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I don't think you're crazy. I think you are correct.
Hope we can pull in Ford to have something nice occur today. Glad to have the guys we get but it sucks watching guys we are waiting on to go somewhere else.
RIP in-laws
Yea this kid gets it. I admit that I myself get too wrapped up in Signing Day. Glad to see he is having fun with it.
I'd like to see a study about how far kids go from home these days. I feel, although this is so far unsupported by data, that kids are less likely to stay in state these days because the interwebs have created their own mobile community. No longer do you need to stay in state to play with guys you know, you get to know your fellow recruits 5 states away through twitter.
Of course, it also helps on the talent assessment side. More info is accessible for kids 5 states away now.
To me, this has fundamentally changed our recruiting strategy. No longer are we dependent on in-state recruits, as this class will show. Our best draws to in-state talent now are distance their parents travel and growing up a fan.
For YEARS we all complained because we would pick up the players at home and miss out on players out of state. Now people are complaining because we are getting the out of state talent and not all of the in-state guys? You can't have your cake and eat it too people!
He is a must get at this point or else I will be drunk by 3 pm. Might be a bigger get for our basketball team.
That's a long time. I may change my decision by then....
His decision wont come until 2pm, so up in the air until then
4-/3-star WR Isaiah Ford (@isaiah_ford3) will announce decision at 2 PM Wed. Seems to be down to #Hokies and L-Ville. http://t.co/2d7fSTkCX9— ThekeyplayRecruiting (@TKP_Recruiting) February 4, 2014
Not bad. Didn't want to wait on the real stuff to brew. Also didn't know I'd been holding on to this jar so long (still sealed, saving it for the in-laws).
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12 years 5 months
# | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline" The NCAA has never done anything about AAU teams, so don't expect them to come down on 7v7 teams
Will they give us a 25 point head start?
And the glasses. Don't forget the taped glasses. That's awesome, always nice to see a kid have an appropriate level of fun with his commitment.
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12 years 5 months
# | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline" Let's just hope they don't replace him with someone who knows what he is doing. There is talent there.
5-star Solomon Thomas commits to Stanford over Arkansas and UCLA with a tree.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2014/2/5/5301546/sol...
Maybe we can beat FSU in basketball to get them back for stealing our VA guys. And likely Harrison
Tempting, but happily I have class at 11 to keep me busy.
Yup, I think its allowed. Just stepping back to look at the big picture a bit.
Saw McKenzie picked UGA
Someone is going to spend all day posting the same "sky is falling" thoughts at every turn on this board. I'm guessing its this guy.
It's easy to be a shining star in a dark place. They will go there, stand out from everyone there, most likely win very little, make All-ACC teams, and then graduate and get drafted because they were noticeable. You will see talent stand out in those situations in the same way that lesser players at big name schools get drafted because of the performance of those around them. It makes people think more of them.
Right Handed Tebow!
I haven't checked TSL yet, but I bet they spend all day discussing this point. Do we need to drown our sorrows here as well?
When you are recruiting against Jimbo Fisher and Nick Saban for Defensive players you are going to have a bad time no matter what. We need a little perspective here. We did not get significantly better on defense. But we also didnt get significantly worse, and we had a top 5 defense this year. Fact of the matter is that having Nnadi would have been amazing but its not like teams are going to all of a sudden run all over us now. Bud Foster does what he does. Have faith.