If you are talking UGA, Bama, Texas, LSU and maybe Oklahoma... sure.
I have said this a thousand times.
From what I've been able to glean, it seems his primary goal is UGA OC. Read that Kirby loves him and told him to get some P5 play calling experience and he would be considered when Bobo leaves. Seems the family loves Athens, so the wife and kids still live there. According to reports, he's making $700k at GT and I suspect they could up that, though they certainly couldn't out bid us. The question is can 25-30% more from us entice him away from Atlanta or is he fine with no pressure GT job and not having to uproot his family with the idea that he'll be back in Athens before too long. Gut tells me Stoops will have to put more honey in the pot to get the wife and kids to Lexington.
It's not that they can't, it is the increase in risk. From the shotgun a jet sweep is a pass, so a "fumble" is an incompletion and dead ball. From under center it is a risky and hard to time hand off that too often results in a fumble that can bounce out to the flat.
By all accounts, and reiterated by Grump, he's a plus recruiter.
My dad played HS ball in Miami and then FSU, so when I lived down there as an adult, he and I would go watch random HS games because the games would have 15-20 future D1 players in the game and were often more entertaining than a lot of college games. KY HS FB has made huge leaps, but they are still 3rd world compared to football power areas.
And you've been wrong 1000 times.
Lol. OK.
Yes. I saw IMG play Miami Central last season and the athleticism in general but specifically in the lines kind of embarrasses KY and similar states. IMG is another deal getting kids from all over but Central beat them and just had so much athleticism. And that is a good program but not necessarily the best Fla has to offer from public schools. I mean if I compare what Cutter Boley played against vs many of these other kids it's another hemisphere. And my concern for him and why I feel he's a placeholder ultimately is that he struggles with teams like Mayfield KY. No offense to Mayfield.
And without hiring a new guy that was supposed to pass more Wandale never comes back to UK to play. He was pretty open when he left the state why he didn't consider UK with the type of offense they were running. This is why the change from Gran was made just a year after being given an extension and 40-50% raise.
And when was all those GT championships? They aren’t relevant now either in those terms. But past don’t mean anything now. Who has better facilities, more money, and power 2 conference. Yeah UK might not be bama and osu but they are higher than gt and the acc conference.
Who says he's not? Unfortunately, with KY's sports media we won't know until it's over and done with.
A reminder that WR lost his first year as a pro to knee surgery. I was happy he ended up at UK, had a great but very brief UK career.
Wandale could be a solid NFL #3 Wr…maybe #2 which is a very good thing. He caught 60 balls for 525 yards last year…granted Giants offense is a mess
That is a really low bar, Schwump.
Maybe Stoops is good at keeping these things close to the vest.
Not surprised. CMS absolutely hates Air Raid, Spread, or Hurry up offenses of any kind.
Thanks for the info. If you go the GA Tech's site the only place it is brought up about Falkner is one thread on their premium site. Just saw an article about who OH ST's new OC would be. They mentioned C Kelley, Rees, Moorhead, Mullen and someone else.
Facilities, prestige, assistant salary pool, recruiting budget, being the hegemon in your state…
I’m hoping he is wrong but he told me about Coen contacting Stoops after the Vandy loss and Leary, and Davis coming here before anyone was even talking about it. Doesn’t mean he will be right on everything though.
Maybe he tried and couldn’t get him to come
Yeah, situations can change anytime and the ability for them to be so clandestine is almost impossible to get any info on.
Have been unable to find the son, a '26 QB, in any recruiting data base so he must not be a top prospect. FWIW.
He played in 15 games…I get Wandale js good. But he didn’t make Levi’s no more then Keenan Burton/Stevie Johnson made Woodson. All those guys could ball and lifted one another is how I saw it
Wandale was elite at getting open though. He’s one of those guys you don’t have to “scheme open” . But imo the Levis - Wandale argument is a chicken-egg thing . Hard to prove either way.
Kentucky football is certainly not higher than ACC as a whole. The only reason Kentucky football has money is the basketball program. When Calipari leaves at the end of the year enjoy being middle of the pack.
Why the hostility. I just pointed out the high school kids have transferred to play in Lexington.
As a GT donor I can assure you he isn't leaving. His salary is going up 150k and he will be with GT through his sons HS career. His son has already committed to play where his dad coaches and has mentioned he loves GT. I don't see Faulkner leaving anytime soon. Brent Key has raised a ton of interest in the program lately. Especially with damage control from the Collins era. Collins did more damage to GT than Paul Johnsons Triple Option. The stories that could be told of Collins would make you seriously concerned why UNC hired him as a DC.
