Mac4Lyfe,
interesting comments about recruiting and sun belt teams picking up players with academic/behaviour/etc. issues.
a couple of observations related to that,
1) recruiting ratings i think take academics into account far more than people think.... i knew of a tailback who was 5-star recruit. he was better but not incredibly better than some 2 star tailbacks i was familiar with. i asked his coach about this and he said 1) he was tall for TB. not just another 5 foot 8 inch, 190 lb TB of which there are many; 2) honours student vs. couldn't qualify in many cases...... so he ends up at stanford. the 2 stars who can play end up at MAC or sunbelt if they can qualify........ also, i think ND or stanford being hot on a player positively impacts their recruiting rating.
2) i think the ratings services could give so many more players in alabama, florida, georgia, texas etc. 3-stars but they need to spread things a round a bit. and perhaps they like to keep it to a manageable number
either way, lesser programs in good geographic areas can end up with lots of good players.
interesting comments about recruiting and sun belt teams picking up players with academic/behaviour/etc. issues.
a couple of observations related to that,
1) recruiting ratings i think take academics into account far more than people think.... i knew of a tailback who was 5-star recruit. he was better but not incredibly better than some 2 star tailbacks i was familiar with. i asked his coach about this and he said 1) he was tall for TB. not just another 5 foot 8 inch, 190 lb TB of which there are many; 2) honours student vs. couldn't qualify in many cases...... so he ends up at stanford. the 2 stars who can play end up at MAC or sunbelt if they can qualify........ also, i think ND or stanford being hot on a player positively impacts their recruiting rating.
2) i think the ratings services could give so many more players in alabama, florida, georgia, texas etc. 3-stars but they need to spread things a round a bit. and perhaps they like to keep it to a manageable number
either way, lesser programs in good geographic areas can end up with lots of good players.
