it’s what they've been doing for years and they still have Saban behind the the scenes making sure nil is on point.
People on here keep saying the playing field is level.
Obviously it’s not.
All the top spending schools are still Hoarding 5 stars like toilet tissue during a pandemic.
We’re only getting one this year and that’s pending 247 not dropping him if he isn’t pancaking everyone in every play.
Mario is a great recruiter. But Benjamin Franklin is undefeated. And don't for one second believe that bama’s new coach has the same pull as Saban.
Bama or not, 5 star kids are not gonna take less money because it’s bama. There is too much money to be left on the table.
And taking multiple of them isn’t cheap. So no, the playing field hasn’t leveled and people on here and on social media acting like they know what our budget is are lying. They’re repeating what they’ve been told or what they’ve heard.
I believe the term is “the math is not mathing”.
So while Russell may not be worth the alleged nil Syracuse is giving him (I doubt that number is true). He also isn’t a lock to be elite as Cooper is projected to be.
Losing cooper to bama or Uga will 100% be a money issue.
This isn’t gonna be a J smith type situation. J Smith had to be pulled away from osu. According to all the recruiting gurus this is a cane lock and some in here have said “worst kept secret in sofla is cooper to Miami”.
“Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts”
John Dryden
So despite my doom and gloom I still believe we are recruiting above our national perception and performance on the field.
We’re still not recruiting at the level we need to be the team we want to be or beat the teams we need to beat.