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ford a 5*??
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:31 pm
first off i have never seen michael ford play. i have only seen his highlights and they are impressive and i am excited about him coming to baton rouge. so i am looking for a little insight here. i personally think his ranking is right about where it needs to be. somewhere between 50 and 100. if you watch his film he is not overwhelmingly great at anything. he is fast but not the fastest. he is powerful but not the most powerful. he has size but not the biggest. i just wish someone would shed a little bit of insight on why they think he should be a five star. i know he put up almost 3000 yards but alot of backs put up pretty impressive numbers. as good as he is i still believe he is just outside of brown and richardson. wood and c. michael are overrated in my opinion though.
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Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:33 pm to lsclsu05
If he is "just outside" of the number 2 and 7 recruits in the country.....then why is Ford appropriately ranked at 77?
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:38 pm to TexasTigah
Well, here's the stats of several of the RB's ahead of him in the Rivals Top 250 rankings.
Rivals #2 and 5* - Bryce Brown rushed for 1,873 yards and 29 touchdowns
Rivals #19 and 5* - Cierre Wood rushed for 1,526 yards and 20 touchdowns
Rivals #27 and 5* - Christine Michael rushed for 1412 yards and 25 touchdowns
Seeing this, its hard to explain this....
Rivals #77 and 4*- Michael Ford rushed for 2,953 yards and 29 touchdowns
Ford rushed for more yards that Michael and Wood combined. That should count for something!!!
Rivals #2 and 5* - Bryce Brown rushed for 1,873 yards and 29 touchdowns
Rivals #19 and 5* - Cierre Wood rushed for 1,526 yards and 20 touchdowns
Rivals #27 and 5* - Christine Michael rushed for 1412 yards and 25 touchdowns
Seeing this, its hard to explain this....
Rivals #77 and 4*- Michael Ford rushed for 2,953 yards and 29 touchdowns
Ford rushed for more yards that Michael and Wood combined. That should count for something!!!
This post was edited on 12/12/08 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:39 pm to TexasTigah
i would also like to have baker and berry over ford. like i said somewhere between 50 and 100. i got no problem with 50. just not 20. i dont think he is THAT good. if you look at our offense we use backs that are good at certain things and we use them at certain times. scott=power murphy=speed williams=speed. why should this guy be a 5 star
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:41 pm to lsclsu05
so by your definition dez duron should be a 5 star
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:42 pm to FullBloodedTiger
quote:
Seeing this, its hard to explain this....
Colt Brennan is the greatest QB in the history of the game.
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:42 pm to FullBloodedTiger
I don't think he will end up being a 5*. But he is better IMO than quite a few RB's ahead of him.
Kendrick Hardy
Jamaal Berry
David Wilson
Edwin Baker
Then the other RB's in front of him FBT just listed.....
He will definitely move up, not quite to a 5* though IMO.
Kendrick Hardy
Jamaal Berry
David Wilson
Edwin Baker
Then the other RB's in front of him FBT just listed.....
He will definitely move up, not quite to a 5* though IMO.
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:44 pm to lsclsu05
You just described Emmitt Smith. Does that help?
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:45 pm to TexasTigah
quote:
I don't think he will end up being a 5*. But he is better IMO than quite a few RB's ahead of him.
Kendrick Hardy
Jamaal Berry
David Wilson
Edwin Baker
Then the other RB's in front of him FBT just listed.....
He will definitely move up, not quite to a 5* though IMO.
he should be ahead of hardy wood and c. michael hands down. i think almost anyone would agree with that
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:46 pm to FullBloodedTiger
quote:
Ford rushed for more yards that Michael and Wood combined. That should count for something!!!
FWIW, Ford's carries may have also been double theirs, combined.
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:47 pm to lsclsu05
quote:You like Baker, Wilson and Berry ahead of Ford?
he should be ahead of hardy wood and c. michael hands down. i think almost anyone would agree with that
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:48 pm to TexasTigah
Ford will most likely be in the 50s in the last eval which is about right IMO. And you can't argue with stats. More goes into ranking than that.
Posted on 12/12/08 at 9:54 pm to RC9605
quote:
You like Baker, Wilson and Berry ahead of Ford?
not better but they are all about the same. its brown and richardson.... then everyone else. maybe ford is a 5* by default. but only because rivals needs to have more than 2 rbs as 5 stars. jmo
Posted on 12/12/08 at 11:00 pm to lsclsu05
I think he won't get a 5th star simple bc rivals will not give LA 4 five star players. JJ, Davenport, and RR, that's it.
Posted on 12/12/08 at 11:14 pm to LittleJerry
quote:
I think he won't get a 5th star simple bc rivals will not give LA 4 five star players. JJ, Davenport, and RR, that's it.
But you think he should be a 5*?
Posted on 12/13/08 at 1:31 am to lsclsu05
I was able to see ford and collins play. Ford is better than c.collins. That just shows ***** dont mean anything.
Posted on 12/13/08 at 2:24 am to TRUESAINT
Ford should be ranked around 20-25, he is that good.
So you have the best running back out of Louisiana since C. Collins ranked around 50?
That is just as bad as Rivals, Ford is better than J. Vincent out of high school and he was a 5 star player.
This goes back to the 2004 re- alinement of rivals 5 star rankings, in which they cut down the number of 5 star players:
Ever wonder why Dorsey wasn't a 5 star player?
So you have the best running back out of Louisiana since C. Collins ranked around 50?
That is just as bad as Rivals, Ford is better than J. Vincent out of high school and he was a 5 star player.
This goes back to the 2004 re- alinement of rivals 5 star rankings, in which they cut down the number of 5 star players:
Ever wonder why Dorsey wasn't a 5 star player?
Posted on 12/13/08 at 7:20 am to tigger1
quote:
Ever wonder why Dorsey wasn't a 5 star player?
Mainly because Gonzales (East Ascension) was a small AND lower profile school. Had he played for a higher profile (Evangel or John Curtis), or a lager school (West Monroe), Putt would have gotten 6 stars.
This post was edited on 12/13/08 at 7:22 am
Posted on 12/13/08 at 8:09 am to Ace Midnight
If I remember correctly, guys like Dalton Hillard, Cecil Collins, Jacob Hester all were not 5 stars. I think we all get too caught up in the "star" rating. There has been plenty of kids who were five stars who haven't done diddly in college. Consequently, there has been some two and three stars that have gone on to great things. Don't drink the cool aid. 5 stars in HIGH SCHOOL don't always translate to 5 stars in college.
This post was edited on 12/13/08 at 8:10 am
Posted on 12/13/08 at 8:12 am to TRUESAINT
That's high praise. . .Collins was an incredible football player.
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