LSU Talent Level

I think this will be a great season.

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Flame Away Fellas

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What's to flame?

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flame away fellas

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ok ill give it a try...

durrr we still have les miles as our coach durrrr we'll be lucky to win 8 games durrrr

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Les Miles a 2 star

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Maybe we can coach him up.

Scout I believe had him as a 5*

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those stars are not written in stone.

MO Claiborne was apparently underestimated.

Its someone's idea, based on THEIR points of view.

Its not REALITY as it WILL unfold.

B. However, the rivals ratings are often VERY indicative. Someone ran some numbers a few years ago, I recall, using the stars over a five year period.
There was a HIGH correlation, between being the highest rated recruiting class, out of high school, and actually being #1 in the SEC west. IT DID NOT WORK 100%, but there was a high correlation. the worst the highest rated team did was 2nd.
And sometimes the 2nd team won. being highest rated was based on adding up all the classes for a given school/team.

Most years, the highest recruiting value as a team, won the SEC west.
the numbers I saw were for the SEC west teams, before BAMA had re-arrived. So Auburn and LSU were the big dogs in the data and in real life.
being highest rated was based on adding up all the classes for a given school/team.
I know Nutt and Ark won his first year after he left Murray. That was not based on stars. That was based on rah rah, gung ho!

You didn't list coaching levels . . .

QB:
LSU----
Jordan Jefferson 4*
Jarrett Lee 4*

Alabama----
Greg McElroy 3*
A.J. McCarron 4*

RB:
LSU----
Micheal Ford 4*
Steven Ridley 4*
Richard Murphy 4*

Alabama---
Mark Ingram 4*
Trent Richardson 5*
Eddie Lacey 4*


WR:
LSU---
Terrance Toliver 5*
Rueban Randle 5*
Russell Shepard 5*

Alabama----
Julio Jones 5*
Marquis Maze 3*
Darius Hanks 3*

TE:
LSU----
Chase Clement 4*
Deangelo Peterson 4*

Alabama---
Micheal Williams 4*
Preston Dial 3*

OL:
LSU---
Joseph Barksdale 4*
Alex Hurst 3*
Will Blackwell 4*
Josh Dworaczyk 4*
Peter Lonegran 3*

Alabama---
James Carpenter 4*
Chance Warmack 3*
William Vlachos 3*
Barret Jones 4*
D.J. Fluker 5*

DL:
LSU----
Lavar Edwards 3*
Chancey Aghayere 4*
Drake Nevis 4*
L. Levingstone 3*

Alabama---
Marcell Dareus 3*
Luther Davis 4*
Josh Chapman 3*

LB:
LSU----
Kelvin Sheppard 3*
Ryan Baker 4*
Stefoin Francois 4*

Alabama---
Jerrell Harris 4*
Courtney Upshaw 4*
Dont'a Hightower 4*
Nico Johnson 5*

CB:
LSU---
Morris Claiborne 3*
Patrick Peterson 5*

Alabama---
BJ Scott 5*
Dre Kirkpatrick 5*

S:
LSU---
Brandon Taylor 4*
Jai Eugene 4*

Alabama---
Mark Barron 4*
Robert Lester 4*

K/P:
LSU---
Josh Jasper 3*
Derek Helton 3*

Alabama---
Who the frick is kicking for you guys?

how about one for nc.

Jeez, WR University here. Seriously though, how many 5* OL are there average a year?