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#3281 |
2nd Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 3,343
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#3282 | |
Proverbs 14:12
Male Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: North Augusta
Posts: 1,819
CockyCash: 17185 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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#3283 |
If C2 doesn't trust you..
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![]() They are preparing to take the best available player they can get with the last spot.
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#3284 |
Blue Chip
Male Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: columbia, sc
Posts: 619
CockyCash: 5500 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() Taking the best available player we can land with that last spot is the smart move. There is a longstanding NFL philosophy that you don’t draft for need, you take the highest rated player on your board, regardless of position. Few teams stick to it, because need is a powerful motivator, but a few teams adhere to it religiously and that’s how, for example, an already strong offensive line becomes elite.
Now, an NFL team can try to fill deficiencies through free agency, and we don’t have that option, so recruiting for need is a must on the college level...but in a last scholarship scenario, if your options are taking a player to simply add depth in a thin area or taking a potentially elite high 4-Star WR who could conceivably boost that group from strong to spectacular...I think you go with the latter. |
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#3285 | |
kob's DADDY
Male Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: CHARLESTON
Posts: 2,089
CockyCash: 5672 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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#3286 |
1st Team All-American
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![]() Parker White got better as the season went on, he started 1-7 and finished over 50% which means he did a solid job once he got settled in. Kicker isn't the massive need our fans want to make it out to be.
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#3287 |
1st Team All-American
Male Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Charlotte
Posts: 10,370
CockyCash: 102200 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() He was good from 40 yds in. I think he only missed 1 kick under 40. the O needs to put him in better positions to succeed.
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#3288 |
If C2 doesn't trust you..
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![]() Parker is only a freshman. He is going to be very, very good.
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Follow me on Twitter! @Ch4ncey ![]() As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. - Ben Hogan |
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#3289 |
Two Deep
Male Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Irmo
Posts: 1,091
CockyCash: 3242 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() There's no proof given recent USC experience that a scholarship kicker (e.g., Nick St. Germain) would be any better than a walk on (e.g., Elliott Fry), and it would lock us into that kicker for 4 years regardless of their performance. Besides that, Parker was money from 40 yards in (which is better than a number of college kickers) and has much better leg strength than probably 90% of college kickers. Improve the snap and hold (also a problem) and let him work on some mechanics and he has the making to be All-SEC.
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#3290 |
1st Team All-American
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#3291 |
4-Star
Male Join Date: May 2008
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 388
CockyCash: 300 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() Any information on the DJ Brown kid?
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#3292 |
Heisman Candidate
Male Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: south carolina
Posts: 15,693
CockyCash: 63940 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() people just remember the first 3 games..ouch..he got better, for sure.
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#3293 |
2nd Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 3,343
CockyCash: 10500 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() Mincey, Brown or W Thompson are the likely remaining choices......DE, DB or WR
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#3294 |
4-Star
Male Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Dirty South
Posts: 352
CockyCash: 3000 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() I don't know a whole lot about Mincey or Brown, and wr is probably our deepest position of those three, but Thompson would be a big get. He seems legit.
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#3295 |
2nd Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 3,433
CockyCash: 5738 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() Final 247 rankings for the 2018 class are coming out today. Let's see who moves.
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#3296 | |
4-Star
Male Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: NJ
Posts: 269
CockyCash: 1500 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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We have one player, vann. Bryce didn’t move at all and Belk was moved to 5 star even though he didn’t get an invite to the shrine bowl. It’s a joke, good thing stars don’t matter once players step on campus. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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#3297 | |
Blue Chip
Male Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: columbia, sc
Posts: 619
CockyCash: 5500 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Vann actually dropped several spots. Meanwhile, Clemson had two players rocket up the charts to 5-Star status. I’m sure politics had absolutely nothing to do with that. Oh well. What the hell ever, 247. We have a strong class, and I have zero doubt that Boom is a far better evaluator than any part-time rating site employee. |
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#3298 |
2nd Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 3,343
CockyCash: 10500 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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#3299 | |
1st Team All-American
Male Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mt. Pleasant
Posts: 10,568
CockyCash: 13862 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Belk is kinda funny - 247 has him a a 5*, 247 Composite has him as a 4* outside the Top 100, Rivals has him as a 3*. The last time I saw a disparity like that was Brandon Shell - he was listed as a Top Ten 5*, a Top 100 4*, and a 3*. Based on success in college and the pros, he should have been at least a 4*. Belk needs to convert some fat to muscle but he has a lot of potential. But this just confirms what a lot of people already knew - the star ratings are political and the players going to the top programs get their stars jacked up. So in a sense, Clemson has caught Alabama in that regard. |
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#3300 |
2nd Team All-SEC
Male Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 3,343
CockyCash: 10500 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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