The House of Blue

Thanks for the breakdown

This is great news if you are preserving the 11th best recruiting class in the SEC. The good news is we have better players and good depth. The bad news is our unrated, 2* and 3* recruits with one or two 4* players will only keep the 6-6 and occasional 7-5 record going and our continued loop of Nashville, Memphis and Birmingham in the post season.

Steve Spurrier languished the same way for a number of years at South Carolina with the cries of "he's too told" or "he's lost it." Then he got lucky with Ashon Jeffries and an adequate if not off center quarterback. He advanced to 7-5 consistently. But, then the football gods smiled down on the "ole ball coach" and an all world running back named Marcus Lattimore signed with the Cocks. You know the story. Outside of a drone attack in Lexington last year, the ole ball coach rode the swift legs of his freshman running back to the SEC east title. Never mind the humiliation of Auburn in the championship game. The too old to coach Spurrier is now up to his ears in 3* and 4* recruits for 2012.

Pray Josh Clemons parts the sea of Gators, Dawgs, Tigers et al and leads the Cats and our ever devoted Blue Nation down the Glory Road. It's been so long I can't imagine how that would feel.

Great breakdown, Jeff. Looks like the staff can be very picky with their last several scholarships. With all of the attrition, I'd have to think they will sign 24-25. Maybe a WR, a RB, 2 LB, a DB, and a speed rush DE to complete the class. Really hope Ross does whatever he needs to do to qualify academically.

They better sign 25. No way attrition doesn't knock out three more players between now and next year.

Also, I wouldn't be surprised, heck I even expect, about ten more commitments. Saying we sign 25 we have five to go there. We will lose a couple/few to decommits, we will lose a couple to academics, and last year Joker pulled a few so you can easily see five more opening up with those three categories taken into account. I said it, ten more commitments for the 2012 class.

Wrong......TOBC got to the SEC title game because UGA & Florida slid backwards. In a "normal" year, a 5-3 SEC record will see you in 3rd place in the East. It's interesting that TOBC still garners the attention he does from some in spite of the fact that he's never lost less than 5 games in a season since he's been at Carolina. For a man of his accolades and coaching in a state that produces a lot of major talent, he's been an underachiever for his career there, and his handling of the Garcia situation speaks volumes about his failure in QB recruiting.

I say you work on 2 more linebackers and a runningback then you work on signing a couple of guys that are really special at whatever position they play. Players like Mckay, Fromang, Washington, etc

Also, what about JaMichael Winston - is UK completely out ofthe running there? His teammate Darius Philon is supposed to be committing this Thursday between Alabama, UK and Mississippi State (pretty easy to guess this one).

Also, Christian Brown moved to New Jersey.

At linebacker, there is also Tyler Drake and Tre Banks.

Overall, we've addressed our needs for the most part. However, this class is fairly weak and will finish 11th or 12th in the SEC. That's not going to get it done.

You can try to spin it however you want, but UK is stuck in neutral, and even took a step back last season. Last years class was a slow step in the right direction, but this class is pretty weak. UK must improve recruiting if they want to do more than compete every once in a blue moon.

I've heard it depends on how he looks the first 3-4 weeks of the season. A lot of people down there think he'll land an offer from one of the in-state powers if he plays well. Catch 22 for UK. They want a great prospect, but if he shows too much potential, it may knock the Cats out of it.

I actually like this class much better than the last one. Of course, I'm one of those guys that would be happy if we only recruited DL and OL...