[Hulk01]

This could be a very good class, to be sure.  But 2012 set up much better for us, and it showed at the end. 

2012 presented the most remarkable group of elite Western offensive linemen ever: Tuerk, Banner, Seumalo, Murphy, Fanaika, Peat, Garnett, Magnuson.  Even more in our favor, a remarkable number of them were good students.  It's much easier for us to pull kids within driving distance than from cross country, and that's what we face in this class.  Take the OLs again.  Right now, the elite OLs with admittable grades scores are Bredeson (Wisconsin), Menet (Pennsylvania), Farniok (South Dakota), and Owens (Texas).  Thomas Schaffer (Illinois) doesn't have the four-star rating but showed enough for us to offer.  And we seem to be holding on offering yet another three time zone guy, Clark Yarbrough, from Ed Reynold's alma mater in Virginia. 

Not a single guy from a Pac-12 state.  Our yield in the Pac-12 states is extraordinary.  But for the Top 250 guys who are key to a high class ranking, our yield from Texas and points East has been one or two guys per year: Lyons, Vaughters, Watkins, Carter, Kalambayi. Solomon Thomas.  So our class ranking is heavily dependent on the number of elite and qualified guys in our time zone, and this isn't a great year in the West.  Weak years in Washington, Oregon and Arizona, and only one guy (Fehoko) in Utah, states that have given us class rank boosters like Joey Alfieri, Garnett, Casey Tucker, Sean Barton, Dalton Schultz, Cameron Scarlett, and Brandon Fanaika.

It looks like it will be an excellent class.  But anything above 12th-13th depends entirely on several guys who live a long way from Palo Alto.  Much like during elections, Georgia, Texas, and Pennsylvania are three key states for us this year, and we need to pull some highly-recruited guys out of the Midwest, which has been difficult for us forever.

[Hulk01]

This could be a very good class, to be sure.  But 2012 set up much better for us, and it showed at the end. 

2012 presented the most remarkable group of elite Western offensive linemen ever: Tuerk, Banner, Seumalo, Murphy, Fanaika, Peat, Garnett, Magnuson.  Even more in our favor, a remarkable number of them were good students.  It's much easier for us to pull kids within driving distance than from cross country, and that's what we face in this class.  Take the OLs again.  Right now, the elite OLs with admittable grades scores are Bredeson (Wisconsin), Menet (Pennsylvania), Farniok (South Dakota), and Owens (Texas).  Thomas Schaffer (Illinois) doesn't have the four-star rating but showed enough for us to offer.  And we seem to be holding on offering yet another three time zone guy, Clark Yarbrough, from Ed Reynold's alma mater in Virginia. 

Not a single guy from a Pac-12 state.  Our yield in the Pac-12 states is extraordinary.  But for the Top 250 guys who are key to a high class ranking, our yield from Texas and points East has been one or two guys per year: Lyons, Vaughters, Watkins, Carter, Kalambayi. Solomon Thomas.  So our class ranking is heavily dependent on the number of elite and qualified guys in our time zone, and this isn't a great year in the West.  Weak years in Washington, Oregon and Arizona, and only one guy (Fehoko) in Utah, states that have given us class rank boosters like Joey Alfieri, Garnett, Casey Tucker, Sean Barton, Dalton Schultz, Cameron Scarlett, and Brandon Fanaika.

It looks like it will be an excellent class.  But anything above 12th-13th depends entirely on several guys who live a long way from Palo Alto.  Much like during elections, Georgia, Texas, and Pennsylvania are three key states for us this year, and we need to pull some highly-recruited guys out of the Midwest, which has been difficult for us forever.