They are top ranked recruits who have a lot of schools chasing them, so why would they suddenly decide to commit now when they can do so on NSD?

Remember that the recruiting process is usually well over a year long between a player and a school. When a new coach comes in, the immediate class is almost always negatively affected – especially when the old coach was a national championship winner at a perennial powerhouse program. A top 10 class might be great to have, but it might be unreasonable to expect of any new coach in this circumstance.

No matter how the class turns out, let’s avoid the mistake many of us made with Clawson (that includes me) of overhyping the possibilities in our mind. It’s too easy to build imaginary standards when there’s nothing to keep us in check.

I have to think anyone able to cause rival scribes to spill this much ink and drive a usuallly sensible Alabaman into the arms of Al Davis before his first spring game at a school that just went 5-7 with a loss to Wyoming must be doing something right.

Brilliant

Cracks me up.

I hope she gets that 1000 win! She is an outstanding coach and is very deserving! (As much as I HATE to agree with ANYTHING ANY Florida fan says or thinks, I have to admit Bruce Pearl DOES make me sick – sorry.)

Is it frustrating for fans to sit back and wait on all of these recruits? Of course, but I have learned a lot from watching class after class. The stars don’t really mean much people. Check out scout.coms top 50 five stars from 2005 (seniors this year). Remember, Morley, Crompton, and Coker were all 5 stars according to scout.com. Its unbelievable how much the lower rated players make such huge impacts compared to those “blue-chips”. Don’t get me wrong, I want some of these kids, and I would like to see Tennessee have a top ten class as much as anyone else, but a top ten RECRUITING class doesn’t always result in at top ten finish in 3 or 4 years. It won’t win the SEC for us either. It will help, but its not the end all be all. My biggest complaint with the Fulmer era was their lack in developing some of this talent. Look at Jerod Mayo. Look at how good he has been at New England, and he wasn’t even an All-American in college. Weird right? Either way, I expect a few surprises come Wednesday, and a few more “disappointment”, but lets see em coach. Lets see what Kiffin & Co. can do on the grass. We already have some great players on the roster. I expect us to come out and play well next year, then the kids will see how the program is going to be run and its success. Remember, don’t confuse effort with results.