Meanwhile at USC...

Seems to the casual observer that only UO and UW care about recruiting.
 
USC has been through a lot of shitty times and shitty coaches these last 30 years, but their ability to draw top notch talent always held constant. I don’t know if LA kids these days are a lot more willing to go long distance for school, or if Helton really is this special of an idiot, but I am loving this new trend.
 
USC was on him early scaring off Pac 12 schools. The small schools just put in a courtesy offer to say they went up against USC. This kid bleeds cardinal and gold and has a high motor and WANTS to be a player. Willie McGinnest was a one star slightly crippled walk on and he did OK
 
When did we ever think USC would start going after “diamonds in the rough”?

It’s almost like Helton stole Mike Reilly’s recruiting playbook.
 
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USC has been through a lot of shitty times and shitty coaches these last 30 years, but their ability to draw top notch talent always held constant. I don’t know if LA kids these days are a lot more willing to go long distance for school, or if Helton really is this special of an idiot, but I am loving this new trend.
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I think social media has cast such a large net nowadays that croots can be contacted, included, and influenced to a way greater degree than in the past.

Before, kids would make their peer connections through physical contact in camps and visits, offficial and unofficial - and shot like phone calls.

Now? Even the most rookie internet user has burner accounts on Twitter lol and know how to make recruiting edits...
 
USC has been through a lot of shitty times and shitty coaches these last 30 years, but their ability to draw top notch talent always held constant. I don’t know if LA kids these days are a lot more willing to go long distance for school, or if Helton really is this special of an idiot, but I am loving this new trend.
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I think social media has cast such a large net nowadays that croots can be contacted, included, and influenced to a way greater degree than in the past.

Before, kids would make their peer connections through physical contact in camps and visits, offficial and unofficial - and shit like phone calls.

Now? Even the most rookie internet user has burner accounts on Twitter lol and know how to make recruiting edits...
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When did we ever think USC would start going after “diamonds in the rough”?

It’s almost like Helton stole Mike Reilly’s recruiting playbook.
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It’s comical. It’s like Helton hears the criticism of how he doesn’t win with 5 stars and instead of looking at the lack of development Sark ingratiated into that culture and that he has continued, he watches Pete’s signing day press conferences and says “Oh you’re right Pete, the reason I’m not winning is because Stars are overrated & we need to be better talent evaluators so we can find the Aaron Fullers of the world”.
 
https://247sports.com/college/usc/Season/2019-Football/Commits/

Take a look at their current commits. The bottom half of their class is not good and the top half is nothing special. They'll definitely close with a handful of big targets cause they're SC, but fans are going to be scared in a few days when they only 11-13 LOI's in. Tufono is their 3rd highest rated commit currently. This class sucks. If they land 80% of the top rated recruits they're after they'll still only finish around 10th based on class calculator.
 
https://247sports.com/college/usc/Season/2019-Football/Commits/

Take a look at their current commits. The bottom half of their class is not good and the top half is nothing special. They'll definitely close with a handful of big targets cause they're SC, but fans are going to be scared in a few days when they only 11-13 LOI's in. Tufono is their 3rd highest rated commit currently. This class sucks. If they land 80% of the top rated recruits they're after they'll still only finish around 10th based on class calculator.
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The number of commits is the problem. Oregon and UW are going to sign close to all 20 of their commits during early signing period. That means UW and Oregon can use all their resources on 5-6 kids, whereas USC is going to be spread thin for about 12-13 prospects. Not having a bowl game helps USC on that end, but it's still going to be difficult for them. Add to the fact that Kliff could possibly be poached by the NFL, USC may have to recruit kids when they don't even an OC. This is as bad as I've ever seen USC recruiting and I've been following it since around 2000.

This class could end up worse than the USC classes that were on probation.
 
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https://247sports.com/college/usc/Season/2019-Football/Commits/

Take a look at their current commits. The bottom half of their class is not good and the top half is nothing special. They'll definitely close with a handful of big targets cause they're SC, but fans are going to be scared in a few days when they only 11-13 LOI's in. Tufono is their 3rd highest rated commit currently. This class sucks. If they land 80% of the top rated recruits they're after they'll still only finish around 10th based on class calculator.
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I always look at the bottom of a class. This class is so amazing to me because there are no head scratchers. For our “worst” recruits to be Miki Ah Yu and Alphonzo Tuputala is so incredibly good and shows how much better we’ve gotten even compared to last years awesome class.

That being said, I would take Ah Yu and Tuputala any day of the week over Tufono. That means USC’s third highest recruit would be UDUB’s “worst” recruit. Think about that.
 
https://247sports.com/college/usc/Season/2019-Football/Commits/

Take a look at their current commits. The bottom half of their class is not good and the top half is nothing special. They'll definitely close with a handful of big targets cause they're SC, but fans are going to be scared in a few days when they only 11-13 LOI's in. Tufono is their 3rd highest rated commit currently. This class sucks. If they land 80% of the top rated recruits they're after they'll still only finish around 10th based on class calculator.
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The number of commits is the problem. Oregon and UW are going to sign close to all 20 of their commits during early signing period. That means UW and Oregon can use all their resources on 5-6 kids, whereas USC is going to be spread thin for about 12-13 prospects. Not having a bowl game helps USC on that end, but it's still going to be difficult for them. Add to the fact that Kliff could possibly be poached by the NFL, USC may have to recruit kids when they don't even an OC. This is as bad as I've ever seen USC recruiting and I've been following it since around 2000.

This class could end up worse than the USC classes that were on probation.
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Kliff should be out in full force saying no on the NFL front if he really wants to stay at USC, but it appears he didn't want to wait it out. It's going to be very easy for programs to recruit against Kliff for the next 6 weeks because of all the rumors. Even if he's there one year, it's doubtful he stays more than one. Another fine move by Helton.
 
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