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re: I'm still a believer in the Jimmies and Joes
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:41 pm to SquatchDawg
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:41 pm to SquatchDawg
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This is what OP is missing. A team of kids in their 20s with a lot of experience and good coaching can overcome HS recruiting stars. Vandy had similar experience.
Sure, you can spring some upsets here and there but you aren't going to consistently beat more talented teams.
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:43 pm to SidewalkTiger
They’ve beat both Ohio State and Oregon. Both teams have great QBs and top 5 composite talent
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:46 pm to NWLA_Bama
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Those are "stars" given to players in HS, before they ever touch a college campus.
Exactly. There were several 5* that Saban recruited who didn't pan out. If memory serves, Javier Arenas was a 2* and he was one of the better DB's to play for Bama since the turn of the century. Not to mention his contributions as a PR.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:53 pm to SidewalkTiger
Wonder how those numbers compare to OSU? Indiana has faced at least comparable talent before and come out on top, albeit in a very close (and somewhat boring) game.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:33 pm to SidewalkTiger
Alabama is not losing to Indiana lol come on now. Look up the QBs stats vs the better teams he played. He feasted off the scrubs.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:35 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Recruiting rankings don't mean everything, but they do mean something.
I think they absolutely still matter, but the transfer star system is terrible so they aren't rating guys who transfer correctly
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:38 pm to SidewalkTiger
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I'm still a believer in the Jimmies and Joes
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:40 pm to paperwasp
Those aren't Jimmies and Joes baw.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:44 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Those aren't Jimmies and Joes baw
Really?
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:50 pm to paperwasp
We need more Jimmy Sextons and Joe Rosens !!!
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:52 pm to Trumansfangs
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We need more Jimmy Sextons
Posted on 12/29/25 at 4:03 pm to paperwasp
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Really?
They played like Jamis and JoAnns
Posted on 12/29/25 at 4:03 pm to SidewalkTiger
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They played like Jamis and JoAnns
Posted on 12/29/25 at 4:26 pm to NWLA_Bama
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Those are "stars" given to players in HS, before they ever touch a college campus. Once they get into college those stars dont mean anything.
False. The blue chip ratio is in fact a thing. No team has won a national title since recruiting rankings have been a thing without 50% of their roster being 4 or 5 stars.
You can claim it doesn't mean anything... but it clearly does otherwise we'd have teams with bad recruiting rankings winning titles.
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