This is a stupid fucking argument, and I'm losing IQ points by participating...but...
It's moronic to declare that your class, prior to qualifications, translates into NCs. If'n the kids don't qualify, then how the FUCK do they help win NCs?
I'm not particularly supporting Birmingham's argument, I'm more so keeping Prowler on track. For arguments sake, nobody ever said anything about after qualifying. Any time anybody mentions Alabama having a top recruiting class to years in a row, he always feels the need to mention it wasn't #1 after qualifications, therefore trying to downplay it. I don't know if what Birmingham is saying is actually true because I haven't bothered to research it or anything. Simply keeping my pimp hand strong is all. But if I were going to argue a point with you, I would say that I'm sure a kid that didn't qualify would manage to qualify at SOME point within four years of signing a LOI (unless maybe you are Kerry Murphy). I think Birmingham's argument entails a 4 year time frame. If not, ignore that. Again, I don't know if its even true or not because I don't really care that much to research it.