Interesting Tidbit on UT's Class and Rivals Ratings

[OCIVol]

I believe that only 2 (Ferguson and Miles) of our 12 current commits were rated by Rivals prior to committing.

[hep]

I like underdog players. They have something to prove.

[King Webbsticles]

That is wonderful. IMO FWIW SIAP MNVFL BBQ TGIF

[salutethehill]

Originally Posted by hep

I like underdog players. They have something to prove.

...because the odds and stats are against them, which is because most of the time they're average.

[gardners_51609]

Well teams like Boise State and TCU thrive on them and with good coaching sometimes they turn out better than the higher rated players. Take Kellen Moore or Randall Cobb for an example.

[#VFL__]

Originally Posted by OCIVol

I believe that only 2 (Ferguson and Miles) of our 12 current commits were rated by Rivals prior to committing.

Looks like the coaches are doing their jobs. Couldn't be happier with the class so far, and we have plenty of room to add the "game changing" recruits later this year.

[OCIVol]

Originally Posted by salutethehill

...because the odds and stats are against them, which is because most of the time they're average.

Two of the unrated players are now 4-stars. Point is, Rivals is behind most of the time.
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[namasteVOLfans]

Originally Posted by OCIVol

Two of the unrated players are now 4-stars. Point is, Rivals is behind most of the time.
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The point is also that our staff doesn't give a **** what the recruiting services think. I love it

[terrypedigo]

We dont play in wac or mac.

[SLOBBER_KNOCKER_U]

Originally Posted by terrypedigo

We dont play in wac or mac.

You figure that out all on your own?

[Yankee_Vol]

If the coaches, who are paid to do it, see something in them, I'm all for it

[volswitten1]

Originally Posted by Yankee_Vol

If the coaches, who are paid to do it, see something in them, I'm all for it

Agree 100% We dont need coaches to invite kids to camp to see them perform in person and then look them up on rivals to see how many star they have before we offer.

[sjt18]

Originally Posted by gardners_51609

Well teams like Boise State and TCU thrive on them and with good coaching sometimes they turn out better than the higher rated players. Take Kellen Moore or Randall Cobb for an example.

I generally do not overestimate the value of rankings. Remember the goal for those sites is to make money... not win football games or be absolutely accurate.

HOWEVER, I do not want UT modeling their roster after BSU or TCU. Those teams have made a national name by basically playing scrubs all year to get to a BCS bowl game. If UT played 12 developmental games and then one real game... things would be a lot different.

[sjt18]

Originally Posted by Yankee_Vol

If the coaches, who are paid to do it, see something in them, I'm all for it

Coaches put their careers and often alot of money on the line when they take a kid's commitment.

The recruiting sites risk next to nothing. The only people who actually notice when they overrate a player is the fans of the schools that recruited him. People seldom take a whole view of their accuracy. They do reasonably well giving high ratings to guys who deserve it. But for every 4-5* player they promote, they miss 2 that might be just as deserving.

[Vols4us]

Originally Posted by sjt18

Coaches put their careers and often alot of money on the line when they take a kid's commitment.

The recruiting sites risk next to nothing. The only people who actually notice when they overrate a player is the fans of the schools that recruited him. People seldom take a whole view of their accuracy. They do reasonably well giving high ratings to guys who deserve it. But for every 4-5* player they promote, they miss 2 that might be just as deserving.

Well stated, fully agree. But star gazers are about the emotion of the moment, so they prefer perception over facts.