the college football could be for a couple of reasons. As I just noted, we're in the 40s now

until the start of college football, which is exciting. The other part of it is that Florida

States had some success on the recruiting trail. And I mean real success while we were away.

You know, if you couple this, last week we were talking, waiting on the Ernest Rankin's

commitment and hoping that that came through.

You know, listen, I try to provide some balance, the semblance of balance when we look at recruiting

for Florida State right now. This is not a head coach and a staff necessarily that has had

success to the level we expect Florida State to have in the recruiting world.

But that said, you marry that with the weirdness that is recruiting anymore and what does it mean to get commitments in June, etc.

We debate the value of these commitments because it really is going to come down to whether or not you can hold said commitments and what does that entail? That entails winning or losing football games,

but it beats the alternative. We've had the conversation. I'd rather get yeses than knows. I'd

rather build towards a momentum than not. I'd rather have a chance to hold on to something that could be special than to never

have it at all.

So all of the ways that you view recruiting in the modern college football era, and as it applies

to Mike Norvell and what he has or has not done as a recruiter.

But there's no getting around here.

These last two commitments are of great

significance. That is not to suggest that, you know, the Lopez kid or the Connerwood kid or the

Lawrence Timmons kid or any of the other kids that have committed recently that we got excited about

or helped add to the hall or changed Fort Estates recruiting rankings.

But rather the last two to me are of great importance.

Ernest Rankins was a kid that you were having to compete with some of the better teams in all of college football with to try to get a yes from.

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