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PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Cam scenarios, young brands, and 5-star quotas

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Episode 23 of PAPN features SB Nation’s football recruiting head Bud Elliott and a broad range of topics, including but not limited to...

  • Player fit vs. star rating
  • #GodfreyToNYT
  • Baylor, TCU, and the young brands
  • What it means to be an ace recruiter
  • Location, location, location
  • How’s Kirby doing in Athens?
  • How the hell does Auburn sign so many big-time receivers?
  • “Big schools play to win.”
  • $100 handshakes vs. “Cam scenarios”
  • Cam at Mississippi State
  • Michael Underwear
  • LSU’s stocked pond
  • USC, Washington, and west coast recruiting
  • What the hell’s happening at College Station?
  • Is it harder to identify great offensive linemen? Is it easier to identify great DBs?
  • How’s Mark Richt doing at Miami?
  • Pluses and minuses of early signing days
  • What positions are heavy and light in the class of 2016?
  • Recruiting services and five-star quotas

Told y’all it was a broad range of topics. Give it a listen.

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