all LOIs are in. probably the earliest ever

2/3/2016 10:57:08 AM

happy UNC missed on Nate Craig-Myers. he is going to be a beast

2/3/2016 11:21:41 AM

can you feel the excitement

2/3/2016 2:03:20 PM

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"Also most of the OL desperately needs to RS, most need to put on some serious weight."

I think the hope/assumption/expectation is that all will redshirt. we've got scholarship 11 linemen returning (6 from the final two-deep, 4 that redshirted last year, then Tu'uta who seems to be perpetually buried on the depth chart) so we should be at that point in the program where we've got that luxury and don't need to force any true freshmen into action on OL unless they just can't be kept off the field (like Tony Adams two years ago)

2/3/2016 2:36:03 PM

how the hell is Duke ahead of UNC and State? That is unreal. That's like Vandy beating out UT, or GT besting UGA

2/4/2016 12:42:25 PM

^Eeeh, that's a little different. UT and UGA are consistently top 15-20 recruiting teams, so that would be like Vandy throwing up a top 5 class(super unlikely).

Duke has had more success than both UNC and NC State in football the last 4-5 years, they have established coaches, they trump both in academics, and Cut seems like a really good guy.

Duke beating NC State doesn't shock me, and UNC missed on some of their top guys late and had a couple of defections. Based on UNC's year though, would have expected they'd have been higher, but I do expect UNC to beat both NC State and Duke next year in recruiting based on this year's, and likely next year's, success.

2/4/2016 12:46:07 PM

How come UT didn't get a top 10 class? I thought they were pulling in 5 stars left and right?

2/4/2016 2:44:03 PM

^uh, i mean maybe not top 10, but #11 is pretttyy close: http://www.burntorangenation.com/2016/2/3/10862104/texas-longhorns-recruiting-rank-2016

2/4/2016 2:56:06 PM

ahahahahaahahahahaha

2/4/2016 2:56:35 PM

^Wat?

2/4/2016 2:58:25 PM

lols

2/4/2016 3:33:14 PM

did hoops just have one of the funniest troll posts without even realizing it?

2/4/2016 4:40:38 PM

Its not mathematically sustainable to improve your recruiting class each year. At some point the guys you recruited have to play and recruiting has to dropoff.

2/4/2016 4:46:44 PM

Recruiting NC in 2017 is going to be rough

2/4/2016 5:03:16 PM

^really good players going elsewhere or not top level talent in the state?

2/4/2016 5:18:10 PM

[Edited on February 4, 2016 at 5:37 PM. Reason : But seriously, does anybody think of tenn when they see UT? ]

2/4/2016 5:32:14 PM

The top 15 NC prospects went out of state. With those programs building better relationships with coaches and players it gets tougher. There are also fewer high end prospects this coming year (at least at this point) so it will be ultra-competitive.

2/4/2016 5:59:03 PM

^^ of course they do, they've been around longer. Everyone says Texas.

2/4/2016 6:22:59 PM

http://www.ut.edu/

2/4/2016 6:24:46 PM

yeah, because state universities are in several cities... you know, like UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Wilmington, UNC - Raleigh


holy shit, UNC.com isnt taken, wtf? lets buy that shit

[Edited on February 4, 2016 at 6:27 PM. Reason : s]

2/4/2016 6:26:21 PM

http://unc.org/

2/4/2016 6:29:05 PM

we're at a point now where we have young players who will be playing the next year and also have uncertainty about who the coach will be 2 or 3 years from now. I wouldn't commit to state right now. We've gott to have a good season so that DD can get an extension before recruiting picks back up.

2/5/2016 12:17:43 AM

we're planning for failure, but at least we're not failing to plan

2/5/2016 12:50:27 AM

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"McClendon was a 4* but hasn't done much on the field yet,"

You people...

2/6/2016 9:26:31 AM

not a great start to 2017 recruiting. Of the 4 NC prospects in the Rivals 250, UNC has signed 3 and the top recruit grew up a Michigan fan (and is being recruited by them)

2/9/2016 1:48:45 PM

2/9/2016 2:20:40 PM

unless there is some super early signing period that started with next year's class, pretty sure that UNC has signed zero 2017 recruits. at this point, every committed recruit won't necessarily sign with that same school.

2/9/2016 2:28:27 PM

Fuck, you know what i mean, received verbals from.

There is Bullet with the same attitude that leads to having a borderline bowl eligible team year after year. Just saying UNC is moving fast this year. Our "relationships" that we built within the state must not be that strong.


[Edited on February 9, 2016 at 3:29 PM. Reason : M]

2/9/2016 3:27:55 PM

Yeah man, it's my fault. If only I could be more pessimistic about my favorite sports team, then we'd be in business!!!1

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"Our "relationships" that we built within the state must not be that strong. "

Dude, you have no idea why they chose to verbal to UNC. Every one of them could be big UNC fans, and would choose UNC regardless of who their coach or our coach is.

2/9/2016 3:30:45 PM

dammit bullet it's all your fault.

2/9/2016 3:33:27 PM

I enjoy the recruiting side almost as much as the games. Just sad when we have pretty much nothing going on.

2/9/2016 3:34:41 PM

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"the same attitude that leads to having a borderline bowl eligible team year after year."

cmon guys! Getting mad about what college 16 year olds are leaning towards will help our team get better.

2/9/2016 3:39:27 PM

Something is wrong with you if you enjoy the pampering and ass-kissing of 15-17 year old high school athletes more than the actual playing of the game.

2/9/2016 3:53:14 PM

if you didn't expect Carolina to be outrecruiting us at this point based on their success last season, I'm not sure what to tell you

2/9/2016 4:01:33 PM

^Not only their recent success. They have about every advantage over us with the only exception being that we pack the stadium better.

2/9/2016 4:26:42 PM

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"Something is wrong with you if you enjoy the pampering and ass-kissing of 15-17 year old high school athletes more than the actual playing of the game."

So there is something wrong with me enjoying the recruiting and team building in EA Sports NCAA Football more than playing the actual games? Just saying some people have interest in the teambuilding as much as the actual games

2/9/2016 4:38:17 PM

I hear you man. I'm interested in recruiting too, it was the main reason I started following Sports Talk. But I learned long ago not to analyze it too much, it's just kids.

2/9/2016 4:56:25 PM

Not just kids, but kids with no real guidance in their lives. Most of these kids have one parent or no parents. Even when they have one, its not a very good one. Why do you expect a 17 year old with no real guidance to make sound decisions?

Also, last year at this time we had a commitment from a 4* cornerback out of South Carolina that everyone was happy about. He ended up barely being rated in the Top 100 at his position and dropped to a 3* and basically forgotten about. Long way to go til signing day.

2/9/2016 5:17:57 PM

well that was an ignorant generalization

2/9/2016 5:21:12 PM

Lol

2/9/2016 5:22:31 PM

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"dammit bullet it's all your fault."

2/9/2016 7:06:06 PM

^^^call it ignorant and a generalization all you want. It's mostly true

2/9/2016 7:36:21 PM

Show the data to back it up.

2/9/2016 8:16:32 PM

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"Most of these kids have one parent or no parents."

i guarantee that you that 100% of recruits have at least 2 parents

2/9/2016 8:23:28 PM

60% of the time there are family issues 80% of the when there are only 50% of the parental units living in an area that is 30% under the medium wage income which includes the 20% of the population living in areas that are 75% minority.

2/10/2016 9:20:04 AM

2/10/2016 1:55:51 PM

then you wonder why people don't want to be at our school

2/10/2016 2:12:19 PM

Yeah, there isn't that kind of attitude at any of the South Eastern Conference Schools.

2/10/2016 2:20:45 PM

^^ Fear of bricks?

2/10/2016 2:22:06 PM

^^not the good ones and not unc who is a better comparison

2/10/2016 2:24:21 PM