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Coach Pelini - let's focus on Delray Beach for a start...

Just heard that as well.  Way to hit the ground running Coach!!!! 
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This guy Greg Bryant has offers from not only Alabama but Florida, Georgia, Connecticut, West Virginia and a few other big name programs.

I'd like to see FAU have the cojones to offer these four star kids because you never know who ends up on their short list or for what reason. Besides, I think it would impress recruits with offers from us a lot more if they know FAU focuses on recruiting big time players.

I'm sure the argument against this is, well, then you tie up a scholarship in purgatory while you wait for these blue chippers to make up their minds… but you kinda don't since programs typically extend more offers than spots and take the best person available to accept.
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Offering 4 star kids turns away the 3 star kids that is why we dont usually do it.  If you are a 3 star RB you realistically know you will get playing time at FAU now if theres a chance you could be playing behind a 4 star RB then you are not guaranteed playing time anymore…but in Pelini we trust things are looking up
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Channel 5 news did a brief segement on the American Heritage practice. They mentioned that Coach Pelini was keeping his promise to get out to see kids play and that Jared Allen was with  him.

Good Stuff.

I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick @$$ and I'm out of bubble gum.

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Florida has to be our recruiting base.  Great programs are targeting the best players in their state each year.  FAU needs to do the same.  We may not be able to get the 5-star guy, but we can get more 3-star guys and maybe a 4-star guy.  I don't know if many of you know this but we went head to head with Alabama for Javier Arenas who now plays for KC chiefs.  We also were in the final two for Jacquian Williams who is starting as a rookie for the NY giants. The stadium will help us compete against the big boys.  Winning seals the deal.
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owlmart said

Offering 4 star kids turns away the 3 star kids that is why we dont usually do it.  If you are a 3 star RB you realistically know you will get playing time at FAU now if theres a chance you could be playing behind a 4 star RB then you are not guaranteed playing time anymore…but in Pelini we trust things are looking up

I disagree. Chances are the 3 star RB has no idea who we've offered and who we haven't. Plus lets say the 4 star says ok I'm going to sign with FAU the 3 star may say well I played against that 4 star in high school and he had a much better offensive line than I did but I think I'm better than him and I'm going to sign with FAU as well and prove to everyone that just because he was rated higher doesn't mean he's better than me.

Plus, there's different kind of RB's. The 4 star guy may only be a speed back while the 3 star guy can catch out of the backfield and has the ability to run through people but isn't the fastest

My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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I heard Coach Pelini was at Heritage looking at their senior running back - Jeremy Gaskins (5-11 185lbs)
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FAUOWLACCESS #FAU Football: American Heritage RB Jeremy Gaskins gets one of first offers from new FAU coach Carl Pelini.
I love it!! He talked the talk now hes walking the walk! GO OWLS!!!!
In carl we trust
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Jeremey Gaskins

Rivals = 0 stars
ESPN= No listing
Scout= No Listing

Now I dont really have an issue with it. If Coach sees something fine, but it appears NO one else has.


I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick @$$ and I'm out of bubble gum.

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Gotta give the guy a chance. He's been at this for less than a week. Other coaches have already had time to look at game film and watch these kids play. He's just starting out. He doesn't even have an OC yet.

Gotta cut him some slack until we see a team full of most of his recruits play

My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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