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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 3047002, member: 837"] You may be right -- i always felt we belonged there but I don't recall it. (Of course I only remember about 3 out of every 5 grocery list items at the store, so take that for what it's worth.) I think, for those of us like you and me who were following this stuff closely in the 90s what makes it tough is that we got information so differently. I remember the PS not only being all over recruiting but I'm pretty sure Webb and Rahme had really good relationships with the staff and were able to relay what seemed like relevant and reliable information on recruits. We just don't really get that today even though we have a lot more sources and outlets for the info. So we got a ton of recruits with pretty impressive credentials nationally (not that they were all 4 stars per se) that I remember. Haven't really gone through rosters but off the top of my head (early 90s through late 90s-ish era): QB: McNabb, Kevin Johnson RB: Konrad, Tebucky, Ali Culpepper, Mungro, Kyle McIntosh, Malcolm Thomas FB: Konrad, Nick Sudano (I think he had some decent pub) TE: Kaseem Sinceno, Roland Williams, Gedney (might have been late 80s) WR: Harrison, Ian McIntosh, Quinton Spotwood, Jim Turner, Jeremy Cooper, Mo Jackson, Maurice Minter, Shelby Hill OL: Don't really remember us getting national guys here DL: Antonio Anderson, Dulayne Morgan, Scott Freeney LB: Maybe Antwan Ponds ... don't remember a lot of big names here though I could be wrong DB: Abrams, Phil Nash (I think), Darius I'm sure there may be more but I think those were the big-time guys. But I think what was different was that we knew more about who the staff really liked among those who may have been under the radar. So, again off the top of my head: QB: Chad Elliott was a guy we were really excited about, Malik Campbell RB: Kyle Johnson (Eddie George lite), Kirby Dar Dar, Dee Brown (came in as a qb but I don't think he was ever really expected to stick there), Keion Walker, Chris Davis TE/OL: Baniewicz was one I remember, Corey Bowen the C from FL, Joe Burton, DL: Brian Coleman, Duke Pettijohn, Rickie Simpkins, Jason Walters LB: Nate Hemsley (came in as a safety), Bullock (came in as a safety), Morlon Greenwood, JR Johnson DB: Will Allen, Rod Gadson, Quentin Harris Anyway, point is, we got our fair share of good players but I feel like we were pretty excited about guys like Kyle Johnson and Baniewicz and Hemsley, JR Johnson, Will allen, etc. even though they weren't nationally ranked recruits. And, in many cases, those guys were pretty nasty. Think it generally feels like we were rated higher and [I]should[/I] have been rated higher. But I don't think we actually were. [/QUOTE]

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