‘23 FL OT Francis Mauigoa (Miami commit)

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knox-townVOL said:
Lol this guy’s trying to use The Rock to compare program prestige 😂

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Yeah... I have. Every heard of Reggie White? Al Wilson? How long of a list does this chump want?

Yes. Heupel was HC at UCF... and won a lot of games at a school surrounded by giants in the recruiting realm. A place where you don't get 5* players... you have to develop them.

As a player he was a Heisman runner up, Walter Camp winner, All American QB, and won a National Championship.

Not sure where he was headed with that "manhood" comparison... but the question at hand is who this kid wants to play for... who he trusts to develop him.
 
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sjt18 said:
Yeah... I have. Every heard of Reggie White? Al Wilson? How long of a list does this chump want?

Yes. Heupel was HC at UCF... and won a lot of games at a school surrounded by giants in the recruiting realm. A place where you don't get 5* players... you have to develop them.

As a player he was a Heisman runner up, Walter Camp winner, All American QB, and won a National Championship.

Not sure where he was headed with that "manhood" comparison... but the question at hand is who this kid wants to play for... who he trusts to develop him.
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Lol not many current coaches have had a better college career than Heupel. Weird thing to try to justify having a better coach than us.
 
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I'll listen so you don't have to...

Miami is another program looking to have a giant 4th of July weekend. I think we're both in for "Good" weekends at a minimum, with Francis taking it to "Great" for either program.

They went through 4 or 5 other 4-star commitments that they're waiting on before getting to Mauigoa.

Mario Cristobal is "maniacally pursuing" Mauigoa. Miami-Tennessee battle. Tennessee has put themselves in a great position over last 24-48 hours, but Miami is in mix. They expect it to go down to decision-time (Monday @ 3pm). Their staff's existing relationship with the Mauigoa family dating back to their Oregon days was going to pay off. Tennessee made it a battle. Miami is in a really really good spot, one of the two teams. Tennessee in a really good spot too. Can't ever write off Alabama or USC. Everybody wants him.

They mentioned "there's been a lot of back and forth" several times. Stopping just short of calling it a bidding war between Miami and Tennessee with Alabama and USC waiting in the wings.
 
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i understand all that. But the difference between $ or $/family/friends etc, is a big one. Apparently especially with his culture
 
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utvols83 said:
Because they don't have a bottomless pile of money and are allocating based on value/position. Ruiz is willing to throw out whatever it takes...so he might give a top lineman QB type money. Spyre can't operate that way.
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Read earlier that Ruiz doesn't have the type of liquid currency to fund a bottomless NIL pit. Somewhere around a $10mil/yr NIL budget.
 
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BigSteve09 said:


I'll listen so you don't have to...

Miami is another program looking to have a giant 4th of July weekend. I think we're both in for "Good" weekends at a minimum, with Francis taking it to "Great" for either program.

They went through 4 or 5 other 4-star commitments that they're waiting on before getting to Mauigoa.

Mario Cristobal is "maniacally pursuing" Mauigoa. Miami-Tennessee battle. Tennessee has put themselves in a great position over last 24-48 hours, but Miami is in mix. They expect it to go down to decision-time (Monday @ 3pm). Their staff's existing relationship with the Mauigoa family dating back to their Oregon days was going to pay off. Tennessee made it a battle. Miami is in a really really good spot, one of the two teams. Tennessee in a really good spot too. Can't ever write off Alabama or USC. Everybody wants him.

They mentioned "there's been a lot of back and forth" several times. Stopping just short of calling it a bidding war between Miami and Tennessee with Alabama and USC waiting in the wings.
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I feel like we don't have to "maniacally pursue" him...telling, IMO
 
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