Throw me a fricken bone. Spread 'em, it's the grammer police. :hihi: PS - I know I misspelled grammar. :thumb:
I'd bet a million dollars that the perentage of 5 star players that make an impact in CFB is somehwat higher than 4 star players, much higher than 3 star players and an awful lot higher than 2 star athletes. In other words, I'd bet that a much higher percentage of 5 star players play like 5 star players than the percentages of the 2, 3 and 4 star players do. And when you sign dam near all 5 star players even if half of them no pan out as good as they are supposed to be than you still have a bunch of them who do. By your reasoning it would be like saying a team would rather have 3 second, 3 third and 1 fourth round draft choices instead of all first round picks(of course the contracts would be too big for an NFL team to pay 7 first rounders).
I'd say you balance it out by looking at more than one class and you still see USC with almost all 5 star recruits. The simple fact is that in the past 2 years they've brought in recruits at an amazing rate and oyu're just rrying to look at it through purple and gold classes. And your last statement may prove to me true in the future, but many fans from around the country have been saying that about LSU for the past 6 years because they can't believe we were capable of bringing in the type classes we have. I'd prefer to let someone get caught before assuming the worse no matter who is invovled.
Not only are they getting five star players but also the #1 ranked recruits at their positions. For all the, "Pac10 is offense" they pulled in some big-time defensive players this year too. Joe McKnight (#1 RB) Kristopher O'Dowd (#1 C) Everson Griffen (#1 DE) Chris Galippo (#1 LB)
USC has the advantage of being popular with the media and playing in the PAC10, a conference significantly less competitive than the SEC that plays a different style of football. This all bodes well for exposure. On the other hand, I have a feeling that players that chose to play in the SEC in general are more prepared for the speed of the NFL. It seems, from this line of thinking, playing for USC is the short route to success and playing in the SEC is the more fundamentally sound route. Just a thought. Of course, for running backs, there is probably less risk for injury at USC.
Who cares about recruiting? You've got to be kidding. You win championships with talent and the only way to get talent is to recruit it. DUH! The rankings represent potential only. Whether or not a particular recruiting class matches up to its potential won't be known for a couple of years. But anyone who wants to see their team excel cares about recruiting. Effective recruiting lies at the heart of any successful football program.
