To date, we have 17 verbal commits. I know they're not worth the paper they're written on but other than the occasional flip or two, most of a team's verbals stick with you. Flips happen. Heard an "expert" on Finebaum yesterday...Crabtree...Crabapple...Crustacean or some such... listing his top 5 classes so far and of course Lord Saybinz' minions are the landslide, consensus #1 most unbelievable class in the history of college or NFL foosballz. Had AU at #5 and said in any other year, any of the 2-5 classes might be #1. Anyway, as good as it looks right now, the breakdown of our class shows a couple of glaring deficiencies.
Offense
QB: 1
RB: 4 (Includes the FB)
OL: 4
TE: 1
Pot Smoking Athlete: 1
Defense
DB: 3
LB: 3
Zero Defensive Linemen and zero Wide Receivers...unless you Count Smokeula, Jason Smith. But I read he wants his shot at QB. The reality is we graduate quite a few across the D-Line with Blackson, Wright, Whittaker and Owens. I like what we have behind them...or with them in Ben Bradley and the young guns of Lawson, Daniels & Montraviosity. But you can't let a class go without at least plugging in 2-3 guys at a minimum IMO.
Now, there are a lot of unproven receivers waiting in the wings but the bottom line is things could get ugly real quick at this position. We could go from one of the strongest groups we've ever had to WTF? Although I think we've got some studs. After this year, Denson will be gone along with Bray. I fully expect Sammie Coates to come out and I've never thought Duke was more than a one and done if he has even a half way decent season. And what if Ricardo lights it up this year? Would he bolt too?
Anywayz, I need some comfort...some stroking. Some of you gurus of teh recruits make me feel better and tell me we're going to use the remaining slots to handle this. Do it sharpish and make it sexy.
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