I appreciate the "unbiased" nature of your posts, but do you really think we don't understand this? If the answer is yes, you should probably just be biased.The problem I, as an unbiased poster, have with this list is that it is almost the best case scenario. You are pretty much giving UT the major 50-50 battles (guys like Green and Luc are 50-50 for UT right now) while also giving UT a couple of guys (Dyer, Christian Jones, Morgan Moses, etc) that are sort of long-shots.
I think when making a mock class you have to assume you don't get everyone you target because that is always the case. No team ever gets all of their recruiting targets.
I posted before about Bruce Irvin, a guy who I loved but who James Choy did not tutor enough. Arizona State pointed out he could not get in to UT academically and so they took him from us...
I have also posted before about who we do not finish with from our current class. I think this will happen in different ways.
Marques Pair will be a guy who South Carolina fans try to rub in our face if he "decommits" from us and chooses them. Then the story will come out when he has bulked up and is a junior about how bad he wants to beat us because we told him to look around when we had the stud OL cascade of 09.
Risean Broussard will end up doing a sign and place with Ole Miss or a LA school due to grades. Frank Wilson has done good work for 2011, but just flat out stunk with Ed O in that region for 2010 so far. Maybe D Robinson gets credited to him and he redeems himself somewhat, but so far it has not been awesome.
Ralph Williams
Grades. Heads to Ole Miss who can afford to sign and place.
Delvin Jones
Why he will not be a stud TE for us I do not know...makes me sad for a minute, then I think of who the staff must have coming in their corner to let him think about taking a look around Miami.
J.C. Copeland. Guy is good, problem is that we are still in it for some great...if we pick up Chris Martin, or Lemonier, or T.J. Stripling he is gone. Those are big ifs, but that is how it could shake out.
Palady is a freak. I watched him on TV and he couldn't keep his kickoffs in the stadium. His kickoffs appeared to be the equivalent of 70 yard field goals even with the 5 yard difference for high school. He will kick a few 60 yarders in my opinion for the vols but his main value will be on kickoffs where he will be worth 20 yards of field position. He appears also to be a great punter and amazingly our kick coverage teams will improve dramatically next year as we transition over to Palady.
I'm PUMPED about having Cobbs. Kid sounds like a freak. What is the reasons he would switch to D. His offensive skills sound amazing.
If Dakota Mosley comes in and we get Dyer then it would be well worth it if we lost D. Jones IMO, but would it still be worth it to get Mosley at TE, lose out on Dyer and would D. Jones head elsewhere if this happens?
No matter what happens, I think it is going to be an unbelievable class because this staff is unbelievable and isnt afraid to go after anyone. The whole process will be awesome to witness.
He didn't really assume we got everyone we targeted. We're targeting the guys he listed under RB's, WR's, and DB's and he listed a grouping of those targets. Then said we're likely to land at least one out of each category. That's obviously not landing everyone you target.
I do not think there is any way we take Dakota Mosley unless he is a package with Dyer.
I also want Delvin Jones to stay, it just seemed like committed without thinking to hard about it and I hear rumors that he may want to stay home and be a Hurricane. I do not think the staff is pushing that, I just think it is happening.
Understandable but I hope not...
Has anyone got any news on JUCO DE Wayne Dorsey? 6'8" 255???? MONSTER
Scout.com: Wayne Dorsey Profile
If I knew it was that easy I would just make it my signature
I just want some credit for believing this staff.
I am surprised after last years finish that so many cannot see us passing Texas and PSU and UF.
Fail like your avatar when you post with a girl who would never date you?
I do not know every single person from our current class who will not end up a part of it.
I think this covers almost everyone who we may lose if you add Pat Harris to the original group.