I'm at work so I can't watch, but does anyone know if this is saved on ESPN3 so I can view it later?

Appreciate the play by play on this by the way.

(02-04-2015 03:33 PM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  I'm at work so I can't watch, but does anyone know if this is saved on ESPN3 so I can view it later?

Appreciate the play by play on this by the way.

Yes, I believe that I saw earlier this week that you will be able to watch the replay later.

Came to camp. Knocked our socks off.

Pretty much all you need to know about the Signing Day Special

(02-04-2015 03:39 PM)HuskieRak Wrote:  Came to camp. Knocked our socks off.

Pretty much all you need to know about the Signing Day Special

Who?

(02-04-2015 03:12 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:11 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  I don't know if the Rivals site is up to date but it puts us 7th in the MAC, if you go by average star rating. Some things never change. We're 2nd on points but that's because we have so many commits listed.

The most ridiculous way to rank a class.

Rivals has NIU ranked 2nd in the MAC and 82nd overall.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/re...xT4lJDPZB4

(02-04-2015 03:48 PM)BobL Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:12 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:11 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  I don't know if the Rivals site is up to date but it puts us 7th in the MAC, if you go by average star rating. Some things never change. We're 2nd on points but that's because we have so many commits listed.

The most ridiculous way to rank a class.

Rivals has NIU ranked 2nd in the MAC and 82nd overall.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/re...xT4lJDPZB4

That's what HJ and I were saying, that's a really dumb way to rank teams. If you go by average, which makes more sense, we're 7th in the MAC.

It is funny how the ratings seem to increase. I do not see any recruits rated below a 5.2. A few years back, I can remember some being rated 4.9. I guess they are trying to generate interest in their product.

(02-04-2015 03:48 PM)BobL Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:12 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:11 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  I don't know if the Rivals site is up to date but it puts us 7th in the MAC, if you go by average star rating. Some things never change. We're 2nd on points but that's because we have so many commits listed.

The most ridiculous way to rank a class.

Rivals has NIU ranked 2nd in the MAC and 82nd overall.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/re...xT4lJDPZB4

That list is complete crap. We all know that Toledo has the #1 recruiting class in the MAC, not Western Michigan. At the very least, Toledo should be tied for 1st, with NIU being 3rd. Could it be that the raters have lost their Toledo bone and gotten a PJ bone? PJ can do that to them!

(02-04-2015 03:48 PM)BobL Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:12 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:11 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  I don't know if the Rivals site is up to date but it puts us 7th in the MAC, if you go by average star rating. Some things never change. We're 2nd on points but that's because we have so many commits listed.

The most ridiculous way to rank a class.

Rivals has NIU ranked 2nd in the MAC and 82nd overall.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/re...xT4lJDPZB4

Right...because of the number of our recruits.

Look at UTSA who is ranked ahead of us. They have two 3* kids (to our 5) but have 1 more kid signed. They have 2 kids with no stars and we don't have any with less than 2*. So even though their * average as a team is lower they are still ranked ahead of us just because of that 1 extra kid.

Joe Riggins does not appear among Akron's recruits so maybe he is still trying to qualify.

(02-04-2015 03:55 PM)klake87 Wrote:  It is funny how the ratings seem to increase. I do not see any recruits rated below a 5.2. A few years back, I can remember some being rated 4.9. I guess they are trying to generate interest in their product.

Wouldn't surprise me. Though that would make the ratings even more meaningless if they're squeezing recruits into a narrower range of ratings.

Even though the numbers are meaningless...we have 8 kids who are the highest rated 2*.

I am sure if a several of us were paying members and pushing our signed recruits to the ranking services, like some other MAC fans, we would have something closer to 10 3* kids in this class...with the same exact class.

(02-04-2015 03:39 PM)HuskieRak Wrote:  Came to camp. Knocked our socks off.

Pretty much all you need to know about the Signing Day Special

He said that a lot. The camps seem to be really working out.

(02-04-2015 04:10 PM)sarasotahuskie Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:39 PM)HuskieRak Wrote:  Came to camp. Knocked our socks off.

Pretty much all you need to know about the Signing Day Special

He said that a lot. The camps seem to be really working out.

Which is really working out because of the CPC and Yordon Center.

A few of the camps this past year had rain and they were forced inside. Thankfully they didn't have to go to the Rec!

(02-04-2015 04:02 PM)NIU1981 Wrote:  Joe Riggins does not appear among Akron's recruits so maybe he is still trying to qualify.

Well that is very interesting. What a whirlwind that guy gave us and he may not be able to even make it into school?

(02-04-2015 04:13 PM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 04:02 PM)NIU1981 Wrote:  Joe Riggins does not appear among Akron's recruits so maybe he is still trying to qualify.

Well that is very interesting. What a whirlwind that guy gave us and he may not be able to even make it into school?

Joe Riggins appears to have signed with Utah State

Loved how Coach Carey said that the players are the best recruiters. ~"They can tell who is one of us and who isn't pretty quick".

(02-04-2015 04:34 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 04:13 PM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 04:02 PM)NIU1981 Wrote:  Joe Riggins does not appear among Akron's recruits so maybe he is still trying to qualify.

Well that is very interesting. What a whirlwind that guy gave us and he may not be able to even make it into school?

Joe Riggins appears to have signed with Utah State

LOL. At least he made a smart choice and decided against Akron

(02-04-2015 03:54 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:48 PM)BobL Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:12 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-04-2015 03:11 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  I don't know if the Rivals site is up to date but it puts us 7th in the MAC, if you go by average star rating. Some things never change. We're 2nd on points but that's because we have so many commits listed.

The most ridiculous way to rank a class.

Rivals has NIU ranked 2nd in the MAC and 82nd overall.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/re...xT4lJDPZB4

That's what HJ and I were saying, that's a really dumb way to rank teams. If you go by average, which makes more sense, we're 7th in the MAC.

Yea but they are including the preferred walkons in the star average. So had NIU not signed the preferred walk-ons the star average goes up but the total points goes down.

(02-04-2015 04:08 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  Even though the numbers are meaningless...we have 8 kids who are the highest rated 2*.

I am sure if a several of us were paying members and pushing our signed recruits to the ranking services, like some other MAC fans, we would have something closer to 10 3* kids in this class...with the same exact class.

again one reason the average star rating is meaningless and best to look at overall points(assuming you put any credit in the rankings)