We’ve lost seven players so far in 2008, with rumors that more could be on the way.  It’s possible that the four academic suspensions could return, but the past track record isn’t good with these cases returning.

2.  In the final couple months of recruiting, we lost quite a few highly rated guys that we were in very good position with.  I know we had a bad record in 2006, which might have cost us with some early verbals, but with a good 2007 season, we should have finished strong with undecided recruits. 

     Here are some that we whiffed on late:

Randall Dunn

AJ Price

Corey Lewis

RJ Mattes

Omoregie Uzzi

Shayne Hale

Jarred Holley

Cameron Saddler

Granted, two of the above were guys who committed to us earlier and signed elsewhere at the last minute, and losing only two after coach Mike London’s departure isn’t too bad.

3.  We didn’t get enough offensive lineman.  We are quite thin there and I was hoping for five signers.  We got three, plus Michael Price could end up there.  I supposed it wasn’t for lack of trying since three of the players on the whiffed list above are OL.

4.  We got our tails kicked in an unprecedented and incomprehensible way in-state by Virginia Tech.  More on this below.

So, my overall conclusion is that I am not disappointed with the guys that we signed.  I am just disappointed about some of the ones that slipped through our hands.  So let’s wait and see which one of these unheralded guys becomes the next Heath Miller.

Now I’d like to address the fact that our in-state recruiting was so poor this year.  We only got one player from VA’s consensus top 30 recruits (Buddy Ruff), plus two more that were less heralded. 

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