(08-02-2017 01:24 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(08-02-2017 12:43 PM)JCGSU Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 05:06 PM)troutbummike Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 04:44 PM)eagle9098 Wrote:  How many times have you seen a program that was on top, especially at our level, be mid level in recruiting rankings but have the best team?
Coaches go after guys they like in order to build and mold their team, and these rankings are based more on athletic ability than football player ability. BIg difference. Dont pay any attention to these rankings. The only ones you can actually look at are the top 10 and that doesnt always matter either. Look at programs like UGA who finish in the top 5 or 10 every year yet look what they do.

If any App State fan argues against that, the're arguing with a southern fan for the sake of arguing with a southern fan. This is what we preach. Coincidentally, we're first in recruiting at the moment according to the blah blah blah. Grain of salt.

What you dont get conf rankings have to be put into context of national rankings. If you are first in the conference but the last place team is only ten spots away then no big deal could be one or two players or a quantity thing. If you are first in the conference and the last place team is 20 spots behind then that is a huge gap and will show up on the field eventually if both team CONSISTENTY are that far apart. This rarely happens in the Belt except for a few teams at the top and bottom. We had a team a 77th ranked class then the next year at 105th that is not going to separate you from the log jam the Belt has in the middle.

Troutbummike pay no attention to this wanna be Phil Steele. He has only blown up arguments in his own mind. I've been following recruiting longer than this guy has been alive. I regularly talk to coaches and people who actually run recruiting sites. The guys doing the evualations will readily admit that due to the sheer numbers of players outside the high profile guys their rankings are mostly based on who has offered them

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Following recruiting...lol. I also did not blow them up with opinion I did it with actual numbers from my own and countless articles that dispel the ignorance. No take off your shoes hill billy and come with some analysis like I did or get back to reading Goat Fancy. Yes then when the total team talent rankings come out for 2017 we will see how the majority of teams due in relation to their talent. Want to place any bets? If player rankings do not matter and they just go off offers, which is a lie, then you take the lowest recruit rated team in each conf and I'll take the highest one.