With 11 four stars and a couple of five stars Miami does not need the portal. Bottom feeders have to use the portal but Tech has probably done a better job of using this new recruiting tool than just about anyone else. Whether it makes any difference in the loss column remains to be seen.
Interesting you use Miami when their starting qb came thru the portal. Every team will look to fill holes through the portal. UGA has recruited quite well the last few years but used the portal to gain players at a position of need.
They have effectively left us in the dust. They will not be needing that portal except to fill what few needs they will have. Interesting you did not mention we have 1 four star in this class that is ranked 46th in the country and 11th in the ACC. No matter how you slice it, we cannot compete doing this. Transfers are band aids. You cannot build a program with the portal being the foundation. The transfers are great and will plug the leaks for now but they are leaving their first choice for a reason. Personally, I think most of them wised up when they found themselves in a room with 5 stars being backed up by 4 stars. Why they did not figure that out in the beginning is the question but when you have people telling you in high school you are the best there ever was...well, sooner or later reality hits.
Um, we only have 16 players in the class so we are really hurt by that in the rankings. Also, Edwards and Tatum are 4 stars in addition to BlackStrain. You could easily make the argument that Robinson and Franklin should be 4 stars based on their state rankings which typically would result in a 4th star.
Um, there is a reason why we are ranked so low. Proof is in the pudding for both the portal guys and the freshmen. Plenty of opportunities to make a name for yourself unless you are a running back.
If we don't start winning games next year, it won't matter and no a top 3 or 4 recruiting class is still ranked in the bottom tier of the ACC and 46th in the country. Coach Collins has staked his success on the Flats on recruiting with special emphasis on metro Atlanta. Recruiting is the lifeblood of any program but especially one that is close to irrelevance in the ACC. UNC, Miami, Clemson, Notre Dame, and even Virginia Tech all regard us as easy money.
Virginia Tech? The program that’s literally dying before our eyes? The one team that Tech has dominated in the Coastal since 2014? The team that finished 85th in the country in recruiting last year? The team that’s only 4 spots and 45 points ahead of GT in this year’s rankings, even though they have 10 more commits than we do? The team that doesn’t have a single 4 star commit?
It is all garbage.
I don't know what to tell you. They are an enigma right now. 2019 they finished 2nd in the Coastal and managed to beat both Miami and UNC while we finished, understandably, last. This year they finished tied for 6th with Pitt and BC while we finished 11th. Fuente is on the hot seat because of recruiting yet they have managed to win some ridiculous number of games with UVA over the past 15 years or so. Fuente was the next hot coach when he was hired but has flamed out in recruiting. IIWII
How would you like to be UVA? Since 2000 they have beat their arch rival Virginia Tech only twice. In 2019 and 2004. Even this year when Virginia Tech was pretty bad they still managed to lose.
They’re 13-11 over the last 2 years, and 19-18 over the last 3.
Why does it matter what they’re doing to UVA? Georgia Tech is 4-2 against Virginia Tech since 2014. That’s the only team in the Coastal that GT has a winning record against in that time frame. Every other series is either even, or Tech has a losing record. And in case you haven’t noticed, GT is to UGA what UVA is to VT. Tech has won 4 games against Georgia since the turn of the century. But that’s not relevant at all to Virginia Tech. So I don’t see why the UVA-VT series would be relevant at all to Georgia Tech.
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We need to be patient and let this play out over the next couple of years. Admittedly, I am having a hard time with this myself. At this point, I just want to see
I’ve seen some comments pointing out that they see transfers as replacements to people who went into the portal which I also think is an unfair characterization. Considering the typical 85 NCAA total scholarship count and that there are typically a handful of 5 yr redshirt seniors, you can really only sign 18-20 recruits a year without people leaving the program. I haven’t gone back and checked but I think we would have had 17 or 18 recruiting slots this year without attrition.