Is Georgia or Michigan's title blueprint harder to replicate + Who REALLY won the 2020 recruiting class?

Which national championship model is harder to emulate: Georgia's or Michigan's? Ari Wasserman and Max Olson thoroughly mull over Rodrigo A's fan-submitted question. Which programs could model themselves after either champions? Max went through the arduous task of re-ranking the 2020 recruiting class in an effort to see who REALLY won it. What did he learn from Ohio State, Michigan, Tulane, Georgia, and more?

Read Max's 2020 re-ranking: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5510780/2024/05/28/college-football-recruiting-2020-class-rankings-revisited/

Rundown:

- Re-ranking the 2020 recruiting class (2:30)

- Michigan and Missour's talent development (10:00)

- Ohio State's misses on defense (17:30)

- Rounding out the top-10 (22:30)

- Texas eeks out a top-10 finish (29:00)

- Is Georgia or Michigan's championship blueprint harder to replicate? (35:00)

- Playoff schedule dropped (52:30)

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