 12, 7 have experience, all have started 2 or more gaames and only 1 is leaving. We have 5 coming in therefore in 2013 the OL should consist of 16 dressing and 5 red shirting with 7 of those dressing being experienced starters. I am not talking about place holders, we are talking players, potential SEC players. Without going into this amount of detail, the DL is in similar shape. One weakness is LB and we have 5 coming back with little experience and 5 coming in. I would expect to see a couple transfers to come in with some experience maybe. So yes the recruiting is gaining and as someone said, in the big uglys. By 2014 we cou have a starting OL with 4th or 5th year seniors, and 20 more OL in reserve. How good is that? That will Elliot's 5th year and he may have as good an OL as there is anywhere. Can you picture the long, time consuming drives and ball control I love the vision.

 

[Spurrier]

I have done some analysis that says we are moving up in OL and DL quality and depth on our competitors. OL especially. When Elliot came we were still suffering from the John Hall era although Hall's replacement only stayed one year he got us started on a recovery. Hall left us with something like 7 OL on the roster. This year we dressed 12 and resdirted 5. Of the 12, 7 have experience, all have started 2 or more gaames and only 1 is leaving. We have 5 coming in therefore in 2013 the OL should consist of 16 dressing and 5 red shirting with 7 of those dressing being experienced starters. I am not talking about place holders, we are talking players, potential SEC players. Without going into this amount of detail, the DL is in similar shape. One weakness is LB and we have 5 coming back with little experience and 5 coming in. I would expect to see a couple transfers to come in with some experience maybe. So yes the recruiting is gaining and as someone said, in the big uglys. By 2014 we cou have a starting OL with 4th or 5th year seniors, and 20 more OL in reserve. How good is that? That will Elliot's 5th year and he may have as good an OL as there is anywhere. Can you picture the long, time consuming drives and ball control I love the vision.

+1

 

[Superb Owl]

Being in the SEC, we will always compete with the best (recruiting or otherwise). The only position where I have concern over the years with Spurrier is QB. However, his 2nd stringer just beat our rival at their place. I have no more concerns there.