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He was the 4th highest rated recruit in the 2020 class for GT at 247sports and the 7th highest rated at rivals. He started all 11 games he played in and was 3rd on the team in TFL. Definitely a tough loss as we are losing one of our more disruptive defensive players and a consistent starter...

Here's the question in terms of HS recruiting for me. Is the issue more of a Pastner and staff issue, or is it more of a GT issue. That is something that has gone through my mind for at least a decade now. It is also fair to note that the staff had a relatively small list of HS players they...

Alot of Clemson fans are not so sure he is currently hiring based on the "hire the smartest guys you can and get out of their way" rather than the "friends and family" way. He immediately promoted from within rather than bringing from outside. Will be interesting to see how they do. Their...

I have no issue with what Cunningham wrote. Everything he brought up was legit. What is ironic though is that after UGA beats AL in basketball on Tuesday Mark Bradley writes a column basically saying even though Crean has been awful at UGA he thinks he should be given more time due to his...

This was the first game this year where the defense looked like the last couple of seasons. Given how much zone we played staff must be getting more comfortable with the players understanding how to play the zone. Having Howard back is important as well as he at least provides some resistance...

The failure in HS recruiting is something that has to be addressed this offseason imo (second time in 4 years). In the short term they will need to make use of the portal this spring - which teams like Wake and Miami have used so effectively for this season. And the portal is just one more...

This is why I have low immediate expectations for the incoming transfer OL. The ones that have started for us in the past have been starters at their previous schools. Quick has never gotten off the bench at AL and Tchio was not a rotation player at Clemson (200 snaps in 2 years with only 3 or 4...

The issue with this thought exercise is that just saying #1 and #2 is not sufficient. Just how dominating are those #1 and #2 respectively. Say its a year where the defenses have been generally dominate but the offenses haven't. Then I want the #1 defense. But if the reverse is true I want the...

1. This is true 2. This is true, but not always for the better 3. This is pure supposition and may be completely untrue. The offense may be less motivated that it was unable to move the ball and be less likely to make it on 4th down. 4. This is also complete speculation that may very well turn...

It's pretty obvious that Collins will be the DC in all but name this season. The only question left at this point imo is will Thacker still be the 'official' DC or will he be moved to a non coaching position or leave. The more the days go by and we hear nothing it feels like Thacker will retain...

As we get closer to the February signing day we are starting to see the effect of portal commitments on rankings at 247sports. A number of the big schools with coaching changes have been making hay in the transfer portal LSU is #1 in the transfer rankings, Ole Miss #2, USC #3, FSU #4, OK #5, FL...

What's disappointing is that a significant portion of the transfer players will not end up at another school, so basically they leave and don't even end up on a scholarship somewhere. That is a real negative as alot of young men could get their college payed for and they end up throwing that...

I think From The Rumble Seat did a good job of showing that GT wasn't as 'close' in games as the final scores suggest. There were 5 games GT had a 10% chance or less of winning entering the 4th Qtr. Only in 4 games did it have a better than 50% chance of winning entering the 4th quarter - N Ill...

the TV contract is not the biggest issue. While the ACC schools earn less TV money than some other conferences, that pales compared to all the other revenue sources the power schools have. Ohio St's AD mentioned during the COVID year that 6 home games bring in over $100M in revenue to the...

This season has been a disappointment - even with my reduced expectations - but next season is very important. I expected this team to step back compared to last season. From day 1 I said I don't expect Saba or Meka to be significant contributors until their Jr seasons, I just didn't think they...

I don't think having a good college football team 'hurts' a college academically, it likely helps it. But from a GT perspective it doesn't really need any 'help' attracting students. It's become a very difficult school to get into and has way more applicants than spots. GT has changed admission...

Kirby is gone. I'm in wait and see on the transfers. Quick didn't even get off the bench at AL and Tchio played sparingly for Clemson's OL - which was considered one of the weakest units on their team last year. They may turn out to be starters, but I certainly wouldn't assume that. They don't...

I'm happy to have them, but I am in a wait and see mode as far as impact (just like I would be with any HS recruit). If fairness both of those OL have been re-rated as transfers. Quick went from 0.9789 to 0.8700. Tchio from 0.9545 to 0.8800. So they are no longer seen as 4-star sure starter...

The most interesting demographic for AL since Saban has arrived is where its student body comes from. The year before Saban took over the student body was almost 80% from the state of AL. Today, the student body is only 42% from the state of AL and 58% from outside the state.

While it is not a perfect I do think that in general the transfers that have done better have been the ones that played significant snaps at their previous schools. Guys like McGowan, Cochran, Johnson, Cimaglia, etc. Guys who were highly ranked out of HS but haven't played much at their previous...