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re: Georgia now has the #1 football recruiting classes in 2018 and 2019 and....
Posted on 12/28/17 at 4:54 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Posted on 12/28/17 at 4:54 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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That is not helping the optics, though, man.
2010: 11
2011: 7
2012: 9
2013: 12 (worst class in UGA history, bar none, and the reason Richt was ultimately fired)
2014: 8
2015: 6
Kirby arrives in January of 2016.
2016: 6
2017: 3
2018: 1
You're right, this is all very far fetched and suspicious. I think I'll write my congressman.
This post was edited on 12/28/17 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 12/28/17 at 4:55 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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That is not helping the optics, though, man
How? Going from 21st to 1st would look appear fishy. If an improvement like that happened, y'all wouldn't look like jealous and bitter conspiracy theorists.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 4:58 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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The thing is about mentioning the other teams like the 2010 Florida class and Alabama -- both of those coaches had won National Championships and were proven to put players in the NFL, so it makes sense.
Kirby won titles and Alabama and has Georgia in the playoffs in his second season.
Georgia is also top 10 in putting players in the league, with/without Kirby.
If that’s your argument, it’s not a strong one. And I’ve always been pretty realistic about having boosters and bag men. It’s part of the game and if your rivals are doing it, then we sure as shite need to be keeping up. But to act like Georgia landing top players is only explained away by duffel bags, then it’s short sighted.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 5:37 pm to djsdawg
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y'all wouldn't look like jealous and bitter conspiracy theorists.

If you think colleges paying recruits is a conspiracy then you’re in denial. I can only speak for myself when I say I’m certainly not bitter. I’m jealous of yalls class, but I have a feeling Mullen is about to get Florida back into the game that Kirby/Saban/Urban/Dabo/Jimbo are playing.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 5:43 pm to atlgator
As long as you admit uf has been and is also doing the same thing, then we have no issues here. It takes more than paying to grab the best recruits though, and thats what uf has lacked and what uga has. Can Mullen change that? I wouldn't bet on it with his goofy self.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 6:07 pm to djsdawg
Making the playoff one time doesn't explain Georgia possibly finishing with the best recruiting class of the entire 21st century
Posted on 12/28/17 at 6:27 pm to sportsfanatic1
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Making the playoff one time doesn't explain Georgia possibly finishing with the best recruiting class of the entire 21st century
Just going to throw these variables out there for you to undoubtedly ignore:
- The bulk of the committed/signed class features 13 in-state players (including #1 overall) and 8 from surrounding states (NC, SC, FL, and TN)
- Nobody has ever had an early signing period to use; Kirby perfected the approach before anyone else
- UGA is the defensing SEC champ and in the playoff
- Kirby Smart has changed the culture at UGA from top to bottom and HS coaches and players have taken notice
- Kirby smart is a flat out better recruiting HC than Richt ever was, especially in-state. Numerous other coaches, recruits, and parents have noted that he connects very well with players and their families
-Kirby is a former UGA player, graduate, and son of a high school football coach from south GA. That's a pretty deep network that can be tapped that not many other coaches have
- Kirby has assembled a better staff of recruiters than Richt ever did at one time (Richt had some good recruiters like McLendon and Pruitt but never a full staff of guys like McGee, Pittman, Coley, Schumann, Tucker, etc)
- Kirby has better facilities to pitch to recruits than Richt ever did (Richt never had an IPF nor did he get the benefit of the Sanford Stadium recruiting and locker room expansion Kirby will have for the 2018 season)
This post was edited on 12/28/17 at 6:28 pm
Posted on 12/28/17 at 7:03 pm to djsdawg
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As long as you admit uf has been and is also doing the same thing
Of course they have and of course they do.
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t takes more than paying to grab the best recruits though, and thats what uf has lacked and what uga has. Can Mullen change that?
I agree. I do think Mullen can do that. I think Emory Jones was the first example and won’t be the last. We’ll see soon enough

Posted on 12/28/17 at 7:43 pm to sportsfanatic1
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Making the playoff one time doesn't explain Georgia possibly finishing with the best recruiting class of the entire 21st century
Its been the perfect storm:
Being well prepared for early signing day + a SECC + a playoff birth + a ton of soon to be NFL draft picks + strong interest from talented prospects from GA and other traditional UGA areas + a brand new indoor facility and a new locker room + a relentless, likable, and skilled recruiting staff headed by Smart + UF and UT farting around with new hires = badass recruiting.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 8:39 pm to djsdawg
+ Boosters seeing success and a program that they can “invest” in
It’s a perfect storm no doubt, and it definitely takes good recruiters and a good staff to do what Georgia is doing, but it’s obvious what’s going on in Athens is being done a little more loosely than at most any other program in college football. Penn State, Ohio state, and the typical Bama and Clemson are close behind y’all as well, but y’all are doing it at a different level this cycle.
It’s crossing over two sports. I saw it put like this, every major program goes 10 mph over the speed limit (NCAA rules). Schools start getting busted when they’re going 20, 30, 40 miles over the speed limit. Ole Miss was going 40 miles over the speed limit. UGA is coming up on 20 or 30 miles over now.
It’s a perfect storm no doubt, and it definitely takes good recruiters and a good staff to do what Georgia is doing, but it’s obvious what’s going on in Athens is being done a little more loosely than at most any other program in college football. Penn State, Ohio state, and the typical Bama and Clemson are close behind y’all as well, but y’all are doing it at a different level this cycle.
It’s crossing over two sports. I saw it put like this, every major program goes 10 mph over the speed limit (NCAA rules). Schools start getting busted when they’re going 20, 30, 40 miles over the speed limit. Ole Miss was going 40 miles over the speed limit. UGA is coming up on 20 or 30 miles over now.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 9:00 pm to atlgator
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+ Boosters seeing success and a program that they can “invest” in
Dude, our boosters didn't just wake up this year and were like "oh, UGA is good now so we should start cheating and paying recruits!"
Our boosters orchestrated the ousting of Richt. They orchestrated the very quick hire of Kirby. They've facilitated the IPF and basically telling McGarity how he is going to do his job as AD with respect to running the football program.
What they're not doing is anything different than what they've been doing in recruiting for the past 20 years. Is someone somewhere getting paid a little? Yeah, there's a pretty damn good chance. But no more than any other SEC or Big 12 team typically does. They dumped a ton of money into Kirby, facilities, support staff, etc specifically so that the program could go out and recruit kids from metro ATL and Augusta and Columbus and South GA and Savannah and all these places where these boosters actually live and not have to see them go to other schools.
Any idiot can give a roll of cash to a poor HS kid or their family and tell them to go to School X. But it's a lot fricking cheaper and easier in the long run to simply take that same roll of cash and make the culture of the program change so that it's doing what it should be without illicit help.
That's what Georgia boosters did. It's not cheating that's made it possible, it was just a calculated business risk to change a program that has paid off in short order.
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UGA is coming up on 20 or 30 miles over now.
Oh, bullshite. There's nothing to suggest this other than opposing fanbases wishing it were the case.
Why anyone is paying serious mind to 2019 basketball rankings at all is beyond me. Maybe because it lends to this conspiracy theory y'all have going? Otherwise it's a meaningless ranking based on a whopping two commits.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 9:01 pm to tylerdurden24
What does any of this have to do with horse jumping? 

Posted on 12/28/17 at 9:04 pm to tylerdurden24
Kirby brought 93k to our spring game.
We (and falcons fans) took over the entire city of chicago for a weekend.
We took over tennessee, vandy, and Georgia tech's stadiuns.
Recruits have seen this and like it.
We (and falcons fans) took over the entire city of chicago for a weekend.
We took over tennessee, vandy, and Georgia tech's stadiuns.
Recruits have seen this and like it.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 9:09 pm to atlgator
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It’s a perfect storm no doubt, and it definitely takes good recruiters and a good staff to do what Georgia is doing, but it’s obvious what’s going on in Athens is being done a little more loosely than at most any other program in college football. Penn State, Ohio state, and the typical Bama and Clemson are close behind y’all as well, but y’all are doing it at a different level this cycle. It’s crossing over two sports. I saw it put like this, every major program goes 10 mph over the speed limit (NCAA rules). Schools start getting busted when they’re going 20, 30, 40 miles over the speed limit. Ole Miss was going 40 miles over the speed limit. UGA is coming up on 20 or 30 miles over now.
What a shame. I thought you reached reasonable conclusion earlier, but here you are, posting complete nonsense again.
Posted on 12/28/17 at 9:09 pm to TideSaint
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What does any of this have to do with horse jumping?
Wait, are you not allowed to pay girls from Kansas $100k to ride their horses in Georgia for 4 years? Is that actually against the rules or just frowned upon?
Posted on 12/29/17 at 3:18 am to tylerdurden24
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but it’s obvious what’s going on in Athens is being done a little more loosely than at most any other program in college football. Penn State, Ohio state, and the typical Bama and Clemson are close behind y’all as well, but y’all are doing it at a different level this cycle.

Posted on 12/29/17 at 3:32 am to HTDawg
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I think Georgia is cheating.
Your parents cheated the world and this board by polluting it with your stupidity. Bama signed 7 straight #1 classes and stacked 5 stars like lumber. Won 4 national titles and 5 SEC titles that time period. Florida, a program that had never done squat before 1990 wins 3 national titles and and 6 or 7 SEC titles. I won’t even mention Scam Newton and Auburn.
Who knew UGA winning an SEC title and signing a #1 recruiting class would set off the snowflakes so bad, as if it were impossible for UGA to do any of the these things. I guess these things are reserved for Auburn, Florida, and Bama.
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But they all don’t have such a giant improvement in a cycle that it’s obvious that something fishy is going on
The only thing fishy is how stupid and full of sh*t you are, but you are a pathetic gayturd. You just described what happened at Florida, Auburn, and Bama. LSU as well.
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Georgia basketball signed two top 50 overall players. I mean, come on. That doesn’t happen at UGA in basketball. It’s clear what’s happening.

This post was edited on 12/29/17 at 3:42 am
Posted on 12/29/17 at 5:11 am to HTDawg
So winning above where your recruiting class was ranked proves you were cheating? Not surprised a mutt us dumb enough to believe that. Auburn has never had the best recruiting class in the western division of the SEC in a single year on paper, much less possibly having the best recruiting class in the entire 21st century for all of college football
Posted on 12/29/17 at 5:46 am to sportsfanatic1
You really are ignorant and you lie like Trump. Everyone knows you paid Scam Newton and daddy. I also don’t know where you’re getting the “21st century” nonsense. You obviously believe if you repeat it enough that it will suddenly become true.
Keep crying though. The tears are delicious. You are our bitch and Auburn University is a joke.
Keep crying though. The tears are delicious. You are our bitch and Auburn University is a joke.
Posted on 12/29/17 at 5:49 am to ThaiTiger24
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"Actually, they are ranked #14 by the AP"
Did you even read the article you posted?
Per your article;
"this isn’t the official AP ranking of its all-time greatest teams."
The article was also from January 2017. With an 8 point differential between AU @13 and UGA @14, looks like UGA may be passing Auburn this year.
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