BearCat204
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Hey man. God Bless you.
I hope your negativity releases you one day.
Actually, in some ways, that's exactly why it will be. If we recruit over them, that's kinda what that says. Marshall wasn't good enough to be (heavily) recruited by his home state schools. IMO he's the type of guy who goes to Mizzou or UK and is one of their better players, but gets hidden in a depth chart at UT or Auburn, etc.
I just don't see Marshall, Henderson AND Banks in this class. At least 2 of those 3 will sign elsewhere. They're solid recruits but if we win 8-9 games this year, we will have much better options. We already do have better options if we can close on a few guys.
Randall Cobb perfect example. He wasn't heavily recruited by us, and went somewhere else. But he maximized his talent and worked hard.
My recollection of the Cobb recruitment was he was like Jennings in that he wanted to play QB in college. UT was honest with him and recruited him heavily as a receiver. KY told him he could play QB so he signed there. Played a little QB early in his time at KY then settled into receiver and the rest is history.
May folks second guessed CPF for not telling Cobb he could be QB then sending him to the receiver line for the first practice.
My recollection is that we also told him he could play QB, but for some reason he thought UK was telling the truth and we were not. Whatever happened, the legend of that recruitment has taken on a life of its own.