Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!). I'm Bud Elliott, SB Nation's National Recruiting Analyst, and in this space I'll be sharing news, rumors and musings on the world of college football recruiting.
As always, I open the SB Nation College Football Recruiting Podcast with a recap of the week’s blue-chip commitments.
Then there is some discussion of what I wrote about this week, including the IMG 7v7 National Championship, which state produces the most elite talent, and whether Alabama can really sign five blue-chip receivers.
After that it’s answering questions from the listeners. Most came from Twitter (@sbnrecruiting), though some came from our Facebook Live chat.
- @jakerenda3: Recruiting better right now, Florida or Miami?
- @ChrisK_AJC: Can you make an edit for the top 10 questions you receive for this tweet? And please make sure they are not in any order.
- @morrisoncrying: Thoughts on how good Kentucky could have been had they kept some of their best 2017 commits who decommitted?
- @TestudoDave: Where do you think Maryland ends up, ranking wise, when its 2017 class is wrapped up?
- @norco210: Opinion on Vanderbilt recruiting picking up lately?
- @norco210 Halfway through the satellite camp season do you see any big difference in number of kids going to certain school?
- @CoachARoy76 will all the Harbaugh antics pay off?
- @norco210 Who are the best options for FSU at the defensive end position?
- @ScarletBDD: How is Rutgers doing fencing the Garden and who do they need to land for this to be successful this year?
- @QTeezyFaSheezy: I’m a middling 3* LB in TX/FL. Few P5, high lvl G5 offers. What schools should I check 4 development, culture, def mentality?
- @HashtagHunter_: Auburn can't land QB targets, is there a reason for this outside the obvious poor track record of QB development?
- @JoshuaBBlack Who are these two commits expected for Auburn that the current commits are speaking of? Where do you see AU on NSD?
- @JohnCassillo: Thoughts on Syracuse's class so far, particularly Tommy DeVito's rise?
- @Captain_Kidd which 2016 LSU receiver did you like the best? Who does Drake Davis remind you of?
- @sakejelf: Will Demetris Robinson's development suffer at Cal, especially now they have no notable QB to throw him the ball? #Cal #CFB Is his choice also a vote of no confidence for Kirby Smart? Surely there are doubts over losing a 5* to Cal?
- @AaronFSU85: re Bama question w/ diff coaching staff, could they maintain the recruiting levels w/O Saban? Talking non Jimbo/Myer/Harbaugh HC.
- @iBayers: How long will the will Muschamp experiment take to be successful at South Carolina?
- @t_ryandewey: Why is bowl ban such a recruiting killer? I realize players get swag but it's ~$500 worth of stuff, right? What am I missing?
- @Doc_Texas: Is it possible to predict way too early top 10 recruiting classes? If so, which teams might surprise us?