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In addition, once guys are on campus and the coaches have a chance to work with them, it's fairly pointless to fall back upon service recruit rankings to evaluate different players' abilities.

I think this is a great point. It is not wise to rely on freshman playing a big role in their first year. It does happen, witness Herbig, but expecting/requiring it to happen is asking too much. It would be wonderful if the freshman tackles were both ready to play this fall, but I recommend that you don't bet on it.

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In addition, once guys are on campus and the coaches have a chance to work with them, it's fairly pointless to fall back upon service recruit rankings to evaluate different players' abilities.

I think this is a great point. It is not wise to rely on freshman playing a big role in their first year. It does happen, witness Herbig, but expecting/requiring it to happen is asking too much. It would be wonderful if the freshman tackles were both ready to play this fall, but I recommend that you don't bet on it.