greatest recruiting class ever???

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ACvol3 said:
Ertel said:
this is the first year that ive really seriously followed recruiting, so forgive me if this is a no-brainer but can anyone think of a year where the top recruiting class in the nation was head and shoulders above everyone else? im not talking about just a few stars ahead im talking total domination of the board and nobody else was even close and it could be considered the strongest class ever. follow up question, can you tell me how well that class did in their four years and what the team accomplished with all of that talent. just curious[/QUOTE

go mavs
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gah i hate the damn mavs lol, weird, i went straight to the second page and saw your name, and was like please dont tell me that stands for what i think it does
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HialeahGator said:
On "stars" only the 2004 USC class had 9 5* recruits.
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thats the kinda class im talkin about, a class that looked sick on paper, thats ridiculous, i wonder how many 5 stars there were that year, couldnt have been much more than 30 so they probably had nearly half of them
 
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Wow.

Those of you proclaiming that Florida's and Auburn's recent classes as the greatest ever must either be fairly new to college football or must not get out of the Southeastern US much.

Give me Nebraska's 92 class (Tommie Frazier's class) over those classes anyday.
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Ertel said:
thats the kinda class im talkin about, a class that looked sick on paper, thats ridiculous, i wonder how many 5 stars there were that year, couldnt have been much more than 30 so they probably had nearly half of them
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of the 8 five stars from rivals to sign with USC in the 2004 class

5 went undrafted
2 went 2 rd
1 - keith rivers - went first rd
 
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On a related note, what are our best classes? Production wise?

I have been scouring the net for lists, unsuccesfully. I am guessing 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1999 were all top-notch. Maybe wrong though. What about others/earlier?
 
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WesternKyVol said:
On a related note, what are our best classes? Production wise?

I have been scouring the net for lists, unsuccesfully. I am guessing 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1999 were all top-notch. Maybe wrong though. What about others/earlier?
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You aren't finding much in terms of historical lists because Rivals/Scout/ESPN didn't really rank recruiting classes before 2001, maybe 2002. You'll honestly have to go on what a given recruiting class did in order to measure how good it was...and honestly that's how I feel it should be!!
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Ours??? Recently, Probably 1997

Jamal Lewis
Travis Stephens
Travis Henry
Onterrio Smith
Deon Grant
Andre Lott
Cosey Coleman
Fred Weary
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Mini Me said:
Ours??? Recently, Probably 1997

Jamal Lewis
Travis Stephens
Travis Henry
Onterrio Smith
Deon Grant
Andre Lott
Cosey Coleman
Fred Weary
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onterrio smith was not part of the 97 class...we took 4RB's in that class, dominique stevenson being the 4th and he was moved to LB
 
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LWSVOL said:
lee otis played. I have him on DVD making a tackle at 1978 Notre Dame game. One of the greatest defensive plays I've ever seen.

He ran down Vegas Ferguson from behind after a long run to make tackle
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This is true, He was fast, He ran down the runningback from behind! He came down with some mysterious illness and had to quit football after his freshman year. Would have been a great DT during his sophomore year.
 
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UTChicagoV said:
Have any proof to back that steroid claim?? Their 97 Team was pretty 'kick ass' too.
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Common sense. There's a reason they recruited a bunch of no names that dominated while they were at Nebraska then went back to being no-names after that.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Common sense. There's a reason they recruited a bunch of know names that dominated while they were at Nebraska then went back to being no-names after that.
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I think your common sense is betraying you. Though not quite the NFL factory that UT is, many of those 'know' names from Nebraska made it to the NFL. Not to mention the NCAA and Nebraska instituted drug tests in the 80s (which did result in some players being dismissed). But if what you say is valid, then common sense would lead one to believe that teams like Iowa and Wisconsin must be full of steroid users too.
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onevol74 said:
Sorry, I did not remember that. Thanks for the correction, Larry. That must have been the first game in South Bend.
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it was the first time we played there. Montana was QB for them. I've been lucky enough to have made every trip the Vols have made there. Always enjoy it

Lee Otis got sick toward the end of season and never played after that season.
 
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LWSVOL said:
lee otis played. I have him on DVD making a tackle at 1978 Notre Dame game. One of the greatest defensive plays I've ever seen.

He ran down Vegas Ferguson from behind after a long run to make tackle
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You are right on all accounts. I was at that game and the play Burton made was one of the greatest defensive plays I have ever seen too. Burton got robbed of a fantastic career and he would have been one of our best ever. That recruiting class was rated number one, but it never panned out like it was suppose to and is one reason Majors got off to a slow start as coach of UT.
 
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UTChicagoV said:
I think your common sense is betraying you. Though not quite the NFL factory that UT is, many of those 'know' names from Nebraska made it to the NFL. Not to mention the NCAA and Nebraska instituted drug tests in the 80s (which did result in some players being dismissed). But if what you say is valid, then common sense would lead one to believe that teams like Iowa and Wisconsin must be full of steroid users too.
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Where they failed with much stricter drug testing.

No chance there's such a monstrous drop off if that team was nearly as legitimate as you seem to think.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Where they failed with much stricter drug testing.

No chance there's such a monstrous drop off if that team was nearly as legitimate as you seem to think.
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I guess it had nothing to do with the fact that Nebraska ran an Option offsense that did not translate well to the NFL. Frazier never had a chance to show his skills in the League due to health issues stemming from Crohn's Disease (which is why he sat out nearly an entire season in college). Nebraska's linemen and players on the defensive side of the ball ended up having fairly long and sometimes very productive NFL Careers.
 
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Ohio State the Citrus Bowl year grads recruiting year. They won 95% of the awards that year including Eddie George winning the Heisman. The class after that Had Pace, Glen Springs.............blah blah a lot of talent.

I still remember vividly Joey Kent kicking his foot at John Cooper when he grabbed his cleats after a catch.

Ohio State had tons of talent during that run.
 
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