re: 2019 Recruiting Class (NSD - Today; 5* WR George Pickens flips to UGA from Auburn)

The auburn guys LOVE to quote our board, so in the spirit of rivalry, enjoy this Shakespearean melt from their recruiting thread:

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re: 2019 Football Recruiting Thread - Booth Melt Soon Approaching Posted by SamGinn Cam on 7/29/18 at 11:23 pm to TigerPaw1 Don't forget 4*LB Rian Davis now off the board. UGA. We should've known with Booth. We should've known seeing the BBQ visitor list. Its Dabo and whatever he says' way. Gets them on campus close to 'want to commit' date, makes them go public asap, then has that policy that if you visit somewhere else he will pull the scholly. Once he visited there instead of us this weekend, it was over. Mackensie Alexander to now it's the same story with Clemson. Pappoe knows seeing UGA and now Booth at this point its not going to come together Top 5 anymore, I hope he continues to be solid through the season. The pressure to leave if he's the only 5* will be immense by December. I was concerned before with Kirby going to UGA that the gap would widen and we wouldn't be able to recruit Georgia like with Richt, a guy that still beat us. But Pruitt learned under Saban and Jimbo, and I think will start to have good classes too. It's inevitable Jimbo is going to get Top 10 classes. Clemson will continue to cherry pick Georgia anytime we want someone UGA doesn't. Muschamp, Richt, and Taggart are no slouches. Moorhead TBD. Meyer still poaches. Any kid with a big brain is Stanford's. Auburn isn't going to go national, just isn't. Better hope Mullen keeps sucking with Fla recruiting and Alleva keeps Ed O. Gus is going to have to get creative and step it up just like Chizik did inventing the road trips. Can't just take all transfers and JUCOs trying to close the talent gap. Or he's just going to have to blast UGA and Bama then UGA again this year, which I don't see him winning 3 or even 2, maybe 1 on the road -- my biggest remaining concern with him, big road games. It takes a lot to beat Bama with all their talent, every game feels Herculean. UGA will be there after this class. Winning 2 of those games in 3 weeks or 3 in 4, to end the season? Ha. Gus indeed better step it up. 4* CBs are out there, yeah. We could get a whole team of just 4*s. But Booth to Clemson is a giant signal in the recruiting world we're not up there with the big boys this year. We clearly needed CBs, we just put Iggy there and he's a possible starter lol. Dobbs barely looked at us after visiting, Morris gone, if Putnam goes FSU, OL recruiting yikes. RB recruiting is disappointing, UGA has 4 5*s now and we definitely run the ball more and can't get anyone elite to even look. Garner will do his thing but we definitely need another D Brown, 5* or high 4* DTs soon. Or take 4* 270lb SDEs and make them pound food. LB options starting to thin. Or we accept who we are and wait for odd numbered years with UA/UGA at home, go for transfers out the arse, (Can you imagine if Stidham had picked A&M instead?) and bite nails in close games at Amen Corner, hope for a miracle in sec champ game or someone else in East to be worth a shite. I got it that we beat them both this year but we got slammed in the SEC game, and our elite talent is starting to move on without replenishing with the same. Last year was a "depth" class in hopes this one would have 5-6 elite dudes. I personally think with the way every years schedule ends for us and UGA elite, we're going to have to get a generational player or a bunch of great transfers to get to the playoffs. Booth and this UGA weekend is the period in the sentence writing on the wall. Just is. If we're gonna do it, it's going to be like we always do it: once every few years, unexpected dominant DT QB and senior OL, grimey senior defense, under the radar to start the season etc. Sucks but we're not gonna get the 5* laden team we all hoped for. Too much around us now and we're not ever gonna be national. Gus needs to find a way after the season or absoluetly next year, or the gap gets worse and we have to hope for 2013 type seasons. ** Early soft melt to Booth gone, RIP to AU 5* CB dream **

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Get some sleep tonight...you will need energy for the commits to come this week

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Too much work! That 2020 board is coming together lol

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Early soft melt

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That's a soft melt?

Whatever Melt it was, it was a solid breakfast

She came with him in the Spring and have a glowing account of the visit

I see other boards mentioning we always finished in the top 10 in recruiting. The problem was we would still be 4th or 5th in the SEC, and we got shite all over in the trenches. I was other people's fans realized the difference between Kirby and Richt

I generally don't read the Dawgnation forums, but I'm genuinely amazed at how much fun has been had with continually bumping this post from April of last year...

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What are the chances we lose Haselwood? He seems to be flirting with Auburn an awful lot.

If we lose Haselwood it's not likely to be to Auburn. As of right now, he's solid. If we have a poor passing game showing you could see Oklahoma pressuring to grab him, both due to his dad playing there/childhood favorite and their very proliferous passing offense.

Most seem to think he sticks, but it's recruiting... things are fluid.