Well, not sure we can out recruit VT, BC, UVA. They have higher classes every year than us. But even then, it still comes down to coaching and other than VT, I would put Duke, BC, UVA, and Pitt above us in coaching. That is probably why as it stands today we are only favored to win against Duke out of these games. I think what folks have said, our first two games will tell us a lot. If we don't show clear separation then it could be a very long year.
What planet are you on saying that BC and UVA have higher ranked recruiting classes than GT every year?
2022 so far...BC 21 Uva 57 Tech 38
Even in the evidence you provide GT is finishing ahead of UVA in 2022 so far. And while BC is ahead of GT currently a big reason is that they have 21 commits compared to GT's 12. And in their 21 commits they have two 4-stars compared to GT's 4.
Ok, so then I expect us to run the table on BC, UVA, VT, Pitt, and Duke...this year. Why not since we have all these better players. Any thing less, well then we need questions answered.
That is most definitely not where our 2022 class is going to end up. We will have a top 25 class.
Or we may only add a couple more recruits and stop. I was listening to XM College sports and they had the Temple coach on. He said, as far as recruiting we from now on are going to only fill a little over half our class. We will take no experiments and probably very few 2 stars if any. We look for those players to play FCS and develop skills then get into the portal. He plans on using the portal to fill out the rest of his team. Would not surprise me to see Collins do the same. Of course this means that coaching at D-1 for some schools is about getting ready made players and not developing players. If this had been done say the last 6 years, Tech would have never had
Now you’re completely moving the goal posts of your original claim that I disputed.
It seems it will. I certainly hope so.
No, it's not. VT is.
Good thoughts --but look at Pitt schedule, no help to us
BC has the BEST OL in conf (3 guys all-conf pre-season)--guess where we are weakest? hmmm
BC regularly puts O lineman into the NFL. That is generally their strength. This year seems no different. They have a good QB as well. They will be a tough game.
No what I am pointing out is the state of recruiting, early signing, and the transfer portal has caused a lot of issues and the Temple coach is not the first one I heard saying that many programs will move this direction. He said he had to double his recruiting staff due to the portal. Not all teams are Alabama and have 100 coaches.
Yes, it seems we hit our S&C nadir in 2018 and 2019, but looked stronger last year and will be looking for further improvement this season. Add to that the bigger bodies we're bringing in on the lines for Caralla to mold and the future is brighter still. Can't wait for toe to meet leather.
