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Anybody remember the old Jeff Whitaker's Deep South Football recruiting guides? He'd put out one pre-season and then another season recap. Wifey has me cleaning out the attic and I found a box with these in em, thought it was interesting to look back and some of Butch's classes from 97 and 98.
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Cool find. Thanks for posting that! One thing I find really interesting looking at those two classes is how many of the recruits are NOT from the Dade/Broward/Palm Beach area. Sort of dispels that myth about how we just cleaned up in those counties in the past and got whoever we wanted, and didn't have to go outside the area much.
There was an all world d end from Kentucky we were in the sweepstakes for......he ended up turning everybody down and went to Kentucky
Just for the record, wasn't posting this to start any Butch/Al comparisons or anything similar, simply thought it was a cool find.
Great pics. I remember those. Ill look thru some piles and boxes of old stuff and see if I have any of them.
The number of non So FL kids is surprising. Also, I was completely certain every single kid Butch ever recruited ended up 1st round pick. I am shocked to see guys that today I see referred to as JAGs. Et tu Butch?, Et tu! Howard told us all Miami ever needed was better coaching. That remains true. Al is doing fine recruiting; he needs better coaching.
Yep.Dennis Johnson