smazza Posted January 28, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 9,898 Content Count: 66,091 Reputation: 2,434 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Share Posted January 28, 2007 exactly, thats why its such a crap shoot and rankings really dont mean anything.its the best system available thats why it gets so much attention.  and those services try their best, but at the end of the day, there is just so many student athletes and so little time.  so they just go with what will make them the most money, and that is keeping the high dollar/high membership team's recruiting information interesting and exciting.you cant really blame them, after all, it is a BUSINESS>crap shoot! ;Dtop ten recruting teams are in hunt for NC year after yearteams that recruit 4th or 5th in their conference(50s overall) are usually not in the hunt for much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smazza Posted January 28, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 9,898 Content Count: 66,091 Reputation: 2,434 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Share Posted January 28, 2007 NFL teams spend millions of dollars evaluating talent and don't always do that well at it (Ryan Leaf, Heath Shuler, Rick Mirer, Andre Ware, David Klingler, Kerry Collins, etc).  The 5 stars are easy, as are the high 4 stars.  What are the odds that a college team can properly evaluate and select a full class from the rest? How can a recruiting service accurately rank them?at times nfl scouts look at physical attributes more than performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullsFanInTX Posted January 28, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 222 Content Count: 4,210 Reputation: 647 Days Won: 8 Joined: 08/17/2006 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Scout has us up to #44 ranked recruiting class now. It looks like some guys have added stars. They show us with 2 4 stars and 10 3 stars.http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=8&toinid=707&yr=2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usfgrad84 Posted January 28, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 246 Content Count: 6,348 Reputation: 662 Days Won: 8 Joined: 05/25/2006 Share Posted January 28, 2007 For the most part the recruiting rankings are BS. Come back in 2 years and see how the recruits develop. If recruiting stars and rankings translated to play on the field in every case Pitt should have ran away with the BE the last 2 years. Miami and FSU should never have a falloff year for any reason. Each year we are getting better, bigger and faster athletes. We are getting there and we aren't far away.Reality check. Just because we joined the Big East, there is no magic switch that gets flipped on that magicly makes us a top ten team. We are getting better each year. We are beginning to get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windbane Posted January 28, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 39 Content Count: 3,403 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/27/2005 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Scout has us up to #44 ranked recruiting class now. It looks like some guys have added stars. They show us with 2 4 stars and 10 3 stars.http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=8&toinid=707&yr=2007go figure. 6 ahead of FSU. man we suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who'sYourData? Posted January 28, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 410 Content Count: 19,525 Reputation: 992 Days Won: 24 Joined: 09/01/2006 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Scout has us up to #44 ranked recruiting class now. It looks like some guys have added stars. They show us with 2 4 stars and 10 3 stars.http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=8&toinid=707&yr=2007go figure. 6 ahead of FSU. man we suck.You must be mistaken. Smazza says we aren't keeping up with the Big 3, and says the rankings are accurate. If you are correct, smazza is mistaken. That can't be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windbane Posted January 28, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 39 Content Count: 3,403 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/27/2005 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Scout has us up to #44 ranked recruiting class now. It looks like some guys have added stars. They show us with 2 4 stars and 10 3 stars. http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=8&toinid=707&yr=2007 go figure. 6 ahead of FSU. man we suck. You must be mistaken. Smazza says we aren't keeping up with the Big 3, and says the rankings are accurate. If you are correct, smazza is mistaken. That can't be true. ut oh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubanbull Posted January 28, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 295 Content Count: 6,851 Reputation: 1,116 Days Won: 22 Joined: 12/23/2001 Share Posted January 28, 2007 USF now has SIX from the Rivals top 100 in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pops94 Posted January 28, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 4 Content Count: 143 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/14/2006 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I stumbled on this recruiting article about Illinois and Ron Zook and I loved this quote. It is from..." Martez Wilson, who is ranked among the top 10 prospects in the nation by some recruiting services..."''I like this dude,'' Wilson said while explaining his reasons for choosing Illinois over USC, Notre Dame and Michigan. ''He wasn't an uptight white coach.''http://www.suntimes.com/sports/preps/209763,CST-SPT-prep14.articleI would be curious after signing day what the recruits at USF think about Leavitt. If you are a recruit is he perceived as "an uptight white coach"? I am thinking not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 28, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 723 Content Count: 12,293 Reputation: 64 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/01/2003 Share Posted January 28, 2007 exactly, thats why its such a crap shoot and rankings really dont mean anything.its the best system available thats why it gets so much attention.  and those services try their best, but at the end of the day, there is just so many student athletes and so little time.  so they just go with what will make them the most money, and that is keeping the high dollar/high membership team's recruiting information interesting and exciting.you cant really blame them, after all, it is a BUSINESS>crap shoot! ;Dtop ten recruting teams are in hunt for NC year after yearteams that recruit 4th or 5th in their conference(50s overall) are usually not in the hunt for muchsmazza, maybe you've been in LA too long, we arent asking for an NC we want a top 25 ranking first.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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