What's going on, y'all, Bud Elliott here of the Cover 3 College Ball podcast. And today,

it is the cover three recruiting hour. That's my man, Andrew Evans, who has been putting in a ton

of work. Ivers, what's going on, man? Not much, bud. In the words of Nick Cage from the movie

Gone in 60 seconds, a little tired, a little wired, but hey, I'm ready. Two weeks still signing day.

Big rankings update for the class of 2026.

These are the guys that are putting pen to paper here right around the corner.

You know, a lot of work went into it.

But, bud, man, I feel really good about the top of the board for us.

And I think a lot of teams are going to be getting better that first

Wednesday of December. So, like, talking through your process here, obviously, like, we generally

kind of know who a lot of the good players are, you know, by the summer. But everybody does kind

of develop on a different timeline. Like like how important is it to actually continue

to evaluate what you've seen your film well but i i think it's vital to the evaluation process

and i've always said you know as we accelerate the recruiting process right and you know decisions

get made earlier and earlier and these recruiting classes get assembled

July 4th weekend of right before the senior seasons. I think it leads to, you know, mis-evaluations.

And it leads to more players entering the transfer portal because a lot of schools are, you know,

pushing that senior season to the side. And every prospect is not

created equally, right? I mean, we're talking about kids that are, you know, some of them are 15,

16, 17, 18 years old. A lot of these guys grow on different timelines. The body matures on

different timelines. But, I mean, I know you have some teenagers in the neighborhood, right? You're going to have two boys. Like, they grow on different timelines. But I mean, I know you have some teenagers in the neighborhood,

right? You're going to have two boys. Like they grow on different timelines. And the other thing,

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