On Feb 5, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Buck Shot wrote: > Actually it is Rivals that has some 'nolie ownership. Gene > Williams, aka Dot.com, has some type of ownership there. As as a > result, many times FSU's recruits are "enhanced" and UF's are > "devalued. The crazy thing about this is other than the FSU - UF > thing, Rivals is perhap the best of the services for ranking > recruits and classes. Scout, IMNO, is the poorest, due to their > rating system which is based on the total number of recruits you > sign. So when we signed a relatively small class, no matter if all > 16 had been 5 star recruits, we had no chance to be ranked in the > top 10. ESPN, which in the past has been a joke, for the last two > or three years has made a serious committment to HS recruiting and > now their credibility is among the best.
To some extent, all of the services are influenced by the total number of recruits. I can see some logic here, as not all recruits pan out and there is a better chance of getting a star player from a pool of five 4 star signees than there is from just three 4 star signees. That said, total volumes are cyclical based upon graduation, transfers, and players going pro. The only thing a coach can control is the quality of players signed, not the number of scholarships available. So, let's look at UF's signees from a quality standpoint. Rivals: UF 3.94 Avg. Stars (#1 in the country - up from #10) USC appears to be #2 at 3.89 and LSU #3 at 3.84 Scout: UF 3.81 Avg. Stars (#3 in the country - quite a jump from #21) USC and UGa tied #1 with 3.89 ESPN: Can't clearly tell from its web site. We do have 8 of its top 150, which ties us for #5 with Uga. Perhaps it is a coincidence, but ESPN's rankings exactly follow the number of its top 150 in that school's class (e.g. LSU #1 with 10, Ala #2 with 9, etc.). From a quality standpoint, USC (2, 3 and 4), LSU (3, 5 and 1) and and Florida (1, 3 and 5) appear to be the cream of this year's crop. UGa comes in at 4, 2, and 6. Exciting times ahead in the SEC. -Zeb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
