FSU Recruiting: Gator fans feeling the heat on the recruiting trails?
By Kelvin Hunt
FSU recruiting has hit its stride on the recruiting trails this week and surpassed by Florida and Miami in the national rankings.
There was a small lull for FSU recruiting since the spring game weekend in April that saw the Noles land three huge commitments for the 2019 class.
At the time, FSU was ranked No. 1 and we realize it was early in the cycle but it’s always good for the optics.
In fact, it’s still somewhat early in this recruiting cycle, but most of the foundations for each class have been laid.
Want to know what else is good for the optics? Rival fans basically admitting they are getting crushed on the recruiting trails!
FSU recruiting has the best recruiting class by a wide margin compared to Florida and Miami. I understand the actual ranking doesn’t mean everything due to class size, etc.
247 Composite Rankings:
- FSU: No. 10th nationally with 12 commitments (92.17 player average), 83.3 percent blue chip
- Miami: No. 11 nationally with 16 commitments (88.94 player average), 37.5 percent blue chip
- Florida: No. 29th nationally with 10 commitments (88.48 player average), 40 percent blue chip
FSU recruiting wins in every single metric against both schools, but is absolutely blowing the Florida Gators out the water. At least Miami has more commitments at this point.
Fan Reactions
Don’t mean to be negative but FLORIDA is getting pounded on the recruiting trail by FSU,MIAMI,and UGA ! SAD
— . (@BASS_86_) June 23, 2018
Bro, it’s a one team race!
Plus or minus 15 times gators fans have said “its June” in the last two days about recruiting on twitter
— FSU vs. EVERYONE (@IknowNoles) June 24, 2018
Speaking on what we can’t control is pointless. Let’s see how UF and FSU end up on the football field. Recruiting matters, very much so. But I’ll take on field success over recruiting. Long as Florida finishes in top 10 I’ll be happy. Top 10 talent will keep us in the picture.
— $ (@JordanbLee1389) June 24, 2018
Newsflash, Florida has been getting smoked on and off the field the last decade.
Lol we could lose Fuller an Hunter right now but would still be 9 spots higher then that team in Gainesville u always saying doing a good job in recruiting smh man u really slow
— Travis Hopkins (@TWH82_FSU) June 24, 2018
Things that aren’t said and should be:
— Kevin Reaves (@chips_and_kso) June 23, 2018
FSU SHOULD be beating UF in recruiting.
I don’t know when the narratives flipped around, but Mullen is a COACH with recruiting questions and Taggart is a RECRUITER with coaching questions. We KNOW Tagg can recruit...so let’s not be upset?
Hold up, I thought Mullen was the savior like McElwain was?
Thoughts
It’s amazing a Power 5 school with as many resources as Florida can struggle this bad for this long. FSU had significantly fewer resources and didn’t fall to these levels in the lost decade.
In fact, FSU hasn’t been under .500 in over 36 years with the longest bowl streak in the nation.
Now, I expect Florida to rise in the rankings at some point because their class is relatively small. However, they have MAJOR work to do with the early signing period coming in December.
They are getting smoked on the recruiting trails by South Carolina and Mississippi State. How can Dan Mullen be getting outworked by the guy that replaced him at Mississippi State?
Yet, their fans have the nerve to pay more attention to what Willie Taggart is doing compared to their coach!
Next: 5 Reasons To Be Excited About FSU in 2018
Well, if you can’t beat’em, join’em as the old saying goes!