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We all gave Dimel a pass last season since he started recruiting late. This class he will be judged a bit harder by the fan base.
Kugler didn’t try and he pulled in higher ranking classes.
None of it will matter if he can win 3+ games and show signs of improvement.
Like I mentioned in the recruiting thread his worst class was rated 133. He had a couple of classes in the 120’s. His best class was ranked 118.When ? Kuglers classes were always last.
I know that making a living out of finding diamonds in the rough is a tough way to do it, but Dimel appeared to do a pretty good job of this last year. Zuri looks like a legit 4 year starter, yet last year 247sports rated him as a 2 star player and they only ranked him as our 20th best recruit last year. Klein will likely be a 4 1/2 year starter(he has already started 4 games and he will still be a redshirt freshman next year). Last year Klein was also ranked as a 2 star player and they only ranked him as our 16th best recruit. From what I saw on the field, I will happily take both of those guys on our team for the next 3-4 years and I don't care if they were ranked as 2 stars last year. I also find it hard to believe that they were our 16th and 20th best signee's last year, but that is what 247sports said.
We also haven't even really seen most of our higher ranked players from Dimel's first recruiting class yet either. The main reason why we have already seen Henry and Klein was simply due to necessity because of the injury situation on the O line. I have heard good things about Amaewhule and I am also looking forward to seeing guys like Nwachukwu, Logoleo, and Walters in real game action as well, all 4 of those guys redshirted last year.
Dimel seems to have already built a solid foundation for the O-Line. Now with this year's recruiting class he could possibly be adding our QB of the future and a legit RB. I have heard people say that Hankins is a SEC caliber of RB since he was a Sophomore and this hype even became somewhat verified as he has at least 1 SEC offer. If we step back and look at it, Dimel is starting to now put some strong pieces behind the O line that he built first.
This rebuild might be a bit slow for some and it might even be another year or so before we start seeing his talent reach the field, but we can't forget the situation that Dimel inherited and realize that this type of major rebuild can't happen overnight, at least not by building with mostly high school recruits as he has done.
Plus 247sports currently has 25% of our recruits wrong as Elmore is no longer a commit and they have Mayers graded as a DT, when he will be an O lineman.
Defense — what’s your early W-L prediction for this season?
I honestly don’t have a W/L guess right now. We were very competitive during the middle of last season. I think a goal for this upcoming year should be to play all 12 games at that same competitive level from the middle of last year. Consistency is a sign of legitimacy, so avoiding the slow start and poor finish like we had last year would be a good step forward.
A good season in the field should gey utep into the top 100. I mean utsa got their all time best recruit this year and a top 90 class with a 3-9 season and a 4 star commit for 2020. Guessing recruits like san antonio. If utep has a decent record theres no reason why they should be top 100 in 2020It's a step in the right direction. Better than Kugler and jumped 20 spots from last year. Jump another 20 next year and we are in top 95, which is actually decent for Utep Football