Great points. Saban was aided by a boatload of talent also. More than any other team during his historic run. He routinely had the #1 recruiting class in the country.
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2027 Recruiting Thread
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Two years. He was the only one who understood this philosophy.
You are correct in that others are going to catch up, but in doing that. The OSU, BAMA and UGa's will not be able to stockpile talent anymore and near the top a lot more teams are going to be competative. Even if OSU starts hitting the portal hard. Its going to harder for them. Because of recruiting, they will have high level HS recruits that they had to pay big money to. If you pull the rug out from under them, are going to bolt to another school.
I read something 5 or 6 year years ago from a Big 12 kid that transferred to OSU. When asked about the difference he said. Our first units were not all that far apart, but the third and fourth units at OSU were just as good as our first unit at the old school (I think it was Oklahoma State, but Im not sure). That is why OSU has been so good. Now, it you think OSU is going to figure out someway to keep the recruits on board for 4 years while bringing a handful of portal recruits. I think you are wrong. They are already losing their depth. OSU is still going to be really good, but the days of the same two or three dominate teams every year. The portal has taken care of that.
Everybody hates the portal, but is creating better parity in college football than has been seen in a long time.
How long do you think the current NIL structure can financially continue? Eventually some of these "contributors" will run dry on funds.
Its a great question and I have no idea. How long until they end up like the federal government and are spending money they dont have? All I believe is that eventually almost every team will not show restraint and will end up spending pretty much everything they are making.
I still think the solution is they need to stop having these kids go to school and just call them employees.
What did Texas Tech and Ole Miss do in HS recruiting rankings the last couple of years? Were they all 4 and 5 stars? Not to mention Indiana absolutely obliterated Alabama who I know had many more 4 star and 5 stars than IU. Then Indiana did it again to Oregon. Didn't squeak by them they CRUSHED them. No contest.
All this star gazing are BGJ fan boys trying desperately to create their bitter narrative that Campbell will fail and we will lose 4-5 games every season because he can't get talent.
The CFB world has changed. Yes, you need some HS talent but the blueprint is to get experience through the portal. Fernando Mendoza was a 2 star. If Penn State had recruited Fernando Mendoza the whining and bit##ing by some people on this board would wake up the lions slumbering on Mount Nittany!
Very likely. Get used to it. Indiana is a power in the B10. If PSU played IU in Bloomington this season who would you bet wins?
Apple will never make it as a computer company or as a company in general. My bet is on the established big boy called IBM.
Signed the clueless from 1982.
Says the CMC fanboy.
If psu with their higher rates recruits played Indiana this year who would you pick?
CMC is not cignetti.
It's funny how the Campbell huggers always bring up Franklin. How PSU is recruiting, or it's future failures or success aren't tied to CJF in any manner. Rivals currently has PSU recruiting at #14, putting them at #6 in the Big Ten. You and others wish to contend that recruiting is of no consequence because once upon a time Indiana won a natty with transfers and plug ins from the portal. Is this a good business plan?
Everyone here can deny the fact that to date PSU isn't attracting top 100-250 talent at a rate that predicts "excellence at the highest level." Yet, many are "wishing and hoping" to land impact players (sought after by schools with bigger wallets) in the portal.
Since you are obsessed with James Franklin....look up his recruiting status at VT so far. 24/7 has his average recruit slightly higher rated than PSU. Rivals has VT rated 20 to PSU's 14 with an average player rating .28 behind mighty PSU.
Campbell is recruiting at a similar level as has been the norm here. All I'm pointing out is that for PSU to consistently exceed 10 wins per season, talent acquisition needs to improve.
If you are content with the same results on average that Franklin produced, PSU is right about on track.
Texas Tech for one was perhaps the biggest spender in the portal leading up to 2025. Are you saying PSU will be a top five spender in the portal to supplement it's #6 recruiting in conference? Because I haven't seen any indication that PSU wishes to engage in high stakes portal acquisition.
Pointing out 3 stars who developed into award winning athletes and programs that had sudden success by use of the portal, doesn't make that the blueprint for success. It merely acknowledges the fact that over achievement is possible.
Indiana won the lottery. Therefore, your plan for success is to buy tickets and hope. Dollar and a dream. LOL
I could not imagine being you and being that miserable in life. It’s only a game.
If Franklin had done what Cignetti pulled off, he’d be calling him a genius instead of just lucky. He’s just a Franklin fan. What can you do?
False. Nobody even cares about culture. It is all about the wins. That is the only thing you care about. Winning defines the culture. When a team wins big the fans don't even care about cheating, sex assault or deaths.
If CMC does not win he is gone. Coaches with great culture and no wins get fired.
Really? That was a bad choice. He will be in the portal quickly.
Can not blame these kids for going to he highest bidder. life changing money and not even a high school graduate. Good luck to him maybe will see him in a year or two.
There's no money in the pocket yet. Let's see where he ends up on signing day. If Colorado has another down year will the NIL money keep flowing into Boulder.
Recruiting wins will follow success on the field. Let's see how the season goes. Then reassess.
About the only take you can have right now. See what occurs on the field and hope there is a boost to NIL.
Telfair is ranked much higher.Gabe Jenkins to Colorado. Another miss by Campbell
Put him on ignore. He doesn't deserve any recognition to his ridiculous posts. He is a troll. I would do the same to Rig and Marshall.
A good season should help money-wise, but something tells me that Kraft is going to move heaven and earth to redirect generous impulses to the stadium
Yes I’m a troll when I’ve repeatedly said Penn State can win the Natty this year and I’ve said Campbell is a good game day coach. Apparently if I’m not kissing his *** on recruiting I’m a terrible person. These are the same douchebags that were suckin Franklin off multiple years in a row when I said he should’ve been fired.