Class of 2022 OLB AJ Pena (NJ) Portal to Memphis

[alphaorange]

I felt a real dagger in the heart

Sack it up

 

[SmilinBob]

I know many are impatient and I get it but I think Fran and the staff have proven they can recruit and compete and will have this team ready for 2025.

There is so much that can go on from now until the fall.

 

[Dmcnabbrules]

I didn't say we weren't going to try to compete. I think a bowl game is realistic with what we're bringing back and bringing in. But there's no player in the portal that we are going to land that will get this team to go 10-2 next season.

It's not a throwaway year, it's a building year with the hope that we over-perform.

Let's maybe try to be a little realistic about our chances.

If McCord and the jucco lineman are back I feel 9 wins is a possibility again.

 

[djorange1989]

I know many are impatient and I get it but I think Fran and the staff have proven they can recruit and compete and will have this team ready for 2025.

There is so much that can go on from now until the fall.

The sky is falling!

 

[bnoro]

If McCord and the jucco lineman are back I feel 9 wins is a possibility again.

Sure, but I'm not as optimistic as others about McCord

 

[anomander]

seems weird people are reporting the visit is going great and then all a sudden he didn’t get an offer. So i guess the visit didn’t go great?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

seems weird people are reporting the visit is going great and then all a sudden he didn’t get an offer. So i guess the visit didn’t go great?

It's like how Collins wasn't DART, then was.

Nobody knows nothin'.

 

[oldpinepoint]

seems weird people are reporting the visit is going great and then all a sudden he didn’t get an offer. So i guess the visit didn’t go great?

It’s pretty simple, visit went great, he wanted to come here, we didn’t have a spot available at the moment.

 

[orangepassion]

It's not a throwaway year, it's a building year with the hope that we over-perform.

One potential problem with that in this era is the guys can all get better and then transfer after the year. We're now in the era of Fantasy College Football.

 

[anomander]

It’s pretty simple, visit went great, he wanted to come here, we didn’t have a spot available at the moment.

because we gave the spot to Fran Jr? I doubt it

 

[anomander]

Shocking

It’s also shocking when you can pull actual data to back up an opinion. I know this won’t matter with the orange covered glasses where everything is Ok and everyone is full of hysteria going back to questioning Robinson and Shafer but. It’s ok to have an opinion even if it always isn’t rainbows and butterflies. It’s more entertaining besides toeing the line all the time. I loath the everything is fine poster as much as you dislike those that may question something. It’s a fan board you should be able to discuss things without the orange tinted glasses crew throwing a fit.

Same spot but with 10 more commits and almost a whole 1 less per commig

 

[orangefog]

It’s also shocking when you can pull actual data to back up an opinion. I know this won’t matter with the orange covered glasses where everything is Ok and everyone is full of hysteria going back to questioning Robinson and Shafer but. It’s ok to have an opinion even if it always isn’t rainbows and butterflies. It’s more entertaining besides toeing the line all the time. I loath the everything is fine poster as much as you dislike those that may question something. It’s a fan board you should be able to discuss things without the orange tinted glasses crew throwing a fit.
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Same spot but with 10 more commits and almost a whole 1 less per commig

Either you trust Coach Fran or you don't. Make your choice now. If you are a slave to the "recruiting sites", then so be it. But, that says you don't trust the evaluation and the program building of Fran Brown and company. If I were you, I'd check up and change your bullshit stance.

 

[farnsworth]

On3 has the 2024 high school class #37 and the 2025 class #45. 8 spots is not worth panicking over. The 2026 class is currently #17 on 247 and #26 on On3 so I could just as easily argue that recruiting is pointed up.

The 2025 guys committed over the summer so it's no surprise that class is ranked similar to the 2024 class. We won't see the fruits from the 9-3 season until the 2026 class, who will mostly commit this summer, and it does appear that class is trending higher. There's no need for orange colored glasses.