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re: Alabama has the 72nd ranked recruiting class for 2027 (UPDATED)
Posted on 6/18/26 at 11:28 am to tide06
Posted on 6/18/26 at 11:28 am to tide06
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Bama thinks they can evaluate and develop QBs at a better NIL price point than they could pay for them in the portal. Frankly its a competitive advantage that only a few coaches in the country at an elite level can bank on.
Mack and Russell will be the first quarterbacks that this staff evaluated as high school recruits and then developed, so it will be interesting to see if they bet on themselves correctly.
If some of the numbers we hear are correct, I don't think it's necessarily cheaper to pay an elite high school guy for 4 seasons, however, you do get the added bonus of familiarity and chemistry.
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Posted on 6/18/26 at 12:30 pm to SidewalkTiger
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If some of the numbers we hear are correct, I don't think it's necessarily cheaper to pay an elite high school guy for 4 seasons, however, you do get the added bonus of familiarity and chemistry.
Well to me it’s like you have one price for an unready unfinished good and another price for a game proven guy and a top price for a game proven elite guy.
Once you go in for the elite starter in the portal you’re basically blowing up your QB room unless you have an insane NIL budget to work with because no one wants to sit and there’s only so much money to go around.
Simpson is the perfect example: Bama had him as an unproven starter caliber guy for like $2M. He went out and showed NFL upside and had an $8M offer from Miami.
Had Simpson come back on a hometown deal at $6M it still means you can’t resign KR and AM because you can’t afford them and they want to start, so now you’ll need a starter next year guaranteed.
Then you look at the pipeline. If you sign an elite HS QB are they ready to go as a rFR? Can you afford it if you had to pay $8M on the open market instead of $6M? Maybe, maybe not.
So say goodbye to Seaborn, Haven or both.
If not now you’re stuck buying another guy on the open market for the coming season because your QB room is gutted.
So the moment you sign the elite open market guy to me is a huge short term boost followed by future uncertainty for anyone without an open checkbook from a billionaire IMO.
IMO you’re almost guaranteeing yourself a long term ride on the portal QB cycle like Tennessee has been on until you can sign and develop someone who can start to bring stability to the position and while some of those guys have panned out like Mendoza, plenty have been average or worse while making elite or near elite money.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 12:35 pm to BigAL Golesh
Deboer will take Bama to new lows.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 12:35 pm to BigAL Golesh
Makes sense as to why DePoor was begging for money.
What a nosedive for a once respected program.
What a nosedive for a once respected program.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 12:37 pm to NFLSU
I can’t imagine they have much left after giving him that huge extension
Posted on 6/18/26 at 1:14 pm to vengeanceofbrain
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I can’t imagine they have much left after giving him that huge extension
Had enough to sign the #1 HS QB in the country out of Baton Rouge.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 2:15 pm to tide06
quote:lot of money to pay a HS kid to sit the bench then transfer to Michigan or Ohio State
Had enough to sign the #1 HS QB in the country out of Baton Rouge
Posted on 6/18/26 at 2:25 pm to tide06
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Had enough to sign the #1 HS QB in the country out of Baton Rouge.
The one Lane Kiffin didn't even bother to call, much less visit
Posted on 6/18/26 at 3:08 pm to BigAL Golesh
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lot of money to pay a HS kid to sit the bench then transfer to Michigan or Ohio State
Probably still a better ROI than paying $3M for a 4-4 record and these stats:
Posted on 6/18/26 at 3:10 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
quote:Are those Julian Sayin's stats?
Probably still a better ROI than paying $3M for a 4-4 record and these stats
Posted on 6/18/26 at 3:14 pm to BigAL Golesh
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Are those Julian Sayin's stats?
You know whose stats those are and I don't see how your comment is a gotcha. Ty's stats were largely comparable to Julian's.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 3:16 pm to tide06
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Had enough to sign the #1 HS QB in the country out of Baton Rouge.
that bum won't even start a game at bama. He's too big to be a QB. Peyton is much better.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 3:26 pm to NFLSU
Kiffin recruited David Stills.
Posted on 6/18/26 at 3:43 pm to BigAL Golesh
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lot of money to pay a HS kid to sit the bench then transfer to Michigan or Ohio State
Bama hasnt had a portal QB start since like 2016, not sure if itll be Haven or one of the other guys but theres a very good chance on of the HS recruits we've signed will be a starter down the road in Tuscaloosa.
And not one guy other than Sayin left who would've had a shot at starting in Tuscaloosa and that was a coaching change with two other starter level QBs in the mix ahead of him (Milroe/Simpson).
Tua? HS signee
Mac? HS signee
Hurts? HS signee
Milroe? HS signee
Simpson? HS signee
Posted on 6/18/26 at 7:59 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
quote:Sean White?
You know whose stats those are
Posted on 6/18/26 at 8:15 pm to BigAL Golesh
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Sean White?
Posted on 6/18/26 at 8:18 pm to BigAL Golesh
Alabama is a poor state. Why else would you see Nick saban lobbying Congress for a salary cap?
Posted on 6/18/26 at 8:23 pm to TideSaint
2025 Stats
341/226 attempts
66.3% completion
3,158 passing yards
9.3 per attempt
28 Tds
7 ints
167.06 Pass Rating
175 rushing attempts
1,008 rushing yards
5.76 per attempt
14 Tds
Posted on 6/18/26 at 10:40 pm to BigAL Golesh
The tide dropping from 65th to 71st in less than a week has to be concerning
Posted on 6/19/26 at 9:49 am to BigAL Golesh
Quality vs quantity. Big difference. They are up there with quality. The rest of the teams have a whole lot of players Bama wouldn't want nor recruited. The numbers don't tell the story because it just gives points for number of kids. It's not going to tell the true story. I am not a Bama fan but to diss this is almost comical.
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