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Read below about how FSU and Clemson are getting the prime recruits at the expense of their conference mates. Looks like the ACC is firming up as a two team conference. It's good money for the rest of them, but life as a door mat will continue for the Syracuse's, BC's and WF's of the world.

Clemson and Florida State are lapping the rest of the ACC in recruiting
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It was a busy weekend in ACC recruiting.

Clemson went into Virginia to beat Tennessee for elite defensive end Jordan Williams. The Tigers have done a great job recruiting defensive linemen under Dabo Swinney and have also done well in developing them.


This has to sting for Tennessee, a program many thought looked good for Williams coming out of the spring. He's a four-star prospect, ranked on the 247Sports Compositeas the No. 11 weak-side end in the 2017 class.

What's remarkable, at this point, is how badly Clemson and Florida State together are out-recruiting the rest of the ACC.

So far in 2017, Florida State and Clemson have a combined 18 four- and five-star prospects and just six two- and three-star recruits. The other 12 ACC teams have 16 four- and five-star prospects and about 170 (!) two- and three-stars. That’s a 3/1 ratio against about a 1/11 ratio.

I’ll wait to see what else happens in the cycle before making definitive claims about the direction of the rest of the league relative to the top two programs, but that is a big split. Despite Miami having a bunch of commits and thus ranking ahead of Clemson in the league's recruiting rankings for 2017, the Tigers and Seminoles are the class of the conference.



Elsewhere in the league, Miami added Bradley Jennings, Jr., a Florida State legacy three-star linebacker who recently decommitted from FSU. Jennings' father played for Florida State in the late 1990s but was from Miami-area Carol City and still has family there.

And there are three important connections on Miami’s staff with the family: Miami’s head coach Mark Richt, defensive coordinator Manny Diaz and receivers coach Ron Dugans were the offensive coordinator, defensive graduate assistant and one of the star receivers, respectively, for FSU when Jennings Sr. played in Tallahassee. He has far more connections to Miami and its staff than to Tallahassee, and this was a good win for Mark Richt and Co.

Virginia Tech picked up four-star receiver Tahj Capehart, of Virginia Beach. This is a big commitment for the Hokies, who have struggled mightily in the area in recent years.

Syracuse went to Canada to land offensive lineman Patrick Davis. Smart recruiting as many schools do not look North of the Border.

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Our friends at Michigan blog Maize n Brew have updates on several top targets fromMichigan’s BBQ event, including five-star California cornerback Darnay Holmes, who many think is a battle between UCLA and Nebraska. There's also word on Isaiah Wilson, a five-star offensive tackle being fought over by Michigan and Alabama. It is important for the Wolverines to get out-of-state prospects up to visit Ann Arbor before cold weather hits, and it seems the Wolverines did a great job of that with this event.

Stanford landed four-star receiver Osiris St. Brown, beating out Notre Dame and other powers.

Arizona is on quite the recruiting tear of late, with 25 commitments in all. AZ Desert Swarm breaks down the latest commitment and how the class will proceed from here, with six months until National Signing Day.

Purdue still had room in its 2016 class and added a late JUCO signee in athlete and return man Malik Kimbrough, who should add athleticism to the Boilermakers’ roster. These late signings happen on occasion, when a prospect who some didn’t believe would qualify or get the necessary degree and becomes quickly eligible.

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Clemson's 15 minutes in the national spotlight every once in a while are almost up. Good program but can't realistically see them competing year after year for titles with the SEC guys.
 
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Clemson's 15 minutes in the national spotlight every once in a while are almost up. Good program but can't realistically see them competing year after year for titles with the SEC guys.

5 straight seasons with ten or more wins and back to back jacked recruiting classes. If that's 15 minutes, just give my Huskies 30 seconds please.
 

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Florida State used to lose in the conference once a decade. This isn't anything new....
 
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Clemson's 15 minutes in the national spotlight every once in a while are almost up. Good program but can't realistically see them competing year after year for titles with the SEC guys.

They sure are spending their money trying...

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The same could be said for the 2017 Big Ten classes of Ohio State and Michigan...

Using Rivals....Ohio State and Michigan have 20 5-4 stars between them....


Penn State, Iowa, Maryland, Rutgers, Northwestern, Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota....ADDED TOGETHER...almost have as many 5-4 stars as Ohio State + Michigan.
 

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Clemson's 15 minutes in the national spotlight every once in a while are almost up. Good program but can't realistically see them competing year after year for titles with the SEC guys.

Why would you say that? They were damned good back in the early 80's even. They've been good a long time. South Carolina has a rapidly growing population, and Clemson has a stronger football history by far than USCe, and a very appealing campus and location in the mountains (the area is becoming a big vacation, golf and retirement location).

It's all about coaching and Clemson has it. Alabama was down before Saban. The SEC's dominance is not permanent.
 

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Gez - the coaches of FSU and CU are named Jimbo and Dabo. Do you think it would help us if Diaco changed his name to Bobbo?

Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter (no seriously, that's his name). He's originally from Tennessee.
 
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Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter (no seriously, that's his name). He's originally from Tennessee.

That's an all world name for NASCAR or football or distilling sour mash - when he gets old the alliteration option will work great too - "Coot" Cooter
 
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Gez - the coaches of FSU and CU are named Jimbo and Dabo. Do you think it would help us if Diaco changed his name to Bobbo?

With names like Addazio, and Spaziani before him (at BC), Diaco, Dantonio (MSU), Narduzzi (Pitt), Pelini (Nebraska),...the upper eastern-midwestern programs are sprinkled with Italian Americans as coaches.

Amato coached down south..he went by Chuck (a good ole boy moniker), and Petrino goes by Bobby (good enough for Bowden)...Syracuse had to get a Dino (Babers) because that is the northeastern version of Dabo.

But for name coolness...I propose Lovie Smith, Doc Holiday, Bronco Mendenhall, and Kalani Sitake.
 
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