BamaFan334
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| RECRUIT ⭐️Alabama '24-'25 Recruiting Class ⭐️: DL/EDGE Kelby Collins has Committed to Alabama
- Thread starter Brandon Van de Graaff
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BamaFan615
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Great news with Ryan Williams.
I hope this help!
bamafan9201
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That about wraps up 2025 signing class. There could be an additional add with Haywood still but he definitely seems like a long shot. I think Bama may pivot to the portal for fixing position groups of need. (RT and DL)
BamaFan334
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Ehh, when you have billionaires and folks worth over $100M, eventually you can buy all your talent. Michigan literally bought two five stars this class, and stole a few others. Will they all hit? Doubtful, but it really only takes one superstar like Julio to start it in the right direction. Big money will sustain it, and that was always the concern from folks outside of the blue blood programs.
Justneedme81
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So with that logic... Texas A and M tried it.... Tennessee tried it.. .Ohio State tried it... now, Michigan?
Jimbo got fired.. and lost half of the class. Michigan is on track to fire moore next year.. and so... I doubt Big money will sustain...
Someone may eventually hit Yahtzee with it, but it's going to take a coach who can really manage things behind the scenes when you've got that big of pay disparity on the roster. The kids are getting paid like professionals but they aren't as mature. Hell, some actual professionals can't even handle it. But a good case study this year will be Ohio State. They poured a ton into their roster and lost to Oregon and Michigan. Maybe they flip the switch in the playoffs and win it all, but if not, chalk up another failed launch for who has been trying to buy national championships at 3 different stops now.
We are getting closer though to a system that curtail some of this stuff. If they get what they want, it'll be a system with a salary cap structure and players under contract. People can still cheat, but if rules enforcement isn't up to the NCAA, but instead handled by other parties (some of which would extend into the world of litigation), then it serves as a better (stronger) deterrence.
BamaFan334
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Gah, I hope Ohio State doesn't catch fire. I'm not saying paying the most will win the most, I'm simply stating at some schools the pool won't dry up and they can buy the highly recruited talent and keep it from others. I look at it this way, Ryan Day could pay $2M to Downs, but he learned more from Saban and performed better at Alabama, BUT that $2M kept him away from Alabama and Ohio State being hurt by Alabama with that player. Similar to what folks here said about Bear when there were no roster limits and he simply stockpiled everyone and no one else could get them.
BamaFan334
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As I stated in my first response, now Michigan can't let LSU or Alabama beat them with those players. Jimbo and Freeze couldn't develop talent, but they did keep those guys away from teams like Alabama and Georgia that would better utilize.
I want to add this is why we have parity now and so many more "upsets".
Gotcha. One of the positives about players signing 3 year contracts would be that they can't be tampered with or transfer while under said contract. A transfer would require some sort of financial agreement between the schools and would make it much less frequent (in theory). But the kids signing out of HS could still be bought up like Michigan is doing with some guys like you mentioned.
Ahhh, the good ole days.
BamaFan334
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Wow, a surprise. Must be the monnnaaaaaayyyy!
Justneedme81
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Wow. I'm speechless.
bamafan9201
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Yea, when Alabama couldn't get him on Campus and Auburn did get him to visit, I kinda figured what his motivating factors were. Still held out hope he'd visit for the Iron Bowl but it is obvious this kid just wants a big $$ deal and he got one. We know Auburn and their guys are not worried about paying people just to visit similar to Texas in that regard. Pretty sure the new age of NIL is going to create some interesting team dynamics because teams that bring in people like that will be struggling to manage talent that feels it deserves more $$ and more playing time.
Rolltide24
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He must have really fooled all the experts. I saw several had him 100% to UGA. Not 99%, not 99.9%, like when an NFL team is up 29 at home, with the ball, 1st down, 5 seconds on the clock, the opponent has no timeouts, the coach has removed his headset… All that stuff only shows a team 99.9% chance or win.
JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
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The barn thought their bag was enough to get the guy.
Crimson&WhiteGecko
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Texas is a much improved defensive team & only A&M can compete on money. We'll see if the Longhorns will mimick the A&M success with all these payouts.
50+yeartidefan
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So far. Its kinda working. Got our #1 receiver with a lambo. Some cash.
This nil thing was an absolute greatest thing that could have ever happened for texas. N AnM ( but who really wants to be an aggie).
They could not have dreamed anything better
in their wildest dreams. This changed the " they are back... ooops"
To " they are back... "
Snd got a Saban trained HC
As much as i don't wanna see uga win sec. I sure as hell dont wanna see first year texas win it. Horns down
