re: 2017 UGA Recruiting Thread (commits, offers, visits, etc.)

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Not to try and turn this thread into a WLOCP discussion but quite frankly I think our inability to compete with Florida has become mostly psychological. Jmho

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I agree. I believe their entire first team could be out of the game with salmonella poisoning and we'd struggle with them more times than not.

4* ATH Tray Bishop

4*/5* ATH Deangelo Gibbs

4* ILB Nate McBride

4* OLB Leonard Warner

4* OLB Markaviest Bryant

5* DL Aubrey Solomon

4* ILB Monty Rice (depending on who you believe, some claim he's still in play)

Could also see us try to flip Jamyest Williams from Carolina or a DB from Florida.

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I think our inability to compete with Florida has become mostly psychological. Jmho

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Nope, if you'd asked in the 90s I'd agree.

But from 11-13 we won 3 in a row. At that point what happened with spurrier vs goff is irrelevant. We lost in 14 because we were just completely and totally unprepared for what they did, not to mention we were held all day long but that's kinda irrelevant too since we'd have lost no matter what. 15 doesn't even need to be discussed. Last year we lost because UF had a very, very good defense and our offense was trash. If you look at the stat sheet we actually did pretty darn well, it's just they started around midfield every possession while we started around our 15. NOt gonna win many games like that.


The losses in 99, 2000, 2003, 2005, and 2006 I might say there was a bit of the psychological factor at work, but from 07-present I wouldn't say it played a factor.

I feel confident we get bishop, Gibbs, mcbride

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bishop, Gibbs, mcbride

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Those three plus Solomon and I wouldn't even be mad about losing Jamyest and the rest.

My guess is we get:

Bishop
Gibbs
McBride
Warner
Bryant
And one or two surprises.

I don't really know a ton about him or warner

If we flip Jamyest, it's to use him in the same vein as McKenzie. He'll only ever top out as good as Malkom Parrish at his size in the SEC on defense but he could be better than iMac on O and ST.

Prefers D but I think everyone else sees his immense value on O and ST. He's Ace Sanders and iMac all over again but could be even better.

Does UGA really want Jaymest? He doesn't really seem to fit what Smart wants in a corner. I'd take him take him and find a spot for him to contribute. Only if we have space after Warner, McBride, Solomon, Gibbs, Bishop, Bryant and Nico Collins though. And even then I would rather take a corner with size like Brini.