I have found that many sites that consistently have these lists only publish them because they get lots of hits, and hits = ad revenue. For that reason, most don't actually use any objective criteria or research in compiling them. I thought the list was half-assed at best.
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:04 PM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > This seems more sensational than factual. > > First, arguable ones. > > QB. Not so sure about Tebow. He was the #22 national recruit according to > Rivals. Leak was #26, for comparison. I'd be stunned if Spurrier weren't > more highly regarded; he was a high school all-ameican. I understand that > formal rankings didn't exist then, but that does not appear to be a > criteria; Lomas Brown is included. > > RB. Fason. Emmitt was the National Player of the Year by both Parade > magazine and USA Today. C4 was #10 nationally; good but not best. > > DT. This is a clear miss. Brown was only the 3rd best DT that year, 23rd > rated player overall. In the very next class, Florida pulled in the #1 and > #2 DTs, two fellas named Sharif Floyd and Dominic Easely. They were #4 and > #7 overall nationally that year; light years ahead of Brown. > > DE. How is this position excluded? Ronal Powell was the #1 overall recruit > in the county, probably our only overall #1 outside of Emmitt and Percy > Harvin. > > -Zeb > > > > On May 11, 2013, at 11:18 PM, Art Wroble wrote: > > > http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1633963-florida-gators-football-all-time-best-recruit-at-each-position > > > --- > If You Forward This Email, please delete my name & email address. Please > then send your messages as Blind Copies (BC) since this helps to reduce > SPAM, VIRUSES & IDENTITY THEFT. > Thanks!!! > > > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
