re: LSU ranked #8 in Scout's latest class rankings

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It's funny because ND has had a top 25 recruiting class for at least the last five years, including the #2 overall class in 2008 according to Scout. For whatever reason, their highly recruited players usually don't pan out as well compared to other schools. Great class on paper, let's see if they can sniff a national title anytime soon.

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I don't think this is too hard to figure out - Weis was a bad/mediocre college coach. Weis was a good recruiter (all of his classes were top 20), but could not develop talent at all. He's a pro coach. Now, Willingham was a bad recruiter at ND - I just looked at ND's recruiting rankings under him - 32nd and 40th.

Zook brought in some good classes at Florida. Were those classes overrated? Or underperforming due to bad coaches? I think Meyer proved it was more due to bad coaching, because he won quickly with the talent.