More SEC signees from Georgia than any other state, by far
MrSEC.com has done some numbers-crunching that quantifies this state’s status as a football recruiting hotbed.
The website counted 65 recruits from Georgia who signed with SEC schools last week, including the 14 Georgians among UGA’s 19 signees. Every SEC school except Mississippi State signed players from Georgia.
No other state came close in terms of the number of players signing with SEC schools. The next largest number was from the state of Florida: 46. Then 37 from Mississippi and 36 from Alabama.
In all, SEC schools signed 305 players from 23 different states, MrSEC calculated, with 21.3 percent of the league’s total signees coming from Georgia. UGA signed players from only three states: Georgia (14), Florida (4) and South Carolina (1).
Go here for much more data on the topic. Interesting stuff.
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GaGator
February 9th, 2010
10:34 am
termigator
February 9th, 2010
10:23 am
Please Gators don’t respond to Bill King unless he signs on as himself.
Are you serious, a grown man is the LOSER?
termigator
February 9th, 2010
10:35 am
GaGator, dont answer him, he knows he cant answer for Richts record against Meyer. He only makes money every time we hit his blog.
Why Can't Meyer Win With His Own Recruits?
February 9th, 2010
10:38 am
It’s odd that Meyer always quits before a year comes up when Meyer is forced ot be accountable for his own recruits. Meyer has never won an SEC or National Championship with his own recruits. Is Meyer a good coach?
GaGator
February 9th, 2010
10:42 am
termigator
I’m outa here, I’ll be back after the LOSER goes back to the mental hospital.
termigator
February 9th, 2010
10:43 am
He won’t ever get out, he resides in Athens. out……..
What Happened to Meyer in 2009?
February 9th, 2010
10:44 am
1) 22 starters returned from National Championship team
2) Charlie Strong runs the #1 ranked defense
Why couldn’t they win the SEC Championship, or win the National Championship?
Why? What happened to Meyer in 2009? Meyer had the talent? Meyer had the best defesnive coach? Meyer is supposed to be an offensive genius? What’s Meyer’s excuse? What went wrong in 2009?
The truth police
February 9th, 2010
10:46 am
What Happened to Meyer in 2009?, What happened was they didnt schedule UGA for all 14 games.
How2fish
February 9th, 2010
10:46 am
termigator that’s what I’m saying you keep your coach and we will keep ours..fair and simple…both are very very good..ours is a little more stable perhaps right now but by the spring I’m sure CUM will be stalking the sidelines…I have little angst with CMR I think we will be just fine..better this year and much better the year after that…
AltamahaDawg
February 9th, 2010
10:48 am
One of the things I don’t think is being put into perspective is that somebody like Auburn now has 32/80 scholarshipped players true freshmen next year. So basically, almost half thier team has never played a college down. Would that make us all feel better to be that team? Obviously if you sign that many player you are going to on paper have better class. They did. If we revoked evey scholarship we had and signed 80 new players, we would have had the “best” recruiting class in the history of “best” classes. The Rivals scoring model would explode!(and I am not talking about the same best class in history, but not even the best of the year Fl class). Its all relative. Yes several schools signed more good player than we did. But that means we already had more players on campus than they did. Right?
Interesting article in the ABH how the loss of one recruit opened the doors for another. I pose the question, in what has been the onfiled issues lately, has it been the lack of a jumping jack flash WR, or the inability to get a push from the offensive line? I believe Rogers opening up the spot for the 6-5 300 OL , will be a quicker fix.
Ocala Rehab Inc.
February 9th, 2010
10:55 am
When Florida’s Spring practice opens, the kids will ask “where is CUM”?
The UF assistant coaches will look around the players and they will collectively say” he is um, ah not here but um, ah he is resting in Ocala and he will, um, maybe, but not sure, possibly be here on the day of the Spring game” and “let’s get to work”. The kids? They will be ticked to say the least.
Tebow will be puffing up his pillow for his mentor. Meyer? toast, done. F-R-I-E-D he is.
Go Dogs
FSU
February 9th, 2010
11:03 am
Funny how both years Richt won an SEC Chamionship, he lost each time to Florida.
FSU
February 9th, 2010
11:06 am
What Happened to Meyer in 2009?
To start with, he beat the crap out of you and us. I think he went 12-0, lost to Ala and
beat the # 4 team in the country to finish 13-1. How did Ga do——–8-5 what happened there?
To: Altamaha Dawg
February 9th, 2010
11:07 am
About the UGA numbers in recruiting, sir, you are 100% right. I have decided that on this site, here are some basic rules having to do with UGA:
1.) If UGA ( due to NCAA overall team #s regs) signs “only 19″ UGA is “a failure and Richt is slipping”.
2.) If UGA signs HUGE numbers due to high graduation rates or normal attrition with kids quitting,etc. UGA “has slipped, as their best players have quit on CMR”. SEE?
No matter how you cut it, the haters ( most of whom never,ever attended a UGA class, will bad mouth UGA out of jealousy. I suspect that they have never, ever even sat in on one SEC game.
Who cares anyway? UGA is the #1 team in winning at least 8 games over 13 years. Where is Florida or Bama or LSU or Oklahoma or Southern Cal? Whether UGA ever wins the NC, UGA is still a great program over all. Always has been always will be. Besides, the program according to Forbes magaine is one of the TOP BRAND NAME SCHOOLS …………this says it all, because we all know it is about $$$$. Money talks and smoke walks.
UT, Florida, Bama, LSU and too many like N Dame, Penn State, and S Cal and Oklahoma and NOW Michigan have wandered in the wilderness for a few years. To say otherwise is to reveal that the hater is only about 20 years old and un employed sitting at home on mom’s PC.
Go Dogs.
FSU
February 9th, 2010
11:08 am
The truth police
February 9th, 2010
10:46 am
What Happened to Meyer in 2009?, What happened was they didn’t schedule UGA for all 14 games.
That’s funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gatorbait 17-3
February 9th, 2010
11:20 am
You new DC Grantham would give his right nut for this class:
ESPN’s Tom Luginbill called it “the best defensive group I’ve seen put together,” and Scout.com’s Scott Kennedy said “on the defensive side, there was not a miss anywhere.”
What they were talking about was Florida’s 2010 defensive recruiting haul, the centerpiece of which is the line.
Rivals.com rated defensive end Ronald Powell No. 1, defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd fourth, defensive tackle Dominique Easley seventh(these 3 just happen to be the #1 player from their state : NY, Penn. and CAL), defensive tackle Leon Orr 95th and end Lynden Trail 123rd overall. Likewise, Scout rated Powell second, Floyd sixth, Easley 12th, Trail 99th and Orr 255th. Both services ranked Powell, Floyd and Easley as five-star prospects and listed Trail and Orr as four stars.
The class was so loaded, UF coach Urban Meyer had to let defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat (Rivals No. 12, Scout No. 7) know there wasn’t room for him and his five-star rating. He eventually signed with Texas.
BLS
February 9th, 2010
11:27 am
Total D1 signees this year per state:
Texas 408
Florida 353
California 323
Georgia 182
Ohio 171
Alabama 90
Mississippi 62
South Carolina 49
Tennessee 37
Kentucky 14
Ga and Ohio generally put out the same total number of D1 players signed each year. Texas, California and Florida overwhelm all other states – mainly due to population and climate.
Ga has more SEC signees than other states because of the in-state dawgs and surrounding SEC states.
Go to http://www.statemaster.com for more state stats and draw your own conclusions.
Gatorbait 17-3
February 9th, 2010
11:30 am
Richt’s 2 last recruits who were offered on SIGNING DAY, are very suspect and look like class fillers or scout team tackling dummies. Then you have Ogletree’s little brother getting an offer, now that smells like the Da’Rick and Nance deal.
If you ask me Rickt signed 16 recruits.
FSU
February 9th, 2010
11:44 am
BLS
I went to the site, but couldn’t find the info. Could you walk us through it?
Relax Dawg fans
February 9th, 2010
11:51 am
ga gator seems to have the best perspective of the UGA/UF series. Reality is UF has beaten us regularly since 1990. But to be fair, most have been close hard nosed games. All it takes is for one team to get an advantage, and a blow out can and does happen, on either side.
Since 1933 – the record is 38-37-1 in favor of UGA. A florida win would tie the series since the birth of the SEC.
As another posted stated, Georgia replaced it’s roster vacancies with strong players. That is all they wanted to do. DaRick blew it IMO as his position WAS one Georgia wanted depth in. But those things happen.
Georgia will be better next year than most expect IMO.
Jona
February 9th, 2010
11:52 am
Gatorbait 17-3
Yeah, that class is so loaded nobody wants to coach them.
Funny.
Relax Dawg fans
February 9th, 2010
12:04 pm
To add to my last post, since 2001, Richt has let the dawgs have losing records against one team in the SEC. Florida. The only other team to have a .500 record against Richt LSU at 3-3. If you consider, 2 of LSU wins game in one year, Richt is ahead winning 3 out of the 5 years they played.
UF? – Losing records to Auburn, Ole Miss, and .500 with Alabama.
UT? – Losing records to Auburn, Georgia, Florida, LSU and Alabama.
No point in arguing who is or has been best, but very obvious that UGA stays poised to be good enough to beat any SEC team.
Jona
February 9th, 2010
12:09 pm
Relax Dawg fans
Your facts are soon to be dismissed in a barrage of name calling or such. get ready.
Florida Gators = The New Notre Dame
February 9th, 2010
12:11 pm
Look, we know it’s been a rough year for Florida losing all those starters and having 5 coaches all quit on you.
We understand how you want to find somethng POSITIVE to look forward to for 2010.
So if your recruiting class makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside instead of thinking of why Bama blew you out, then go right ahead and choose to live in denial and focus on the fake assumption that because of your recruiting class, you’ll win it all in 2010, great.
Charlie Weis thought the same thing. He got fired.
State of Georgia #1 for SEC Recruiting by 50% Margin!
February 9th, 2010
12:19 pm
Here’s how it shook out according to mrsec.com:
1. Georgia — Has produced 57 commitments/signees for the 12 SEC schools so far
2. Florida — 41 commitments/signees
3. Alabama — 34 commitments/signees
4. Mississippi — 30 commitments/signees
5. Louisiana — 19 commitments/signees
6. South Carolina — 15 commitments/signees
7. Tennessee — 10 commitments/signees
8. Arkansas — 5 commitments/signees
9. Kentucky — 2 commitments/signees
How2fish
February 9th, 2010
12:24 pm
Gatorbait 17-3 agreed UF has a stellar class but really you quoted a “expert” who claims that “there’s not a miss anywhere” WTF how can any thinking person make that statement before a down of football is played or the players even enrolled…that is gibberish , how many can’t miss players do we see in fact miss every year?
Relax Dawg fans
February 9th, 2010
12:36 pm
Yeah I know Jona. LOL
ReptilesRule
February 9th, 2010
1:00 pm
Man, all I can say about the comments on here is that they seem to indicate that many Dawg fans must really be satisfied with the direction of their program. I know I wouldn’t be so happy coming off the kind of season they just had!! They even got embarrassed by Lane Kiffin. Yet they seem pretty happy about it all. Shreveport must have been one hell of a time!! I’m sure you are looking forward to the return trip!
ReptilesRule
February 9th, 2010
1:07 pm
Meyer,Carroll, Saban. Those are the names that I heard the last few years whenever elite coaches were mentioned. Now that Carroll has moved back to the pros, it seems you hear a little more Saban, Meyer, and Mack Brown of Texas. Still no Richt in the conversation. Tell you what Dawg fans, we’ll keep ours and you can keep yours for as long as you like!
How2fish
February 9th, 2010
1:13 pm
ReptilesRule we are ALL looking forward to the season..don’t count your chickens quite yet lizard I think we match up pretty good with ya’ll this year like 07. And what did ya’ll do in your bowl game that year..? oh and Lammer didn’t get the UF beatdown every Gator was predicting did he..and he gave Bama more than the Gators did..worry about the state of UF football…and please no loud noises it upsets CUM so….and we want him healthy.
Is Richt or Meyer Right in 2010?
February 9th, 2010
1:24 pm
Meyer’s 2010 Strategy:
Key to SEC is recruiting. top recruiting class = win Natl Championship
Richt’s 2010 Strategy:
Key to SEC is defense. best defensive staff = win Natl Championship
We’ll see who’s right come Jan.
cantondawg
February 9th, 2010
1:35 pm
Florida in decline,
I totally agree with you. Losing Tim Tebow , Riley Cooper and Brandon Spikes will be a huge loss for UF. No more sure first downs on 3rd and short anymore. I believe that was TT biggest legaciy is no matter what on 3rd down he would drive forward and get the first down and continue the drive. Now, without a power back they will have to resort to throwing the ball more. Yes UF is loaded recruiting wise but very few of those players will get on the field this year. Based upon this year alone, I like UGA’S chances of beating UF.
Relax Dawg fans
February 9th, 2010
1:37 pm
Reptile – you are mostly correct when you talk about what the press says. You can also add Miles into that equation. Saban has been getting the most lately. Hmm, wonder why?
The national press will crown whoever they think is best based on what they see. Let me ask this question, did Meyer become the best coach in college at the same point he accepted the job with UF? Before he was a candidate for UF, but yet after his impressive record in Utah, show me a headline where he is the best coach in the country. Press didn’t really care did they?
This is a tough conference and no, Richt has no BCS title, but is holding his own winning the best conference. His defense slipped with his choice for his 2nd DC, and he corrected that. I am very happy with Richt, because after 9 years of the pressure and stress associated with it, he has found what appears to be a balance of winning both on and off the field. Meyer has not, and in fact, his record shows he does put everything into his job which makes him great on the field. But I would be concerned with how long he can or is willing to allow this lack of balance in his life.
So your attempts to convince a real bulldog that we are not a great program on an Atlanta blog has me asking the question, why is it important for you to come here and say the things you do?
Roll Tider
February 9th, 2010
1:40 pm
Morons on here are believing now that Grantham is the best DC in the conference? Really? Didn’t UGA list Chavis and Smart ahead of him on their own short list? Ellis Johnson is still in the SEC too. Hmmm….
Travis Leslie next great WR
February 9th, 2010
1:43 pm
what you think of Travis Leslie joining our football team and try out as WR?
ga gator
February 9th, 2010
1:46 pm
As I have said many times on this blog,UGA will be fine. Grantham doesn’t have to be great at Xs and O’s as Willie ran the same basic defense as Van Gorder. What Grantham has to do ( and he seems to be at least talking it) is change the culture from we can win, to we will win. No one at UGA has done that, at least in the Florida series since Spurrier changed the culture.
ga gator
February 9th, 2010
1:50 pm
Travis Leslie next great WR
If he is as athletic as he seemed in B-ball and isn’t afraid of catching over the middle, he could be a great addition. How many years does he have in F-ball eligability?
Grantham's Resume
February 9th, 2010
1:52 pm
Nick Saban #1 defense in NCAA in 2009
(offered Grantham the Defensive Coordinator job)
UGA Alum Will Muschamp–#2 Defense in NCAA in 2009
(recommended Richt hire Grantham or Smart)
UGA Alum Kirby Smart–#1 Defense in NCAA in 2009
(rewcommended Richt hire Grantham)
ReptilesRule
February 9th, 2010
1:56 pm
Bad news Dawgies…next year UF will start 4 seniors along the OL. They will have a 4th year Jr starting at QB. They will have 3 running backs who have played 3 years in system. They will have 6 returning seniors along the DL rotation. They will have 2 starting LBs with 3 years or more experience. They will return 2 safety starters and a shutdown corner. The only really big ? will be one corner and TE. When I looked over the roster after signing day, I was surprised myself at how veteran this 2010 team is. You will be too.
gatorfan46.3
February 9th, 2010
1:57 pm
Meyer has to change the mindset against Auburn to “we can beat Auburn”. It’s just a mindset. Addazio’s running the same offense Meyer ran, and Heater’s running the same defense Strong ran, so nothing new there. Auburn’s clearly in Meyer’s head. Maybe the new coaches will help change the losing atmosphere around Auburn. Hard to believe Meyer hasn’t beaten Auburn at least once, geez, even Richt has beaten Meyer at least once.
TheItalianDawgs
February 9th, 2010
1:59 pm
Urban Cryer&Liar and his assistants are bunch of liars, they lied to the recruits about their DC is leaving and about Urban Cryer situation, Urban Meyer will not be at Flooriduh by August, its all lies, he will instead issue a statement that his health got worse and now he has to step down and spell apologies to all who cheated. I could be wrong but I saw and heard this kind of scenarios before
Relax Dawg fans
February 9th, 2010
1:59 pm
Tider – I don’t agree with Grantham being best DC in conference. I think he has the tools and talent to be, but only time will tell. Moron’s was probably a little harsh, no?
ga gator – I think some have hit on what Martinez’s problem was. He was easy to scheme against. Our guys were not in position many times because they were not coached well. Grantham should have the experience to know how to scheme against an offense. Again, something the coach said about being aggressive. The defense will try to dictate what the offense does, know what they will check to and be ready to defend it. We have been playing give them this look and if they do this, then do that. Grantham will attempt to make the offense react to HIS formation, not the other way around.
IMO, Martinez never knew what to do defensively to disrupt the rythm of the opposing offense.
ga gator
February 9th, 2010
2:12 pm
Relax Dawg fans, You think it is scheme or Psycology? There have been many games since 1990 where you easily had the better team but since Spurrier got into their heads, they have not played to their potential.
ReptilesRule
February 9th, 2010
2:15 pm
UGA NEWS FLASH!! MEYER TO NOTRE DAME!!! (oh, I’m sorry, that was LAST years stupid rumor).
UGA's Problems in 2009
February 9th, 2010
2:19 pm
1. Defense: gave up too many points- 28 a game
2. Turnovers: off- 4 games with 3-4 giveaways, def- last in takeaways
3. Play-Mix: Rushing Game- only averaged 140 yards a game rushing
Keys to beating Florida:
1) Win the turnover battle
2) Rush for 200+ yards
ReptilesRule
February 9th, 2010
2:24 pm
ga gator…it is neither scheme nor psychology. The cold hard facts are that the Gators are just a better program all the way around, with better coaching and recruiting. Even Ron Zook had a winning record against Richt and the dawgs because of the strength of the program and what Jeremy Foley has built there over the years. On signing day, when rival fans were all wondering how Florida could have such a historic recruiting class with all of the coaching changes and situation surrounding Meyer, Tom Luginbill said it best…The program is now bigger than any individual coach, even Urban.
ga gator
February 9th, 2010
2:27 pm
ReptilesRule, need to be humble dude; dont know how old you are but I can remember when the same was true about us. Many times we were better but Vince Dooley had them and us that UGA would win. I would agree with you about the program that it is better than Urban. There is no reason why the Flagship University for one of the largest states in population shouldn’t compete nationally most years.
gatorfan46.3
February 9th, 2010
2:30 pm
The Gators keep losing because of the strength and conditioning program isn’t as strong as Auburn’s. Hopefully that will get fixed. Auburn has just seemed stronger than Florida and it just seemed like a better system in every way (recruiting, coaching, conditioning) when Coach Meyer has played Auburn. It’s hard ot explain. Auburn is just a better system.
Bill King
February 9th, 2010
2:33 pm
gatorfan46.3 its because they recruit so well with all of the georgia players they steal away from my state.
Why Florida Will Lose 4 Games in 2010
February 9th, 2010
2:34 pm
Defenses like Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and FSU will force Florida to PASS to win. Meyer loves to run–it’s safer. If you force Florida to become 1 dimensional like Bama did, they can’t win. If they couldn’t pass with Tebow as a Senior, sure won’t be able to win with passing with Brantley.
Bill King
February 9th, 2010
2:37 pm
Why Florida Will Lose 4 Games in 2010 give up I am me.