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It's that wonderful time of the year where college football fans can look forward to bowl season, and, the inevitable "who is more superior than who" smack that will lead up to college signing day, February 7th. Here are the top five teams in terms of recruitment commits, with special notes of concern at the end.

 

The top team usually has the most commits and points. The points are determined by the "star" rating of each commit and the total number of commits. Average commit rating refers to the average rating overall of each player. Please note, until signing day, these are verbal commits, and may change.

 

1. Notre Dame, 21 commits, 4104 points and average commit rating of 4.0

 

Head coach Charlie Weis has the Irish in the lead, with several commits waiting in the wings. Weis went stronger on defensive recruits, securing 12 defensive and 9 offensive recruits. Interestingly, Weis also stole three players from the SEC's fertile recruiting grounds; 3 four stars from Kentucky and Georgia. Last year, Weis lost several key recruits on signing day. It will be interesting to see if the Irish's disappointing 2007 season takes it toll on signing day, but for now, Irish eyes are smiling again.

 

Notre Dame's cache:

 

Top 100 recruits: 7

Five Stars: 4

Four stars: 13

Three stars: 3

 

Top recruit: Dayne Crist, QB, ranked #3 in his position.

 

Wonder who she's talking about, and it seems like its more than one player.

I hope she has some good insider info.

I personally think our top recruit is Omar Hunter, but maybe thats just me

I personally think our top recruit is Omar Hunter, but maybe thats just me

i think your right about hunter being our top recruite (i'd say hunter and crist our NDs most important because of depth at those positions), probbly the most important part of a 3-4 defense is the NG.

I think Cave was our most important b/c of all the things he did with the class. Most important on the field are def Hunter, Floyd and Crist. Then I'd say Ethan Johnson and the db's (Blanton, Slaughter, and McCarthy). The most important no one talks about are Cwynar and Hafis Williams. I think Hafis is going to surprise a lot of people.

I have to agree Ziggy

The most important no one talks about are Cwynar and Hafis Williams.

you're right ziggy, i always forget about williams and poz. hafis williams may just surprise a lot of people like you said, after all rivals.com listed him as a 2nd team junior all-american.

on D - hunter's most important followed by blanton (im very very high on him)

 

on O - Floyd.

 

Hafis is just an enigma cause you don't see or hear anything about him. I actually saw one of his high school games on TV here in Jersey and he looked good in spurts (getting a sack or two and his opponents ran away from his side) but he also looked tired at times being a guy that big playing both ways.

 

I think he'll be a legit contributer at strongside DE in a couple years, just not right away.

On the O, it's a tie between Cave and Floyd. Cave has helped immensely with recruiting other guys, Floyd's commitment came at probably the lowest point ever for ND..he gave us something positive that weekend.

 

On the D I have to call this one a tie as well. All our guys have star potential, but from this standpoint Ethan and Omar seem to have immediate impact written all over them. They've also held strong throughout a horrible season.

 

Major props to all the guys in this class though, the future of ND hangs in their development. I feel really good about things.

Hell, I think each and every one of them is important. We are getting talented kids that will get ND back on top.

on D - hunter's most important followed by blanton (im very very high on him)

 

on O - Floyd.

 

Hafis is just an enigma cause you don't see or hear anything about him. I actually saw one of his high school games on TV here in Jersey and he looked good in spurts (getting a sack or two and his opponents ran away from his side) but he also looked tired at times being a guy that big playing both ways.

 

I think he'll be a legit contributer at strongside DE in a couple years, just not right away.

 

---yeah man i watched a couple of games on MSG too of him. He looks good but going both ways def makes him tired. He needs to work on his agility and he'll be good.

I went and watched Slaughter play last night in the Georgia Dome.

The guy lives up to his name, he had one devastating hit to the opponents runningback which caused a fumble that was returned for a touchdown.

 

He looks like he loves to hit people but his coverage skills are average. Their secondary got burned a lot in the second half on deep passes in which the cornerbacks were left on an island.

 

I was hoping to see Omar Hunters game but it was this morning at 9 am.

 

By the way, Slaughters team blew a 21 point lead and lost by a field goal with 10 seconds left on the clock. Slaughter at WR took it especially hard, he tried to make a play at the very end but was tackled at the opponents 35. He just layed there for about 2-3 minutes after the clock ran out. I was afraid he got hurt but he was just sad to see his team lost.

 

These are the type of players ND needs, they take every game especially their last to heart.

He looks like he loves to hit people but his coverage skills are average. Their secondary got burned a lot in the second half on deep passes in which the cornerbacks were left on an island.

 

Was he playing corner or safety? From the videos I've seen of him, he seems to be going forward a lot and not covering as much. He just doesn't seem to have the feet and quickness to play CB. Hopefully we'll find out in the Under Armour All-Star game...

He played free safety the whole game.

 

I don't think he can play cornerback in college unless he gets quicker and faster. Again he loves to come up to the line and hit people. But his cover skills are average I would say. If Harrison Smith can't play this year I wouldn't expect to see Slaughter on the field next year. Just my honest opinion.

He looks like he loves to hit people but his coverage skills are average. Their secondary got burned a lot in the second half on deep passes in which the cornerbacks were left on an island.

 

Was he playing corner or safety? From the videos I've seen of him, he seems to be going forward a lot and not covering as much. He just doesn't seem to have the feet and quickness to play CB. Hopefully we'll find out in the Under Armour All-Star game...

When is that Under Armour game jm?

He looks like he loves to hit people but his coverage skills are average. Their secondary got burned a lot in the second half on deep passes in which the cornerbacks were left on an island.

 

Was he playing corner or safety? From the videos I've seen of him, he seems to be going forward a lot and not covering as much. He just doesn't seem to have the feet and quickness to play CB. Hopefully we'll find out in the Under Armour All-Star game...

When is that Under Armour game jm?

 

Jan. 5th on ABC...