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It is going to be very difficult to keep AS out of our starting line up moving forward. Both of them are so talented.

Indiana is busting this historical trend and I'm on the hype train

Also Penn State with six in semis for comparison. North Dakota St and Little Rock also have four and Penn has three.

Eddie facing former Hokie Cooper Flynn in Semis

I won't miss him, but he didn't do anything so bad as to have to coach at Liberty. Poor guy.

GIFtory is awesome. Joe, thanks for doing the yoeman's work here.

QB Michael Van Buren in the portal. Was at LSU last year, Miss St prior. Went to St Frances for high school.

Correct:

• Blue chip players are (by definition) more likely than 3-stars to a successful starter on a P4 team.
• If you can land majority 4/5-star players, then you will likely 'hit' on a majority of them, and then the 'only' thing you have to worry about is retaining them.
• However, if you are not landing a majority 4/5-star players, then you must 'develop' 3-stars (or out-scout everyone else) to compete at a 4/5-star level, AND THEN you have to retain them

In my mind, it's just a pure numbers game:

• Each year there's 32 5-stars each year, 375ish 4-stars, 1800ish 3-stars
• 70ish P4 teams (which means about 1540 starting spots)
• So after ~3 years, there's enough bluechip players (~1600) to fill every P4 starting role

Now, of course, some bluechip players bust, and there are a few 3-stars are underrated and/or developed into 4-stars, but the point stands: If you have the ability to recruit high school classes are that are majority bluechip players, you should pursue that route.

If you are not able to do that, then by definition, you will have the opportunity to upgrade your roster via the portal each season. And as we've seen historically, only 12-18 programs in any given year can have a bluechip ratio above 50%.

So there is a fundamental question each head coach must ask themselves: "Given the infrastructure/resources/reputation of my school, do I think I can land >X% bluechips out of the portal?" If the answer is yes, then you lean heavily in high school recruiting, and take a handful of portal guys each year. If the answer is no, then I think you should plan to turnover 30%+ of your roster each year.

It is my opinion that Mr. Woodson is a talented athlete. That being said, he seemed to display a lot of selfish behavior that lowered my opinion of him. It wasn't just his off field behavior but also the way he conducted himself on the field. He would talk a lot of trash after making plays. Meanwhile, we would be getting our butt kicked. I wish him the best of luck. Hope he can find a program to help him develop into the player he wants to be and even more importantly into the man he needs to be.

Absolutely wild.

I always loved watching Chad Morris's offenses at Clemson. The wide receiver screens were so cool.

But that scheme isn't as unique as it was 15 years ago. And the wide receiver talent at Clemson also isn't what it was last decade.

Certainly a choice

If you don't make a play on the ball early in the game, the foul is a technical. They should call them as technicals the entirety of the game...not just when it's generally agreed it's a strategy to get back in the game.

Seemed like a good guy that represented VT well. Happy he found a landing spot