rivals.com prematurely declares USC recruiting champ

I'll settle for dead last in recruiting so long as we're dominate on the football field and strong on the character issues!:geauxtige

 

i was talking to someone about this last week when FSU was listed way down in the 20's on some sites then mentioned how this happens every damn year then bowden & co. have the best final 2 days of anyone in recruiting and have for years. what the hell is going on with this place. i mean this happens basically every year for the last 2 decades it seems.

Im beginning to think he tells his recruits to not mention them to entice others to commit. Either that or a big pile of cash....or both.

 

I've read that before. BB encourages them to remain silent with their commits to keep the 'all out' barrage off of them. Seems to be a solid tactic, if you cna pull it off.

 

is that true? i never heard that before...was a guess but it 'splains a lot.

 

The rivals scoring system is very complicated, overly so considering the accuracy of the underlying data imo. You can't just assign points to the stars. At one time or another they may have published the formula, but I don't think so. Maybe they consider it a trade secret, but maybe they're just embarassed.

Over time they have discussed some of the components, but not their weights. Some of the considerations include:

• There is the basic stars.
• Player rankings are considered (overall and by position, but maybe just position)
• How many at a position did you sign. (i.e. 3 QBs signed by one team is worth less than if they were the only QBs that had signed with 3 different teams).
• There are probably others, because all they would ever say when I saw them speak of it is that it's a very complicated forumla.

While I'm reasonably confident that all these adjustments make intuitive sense, the underlying inaccuracy overwhelms these fine tuning adjustments. Assigning stars is far from perfect as it is; using the detailed rankings (if they do use them) is ridiculous. I wouldn't have a problem with them using the Rivals' ratings (e.g. the 6.1, 6.0, 5.9,..., 4.9) scores that players receive), but they should just say so. I think transparancy would serve them better.

 

With Chow and maybe others now leaving Southern Cal.....we will soon see if USC is as great as the media will make them out to be.