3 star verbals - 2009 vs 2010

bad year for LA in state talent

last year had 3 5*s in state, this year we have none (yet)

yeah i am getting a little tired of it but i really meant this:

last years class had bigger names, not much down the line but some great instate players.

i think this class is going to be very good down the future, just no one spectacular/heisman candidates. if you look at rivals they have us with 12 4*s (soon to be 13 when Jermarcus Hardrick and the juco rankings come out), 6 3*s, and one that wasnt ranked. Which is close to what you said earlier. This class is very solid and believe will pan out nicely.

WTF????, last I looked we had a top 5-6 class in the country. Must be a bama fan, trying to get us to bite.

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I've never totally bought into the star system

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It is usually better to look at a players offer list. And this season has had a few players commit that make you say "wtf is Miles seeing in them that EVERY other big name school is missing"

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i think this class is going to be very good down the future, just no one spectacular/heisman candidates

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except for maybe hunter, or lache and trovon, if they commit

My last word on the subject, and I'm sorry I went to Rivals but found that the PAC 10 has zero 5* commits at this time (the only reason I went there was to check the bell cow for 5* recruits, USC). And there are a lot more players out west than there are here in little La, we're doing just fine.....

How many of them were 4-stars this time last year? People do this every year.

I would be willing to bet a whole bunch of them were not yet evaluated, or were 3-stars, this time last year, and only became 4-stars later in the year. Plenty of the guys on board right now will later become 4-stars most likely.

Take a look at Rivals rankings - they already have us with 12 4-star guys and haven't evaluated the Juco OT yet. That's a pretty damn good start.

Ever watch the movie "Groundhog Day"? We relive the same conversations every recruiting season.

so i guess according to tigerbait we are doing great but according to scout we are not.

Scout only has 250 players ranked above 3 stars right now, while Rivals has about 330.

With the Rivals formula, both Zach Lee and Tharold Simon are 4-star locks, and they haven't evaluated Mathieu yet (or switched Gibson to athlete).

The ratings will be interesting to compare on August 17th, when Scout updates their site.

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nothing against you my bro but do you ever hear that "this year is a down year for LA talent....next year is killer" line every year it seems.....

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Definitely not for 2006, 2007, 2009, or 2011. No one said those things. They did for 2008 and 2010, and that applies at least for the elite level talent.