Weird that it became hard when he actually had to build something instead of drafting Stoops' success and infrastructure
Lincoln's teams got incrementally worse in all 5 of his seasons at Oklahoma, and that pattern has continued at USC.
Penei Sewell walked onto campus and instantly became starting LT and top 10 projected pick. You can chalk that up to talent evaluation (was a 4*), recruiting (beat out the big boys), or coaching, but it’s a notch in the belt anyway you wanna frame it
Sure but he's talked about like the Bill Callahan of college football and I just don't see it even with all the credit you could possibly give for Sewell
Oh no, after he left Lanning had to completely overhaul the OL, think there was only one multi-year high school starter aside from Sewell that he brought in. Tons of busts. It’s going a ways back but IIRC he inherited a group that combined for like 120 career starts, after that it was patchwork. Development was always the biggest question mark.
Clemson potentially taking Joey O’Brien out of nowhere from ND and PSU is annoying Drop the bag Marcus
He’s the type of kid that claims every school is his number 1 directly after the visit, and he’s set up an urgency around his visits that will inevitably get a bidding war going. Whoever is directing his recruitment knows exactly what they’re doing. And to his credit, the kid himself doesn’t seem like the typical prima donna when these overly orchestrated recruitments happen. He, or whoever he’s working with, just knows what they’re doing.
summer tours in the southeast always have kids rethinking their northeast commitment status (except kids that visit down here of course)
I think he’s going to be a good one, but the portal is always going to make developmental out of state kids a risk.