I will actually try to answer your question. Anyone who thinks that my post on a free message board will change anything is silly IMO. I will probably not tell you anything you do not know, and if I do it will not hurt our recruiting.
We would love to pull away Chaz Green and Matt Elam. I really believe we will get Elam and will not get Green away.
We will lose IMO Broussard to grades or LSU, and Pair to USCe from our current class. I think Delvin Jones will stick around and be our TE.
I think our new additions will be JuWuan James EE, Morgan Moses prep school, John Cullen (JC), and TJ Leifheit. I also think because Pair decommits we might get Arie K or James Stone, but I am guessing at this point we get neither and end up losing one current OL commit and finishing with those 4.
At LB I think we are in it for Luc but I just cannot see a Haitian kid leaving Florida. I think he is a Cane though which will make us happier than if he came to Gainesville. I think UF is hurt more than most acknowledge by the Strong rumors. I think at LB we get Josh Shirley.
At Safety I think we get Matt Elam. I also think it is possible we get Riley as well.
I think we get 1 RB. It may be Gio Bernard. I am hoping it is Dyer. He would be a dynamo changing the pace from Oku and Williams and Brown.
I do not think we take a backup QB, but I wish we were taking Cam Newton. The rumor is he will not go anywhere he is not guaranteed playing time and we will not promise that because Kiffin is hoping that Bray as an EE will be ready to play next fall.
I also think there is a very good chance that we pull Kelcy Quarles as a change in commitment.
Yes I think that another poor season wins wise following a 5 win season and TN will have a higher ranked recruiting class than UF or Alabama. I think much of that boils down to playing time. We are only in the mix for 1 great RB because of how deep we are at that position. We are in the mix for 2 safety recruits because everyone knows Eric Berry is leaving for the NFL and Janzen Jackson would move to corner if we had a real stud (like Elam) to play the spot.
Next year without Crompton I think UF will be shocked at how different and how much better a Kiffin offense looks.
I would like to see the class you believe you get. If you do not get Riggs (UGA?) or Joyner I will say that you guys have not done great.
That's interesting. As far as my class, I don't really know for sure but I think we will take something like this.
(my rankings are from Scout)
1. Trey Burton (3-star)
2. Mack Brown (5-star)
3. Travon Van (4-star)
4. Solomon Patton (4-star)
5. Chris Dunkley (5-star)
6. James Louis (4-star)
7. Quinton Dunbar (3-star)
8. Gerald Christan (4-star)
9. Michael McFarland (3-star)
10. Chaz Green (4-star)
11. Ian Silberman (4-star)
12. Brandon Linder (4-star)
13. Leon Orr (4-star)
14. Calvin Smith (3-star)
15. Neiron Ball (4-star)
16. Ronald Powell (5-star)
17. Lynden Trail (4-star)
18. Jeff Luc (5-star)
19. Jon Dowling (5-star)
20. Jordan Hicks (5-star)
21. Cody Riggs (4-star)
22. Jaylen Watkins (4-star)
23. Jordan Haden (4-star)
24. Demar Dorsey (4-star)
25. Dietrich Riley (4-star)
I am assuming we lose Elam to either WVU, Tennessee, or Florida State. I think Riley will end up in our class IFFF Elam de-commits. If Elam goes to UT, Riley will have to go somewhere else because Elam needs to be sold on tons of early playing time and he is disgusted about Florida recruiting other Safeties. I also think we land either Hicks or Sharrif Floyd.
Overall that class should be good enough for #1 in the nation.