With the momentum Dabo has created at Clemson and now getting a lot of the country's best players year in and year out. I don't see Fla St being able to close the gap on them with the next five years at best. There literally is NOT ONE football program in the ACC giving Dabo and Clemson any resistance on the recruiting trail and on the field. Clemson basically is a monopoly in the ACC.
Totally true...they are like the proverbial "elephant dancing among the chickens." I don't see anyone challenging them in the ACC for at least 5 years...
FSU is close to Clemson in terms of roster talent. 2017 FSU had the #6 class, 2018 they had the #11 class and they were in the top 15 this year. The talent gap is pretty similar to that of Alabama and Auburn. Yes, we sign higher ranked classes but AU's are high enough that they can beat us if things go there way. Same thing with FSU and Clemson. The problem for FSU was Taggart which they've gotten rid of. I expect FSU to be competitive with Clemson next year and from there on out the game is probably a coin flip..
I'll believe it when I see it.
Checks are clearing the bank.
Cool, but the recruiting rankings are what they are. FSU had a coach who, according to current players, didn't care about winning. Clemson has won 5 in a row and before that FSU won 3 in a row. If, and a big if, the new FSU coach is competent they can be compeitive with Clemson next year. My only point is it will not take 5 years for FSU to close the gap on Clemson as you suggested..
I agree with that. Not sure what they have in this new head coach. He did well at Memphis but so did the previous head coach who has done nothing at VA Tech. He will definitely need to recruit well but Dabo is way out in front of some serious talent that his staff has been recruiting for a while.
Especially if he can hold on to the talent in florida leaving for greener pastures.
The greenest of which are in Tuscaloosa so here is to hoping he falls flat on his face.
I did say "Pastures" -- so was more referring more to Auburn, Auburn by the lake....
College football is so unpredictable FSU might win the NC next season who knows? I have no idea if the talent level at FSU is that far behind Clemson or if Willie Taggart was so bad of a coach that he could make elite athletes look like FCS talent. Regardless, Dabo has recruited so well at Clemson that Fla St will have a very, very hard time beating them.
I'm telling you exactly how far apart the talent level is based on recruiting rankings and it isn't that far. Again, it's comparable to the talent difference between Alabama and Auburn. Clemson defintely has more talent but FSU has enough that if things go their way they can win the game. It's not like Florida State has dropped off the map in recruiting. Their average recruiting class over the past 3 years is #10..
you could be very correct in your assumption, but 5 years is a long time. anything can happen in that span.
DG will not be signing with bama come feb if everything stays the same watch out for us to try to get Jones to visit.
I"m being thick...I know DG, but who's Jones? The cat we have committed but think is headed to GT?
I'm just going by how they've played and how they've looked when they've played. It takes a special type of talent to make players that talented look so inept. I guess that's why Willie Taggart is no longer there.
