re: LSU number 1 recruiting class according to Rivals

I'm not saying he is a bad player. He looks pretty good to me. I'm explaining why our ranking is barely affected by this.

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We’re #3 not #1

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When I posted we were number 1 in rivals. That's why I put the link. LSU had 2694 points according to rivals which was number 1 when I posted. 247 LSU was number 4 at time of OP.

Then 247 has him ranked at 16. He's 10 in the composite.
JS...

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And 247 LSU goes from 283 to 284. WOW?!?! 1 3 star is worth a whole point!

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Jockeying Bama's position. We would be lucky when its all said and done that LSU will be in the top 15 with them.

Yep. ESPN is worthless. The composite would be better with out them.

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Jockeying Bama's position. We would be lucky when its all said and done that LSU will be in the top 15 with them.

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See, and that's another reason I don't give a lot of credit to these ratings, they are biased to certain programs. I'm not saying they aren't worth paying attention to, but sometimes there could be 2 players who play the same position and are close in talent and the bama commit will get more points than the LSU or another schools commit. Players ratings change when there's been no new games or camps. CamRon Jackson was a middle 4 star last year when bama was hot on him. He commits to LSU and suddenly drops to a 3 star. Just saying there's times these services don't give accurate ratings based on who or who isn't recruiting them.

It is pretty silly when you think about it. It's like taking an average of CNN, MSNBC, and Rassmussen polls for the presidential race. To be honest, I think Rivals has improved a bit over the past couple of years, but ESPN is complete garbage.

Nah they are never that far apart. Lol. Composite is what many go by and maybe some are better or spend more time on recruiting than ESPN or whoever but imo It really is small margins of error that that make the difference from one sites team ranking to the next. If LSU stays in top 5 they will match talent with anyone. But a ton of other variables can change the final results. O seems to fit needs better than Les. Les may have had top 5 w/ no Lbers and it be a huge need. Time will tell I guess on all of it.

Bottom line is, bama has been rated 1a lot recently, and they've won championships. Uga has been highly rated, and they've been a cfp team, same with Clemson. It's really silly to discount these rankings.
Anything top 4 is where you wanna be. They're not perfect, but they're a helluva indicator

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and easiest to navigate by far. 247 needs a different and easier to read website

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Agree. I was a member of Rivals for a LONG time. I loved the national board and ease of access to everything on the site.

I became disenchanted with the mods (Scarborough) who very seldom had information until after an event occurred. He had the uncanny ability to predict events as they occurred. Unless there was a good movie at the matinee.

After the site crashed on two consecutive signing days I finally said sayonara. I joined 24/7 but was only a member for a few months. I hated it. The info and mods were okay but I missed the national board and ease of navigation.

I still hate 24/7. I can't remember if it happened while I was a member but when I post a link to their site on this or the Tard board I always try to put a disclaimer that it is 24/7 to turn your speakers down. If that is just done to visitors it is cool.

If I was a member and got blasted by an ad every time I went to a site I was paying for I would be extremely pissed off. The ads should come on muted and not so loud it wakes up everyone in the office.

Do those ads play for paying members?