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Alabama finishes No. 1 for 2012

  • It's a business, people. You're just mad Saban has great hair. Roll Tide.

    Xcoach

  • tomporraz said...

    I think Alabama signed 111 over the last three years. That is simply cheating. They should have an astericks next to their ranking. Schools are only allowed 85 scholarship players. Bama recruits 25-30 every year. They use these kids. Schools that honor 4 year commitments to kids who never gt off the bench should be rated separately.

    And you should have an "astericks" on any educational degree you may have.

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  • tomporraz said...

    I think Alabama signed 111 over the last three years. That is simply cheating. They should have an astericks next to their ranking. Schools are only allowed 85 scholarship players. Bama recruits 25-30 every year. They use these kids. Schools that honor 4 year commitments to kids who never gt off the bench should be rated separately.

    I couldn't agree with you more. The seventh kid who verballed to them this past year was all set to sign with them on signing day. He was at his school ready to sign with Alabama when he get a text saying they would have to Greyshirt him his first year. He stormed of the stage and later verballed to Arkansas. He wanted to go with Bama so much he verballed almost a year ago.....Then he got Sabanned!!! I heard it happened with a kid who verballed even earlier that this kid. Why offer a kid a schollie and then pull it on National Signing Day? How could Saban ruin a kids most exciting day. There should be a law against this. You have to follow through on your promised Scholarship to a kid. You are not allowed to offer and then yank it out of the kids hands on National signing day. That is cruel.

    yllarry

  • psubills62 said...

    Are the team rankings still based only on the top 17 recruits for each team, or on all of them?

    Staff is probably busy, but bumping in hopes of an answer.

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  • TigerForever said...

    That would be the ones that he cuts their 1 year scholarship to make room for the oversigned class (Sleazy Saban Process). Saban exhibits the bama win at all cost attitude well. It will catch up with him and he will move on.

    When a recruit signs with Auburn, he gets a 4 year scholarship and becomes part of the family. He never has to worry about being cut. Coach Chizik won't throw him away because he is injured.

    http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2012/02/01/justin-taylor-safely-signed-with-kentucky-speaks-candidly-on-alabama/?cp=2

    The only prospects that care about getting "4-year scholarships" are the ones that suck. Seriously, good prospects know they are good and don't fear getting cut. Shitty ones do.

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  • tomporraz said...

    I think Alabama signed 111 over the last three years. That is simply cheating. They should have an astericks next to their ranking. Schools are only allowed 85 scholarship players. Bama recruits 25-30 every year. They use these kids. Schools that honor 4 year commitments to kids who never gt off the bench should be rated separately.

    lets see....111 / 3 = 37

    So you're saying Bama has signed on average 37 players per year the last 3 years.

    Sorry, but Bama hasn't even signed 30 in any of the last 3 years.

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  • first of all bama has signed 101 players... in the last FOUR years. get your numbers right if you are going to play this game.

    second of all, since January of 2009 Bama has had Glenn Coffee, Mark Ingram, Kareem Jackson, Julio Jones, Marcel Dareus, Andre Smith, Rolando McClain, and Dre Kirkpatrick all go pro early (and these are only the ones i can remember off the top of my head). that leaves 93.

    Destin Hood and Melvin Ray both got drafted to play Pro Baseball. that leaves 91.

    Corey Grant, Demetrius Goode, BJ Scott, Star Jackson, and Alonzo Lawrence all transferred to get more playing time. that leaves 86.

    Robby Green got caught by the NCAA for doing steroids and left the team because of an indefinite suspension. thats 85.

    And I haven't even MENTIONED these "behavioral transfers" or "medical scholarships" that all of you oversigning nazi's point to as your evidence for this.

    SO SHUT THE FRICK UP ABOUT IT

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by skitchbama on 2/2/2012 at 10:32 PM

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  • and the super frustrating thing about that.... is that I didn't have any information in front of me when i put that list together. It took me 5 minutes and a surface knowledge of the program to come up with that. people need to learn to gather information before spewing ignorant bull crap like that all over the place.

    skitchbama

  • TigerForever said...

    That would be the ones that he cuts their 1 year scholarship to make room for the oversigned class (Sleazy Saban Process). Saban exhibits the bama win at all cost attitude well. It will catch up with him and he will move on.

    When a recruit signs with Auburn, he gets a 4 year scholarship and becomes part of the family. He never has to worry about being cut. Coach Chizik won't throw him away because he is injured.

    http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2012/02/01/justin-taylor-safely-signed-with-kentucky-speaks-candidly-on-alabama/?cp=2

    Must really suck to be so shitty as a football team that you have to try the moral high ground argument. I dont care if you're curing cancer, AU is greeting waxed by UA. Just win baby. All that matters to me.

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  • TigerForever said...

    That would be the ones that he cuts their 1 year scholarship to make room for the oversigned class (Sleazy Saban Process). Saban exhibits the bama win at all cost attitude well. It will catch up with him and he will move on.

    When a recruit signs with Auburn, he gets a 4 year scholarship and becomes part of the family. He never has to worry about being cut. Coach Chizik won't throw him away because he is injured.

    http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2012/02/01/justin-taylor-safely-signed-with-kentucky-speaks-candidly-on-alabama/?cp=2

    This is one of the reasons that AU is merely a speed bump for Bama (see the '08 game 36-0 and the '11 game 42-14). Saban and his staff hold their players accountable for their performance and work ethic (NFL standards), while AU doesn't hold their players to the same standards. Your program uses a Tee-ball mentality, in that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. Obviously you're ok with this, so enjoy you place with the Mississippi State's of the world as a mediocre SEC team.

    This post was edited by heath009 on 2/2/2012 at 10:19 AM

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  • yllarry said...

    I couldn't agree with you more. The seventh kid who verballed to them this past year was all set to sign with them on signing day. He was at his school ready to sign with Alabama when he get a text saying they would have to Greyshirt him his first year. He stormed of the stage and later verballed to Arkansas. He wanted to go with Bama so much he verballed almost a year ago.....Then he got Sabanned!!! I heard it happened with a kid who verballed even earlier that this kid. Why offer a kid a schollie and then pull it on National Signing Day? How could Saban ruin a kids most exciting day. There should be a law against this. You have to follow through on your promised Scholarship to a kid. You are not allowed to offer and then yank it out of the kids hands on National signing day. That is cruel.

    Guess what? Bama is better than your team get over it.

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  • skitchbama said...

    and the super frustrating thing about that.... is that I didn't have any information in front of me when i put that list together. It took me 5 minutes and a surface knowledge of the program to come up with that. people need to learn to gather information before spewing ignorant bull crap like that all over the place.

    Dont let it frustrate you dude, facts mean nothing to these guys, their teams dont get results, so instead of trying to make their programs better, they look for reasons to hate the others success.

    @YLLarry - again you need to get your facts straight as well. You are mixing information on two seperate cases. But thats understandable since they are very similiar. Both had major kneee injuries, both had been advised that their knee would not be ready to play next year. Both were aware of this and both were asked to greyshirt. Neither had voiced much of a problem with it at the time, and both had plans to accept greyshirting. Both have since changed their minds and signed with Arkansas and Kentucky respectively. Both will likely spend next year rehabbing and getting back to full strength while redshirting. Hopefully both will have a successful career. So the question really is, if you find it so objectionable to ask someone to delay enrollment for 6 months in order to rehab, why did your school pull his offer completely once he was injured in the first place? Once it was clear that he was looking elsewhere, why did your school not even bother recruiting him again? The emotional display at the signing ceremony was because he had received a last minute offer from Arkansas and was now conflicted on what he should do.

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  • 111? That's 37 a year. Now we're making things up.

    whill

  • Xcoach said...

    It's a business, people. You're just mad Saban has great hair. Roll Tide.

    And teeth

    ragoo11

  • skitchbama said...

    first of all bama has signed 101 players... in the last FOUR years. get your numbers right if you are going to play this game.

    second of all, since January of 2009 Bama has had Glenn Coffee, Mark Ingram, Kareem Jackson, Julio Jones, Marcel Dareus, Andre Smith, Rolando McClain, and Dre Kirkpatrick all go pro early (and these are only the ones i can remember off the top of my head). that leaves 93.

    Destin Hood and Melvin Ray both got drafted to play Pro Baseball. that leaves 91.

    Corey Grant, Demetrius Goode, BJ Scott, Star Jackson, and Alonzo Lawrence all transfered to get more playing time. that leaves 86.

    Robby Green got caught by the NCAA for doing steroids and left the team because of an indefinite suspension. thats 85.

    And I haven't even MENTIONED these "behavioral transfers" or "medical scholarships" that all of you oversigning nazi's point to as your evidence for this.

    SO SHUT THE FRICK UP ABOUT IT

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    ROLL TIDE!

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  • MissouriGator said...

    Bama going for 99 at every position in NCAA '15.

    You mean Bama paying for 99 at every position in NCAA '15. You're also assuming the NCAA will still be around in 2015.

    wolfman1957

  • Xcoach said...

    It's a business, people. You're just mad Saban has great hair. Roll Tide.

    Just wondering, what exactly makes it a business? Universities are non-profit.

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  • wolfman1957 said...

    You mean Bama paying for 99 at every position in NCAA '15. You're also assuming the NCAA will still be around in 2015.

    ^^^ crete gravel comes to mind ^^^

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  • BamaShack said...

    Must really suck to be so shitty as a football team that you have to try the moral high ground argument. I dont care if you're curing cancer, AU is greeting waxed by UA. Just win baby. All that matters to me.

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  • TigerForever said...

    That would be the ones that he cuts their 1 year scholarship to make room for the oversigned class (Sleazy Saban Process). Saban exhibits the bama win at all cost attitude well. It will catch up with him and he will move on.

    When a recruit signs with Auburn, he gets a 4 year scholarship and becomes part of the family. He never has to worry about being cut. Coach Chizik won't throw him away because he is injured.

    http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2012/02/01/justin-taylor-safely-signed-with-kentucky-speaks-candidly-on-alabama/?cp=2

    What a dumbass. AU has signed more than Saban the last 4 years genius. In fact, this is the first year AU hasn't signed more than Bama since 2008.

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  • TigerForever said...

    That would be the ones that he cuts their 1 year scholarship to make room for the oversigned class (Sleazy Saban Process). Saban exhibits the bama win at all cost attitude well. It will catch up with him and he will move on.

    When a recruit signs with Auburn, he gets a 4 year scholarship and becomes part of the family. He never has to worry about being cut. Coach Chizik won't throw him away because he is injured.

    http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2012/02/01/justin-taylor-safely-signed-with-kentucky-speaks-candidly-on-alabama/?cp=2

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  • TigerForever said...

    That would be the ones that he cuts their 1 year scholarship to make room for the oversigned class (Sleazy Saban Process). Saban exhibits the bama win at all cost attitude well. It will catch up with him and he will move on.

    When a recruit signs with Auburn, he gets a 4 year scholarship and becomes part of the family. He never has to worry about being cut. Coach Chizik won't throw him away because he is injured.

    http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2012/02/01/justin-taylor-safely-signed-with-kentucky-speaks-candidly-on-alabama/?cp=2

    I love how all the barners are throwing out the 4 year scholly talk like it is a tradition or something. This is the first year you have done it and it is just because 43% of chizez first two classes are no longer with the team. He is trying to figure out a way to make them stay.

    japopw

  • Cuthbert xxii said...

    Most hated team in the country = Alabama. ( Except by highly rated high school recruits)

    I love it too. If we are so bad we wouldn't keep landing these monster recruits. Feelsgoodman

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  • SickNaban said...

    why, cuz we only signed the #1 kicker in the country this year?

    Tennessee signed the number 1 kicker and punter in 2010.. it doesn't mean much... Just look at their numbers...

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  • Ridiculous. Congrats Bama.

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    What sanctions? Our 75 are better than your 85.

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