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What do mid-tiers
Air Force
Utah Valley
Indiana State
UC SanDiego
all have in common?

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I think it is stupid to think mid-tier players can't transfer and have success. I also think it is stupid to point to a few success examples as justification why it should be expected. Skenes was the #2 player in the portal, Dickinson and Eyanson were preseason all-americans. EVERYBODY wanted these guys. Luis Hernandez was a pleasant surprise and what you hope to get when you sign these guys, but he is the exception.

Mid-tier isn't the problem, hitting 300 (current BA) as a sophomore at Kent St is nice but in my non-expert view, he is the type you fill out late remaining spots with and hope to hit gold.

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$$$?

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We have longstreet as a rs fr and landen clark as. Soph. Our commit will be qb3.. longstreet was a 5 star ranked right there with haven in his own class. You then need to look at fits in lanes offense, which the 2 on the roster next yr + our elite commit are probably better fits.

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This is not the same game as 5-10 years ago. High school five star QBs don’t have nearly the same value they did now that we are in the age of the transfer portal. Certainly you aren’t going to pay TWO top tier high school kids to sit on your roster for a year just for one or both to leave. Even more so when you can go pay an experienced college qb to come in and start

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Three different responses and I think every one of them is right. Deboer's seat is heating up, he needs this recruiting victory and is willing to overpay for it. What better way to get fans excited about the future than signing the #1 ranked QB.

100 seems a lot less crazy then it did one week ago, we hit 15 since then to raise our total to 56.


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Last year our C, 2B, 3B, CF, #2SP, and several other pitchers were transfers, no shot at a title without them

2023 had C, 3B, #1SP (#1 ever), several key RPs, can't remember on LF and DH.

Regardless, the portal has been critical in both championships amd even if you miss some years, you do it again.

The lesson here is don't judge based on early information, do not take this as a reason to trust defense attorneys.

They shouldn't use someone with down syndrome in this ad.

Harold Perkins would have to have a first team All-American season to be in that discussion. Athletically, they are in the same discussion but performance based it is easily Devin White.

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The biggest problem with Kelly is that color combination

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Jbraua, not sure if you are a woman but no straight man would ever care enough to post about this on a sports message board.

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What? Outside of week 2 on the road to open at Texas. Point to the game we need the offense to win in a shootout fashion?

Week 1 55-3 win
Week 3 65-14 win
Week 4 66-38 win
Week 5 42-6 win
Week 6 42-24 win
Week 7 36-13 win

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Remove the cupcakes and the defense was not good until late in the season.

First 10 games had 3 cupcakes (Georgia Southern, Northwestern St, Utah Stage). In the other seven games, four teams put up at least 37 points (Texas, Alabama, Vandy, Ole Miss) where Burrow had to lead LSU to 40+ to win. Only one of the other seven was held under 20 (MS State). Auburn and Florida were close late, although the defense played well against Auburn.

In the first 7 non-cupcake games, the defense played well in two of them (MS State and Auburn). The only true shootouts would be Texas and Bama but Burrow had to play later in several games than he should have.


The last five games included three top 5 ranked teams and none of them scored over 28. Two of them were held to 10 or less (TAMU and UGA). The defense played really well in all of the last five games.

If Weeks and Perkins stay healthy and play to their abilities then this group is already a strength regardless of who else starts.