Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Devo182]

Here's a scenario I wouldn't necrssarily hate if we can't host because OSU stays high and UGA beats TEX...

1) PSU
2) UGA
3) SMU
4) Boise St
5) Oregon
6) Tex
7) OSU
8) ND
9) UT

Win and get PSU in RD 2.

Maybe the best of the "bad scenarios"

 

[Blake25p]

 

[vol4eva]

Want

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

His brother just committed somewhere. Wonder if he follows him there so they can play together.

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

Look, I'm not overreacting like some, but if losing highly rated highly valued commits doesn't harsh your mellow in the least, then I question how much you truly understand recruiting. Shady's decommitment is alarming because it came out of nowhere, and with days to go until the ESP begins, it's not like we have a backup plan. Maybe we flip Merritt from Miami, but he's a different kind of safety than Shady. You do you, but I feel like we just lost a talented kid to a rival program that was not very good this year.

I guess I’m just too preoccupied with the playoffs and seedings and all that to be worried about decommits right now..Everything will work out one way or another..

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Stud

 

[Type Orange+]

This guy is trouble for defenses.

 

[jave36]

Yes.

 

[jave36]

Here's a scenario I wouldn't necrssarily hate if we can't host because OSU stays high and UGA beats TEX...

1) PSU
2) UGA
3) SMU
4) Boise St
5) Oregon
6) Tex
7) OSU
8) ND
9) UT

Win and get PSU in RD 2.

Maybe the best of the "bad scenarios"

Playing Texas would be our best bet in that scenario I think. They're overrated

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

I’d take this guy over Barion Brown for sure

 

[RiseToTheTop]

I would love immediate help at LB and S thru the portal. Get me an experienced, productive player at those spots. Having Pili was clutch when he was healthy. Arion needs more talent beside him.

 

[Devo182]

Playoffs are gonna need to do reseeding after this year. If a 12 seed upsets the 5 seed in round 1 there’s absolutely zero reason the 4 seed should get the benefit of playing the lowest seeded team in the semi’s

I mean, those are the arbitrary risk/rewards of any tournament, with the way seedings work.

All I'd have done is NO guaranteed 1-4 spots and byes.

Most important to me is no guaranteed 1-4 spots going to the 4 highest ranked conference champs. A guaranteed spot in the playoff is MORE THAN ENOUGH.

If they're one of the 4 best, then let them earn it. But 3-loss Clemson, coming off a loss, potentially being seeded "top 4 WITH A BYE" is 100% patently absurd. They're not even going to be ranked top 15 this week!!! Same goes for Boise St...or if Boise loses, then ~top 15 Arizona St/Big 12 winner gets this BS seed.

I'd do away with byes too, but that's secondary and would require we move to 8/16 teams, which I'm down for long-term. But the top-4 seeding guarantees is absolutely AWFUL and can be done away with IMMEDIATELY. This year alone should be enough to show how dumb it is. I can't think of another sport that comes close to this level of stupidity.

 

[MarcoVol]

I’d take this guy over Barion Brown for sure

If you were mad about our WRs dropping passes, Barion Brown would infuriate you.

 

[orangejuice]

Teams win and lose on the lines. As long as we keep recruiting well there, we will find athletes to play in other spots. Sucks to lose a high ranked recruit but I’m not losing sleep over it.

 

[pierce60]

 

[Dooby15]

Why?

Because we lost a few commits.

 

[Christian Lowe]

Could be Banks is leaving for a HC job somewhere

 

[LotteryPick]

That’s the slot they need

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

Unrelated, but I used to listen to a podcast called Binge Mode from The Ringer and one of the cohosts was Jason Concepcion. I’d be curious if they’re related.

 

[VolNRaleighNC]

Could be Banks is leaving for a HC job somewhere

Sounds the most plausible. Either that or someone else is throwing more Benjis his way.

 

[Devo182]

I think after a couple of years of this, we'll end up with an 8 team playoff with no auto bids.

The whole format is the "sounds good in theory" format. It sounds good in theory to let a G5 team in there. And then watching them lose by 3 scores after getting a 1st round bye a couple of times will dissuade that idea.

Agree but it'll be 16 teams. There's no going back down imo.

16 teams out of 134 total teams (12%) seems perfectly reasonable and wouldn't increase the total # of games per team.

College bball does 68 out of ~350 teams (~20%). NFL does 14 out of 32 (44%)...

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

Agree but it'll be 16 teams. There's no going back down imo.

16 teams out of 134 total teams (12%) seems perfectly reasonable and wouldn't increase the total # of games per team.

College bball does 68 out of ~350 teams (~20%). NFL does 14 out of 32 (44%)...

16 is ideal. The main 4 conference champs and runner ups get a bid then the next 8 out. And I think you take it out of a committee and you base that 8 on the AP poll, which is the one poll everyone generally agrees on. I know some will say runner ups shouldn’t get it, but my thoughts are if you’re good enough to be #2 in your conference, you deserve a shot if it’s an expanded landscape.

 

[MemphisVol3]

Garbage

Banks likely leaving this go round.

 

[BigALWiLson]

I’d take this guy over Barion Brown for sure

I'd take both and put MM on the field.

 

[Devo182]

You would be scared of a team that just lost to a 6-6 Michigan lol

Not OP, but OSU did beat PSU and Indiana, it seems we'd rather play one of them imo.

Statistically they appear to be the best of those teams as well.