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Right, which is what I said but last year was their first truly elite class. 6th and 8th is usually like 3rd and 4th in the SEC and they hovered around the last the previous couple of years until last season.

Dawg, 6th to 8th in recruiting nationally should result in a much better season than 5-7. Last year they were 8-4. Both of those seasons are WELL below the expected result for recruiting of that caliber.

Your attempt at a point here is moronic. No, you can't explain away the dichotomy of A&M's recruiting and lack of actual success by trying to pretend like they only started getting talent in 2022.

What, the #6 class in the country isn't "elite" now?

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Posted by RandySavage

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Posted on 1/31/23 at 5:22 pm to metafour

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What, the #6 class in the country isn't "elite" now?

No, it really isn't. Especially not in the SEC.

Last year the gap between 1 and 6 was the same as between 6 and 17 (which happened to be Auburn). Last year it was the same as 6 and 21 (which also happened to be Auburn). To illustrate the gap we would be absolutely creaming our pants for the #6 class right now while Bryan Harsin was the worst recruiter imaginable and still pulled the #21 class his one full season.

Also, 6 in the country is basically 4th in the SEC and often 3rd in the SEC west.

In 2020 A&M finished like 4th in the country and went 9-1 in the SEC, in 2021 their starting QB got injured in like the second game of the season and they went 8-4 which isn't far off what'd you expect from a team finishing 3rd/4th in their conference in recruiting.

Last year was the first year, recently, they really underachieved and there is no way around that for sure.

However, the hurr durr A&M shows recruiting is overrated is a lazy argument and shows a lack of surface level knowledge/understanding of a nuanced situation.

This post was edited on 1/31/23 at 5:42 pm

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