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Talent Part II: Electric Boogaloo

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Good 'ol Mikey B. with the dagger. Yea, there's talent.

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The important part:

According to the latest NFL Draft rankings on CBS Sports, Miami is clearly one of the most talented teams in all of college football.

The Hurricanes have 10 players who have a draft grade on their rankings list -- Duke Johnson, Phillip Dorsett, Clive Walford, Ereck Flowers, Jonathan Feliciano,Anthony Chickillo, Olsen Pierre, Denzel Perryman, Thurston Armbrister, andLadarius Gunter.

The amazing part about that is that only one school -- the defending national champions and owners of a 27-game winning streak -- has more. Florida State has 12 on their list.

Here is the rest of the AP Top 10 and how many players are on that list:

2. Alabama -- 7
3. Oregon -- 7
4. Mississippi State -- 4
5. Baylor -- 6
6. TCU -- 4
7. Ohio State -- 3
8. Georgia -- 3
9. UCLA -- 3
10. Michigan State -- 5

Some may wonder if other major programs with excellent tradition and home recruiting bases are where the Hurricanes are in terms of overall talent. Again, these numbers indicate they're not. Here are some examples:

Texas -- 6
Florida -- 3
LSU -- 4
USC -- 7
Auburn -- 8
Oklahoma -- 8

Lets dig a bit deeper and look at where all other ACC schools rank.

FSU 12, Louisville 9, Clemson 4, Syracuse 3, Duke 2, Virginia Tech 2, Boston College 1, Georgia Tech 1, Virginia 1, North Carolina 1, North Carolina State 1, Wake Forest 1, and Pittsburgh 1.

Miami's non-conference opponents have low numbers as well -- Nebraska 3, Cincinnati 1, Florida A&M 0, and Arkansas State 0.

There are eight programs who have at least seven players on the list. They're listed below along with their current records against FBS opponents this season.

7: Alabama 9-1
Oregon 9-1
USC 7-4
8: Oklahoma 8-3
Auburn 7-3
9: Louisville 7-3
10: Miami 5-5
12: Florida State 10-0
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Of all the stats that sink Golden, you will never find one more damning. No statistic is a better indictment of his coaching ability.
 
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People will mention "depth." Like I said in the other talent thread, there are a ton of teams out there with similar or worse depth. We might not have FSU depth, but it simply doesn't excuse the other games. This is not complicated.
 
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Bpayne32 said:
what the **** does a 7 round grade matter lol
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It matters when that person is lined up across from someone who won't even get a sniff from the NFL, but somehow looks worse than that player. Make sense?
 
When you factor in these 10 players, with Allen Hurns, Brandon Linder, Seantrel Henderson, and Luther Robinson from the year before...yikes
 
That list also left out Deon Bush, who would absolutely get drafted in the mid-rounds with his measurables/athleticism/upside despite past inconsistencies in a very weak safety class outside of Landon Collins.
 
The only reason guys like Thurston and olsen even have a grade is because they play for the u olsen and Thurston are terrible would be back ups at wake forest
 
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LuCane said:
People will mention "depth." Like I said in the other talent thread, there are a ton of teams out there with similar or worse depth. We might not have FSU depth, but it simply doesn't excuse the other games. This is not complicated.
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Only reason we don't have depth is golden has miss evaluated kids and they transferred.!
 
He had to take certain bums that transfered just to have bodies you do remember we were basically going to get the death penalty
 
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