I think it was more than that. Dodd always had 15-20 very good players. That is enough when you play single platoon football. Not so much when the landscape shifted to two platoon.
I’ll give you three. Early years: Joe Guyon, Indian teammate of Jim Thorpe at Carlisle and was considered the best running back in the south over the first 50 years of football (1918-1919) at Tech. Outstanding NFL career as well.
Larry Morris, All American LB under Bobby Dodd and All Pro LB...
Funny, I was was going to mention Gino Torretta but he was 6’2” and had much better arm talent . Still, won two national titles on a team with similar nfl talent.
I never hear his name mentioned (NEVER) about being one of the top 4 or 50 QBs.
Yes, someone we couldn’t afford to keep, when he was offered more at Florida State as a linebackers coach over our DC position. What does this have to do with Batt? Financial reality hits again.
This article could be written about most D1 schools. Collins had his issues but recruiting was way down the list of his problems. He hired Watson which was a huge plus and was touted early for going out and recruiting metro schools that were neglected in the past.
It just seems to be real lazy...
I put zero weight in this article. 500+ public high schools and 250 private schools in the state. We focus on the top 100 players and a hand full of under the radar guys.
Of the top 100, several are at the same school (Westlake and Grayson are good examples) and 600 schools that have no Div 1...
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