Schedule discussion

[rrlbees]

Maryland. Not that I’m excessively worried about the game but the question was most important.

 

[TheCusian]

NCSt has had more draft picks in the last two years than my guess SU has had since P left total. Might be an exaggeration, but not by much.

2019	1	18	18	Garrett Bradbury	Minnesota Vikings	C
3	8	72	Germaine Pratt	Cincinnati Bengals	LB
4	2	104	Ryan Finley	Cincinnati Bengals	QB
6	34	206	Kelvin Harmon	Washington Redskins	WR
2018	1	5	5	Bradley Chubb	Denver Broncos	DE
3	5	69	B. J. Hill	New York Giants	DT
3	20	84	Justin Jones	Los Angeles Chargers	DT
4	4	104	Nyheim Hines	Indianapolis Colts	RB
4	28	128	Kentavius Street	San Francisco 49ers	DE
4	29	129	Will Richardson	Jacksonville Jaguars	OT
5	28	165	Jaylen Samuels	Pittsburgh Steelers	FB

Their five year record is 9-4, 9-4, 7-6, 7-6, 8-5.

Here are their recruiting rankings (and I get it, bunch of grains of salt, but their lowest is within a couple of spots of our best, so that has some relative merit.)

2019: 28th
2018: 34th
2017: 53rd
2016: 43rd
2015: 35th
2014: 30th

• 2019: 51st (20 players)
• 2018: 50th (20 players)
• 2017: 54th (27 players)
• 2016: 62nd (21 players)
• 2015: 57th (29 players)
• 2014: 52nd (25 players)
• 2013: 74th (22 players)

It's not some great insight to see that based on the above that their overall roster is going to be better. Doren has a proven track record that he has built a very solid program and he has a significant head start so overcourse the roster is going to be better top to bottom. It's not an indictment, just reality.

Why so touchy?

Not touchy - honestly wondering.

I do think it's dangerous to extrapolate past NFL drafts to current rosters (just cause you lose a bunch of guys to the draft does not mean the guys behind them are as good - indeed that's probably unlikely).

Doren is a proven guy. He does less with more, consistently. A very NC State thing, IMO.