'20 GA OL Tate Ratledge (UGA commit)

[BigOrangeTrain]

Some of you must be the biggest damn optimists in the world lol

No. We just understand a little bit about football recruiting. You obviously don’t.

 

[901LookAlive]

Yeah he retweeted the Mansell tweet. The video is already shot. It was made during G day.

Think us landing two 5 star tackles, and UGA whiffing last cycle actually hurt more than we thought.

 

[84Volfan]

Some of you must be the biggest damn optimists in the world lol

With last year's OL haul this one doesn't hurt near as bad as it would otherwise. Plenty of DL is what we need the most this class.....stop being a whiney bitch.

 

[84Volfan]

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I’m just messing with ya. Tough decision for him and his family.

Have you heard which way he is leaning?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

You can't celebrate something when it happens to us but at the same time pretend it doesn't matter if it goes in another direction.

Committing to UGA would suck. It would be the end of the recruitment, for all intents and purposes. The staff would keep after him, and we'd still get updates. Just like we did for Zion and Norton last year. But come early signing period, he'd be a Georgia Bulldog.

Sure I can. Because I know that even if he committed to us there is still a chance UGA could flip him. When someone commits it doesn’t necessarily end the recruitment. We should all know by now that nothing is for sure in recruiting.

 

[butchna]

 

[butchna]

Think us landing two 5 star tackles, and UGA whiffing last cycle actually hurt more than we thought.

I’ll take that hurt...as opposed to missing out BOTH years.

 

[secking]

Sure I can. Because I know that even if he committed to us there is still a chance UGA could flip him. When someone commits it doesn’t necessarily end the recruitment. We should all know by now that nothing is for sure in recruiting.

I agree with this in premise, but I will say I don’t think Tate will flip, either way. If he picks UT, I think he sticks. If UGA, I think he sticks.

 

[SmokeyDaBear]

Dang we gonna miss on Rogers and Ratledge?? That stings no matter what anybody says. I didn’t expect both but was hopeful we get one.

 

[Jackcrevol]

oh well. next.

him not growing up liking UT hurt us...wait, nope. us not having an elite recruiter hurt...nope that either. not offering his friend..dang. not that. wait, we've been bad for a really long time.

gotta start winning.

 

[Big Gucci Sosa]

Lssssss

 

[DaddyChad]

You could be right and if the staff were to back off recruiting him then that would be a tell tale sign that there is little chance of a flip.

The problem is he’s making this commitment bc he wants to focus on school, his season, and the school he’s wanting to go to. I think communication may get a little more difficult once he commits. Not saying we’re out of it or anything and hell hopefully he surprises us and commits to the good guys. Georgia has Pittman (the coach he has the best relationship with)and the fact that they’ve been successful recently.

I think the gap is close right now, might go either way but I believe UGA is leading. That can widen if he closes down communication when he gets busy with school, football, etc.

 

[RyanWalkerPGH]

Lssssss

Bro... everything is good. It's May right? That's what everyone keeps telling me.

 

[volfaninpa]

Has Ratledge presumably connected as well with any UGA prospects as he seems to with Cooper Mays and Harrison Bailey?

 

[Nashvegas31]

May will suck I guess

 

[Big Gucci Sosa]

Callahan says Georgia

 

[kemotoe]

Has Ratledge presumably connected as well with any UGA prospects as he seems to with Cooper Mays and Harrison Bailey?

Whatever Pittman and Kirby are feeding him has overcome those relationships.

 

[901LookAlive]

Callahan says Georgia

Callahan only source in Georgia is Rusty.

 

[Mullins2010]

Hopefully he gets kicked out of the house

 

[Catbone]

oh well. next.

him not growing up liking UT hurt us...wait, nope. us not having an elite recruiter hurt...nope that either. not offering his friend..dang. not that. wait, we've been bad for a really long time.

gotta start winning.

Bingo

 

[Ron Swanson]

This place is going to be miserable if he picks UGA.

 

[Rishvol]

Hopefully he gets kicked out of the house

Nah. Dad will be like I support your decision but I'm only wearing red on game days

 

[bignewt]

This place is going to be miserable if he picks UGA.

It sucks a bit but OL this time of year is not concerning. Especially with our '19 haul. Would rather have Rogers. Gotta get back into the thick of that one.

 

[secking]

Have you heard which way he is leaning?

Roller Coaster, it’s went back and forth with each leading at some point. UT had a decent lead a couple months back.

You know I’m honest either way, I’d ever so slightly lean UGA (right now). Still got a couple i haven’t heard back from BUT let me say, it would Not surprise me at all if he picks UT. Kid and his family love the Big Orange. Family has went with him on every visit (to UT) not so on the Ga trips, so UT has plenty of reason to be optimistic.

He normally takes a friend on his trips to Ga, Cade Brock.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]