re: Quick reminder: this game will have no effect on recruiting.

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Bruh. Go check the rankings the last several years and tell me which is more likely. The team that finished 4-8 ending high in the rankings or the team that finished 11-2. 

Exceptions don't disprove this rule. 

Oh. And recruiting rankings don't necessarily address recruiting holes. 

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The majority of the teams in the top 10 have worse or equal records than we do. And looking back it, there have always been multiple teams that finish with between 4-7 losses that pull top 10 classes.

Usually they're pretty damn reliable. Look at our 2012 class for example. Ranked as low as 18 and it has absolutely been horrible. Very few impact players came out of that crop. 9 times out of 10, the recruiting services will get it right.

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And if you think on field results have NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER upon recruiting as your OP asserts, you are fricking stupid. 

There's a wide gulf between mass exodus and "no effect". 

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I think having an average year will minimal effect on recruiting. Once again, we've had some of our best classes in below average years and had our worst class in our best year. Most recruits look at the big picture rather than focus on the here and now. If things get really bad like they did with A&M, I could see kids looking around, but it's not going to get that bad. Once again, I doubt going 8-4 will effect our recruiting. If a kid uses losing 4 games as an excuse to not go to LSU, they were never coming here. Now saying they don't like our offense, I can understand that, but we haven't really lost any recruits because of shitty offense before.