Stars Matter: How good is James Franklin as a recruiter, really? Ryan Wingo to Texas & Georgia's Atlanta problem

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🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Mitch, Ari, Manny and Grace discuss the buzz surrounding 5-star WR Ryan Wingo prior to his commitment to Texas (6:00). What may have lead Wingo to picking UT over Missouri? Is this a big missed opportunity for the Tigers? The quartet then discuss the state of Florida's recruiting surge in the class of 2024 (13:00). Is Georgia missing out on top prospects in their own backyard (19:00)? How good of a recruiter is James Franklin, really? (31:30). Plus, anxiety from watching The Bear, a Sea World bet, and another trivia mistake by Mitch...what's new? Subscribe to the Until Saturday newletter: https://theathletic.com/newsletters/until-saturday Call/text the Until Saturday phone and leave us a question for a future mailbag and/or Sunday Sound-Off podcast: (316) 462-9852 Subscribe to Until Saturday on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhfrD1COvG40Mk7vvgaHIQ Follow Mitch on Twitter: @MitchLight Follow Manny on Twitter: @Manny_Navarro Follow Ari on Twitter: @AriWasserman Follow Grace on Twitter: @gmraynor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.3	Welcome to Stars Matter in the Intel Saturday Feet.
1:00.9	I'm Mitch Light, joined by Ari Wasserman, a National College Football reporter.
1:04.7	In this week we learned two things about Ari.
1:06.7	Doesn't like nepotism, doesn't like Iowa's offense.
1:09.7	Fair to say Ari.
1:11.0	Well, I think like most people don't like those two things.
1:14.8	I don't know if I'm like unique of I'm that.
1:17.3	I think the point in the story was that Kirk Farron likes the offense.
1:20.2	Yeah, my whole thing about that column that I wrote about Iowa was that we were concerned
1:25.2	on Sunday when I wrote it that it was a little too harsh.
1:29.8	Yes.
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