Tommie Frazier was starting by mid-season. Where were all the guys who were ready to take over mid-season last year? And I'm not even necessarily talking about the true freshmen. The '10 and '11 classes are also apart of the supposed improved recruiting classes. I've always thought a mark of great recruiting is bringing in guys who can be plugged into the system and play at a relatively high level sooner rather than later. Obviously we're not going to get 6 or 7 defensive players like that in each class, but 2 or 3 isn't really too much to ask, I don't think. A difference maker from each one of those recruiting classes at the first and second level of the defense, along with maybe a true freshman or 2 could have made all the difference in the world. Don't get me wrong, I agree the notion that recruiting has improved, but I'm not sure how much it's improved. I guess we'll get part of that answer during the UCLA game.
The overall point is how do you know that they're not ready by now. Maybe they werent' quite there last year. Or there wasnt enough of a gain to make burnin the shirt worth it. But after another, if not first, full offseason, they're rarin to go.
Jay Guy isn't ready....That much, we know....
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