Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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ChattaTNVol said:
Some posters have noted that class recruiting rankings are based on the total number of commits and specialists can skew the rankings, particularly the averages. I understand that but at the end of the cycle the specialists don’t really have much impact on the class score because 247 adjusts the contribution of each commit every time a new commit is added until the class is complete and by that time the lowest rated guy just doesn’t make much difference in the total or even the averages. I think 247, rivals, and ESPN, in their evaluation and ranking schemes, might not have much respect for how much the kicking phase of the game can impact the final outcome. jmo.

I’ve often thought there ought to be a certain number of each position group identified as the best in that group and while that is the case for most position groups, specialists are rarely, if ever, rated by the big three as blue chips. Kohl’s Kicking and Rubio Long Snapping are two of the leading outfits that rate specialists. Kicking Kids and long snappers travel all over the country to participate in these evaluation camps. Cimaglia was a 5-star kicker, 6th best in the country, and a 4.5-star punter. Brooks was a 5-star punter , ranked 2nd in the nation, and a 4.5-star kicker. Doyle was a 5-star punter, 6th best in the country, and a 4-star kicker. Lovingood was the 10th best long snapper in the class of 2015. Jake Yelich was the 13th best long snapper in the class of 2016. Will Albright is the No.1 Long Snapper in the class of 2020 out of 286 guys ranked. LSU got the top guy last year.

Statistically, for everyone else, about 60% of 5-star recruits turn out to be legitimate NFL draft prospects, around 25% of 4-star recruits, 6% of 3-star recruits, and 1% of 2-stars and unranked. The blue chip ratio is considered by many to be a good indicator of talent comparison between various teams. It doesn’t address experience or coaching, only talent.

With that in mind, and not adjusting for specialists, this is the way the blue chip ratios currently stack up for where we are at the present moment in the 2020 recruiting cycle for SEC teams. It’s only June.

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I like this..... Hard to imagine GA doing that much better than AL, but they will probably end up being about the same.
 
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jacobyvoln27 said:
Liked it also, especially the miners! The part that blows your mind is what the former Soviet state proclaims the total casualties to be, sad!
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Apparently Russia wants to create their own version, including a theory that the CIA made it happen. They're obsessed with us.
 
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AaronUT said:
Loooove Dan. My fave
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YEa He is awesome. I have a friend that runs with him.... the most Christ like person I know of. Outside of David Hogan. He is great truly the same guy in public and private. I thought about going to LCU but I am doing the 51 day school of Dan’s Harvest Chapel School of Kingdom Living it’s great stuff.... free on YouTube.
 
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The Dog said:
Well, it's the summer of 1988, between my junior and senior year in high school. Sometime after midnight, 2 of my high school buddies and I pull into the Krystal's on Broadway, near our school, Fulton in Knoxville, TN. As we pull in, 2 big biker looking dudes walk in front of my buddy's VW Bug/Beetle extremely slow. Being young, dumb, stoned and drunk, we cuss them out. We pull into a parking space and start talking smack, they talk back and one of my buddy's is black, so one of the biker dudes throws out the N-word and it's on. Even tho it's 3 on 2, they still probably out weighed us, but we get the better punches and kicks in. As we jump in the car to take off, the Bug dies and one of the biker dudes pulls a pistol out of his pants and sticks it in our faces through the driver-side window. I'm in the passenger seat and was the one kicking him while one of my buddies had him in a full-nelson, so I jump out of the car, climb the fence behind Krystal's run through the creek, circle back about 500 yards down, cross the creek again and run about a mile home. An hour later my 2 buddies show up and said they didn't even know I jumped out of the car until 10 minutes after they got it started. They spent the night at my house and my one friend made us get on our knees and pray before we went to bed. I can laugh about it now, but I was scared to death that night
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The Dog said:
Well, it's the summer of 1988, between my junior and senior year in high school. Sometime after midnight, 2 of my high school buddies and I pull into the Krystal's on Broadway, near our school, Fulton in Knoxville, TN. As we pull in, 2 big biker looking dudes walk in front of my buddy's VW Bug/Beetle extremely slow. Being young, dumb, stoned and drunk, we cuss them out. We pull into a parking space and start talking smack, they talk back and one of my buddy's is black, so one of the biker dudes throws out the N-word and it's on. Even tho it's 3 on 2, they still probably out weighed us, but we get the better punches and kicks in. As we jump in the car to take off, the Bug dies and one of the biker dudes pulls a pistol out of his pants and sticks it in our faces through the driver-side window. I'm in the passenger seat and was the one kicking him while one of my buddies had him in a full-nelson, so I jump out of the car, climb the fence behind Krystal's run through the creek, circle back about 500 yards down, cross the creek again and run about a mile home. An hour later my 2 buddies show up and said they didn't even know I jumped out of the car until 10 minutes after they got it started. They spent the night at my house and my one friend made us get on our knees and pray before we went to bed. I can laugh about it now, but I was scared to death that night
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Straight Outta Fulton
 
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I like camp offers but often wonder how thorough the evaluation can be. We offer a WR, he signs, then at the first practice we find out he can’t turn left when running routes. “Sorry Coach”

Or maybe he’s a Seventh Day Adventist. “Coach, I’m still holding out hope for a Thursday game in 2022.”
 
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GiggerVol said:
For the $ it is hard for me to top Busters in Murfreesboro. But I had a great one recently in Nashville at a diner in a Harley Davidson dealership that was topped with an egg over easy. It was awesome!
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Have you tried Burger republic’s “by the farm” burger?
 
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Waiting (somewhat patiently...but not really) for the next big fish 🐠.
For you older Vols like me, remember when some used to call Coach Fulmer the Big Fisherman for his recruiting prowess?
If (and when) Pruitt starts hauling in Top 5 classes, I think we should give him a nickname.
What about “Homespun Hauler” because he’s a down home country boy?
 
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Orange Studs said:
Yes and over priced.
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Their price point sucks, to be honest. They are only a smidge better than something like Wendy's but much more expensive. It seems like every Five Guys burger I get is just doused in ketchup. If I'm gonna pay $6 and change for a single burger, I might as well pony up an extra $3 and get an actual badass burger from a local place.

Speaking of local, Bang Bang Burger in Charlotte is probably my top burger spot at the moment.
 
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