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LMTLION said:
This is an excellent pickup. I think any questions about MC’s recruiting abilities have been answered over the last few weeks. For anyone counting, PSU 6 recruits vs VT 2.
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Incredibly exciting,,,,PSU has never attracted a 4 star linebacker under BGJ. He is a composite 3 star and also 3 on 247.
 
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Marshall2323 said:
Incredibly exciting,,,,PSU has never attracted a 4 star linebacker under BGJ. He is a composite 3 star and also 3 on 247.
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His two best (rankings wise) LB recruits were absolute busts. One is a ‘never was’ (Smith) the other transferred (undersized five star from Michigan). Not Franklin’s fault but the five star guys not living up to ranking happened a lot…(Simmons, Slade, Allar, Ford, Johnson, Shorter, Reynolds).
 
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LMTLION said:
This is an excellent pickup. I think any questions about MC’s recruiting abilities have been answered over the last few weeks. For anyone counting, PSU 6 recruits vs VT 2.
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Hovering around 50 or so in national rankings. They’re going hard after QB Bourque as are we - will be interesting to see how it ends up.
 
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Midnighter said:
Hovering around 50 or so in national rankings. They’re going hard after QB Bourque as are we - will be interesting to see how it ends up.
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It will be fascinating to see how VT plays it with Bourque. I read elsewhere that those lesser programs could put out more money for an upper level QB if they’re putting all their eggs in one basket and not paying the rest of their recruits as much as we are. But for Bourque, it seems to be PSU verse ND and Georgia. We are also very high on Mencl out of Arizona and we may have him higher on our board. It’s literally us versus Oregon for him, which means the PSU NIL collective versus Phil Knight. Hopefully we get one of the two.
 
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LMTLION said:
It will be fascinating to see how VT plays it with Bourque. I read elsewhere that those lesser programs could put out more money for an upper level QB if they’re putting all their eggs in one basket and not paying the rest of their recruits as much as we are. But for Bourque, it seems to be PSU verse ND and Georgia. We are also very high on Mencl out of Arizona and we may have him higher on our board. It’s literally us versus Oregon for him, which means the PSU NIL collective versus Phil Knight. Hopefully we get one of the two.
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This doesn’t make me overly optimistic for either to be honest
 
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LB99 said:
This doesn’t make me overly optimistic for either to be honest
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Agreed, but to be honest, the last two Natty winners rented a quarterback for their championship run. They were both able to identify the right fit QB for their systems. Neither was the best available. Maybe that’s the model moving forward, who knows. But I still want one of these two high school recruits.
 
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LMTLION said:
It will be fascinating to see how VT plays it with Bourque. I read elsewhere that those lesser programs could put out more money for an upper level QB if they’re putting all their eggs in one basket and not paying the rest of their recruits as much as we are. But for Bourque, it seems to be PSU verse ND and Georgia. We are also very high on Mencl out of Arizona and we may have him higher on our board. It’s literally us versus Oregon for him, which means the PSU NIL collective versus Phil Knight. Hopefully we get one of the two.
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FWIW, sounds like ND is now the competition for Bourque. They hopped in late. If they offer, his recruitment could completely shift.
 
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TheWizardofCamelot said:
FWIW, sounds like ND is now the competition for Bourque. They hopped in late. If they offer, his recruitment could completely shift.
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If PSU decided to offer some pee wee player, that annoying person who leads ND would offer him just out of spite. I look forward to when he finally accepts a NFL job.
 
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If PSU decided to offer some pee wee player, that annoying person who leads ND would offer him just out of spite. I look forward to when he finally accepts a NFL job.
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Franklin really pissed him off leading up to the last bowl game and he holds it against us.
 
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Midnighter said:
His two best (rankings wise) LB recruits were absolute busts. One is a ‘never was’ (Smith) the other transferred (undersized five star from Michigan). Not Franklin’s fault but the five star guys not living up to ranking happened a lot…(Simmons, Slade, Allar, Ford, Johnson, Shorter, Reynolds).
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I think 5 star failures at PSU leave a mark, because we don't get many. I wonder how many 5 stars under achieve at OSU or Alabama but it's not as noticeable because there are several others balling.
 
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LMTLION said:
Agreed, but to be honest, the last two Natty winners rented a quarterback for their championship run. They were both able to identify the right fit QB for their systems. Neither was the best available. Maybe that’s the model moving forward, who knows. But I still want one of these two high school recruits.
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IMO you still need to play the traditional recruiting game. For many reasons. The current "wild west" nature of "college" football may soon get guidelines that restrict endless # of transfers. So I think it's important to engage on both fronts.
 
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I wish that we all just could move on from the last administration; my guess is that even if the last head coach had not been fired, he would've left on his own volition to take a new job after this season had ended, as the situation had become untenable after the loss to Oregon and then the total implosion in the next two games. He was the head coach here for going on twelve years, which is an eternity these days and. much like the Steelers after this past season, it was time for both the school and the old head coach make a change, while acknowledging that it mostly had been a pretty good tenure. Just remember that Dabo Swinney has been the head coach at Clemson since 2008 and has won two NCs and played for a couple others, and many of their fans believe that his time has run its course there.

I don't know whether the global results will be any better under Campbell than under the former head coach, but they may be obtained in a more substantive way, and I can live with that.
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It's worth keeping an eye on BGJ and VT, especially regarding recruiting - VT fans think James is the big draw and that he'll have VT with Top 15 classes every year like he did at PSU. What their fans don't know (or don't accept) is that he was never the draw at Penn State. I think you are seeing that happen in real time now; he doesn't have any other recruiting classes to steal from and right now they have three three star recruits and one guy who is unranked (zero stars) and are ranked about 42nd. We just jumped to 21.
 
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TheWizardofCamelot said:
Ryan logged an RPM for MD 3* IOL Owen Reilly. Mostly regional offers but also Oregon, South Carolina, & Sparty.

Also sounds like Sesay had a good visit and is working on getting us one of his OVs.
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The flip side is Khalil Taylor got offered by Bama and already set up a visit. Sesay should be a priority for Campbell as PSU seems paper thin at Edge.
 
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LB99 said:
The flip side is Khalil Taylor got offered by Bama and already set up a visit. Sesay should be a priority for Campbell as PSU seems paper thin at Edge.
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Who are the main contenders for Sesay? Is OSU in the mix?
 
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LMTLION said:
Would be a big get, but we are much more likely to land Stanley Montgomery at DT out of Philly.
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I’m aware. Montgomery would be a good get too, but Fakatou, while a long shot, has a much more impressive offer list.
 
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