Rodgers was actually a relative unknown when Tedford got him from Butte.
And you can certainly win without 5 star athletes. These are 18 year old kids, they still have so much growing to do. Guys like Alex Mack, Justin Forsett, Will Ta'ufo'ou, JJ Arrington, Tyson Alualu, Mike Mohamed, Mike Tepper, Cameron Jordan, and Chris Conte were all lightly recruited low ranked prospects.
And then you will have high profile guys like Ayoob, Kyle Reed, and Mbakogu who underachieve.
look its all based on scout evaluations. Steve Slaton was a 3 Star recruit and look where he is now. Yeah thats right the League. Its hit or miss not every 5 star turns into Barry Sanders
djax4mvp, I'm surprised that this was the first year you followed recruiting. It's pretty simple: when it comes to football, the team with the best ahtletes usually wins. Tedford has described recruiting as an "arms race," and the facilites have a huge impact. Why else would any player who was offered to Cal and Oregon go to Oregon? They have one of the best facilites in the nation. Until now, those 5-star guys that came to Cal (Rogers/DJAX), came because of Tedford.
I'm with you on that but Cal does have it's limits as a program right now. Once the new facilities are up we'll be able to recruit with the best of 'em. But until then Tedford will have to continue to make the best of a mediocre situation. And in the 2010 class he has taking an initiative much earlier than he ever has. A ten win season and Cal will have a special class.
dude stop being okay with decent classes. cal is a much more attractive offer than USCum. i mean cal is the place for future nfl stars and academics and great weather where you don't get buried on the depth chart.anybody who doesn't know this is a fool!
You keep proving that you aren't schooled in recruiting yet. Cal got dinged on rankings because they took a smaller class. This is a very good class that filled needs very quickly. Also Randall Carroll and Adam Hall weren't five stars. Don't let rankings fool you especially. There's not much difference between a three star player and a 4 star player. And Rivals doesn't scout as well on the west coast as they should, most of all the bay area. So this class is better than it looks.
it is "shit" if it's the 40th best class! do you want to be the 40th best team in football? no, and you don't want to be an underrated overachieving team like oregon state, you need 5 star players like randall carroll, adam hall, devon kennard! then they turn out to be players like marshawn lynch and desean jackson on one team! that cal team in 2006 was UNBELIEVABLY good on paper, maybe best ever!
How dumb does Todd Mcshay look now....or at least how much dumber does he look now?
bearbacker24 1 year ago
Rodgers was actually a relative unknown when Tedford got him from Butte.
And you can certainly win without 5 star athletes. These are 18 year old kids, they still have so much growing to do. Guys like Alex Mack, Justin Forsett, Will Ta'ufo'ou, JJ Arrington, Tyson Alualu, Mike Mohamed, Mike Tepper, Cameron Jordan, and Chris Conte were all lightly recruited low ranked prospects.
And then you will have high profile guys like Ayoob, Kyle Reed, and Mbakogu who underachieve.
southpawo5 2 years ago
look its all based on scout evaluations. Steve Slaton was a 3 Star recruit and look where he is now. Yeah thats right the League. Its hit or miss not every 5 star turns into Barry Sanders
izzie2134 2 years ago
djax4mvp, I'm surprised that this was the first year you followed recruiting. It's pretty simple: when it comes to football, the team with the best ahtletes usually wins. Tedford has described recruiting as an "arms race," and the facilites have a huge impact. Why else would any player who was offered to Cal and Oregon go to Oregon? They have one of the best facilites in the nation. Until now, those 5-star guys that came to Cal (Rogers/DJAX), came because of Tedford.
gkimkoi 2 years ago
his name is Jake Heaps and no it is not likely that he is sure that he is going to Cal unless he is Jake Heaps speaking.
Never the less, Heaps is a good qb but I personally think Austin Hinder out of Colorado is better and would be satisfied with either of them
IggidyO 2 years ago
R u sure that he's really gonna go to Cal?? Whats his name
mkretzmer 2 years ago
I'm with you on that but Cal does have it's limits as a program right now. Once the new facilities are up we'll be able to recruit with the best of 'em. But until then Tedford will have to continue to make the best of a mediocre situation. And in the 2010 class he has taking an initiative much earlier than he ever has. A ten win season and Cal will have a special class.
bearbacker24 2 years ago
dude stop being okay with decent classes. cal is a much more attractive offer than USCum. i mean cal is the place for future nfl stars and academics and great weather where you don't get buried on the depth chart.anybody who doesn't know this is a fool!
djax4mvp 2 years ago
You keep proving that you aren't schooled in recruiting yet. Cal got dinged on rankings because they took a smaller class. This is a very good class that filled needs very quickly. Also Randall Carroll and Adam Hall weren't five stars. Don't let rankings fool you especially. There's not much difference between a three star player and a 4 star player. And Rivals doesn't scout as well on the west coast as they should, most of all the bay area. So this class is better than it looks.
bearbacker24 2 years ago
it is "shit" if it's the 40th best class! do you want to be the 40th best team in football? no, and you don't want to be an underrated overachieving team like oregon state, you need 5 star players like randall carroll, adam hall, devon kennard! then they turn out to be players like marshawn lynch and desean jackson on one team! that cal team in 2006 was UNBELIEVABLY good on paper, maybe best ever!
djax4mvp 2 years ago