I am the first to say that players have to 'lace 'em up' before I get too excited about next year's recruiting class.. But I think HOW IMPRESSIVE the ranking of this recruiting class should be noted to Gopher fans.
I do think this is the direct effect of PJ Fleck being our coach... Even from a casual view, he did fantastic.. Outrecruited the likes of Florida State and USC, which is unheard of, if you go by recruiting rankings purely.
We are one of only 6 teams with a losing record to be ranked in the top 30 in recruiting(ACCORDING TO RIVALS). THINK OF HOW MUCH BETTER OUR RECRUITING WILL BE IN THE FUTURE UNDER FLECK WHEN WE START WINNING CONSISTENTLY!!!! The other 5 teams are Maryland, Tennessee, Florida, Baylor, and Vanderbilt. Florida and Baylor are usually teams with winning records and have the privilege of being in traditional hotbeds for football talent at the high school level. You could say the same for Maryland in the Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC area... The Terps are not far from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, who turn out some great talent... The 2 Tennessee programs(Vanderbilt and Tennessee) border football player producing states like Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Mississippi along with perennial in-state talent.... All the rest of the top teams in recruiting are in bowls with winning records and in areas surrounded by great high school talent.
It just cant be understated on how great of a job that the Gopher staff did to put this class together.. We need to string together a couple more of these but I would argue that PJ Fleck, the assistants, and players who helped recruit, did as impressive of a job as anyone in the nation......GREAT JOB, GUYS!! We are at the start of something that I think we will be very proud...Just my opinion.
I do think this is the direct effect of PJ Fleck being our coach... Even from a casual view, he did fantastic.. Outrecruited the likes of Florida State and USC, which is unheard of, if you go by recruiting rankings purely.
We are one of only 6 teams with a losing record to be ranked in the top 30 in recruiting(ACCORDING TO RIVALS). THINK OF HOW MUCH BETTER OUR RECRUITING WILL BE IN THE FUTURE UNDER FLECK WHEN WE START WINNING CONSISTENTLY!!!! The other 5 teams are Maryland, Tennessee, Florida, Baylor, and Vanderbilt. Florida and Baylor are usually teams with winning records and have the privilege of being in traditional hotbeds for football talent at the high school level. You could say the same for Maryland in the Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC area... The Terps are not far from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, who turn out some great talent... The 2 Tennessee programs(Vanderbilt and Tennessee) border football player producing states like Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Mississippi along with perennial in-state talent.... All the rest of the top teams in recruiting are in bowls with winning records and in areas surrounded by great high school talent.
It just cant be understated on how great of a job that the Gopher staff did to put this class together.. We need to string together a couple more of these but I would argue that PJ Fleck, the assistants, and players who helped recruit, did as impressive of a job as anyone in the nation......GREAT JOB, GUYS!! We are at the start of something that I think we will be very proud...Just my opinion.
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