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re: 5-year Average Stars Recruiting Rankings (all 119 teams)
Posted on 7/29/08 at 4:12 pm to H-Town Tiger 98
Posted on 7/29/08 at 4:12 pm to H-Town Tiger 98
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Pac-10 teams' schedules get routinely ranked high in Sagarin's polls because they play a 9th conference game, whereas all other conferences play 8. Thus, for example, in 2006, 8 of the top 10 schedules under Sagarin's formula were Pac-10 schools. No Pac-10 school fared worse than 15th. That same year, LSU played 4 Top 10 teams on the road. So what did Sagarin rank their schedule? 20th. Worse than every Pac-10 team. 2007 is nearly the same: 7 of the top 10 schedules according to Sagarin belonged to Pac-10 teams. 9 of the top 20. Only USC (at 29th) was the outlier. (That'll teach you schedule patsies like Notre Dame!)
I just went to Sagarin's published strenght of schedule tables from 2007...
Everything that you said was TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did not know this and I am a football fanatic!
Many, many thanks!
Let's see what the Pac-1, USC Kool-aid drinking Hacks say about that?
This post was edited on 7/29/08 at 4:22 pm
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Posted on 7/29/08 at 4:21 pm to Catahoula Lake LA
I like Sagarin but he needs to tweak his algorithm. It's messing up his model's reputation.
Posted on 7/29/08 at 4:29 pm to Catahoula Lake LA
IS it in the stars?
I have always held the belief that recruiting is a huge reason schools are successful. I think the stars matter. Every player is not judged appropriately by the star system. It is a flawed system in those regards. But I think that they get close to correct when assessing the total talent a team acquires through the recruiting process.
The jest of it all is this, you must consistently recruit top 15 classes to be a national title contender. You can win games with lesser talent, you may even squeeze out a conference championship. But consistently year in and year out you must recruit in the top 15.
The recruits evaluated are often times very very close in terms of talent. That being said you will always have you're stars. But what is the difference between the top 5 at any position. Well, not much. It all depends on how each player developes. Hence some 5* bust and some 2* shine.
I have always held the belief that recruiting is a huge reason schools are successful. I think the stars matter. Every player is not judged appropriately by the star system. It is a flawed system in those regards. But I think that they get close to correct when assessing the total talent a team acquires through the recruiting process.
The jest of it all is this, you must consistently recruit top 15 classes to be a national title contender. You can win games with lesser talent, you may even squeeze out a conference championship. But consistently year in and year out you must recruit in the top 15.
The recruits evaluated are often times very very close in terms of talent. That being said you will always have you're stars. But what is the difference between the top 5 at any position. Well, not much. It all depends on how each player developes. Hence some 5* bust and some 2* shine.
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