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re: When will Bama get blasted for "buying their #1 class?"

Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:43 am to
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:43 am to
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Bama coaches thought Ricks wasn't worth the hype 2 days ago when it looked like he was going to LSU


Nobody ever said that.

What he did say was that there’s no way for him to know if he’s elite, because he still hasn’t seen any senior film. He also restated that about 18 minutes ago, in response to LSU fans starting threads about him.

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Never quite seen anything like it. But I have not seen any film from what ended up being his senior year to judge him elite or awesome or the best ever. Ask them to send me some since they have obviously did a deep dive Ricks scouting report.

So no, even going to Bama, I'm not sure he's elite. Do hope to see film thought. His recruitment happened really fast after he reclassified.


Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:43 am to
A&M embarrassed Alabama boosters last year and now they're throwing around money like it's going out of style.


Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:44 am to
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Watts said it on the board that Bama coaches were questioning how elite he actually was behind the scenes and now it turned out to be a must get for them. Weird.



Nice link.
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:44 am to
Texas A&M has never won anything and never will win anything. That’s why people assume they were pushing boundaries. Also Jimbo’s tantrum plus pretty much every SEC coach taking Saban’s side all but confirmed it
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 9:45 am
Posted by WilliamTaylor21
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:44 am to
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Eli Ricks


Posted by TideWarrior
Asheville/Chapel Hill NC
Member since Sep 2009
11825 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:45 am to
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Exactly. Can you please ask your coach to stop whining about it now that he obviously bought a recruiting class?


Is it as I have not seen anything out there from the recruits or our insiders. I have seen where LSU fans believe it but that does not make it obvious.
Posted by TideWarrior
Asheville/Chapel Hill NC
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:46 am to
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A&M embarrassed Alabama boosters last year and now they're throwing around money like it's going out of style.


So you are upset that Alabama boosters embarrassed LSU boosters now? Got it
Posted by BeeFense5
Kenner
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:46 am to
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Nobody ever said that.

What he did say was that there’s no way for him to know if he’s elite, because he still hasn’t seen any senior film. He also restated that about 18 minutes ago, in response to LSU fans starting threads about him.


Congrats on the purchase
Just surprised by how your coach was so anti NIL. Cant believe he would be a hypocrite sleazebag.
Posted by BeeFense5
Kenner
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:47 am to
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Is it as I have not seen anything out there from the recruits or our insiders. I have seen where LSU fans believe it but that does not make it obvious.



Is this a serious post?
Posted by cajunbama
Metairie
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:47 am to
Posted by Night Vision
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Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:48 am to
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Nick has been "buying their #1 class" at bama so long nobody even bats an eyelash!

Chew on this for a second. "Alabama’s five-star recruits are picked in the first round 51.5 percent of the time. Five-star recruits that go to any other school, at least on average, get selected 21.2 percent of the time. A five-star prospect who picks Alabama is more than doubly likely to be selected in the first round."

THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY DOES THE TALKING!!
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 9:51 am
Posted by Double Down
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:48 am to
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If you can afford it, great. The Ags shouldn’t have gotten blasted for signing day. The other 364 days they deserved it.


Well they did get started a year early. Are we just going to forget about that?
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Midwest, USA
Member since Dec 2019
52177 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:48 am to
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So you are upset that Alabama boosters embarrassed LSU boosters now? Got it 





You struggle with reading and comprehension.
Posted by Riggle
Blue Ridge Mountains
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:48 am to
It's less funny because Bama will actually win games with these players
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:49 am to
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Sorry dude but NIL is legal!!


It is what it is.
Posted by Pandy Fackler
Member since Jun 2018
13882 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:50 am to
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When will Bama get blasted for "buying their #1 class?


You're asking the wrong question a-hole.

The correct question is this. Why is TAF so poor and drawn out that they can't compete with The REC?

Or maybe this question. Why does TAF not really give that much of a shite about LSU football? Could it be that Brian Kelly proved beyond the shadow of a doubt why he was at the bottom of Scott Woodward's list when he lost to that gut pile of a team in College Station?

What little money TAF has in its sofa cushions won't be spent on an un-clutch coach like the boy grinder and that's just how it is.
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 9:52 am
Posted by TMRebel
Oxford, MS
Member since Feb 2013
5391 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:50 am to
Bama doesn’t and hasn’t ever denied that they buy their class. A&M got all pissy with their coach leading the charge saying that every kid they signed loved A&M and bought in to what they were building. In essence, they lied when they didn’t have to. That’s why folks gave them shite.
Posted by Texas Gentleman
Texas
Member since Sep 2015
2606 posts
Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:50 am to
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aTm and jimbo have been given a hard time about their class for a whole year. Bama did the same this year, and it will show later today when they sign Ricks. Ricks was going to LSU as of yesterday afternoon, but the money bags came



No, people wont raise as much of an issue over it since Bama is seen as the blue blood and they are used to it. A&M was the upstart and got such pushback because those at the top dont like when the status quo is threatened and that's why people made such a big deal of it.

If Bama, Ohio St, Georgia, or a few others do it, no big deal but if it's a team that isnt usually up there does (whether its A&M, Arkansas, whoever) you'll see a lot more articles about it.
Posted by Pastor Mike
Florida
Member since Dec 2020
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 9:51 am to
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When will Bama get blasted for "buying their #1 class?"


Saban warned everyone about this… “the rich get richer”
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