Originally Posted by BC
Originally Posted by wew3006
Originally Posted by biglmbass
Cignetti had the stink eye every time he was on camera. Time will tell if he can sustain this level of success. His team did remind me of what Bama looked like a few years back.

I’m not ready to throw DeBoer out with the bath water. Hopefully he can fix the glaring deficiencies & recruit well

I’m torn on who I want to see win out from here. OM I think
DeBoer/Bama has the #2 recruiting class for 2026

#3 Last season.


Just for giggles I took a look at O Line recruiting classes for Indiana and Alabama the last three seasons. (Since we had 23 yards and they played "get off the tracks bitch because the train is coming through" on Bama.

Alabama Star National Rank Pos Rank
Michael Carroll 5 12 1
Jackson Lloyd 4 59 12
Mal Waldrep 4 N/A 37
Casey Poe 4 158 6
Kadyn Proctor 5 5 1
Olaus Ainin 4 135 12
Wilkin Formby 4 172 15
Miles McVay 4 N/A 21

Indiana
Baylor Wikin 2 N/A 84
Evan Parker 3 N/A 98
Matt Marek 3 N/A 138
Evan Lawrence 3 N/A 43
Adedamola Ajani 3 N/A 78
Austin Leibfried 3 N/A 89
Mitch Verstegen 3 N/A 185
Austin Barret 3 N/A 81
Will Larkins 3 N/A 95
Bubba Jeffries 3 N/A 98


Bama - Avg star (4.2) Avg Pos Rank (13)
Indiana - Avg star (2.8) Avg Pos Rank (99)
What's interesting is that none of those Indiana recruits listed started in the Rose Bowl. All of their starters were 23-24 years old. I assume transfers? Cignetti is good at identifying talent and fit to his system; he was recruiting coordinator for Saban.
3 of the Alabama recruits started; 1 true freshman. One will be a high 1st round draft choice.
On the Bama list, Lloyd, Waldrep, Poe are Freshman; Alinen Soph, McVay transferred to N.C. last year.

Last edited by wew3006; 01/02/26 05:01 PM.