UNC Football Catch-all | Bill Belichick Era underway

[CFordUNC]

I also must confess that I am more than a little concerned by the fact that for almost all of our highest rated recruits for whose services we beat out or outright flipped from traditional recruiting powers like Ohio State, Texas, Florida State, Miami, Penn State, etc., those schools reportedly did not try to match our financial offers.

Take Vodney Cleveland for example. The ninth ranked player in the state of Alabama, a DL which is a position that nobody can ever have enough of, was not coveted by Alabama or Auburn? What’s going on there? And he wasn’t coveted enough by Texas to try to match our offer? These are the things that I truly do not understand about modern recruiting. Maybe it’s nothing. Maybe it’s something.

 

[heel79]

Ok. Check this out. South Carolina has 15 recruits. Ten 4 star. Five 3 star. Class is ranked 15th. We are 18th by rivals. 3 behind. We also have ten 4 stars and 30 3 stars. Clearly those additional 25 3 stars aren't moving needle much.

 

[CFordUNC]

Ok. Check this out. South Carolina has 15 recruits. Ten 4 star. Five 3 star. Class is ranked 15th. We are 18th by rivals. 3 behind. We also have ten 4 stars and 30 3 stars. Clearly those additional 25 3 stars aren't moving needle much.

Good observation. I hadn’t thought of it that way. I reckon the class rating is primarily influenced by your highest rated players. That’s good to know.

Also, that’s wild that both North Carolina and South Carolina were able to each land classes like that off of 4-8 records and with both coaches facing probable “must win” seasons next fall.