TMI 2010: Alec Ogletree

Despite the gloomy post mortems, gnashing of teeth and scattered cries of "meh" surrounding Georgia's 2010 football recruiting class, it bears noting that there appear to be some legitimate impact players in this class. One of the things that gets obscured in the excitement of Signing Day is a cold reality: not only will a lot of the guys who sign not make it big, the coaches who recruit them know it. Well, they don't sign kids who they know will never contribute in a meaningful way. But they know that the odds are against every member of a 20 member class making All-SEC. Take for example former Auburn/current Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville, who last year declared: We always thought if we could get 15 players that could contribute out of the 20 to 25 we’d sign, that’d be a good recruiting class. They didn’t have to be great players, just good SEC players. Then you could win a lot of football games. Some years, you’d get 20 or 22 and that...