Using all the player strikes and covid fiasco to push the narrative that there’s no stability for a player in the Pac12
Only a few spots left!! Hoping this will spur some of these kids to make a decision sooner than later.
Fano – 90% he’ll commit as soon as his season finishes (but doesn’t need a spot because he’s a mission kid)
Cope – WR – Stanford lean but Costelli might make the difference and sway him
Wright – Top DB in Cal and with all the pub we’re getting with the NFL guys is very much in play
Those 3 takes the class to #18 as of today
Add Ika (East/LSU transfer) and it’s like a top 15 class. This one will be tough because all the top programs are after him but he misses home.
Always wanted to see what Whit’s D could do with top rated guys. Back to back top 30 classes would give us that look!
Haha…now let’s get greedy. I want Fano, Pope and Wright to close this class out. Oh and Ika as a transfer!! We’re pushing a top 25 class now.
Wow you guys have got me day dreaming now and I can’t focus on work. The thought of getting Calvert, Ika, Toia, Fano, and I’ll even throw in Caldwell as part of my recruiting dream for this class, gives me a brain freeze as if I put my mouth on the slurpee machine and turned it on full blast. I’d be happy with getting just one of these guys. But if we got a couple or if the dream came true and we pulled in a bunch of them it would be lights out!!…crazy to think about how far we’ve come to even be in the conversation for this level of talent.
Just saw Ritchie is going to go on a mission after this season, and I think Fano is a mission guy too…still hope this lineup can come together at some point!
I think this might be a more likely dream scenario…and only Calvert feels like a long shot right now:
DE: Fano / Fillinger – Jefferson, Carlton
DT: Ika / Pepa – Suguturaga, Pututau
LB: Tufaga / Calvert / Elliss – Reynolds, Fotu
S: Ritchie / Latu – Bishop, Stewart
CB: CP3 / Marks / Lloyd – Broughton, LPJ
Both Toia and Calvert are long shots tbh. We have pushed hard for both I know but a man can dream.
All crystal balls at the moment are pointing to Fano becoming a Ute at the moment. So I’m hopeful there.
I, too, am sick of Oregon stealing the best players in Utah so there’s still a lot of work to be done with Ika. Apparently, we were his number two at the time of his commitment so fingers crossed he comes home.
Ellis is the best player in Idaho that committed to the Utes just a few weeks ago and we are really high on his potential.
So, realistically, I would bet we get Fano. If we get any of the others, Toia, Calvert, or Ika, I’ll be very happy. If we got all three?? Game over man.
I’m not as up to speed on recruiting these days as I’d like to be, so you’ll have to forgive me, but what indications do we have that Toia and Calvert are realistic? I know we’ve made Calverts final cut but it seems like he’s a hard SC lean. And hasn’t Toia been committed to SC forever?
i also don’t think Fano is a done deal (would love to be proven wrong on that) and I have a very sneaking suspicion Oregon snatches up Ika (though OnlyU made me feel a bit better about that yesterday).
And who is Ellis?
Siaki Ika and Jay Toia as our DT’s. Van and Xavier as our DE’s. Fano and Ellis as our outside linebackers. Mason and Ethan as our linebackers. Nate Ritchie and Kia as our safeties. CP3 and Lloyd maybe as our corners. 8 of which are four star recruits coming into the program. Holy crap.
Dreams can come true gentlemen!
