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What Florida and Tennessee's early 2021 recruiting success means for Georgia football
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What Florida and Tennessee's early 2021 recruiting success means for Georgia football
For perhaps the first time since Kirby Smart has really gotten things rolling at Georgia, it appears that two of Georgia's biggest SEC East rivals are making serious strides on the recruiting trail. The Florida Gators have spent much of the 2021 recruiting cycle in the top-5, currently slotted at No. 4 per the
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I knew this was coming with Pruitt. He's been a great recruiter since he became a coach. And I'll go as far as to say, it would not be a complete shock if he doesn't take over the Alabama job when Saban finally gives it up. To keep a program running and competing, you gotta recruit well. His main downfall though, is his attitude. Obviously Fulmer either isn't paying a lot of attention or just doesn't care. But until they can catch up to Georgia or even Florida on the field, or Flordia as spelled above lol, then enjoy the current success on the recruiting trail. But it's a LONG time until the 1st signing day. And with so many players wanting to stay closer to home because of this pandemic, it wouldn't shock me if players changed their minds. Not just in the SEC, but all across the country.
Florida and Tennessee should recruit at a high level. Good for them. Better to have a competitive SEC East...
Timothy 1952, it appears your leather-helmet playing days have caught up with you and that CTE is a clear and present danger to your ability to string together a coherent thought. Let's see Rocky Top stack up a few classes and actually win a game against the Dawgs before coronating them king of the hillbillies. Go Dawgs!
I struggled so bad to read that post, lol. It's almost like a translator posted it for him. Wow.
There was a terrible song during the 1980s by Richard Marx called, "Don't Mean Nothing." While I'm not usually prone to quoting Richard Marx songs, I will here because this "early success" is really shown by this song lyric:
It don't mean nothin'
Till you sign it on the dotted line
Recruiting wins don't mean nothing till they sign their LOI on the dotted line. Call me in December and then we can talk about what this "Means".
Recruiting is a dicey game. Gimlet-eyed high schoolers are often not the most stable people around...emotionally. Many like to be near home, around family. Some follow buddies in or commiting to a particular college. Others look for the best NFL producers. Some like a co one of the nost visionary ach or coaches....on and on. UGA has experienced it all many times over as have other football programs. This recruiting round is no different. Kids commit then de-commit...some even re-commit. It could be said that the pandemic may affect commits who would now like to remain closer to home. That said, the Vols and FL are out to GET UGA (for one)! They are recruitiing hard to alter the course of past history where UGA has been dominant. Mullen and Pruitt are victims of one of the most surging elite teams in NCAA history..the Georgia Bulldogs under the skillful hands of Coach Kirby Smart...a visionary with a sixth football sense and work ethic that is totally reshaping University of Georgia football. UGA will come back strong in the 2021 recruiting ranks as they have done under Coach Smart for the past several years. And, they will sign these commits!!!
GO DAWGS!!!
How many more tries does Mullens get to beat UGA? Can't tell me if we win again the higher ups are going to be pleased with Danny boy.
And Florida gets a decommitment, lol. Love it.
This is a battle for 2nd place in the East, the team that finishes 3rd will have a coach on the hotseat. If MuLLLen gets his 4th L or finishes behind CJP, then all heck will break lose.
Kirby and co will continue to out recruit and out play UF and UTn, you can count on that.
I agree with your first and final points, but am not so sure about the hotseat talk. Tennessee has been a disaster for a while now, so as long as they have at least a relatively respectable showing, I think Pruitt will have at least one more year to start to turn things around before calls for his job reach a noticeable decibel level.
And if there's one thing we've learned from Mullen's time in Florida, it's that all he really needs to do to preserve his "genius/guru" status is to not get completely destroyed by Smart; the consistency with which he is being bested doesn't seem to register with in most people's minds. I think losing to Georgia by only one or two touchdowns will keep his seat cool enough for him to keep saying "we're this close." And if they get passed by Tennessee this year, the narrative of the resurgent Volunteers is already circulating for him to use.
You'll always be welcome in Knoxville,don't forget to dress in pumpkin orange..