I don't give a crap about star ratings for the players but...

I usually don’t care at all. These rankings are insane! What could Collins have done to drop 60 spots in the last month?? fricking Insane!

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These rankings are insane! What could Collins have done to drop 60 spots in the last month?? fricking Insane!

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The change the rankings for clicks which make them money. They are a business; never forget that.

And lastly remember that the rankings DO NOT MATTER. Rankings will not win or lose a team a single game.

They can go be 4*’s with Ja’Marr fricking Chase and Odell Beckham Jr and laugh their way to the bank it just makes the recruiting “experts” lose even more credibility than they already have over the years

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Ja’Marr fricking Chase

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Odell Beckham Jr

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Damn shame I can only upvote that one time

The way they (the kids) should look at it and the way we (fans and local media) should start talking nationally about it is if they were ever a 5* then that never changes. They will be called a 5* and be considered a 5* by everyone who covers LSU and watches them.

If they don’t want to cover / list our Louisiana players properly then Louisiana should start our own national ranking site for these kids and only cover the SEC. Frick these national clowns! I hope this happens and takes their business. We rank these kids properly. SEC fans would love it and the rest of the country would hate it but it would still sell and get clicks nationally.

So basically, the way I see it is that LSU actually landed (5) 5* players last year. Walker Howard, Emery Jones, Will Campbell, Harold Perkins and Quincy Wiggins. I know Jones was never a 5* but clearly he is and neither was Jamar Chase. All are legitimate 5* players who would have been 5* if they were playing in California or anywhere on the east coast.

We’d have to change it up and be a little different but that’s the point. We’d have to list more 5*s than they do but why wouldn’t you have more 5* players year to year? Everyone knows you have more year to year. That would be justification for it. Just let the subscribers know that it has nothing to do with how they project into the NFL or as first rounders. This would be the most dominant HS players in the country who have earned that 5* status, and project to be immediate starters at the college level and the ability to stand out in college.

This notion of only listing 32 5* players because of 1st round projection is stupid and has no place in ranking HS / college players anyway. Some years they could easily have 44 5* players. They also don’t drop the 5* status because of injuries, unless there’s reason to believe they aren’t the same player. If it’s a major injury and it’s right before leaving for college then make a questionable 5* status list and explain. You drop their ranking but not their star status.

That’s how you combat these clowns! It would blow up too! If it has good people who actually do their jobs and it has true evaluations of these kids, it would sell everywhere. You don’t need to pander to these big metro areas. It would be a hit, simply because it’s different and they hire the best college football analysts to perform the evaluations, no matter how rural the HS. Former HS coaches, college coaches, players and people who’ve been in the recruiting game.

There would still be misses but not as many and when they hear about it, they go check it out and change it. It’s not hard to do. I’m not saying to devalue the 5* player by flooding it and listing everyone as a 5* but some years have 30, some years 50, some years 60. You don’t cap those numbers! Do your job and list them as such if they earn it. Louisiana is easily the most undervalued state concerning these rankings, and it should change.

Where I think it hurts LSU is momentum. If the LSU commits drop their rankings and it hurts the team ranking, and alternatively the Bama bump, the uncommitted guys may see the opportunity of being in a #1 class more attractive and commit to a place like Bama.