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Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?
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Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 3:39 PM

I know ESPN gave us a #1 rank the Daquan Bowers year but at that time they were always shaky with the viability of their analysis. We've never finished higher than 4 have we? (among rivals, scout, 247,etc)

I know that will never be a Dabo goal but it might be coming in the next 2/3 years..maybe? Not saying its all that important but i'd like to see it happen at some point.

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Maybe..#2 for sure, maybe.


Jan 14, 2019, 3:48 PM

??

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Re: Maybe..#2 for sure, maybe.


Jan 14, 2019, 4:03 PM

Yeah, but you really can't tell if that recruiting class is any good until January :D

Just say no to pre-season recruitng trophies.

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Re: Maybe..#2 for sure, maybe.


Jan 14, 2019, 4:33 PM [ in reply to Maybe..#2 for sure, maybe. ]

We were in top five this year,following Putnam commitment. Never number one. Hard to understand, but I think that we tend to recruit sleepers. Trevor Lawrence was a 5-star, and number one HS recruit in the country. That seems to have worked out pretty well for us. We were recruiting a 5-star RB who eventually went to UGA, and is now recovering from his second ACL tear, and really has no football future. We then hauled in a largely unknown RB from Lousiana named Travis Etienne, perhaps the premier back in collegiate football today. Funny how things work out.

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Re: Maybe..#2 for sure, maybe.


Jan 14, 2019, 5:00 PM

Likened to Abraham and Lot. Abraham, "Lot you go first and take the best land, and I'll take the leftovers." And how did that turn out. Abraham prospered. Genesis 13


Likened to Jacob and Laban (his mother's brother). Laban took the purest and finest livestock and Jacob agreed to take the speckled and spotted livestock. And how did that turn out. Jacob's livestock flourished and Jacob prospered. Genesis 30:25-43

Go Dabo!

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Etienne was class of 2017


Jan 15, 2019, 2:12 PM [ in reply to Re: Maybe..#2 for sure, maybe. ]

Zamir white was class of '18. I think it is Lyn J that we got instead

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Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 3:50 PM

I dont think so but I'm not a big follower of these rankings. Maybe # or 4

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Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 4:35 PM

I think that we came in at number four after that huge (OL) all-world dude committed to us. Putnam??"

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Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 3:58 PM

We need a new term, like "Alabamaing" when your recruiting classes for the previous 4 years is higher than your opponent's, and you lose to the team with the lower recruiting classes.

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Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 4:01 PM

They call that an Ugggggaaaaaaa or "the Jawga way"

Kirbying adds to it by having that class go missing for a quarter

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Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 4:43 PM [ in reply to Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class? ]

Okay, recruiting is huge, but that's only part of the picture. Our coaches have an uncanny knack for choosing unloved flowers who then enter our transformative weight-room program, which then tranforms them into beasts. As Bear Bryant once said, "Most football games are won or lost in the off-season." Who can argue with that??

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Miami was actually ESPNs #1 in 2008. We were #2 (link)


Jan 14, 2019, 4:07 PM

... well, we know where Miami has gone since that time and where we've gone!

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/columns/story?columnist=luginbill_tom&id=3233826

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Re: Miami was actually ESPNs #1 in 2008. We were #2 (link)


Jan 14, 2019, 4:24 PM

Its amazing how badly that draft class underperformed expectations.

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Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 4:10 PM

2020 class will be top 3 for sure. talent beats coaching most of the time, but Clemson has a perfect blend of highly rated players and the coaches to make Clemson a top program

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Only if the top recruits are all high character guys


Jan 14, 2019, 4:11 PM

Dabo and staff do a great job of going after Clemson guys.... if you like all the paprazzi following you or are all about the ME, not team, you will not fit in well and probably asked/allowed to leave (See Josh Belk).... You can have talent and be transcendent talent, but be humble and know you are part of something bigger.

Recruit rankings are important, but a top 10 class and this coach/staff have proven they can take them to the Mountaintop....and stay there...

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Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 4:17 PM

No.

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you get a point for answering the question without


Jan 15, 2019, 2:09 PM

the school lesson of how recruiting rankings aren't the "end all be all."

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Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 4:29 PM

No....but we have won a few national titles! go TIGERS

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Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 4:41 PM

We have two national championships which is all that really matters. I just hope we continue to get our unfair share of the top ranked talent and could care less where the recruiting services ranks us. They add/with hold stars to build suspense and sell subscriptions.

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We have 3....***


Jan 14, 2019, 5:09 PM



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This year was our best chance. Dabo only recruits by the available scholarships.***


Jan 14, 2019, 4:46 PM



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Re: Has Clemson ever had a #1 Recruiting Class?


Jan 14, 2019, 5:00 PM

i thought we were #1 the year we signed D Bowers and J Harper... but, i guess i was mistaken

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