re: So, your favorite team is signing 3-stars? Keep calm and trust the process.

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NIL is allowing teams who never would bagmen 4 stars to now buy them up in droves

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Very valid point

Why do you guys always attack the messenger? It has nothing to do with my team who hasn’t been relevant in decades. All I’m saying is a lot of you are brainwashed because you actually it was anything other than bagman money to get high recruits to your school. It wasn’t. It was all about Benjamin’s and then coaching.

There is nothing special at all about any college town to draw young males there. I used Gainesville as an example because Spurrier and Meye were able to get droves of 5 and 4 stars to come there. It’s the same town now as it was then yet players don’t flock there. It’s about money and coaching,

NIL has given players way more options and the data is tarting to come in. A lot of teams are up in recruiting and a lot of teams are down. UGA is clearly the best situated school in the southeast right now because they pay, have a great coach, and are located right outside the Atlanta metro area which has more though school talent than any other southeast metro area. When Kirby retires it will be interesting to see what happens with their recruiting.

And you can throw all the shots you want but young black males freaking love Atlanta which is why we have our highest class in forever. And we had a thing called the Olympics which torn down the hood around GT. GT is located in an oasis these days. But keep throwing shots because it doesn’t matter because young males love Atlanta. The times are a changing. With an expanded playoff and everyone using NIL you are going to have new teams emerging. Your teams haven’t even made a Natty game in 3 years and you were waaaaay out in front for decades. The model has changed.

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igning all these 3 stars ranked in 500th range and making room for better players in the portal.

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Texas Tech is taking bama's players.

Rodo

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The truth is, you can’t trust the recruiting rankings any more

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I don't think this is accurate.

The problem isn't that rankings are bad, it's that every team does roster construction a bit differently and has different levels of resources committed to building that roster.

I think you will see more teams going diamond hunting or "bargain bin shopping", but that doesn't mean the rankings are bad.

To me offer sheet is still one of the best ways to see how valued a recruit is. If there is a consensus among the pros that a guy is good he is probably good, 3 star 5 star or no star.

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They're bama fans. You have to understand the level of people you are dealing with. Most have never seen the inside of Bryant Denny

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Most have never stepped foot on campus.

ETA: I have a degree from UA. I donate money to the academic side of the university. I’ve sat through games as a student during the Fran era. I took my family to a game during the Shula era and had them dog cussed by a one toothed trailer park psycho outside of the stadium after the game. I actually have nothing against Alabama’s athletic program or its alumni. But I have a deep seeded hatred for your trailer park fans, most of whom reside here.

Says the guy whose team has successfully recruited six 5* players in this cycle so far and will likely rank in the Top 2 or 3 recruiting classes.

I get the point, but to say stars don't matter isn't completely correct. The portal is definitely a piece to the puzzle. Should be used to backfill pieces each year IMO. You may only get 1 or 2 years from portal acqisititions.

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Most have never seen the inside of Bryant Denny

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Yet we fill up a stadium larger than AUs every week.