Clemson Continues To Have UF's Number In Recruiting

[LimeyGator]

Originally Posted by jshaas

Not sure why Everytime anothe school gets a recruit we want you guys say they are buying them. Maybe we just got out recruited for that player?

Ssssshhhh! Stop using common sense around here. It's much easier to just assign "good guys and cheats" to the recruitment arena.

[nwflgator_58]

Originally Posted by hgators

It's a shame for them. CJ wanted to transfer, but just couldn't. I don't think anything nefarious went on there. He was heavily swayed by Bowden's religious ze". Some of the others, it is just so improbabale you have to wonder.

The reason Spiller didn't transfer, was because his girlfriend and baby somehow were moved from Gainesville to Clemson and provided a place to live. That sounds a little shady to me.

[rserina]

Sorry but splitting Carlos Watkins and Jonathan Bullard is not a "draw."

[gatordee]

Originally Posted by thedyc09

Every year, Clemson gets between 2 and 4 recruits that we want.

Every year, we get between 20 and 25 recruits that Clemson wants.

It's a pretty vast mischaracterization to say that Clemson "has our number."

FO SHO!!

[gatorjlm]

Originally Posted by StrangeGator

UF has the #4 recruiting class right now. Clemson #20. If 20 was supposed to be our number, I'm glad they have it.

Strangely put, I like it.

[gatormoe1]

Wow, this article is just terrible.

[LimeyGator]

Originally Posted by gatormoe1

Wow, this article is just terrible.

...almost reads like Zach is trying to "save face" after insinuating that Robinson was all Gator.

[The_Graygator]

Originally Posted by hgators

What's missing is that they have bought some of those guys and more importantly, every season, on more than one occassion, it is likely Clemson will be Clemson. Florida, on the otherhand, being Florida, is a good thing.

Go Gators!!!

What's missing is they forgot to ask... "How many national championships did Spiller and Ford celebrate while at Clemson, and how many did UF's players enjoy during that time?"

[wci347]

I'd rather a team have our number in pulling recruits from us head to head, than in having our number in winning championships with or without them. Spiller didn't even come close to winning a NC. Not that it matters to him, he is playing in the pros and making plenty of money.

Had he come here however, it is likely that he would have won 3 maybe 4 championships with the team we had and his skill.

[steve6137]

Clemson. Lol!

[eastowest]

It's kind of like when Meyer had trouble getting Great backs
Muschamp is having trouble getting GREAT Wr's?

[G8R8U2]

Originally Posted by jshaas

Not sure why Everytime anothe school gets a recruit we want you guys say they are buying them. Maybe we just got out recruited for that player?

Probably because, typically, if a program hasn't won a NC in 30 years, never competes for NC's, has only a single conference title in the last 20 years, lost it's only BCS bowl game 70-33, plays in the absolute worst BCS conference (2-13 .133 all-time BCS bowl record) in the nation, and has lousy academics, it doesn't usually "outrecruit" a program that has won 3 NC's in that same 30 years, competes for NC's regularly, has 7 conference titles in the last 20 years, has played in 6 BCS bowls going 5-1 in them, plays in the undisputed best conference in the country (16-7 .696 all-time BCS bowl record), and has great academics... especially for prospects from the successful program's state.

If it happened occasionally, it might be written off without another thought; that it continues to happen every year, when CU still really hasn't accomplished anything noteworthy, is suspicious. Basically, there's not a single advantage to picking an average team like Clemson, in an awful conference like the ACC, over a mega-successful program like Florida that's in your home state, and who competes in the most dominant conference, the SEC.

That's like being offered your choice of a Porsche Boxster S or a Volkswagen Golf, free of charge... and taking the Golf. Makes you wonder if the prospect is even smart enough to be in college in the first place.

[ofmgator]

I've been to the Clemson campus and it's OK but doesn't come close to Uof F campus.
Iv'e been to Baton Rouge, Starkeville, half-ass-u, UT and a few others and none of them compare well to G'ville except maybe UGA.