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Miami, ND, Clemson, USCw, MSU, FSU and Stanford among others all average less than 84 thousand fans a game.

Outside of receiver, I would be very surprised. However, usually a kid comes out of nowhere and makes the coaches make tough choices. Brandon Facyson's emergence is an example. Ladler had the ability before his injury to come in and play a passing down nickel right away. We will see how he is post-injury. He didn't work in a game situation that was visible to the public in the spring.

laddler if healthy at CB?

Addressing point 2, I doubt we ever win a national championship. The amount of talent top to bottom needed for that is staggering. There is a pretty short list of schools that have the resources to put that together with excellent coaching as well, and even those schools are a level below Alabama.

However, if we can get our average classes back around 25ish, like we typically have been, I think Fuente can bring us to the last decade of Oregon type success. That is a string of top 10 finishes and a few "BCS" bowl wins. With a possible championship game appearance. We should be able to feast on talent-less teams and talented teams with poor coaching.

I was told when I got my camping site, I could have two tents. So if you are camping at Bristol Motor Speedway like me, I think you could do the same.

I've got 3, hope that's not too many

1) What sites/sources/etc. do you read for this level of X/O coverage, for whatever team. Any other place I can see detailed film review like you do for other teams?

2) You touched on this slightly earlier, but let's assume Fuente andh is staff are as good tactically as they seem but we continue to be mediocre in recruiting. Can his and Bud's schemes be good enough to win championships with top ~20 recruiting classes or do we have to solve that puzzle eventually to ever get over the hump?

3) I've been fishing twice in my life, once at 5 years old and again at 22, and each time ended with me in the emergency room. Is fishing cursed for me, or should I keep trying?

Got mine off of there this morning. Pearson L row 58. $40 service fee per ticket tacked on...better than most. But I like the fact that they send you the tickets automatically for printing/whatnot...really takes the "I hope this is legit" thing and eases my mind.

Assumptions based on a message board forum.....

Everyone has their own opinion. I'm not trying to change yours.

As hot as it has been, Pedialyte.

I am not sure how to answer this, other than to say I will point out when it is or isn't happening during our reviews. That is such a game to game measurement that each week produces it's own story.

As for mullets, I'd rather see them worry about winning games than hairstyles.

I wanted Tom Herman as my top guy. At the same time, I think Fuente may end up being a better fit. "Less talent" than VT may be debatable. Texas is so so so deep in terms of HS talent that the 2nd tier recruits there have been good enough to allow TCU and Houston to flourish- plus they supplement A&M, Texas, Baylor, TT, all the smaller schools, the Oklahomas, and a smattering of national powers.

My biggest worry about Fuente is recruiting- and that is tempered because he turned around Memphis with tons of walk ons (think about that, walking on AT MEMPHIS) and put two lightly recruited QBs into the NFL in Dalton and Lynch. He will get the most out of his players. The question is, will it be enough to mitigate talent gaps. The more I watch film, the more I feel like our defense especially is in dire need of a huge talent infusion. Last season-even in the games where the defense played pretty well, it looked like they needed an offensive mistake to get off the field because they couldn't dominate up front 3 plays in a row.

Expect one at some point before the season starts.