Unconquered

FSU killed it in 2011.

2012:
Alphonse Taylor and Glauser were both committed in December, a year after taking 8. They effectively gave up on Glauser when the NCAA screwed him out of a second year. Signed Watson late.

FSU was planning on taking 1-2 HS kids and 1 JUCO. Had Taylor committed, and were working hard on Goodman/Peat as the 2nd HS kid. Taylor has his GF issues and decides to stay in state, under the guise of playing DT. Peat I still think we land if he didn't miss his visit because of a personal issue. Goodman looked like a pretty good shot at coming here.

Ended up taking 2 JUCO OTs. We had no idea Watson would be a one and done or that Glauser would get screwed.

If you can't see the confluence of late issues in 2012, can't help you.

2013: we had 4 OL committed in July. Golson at OT, Hoefield C, Denson G, and Klepal G/T. Klepal had his medical issue.

Should our line be filled with guys recruited in the 2009/2010 classes? Maybe 3-4 tops, and we had 3 signed in 2009, and 2010 was a class dedicated almost exclusively to defense. Let's also not forget we were recruiting with less than half a staff in 2009.

I mean honestly, if you can't look at some of the issues as just plain bad luck (ie 2012, Klepal, the 2009 departures, Prestwood, etc), I don't know what to tell you.

996, and Goodman went to play with his brother at ASU(as did Theus) and Peat decided to stay closer to home, goto a great academic institution and also a hot team on the field.

Now, you can say maybe we should have had a plan C and D knowing our top three prospects were long shots. But if we end strong on the OL(and we won't now for 3-4 years), all's well, that ends well.