re: Congrats to LSU, O, and the staff for the #3 2019 recruiting class !!

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We are s baseball and basketball school now.

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Those are round-ball activities.

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It was only after you pointed out that the 247 composite is a composite of player rankings and not team rankings that he switched gears to save face.

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Nice try. No one outside 24/7 knows what player rankings got in and what ones did not. 24/7 has a proprietary algorithm Sammy certainly doesn't know. Neither do you. Quit pretending you have inside info. You don't. All you have is the gobledygook that 24/7 posts for the gullible public.

And it appears that ESPN's player rankings for Feb 6 signings did NOT make it in as ESPN only listed 21 players for LSU after Feb 6.

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I would imagine that anyone that's been arguing about a spot or two or a star or 2 in this thread could claim that name.

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They've called you that countless times, so you ought to know.

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No one outside 24/7 knows what player rankings got in and what ones did not. 24/7 has a proprietary algorithm

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While somewhat true, this is pulled straight from their website

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The 247Sports Composite Rating is a proprietary algorithm that compiles prospect "rankings" and "ratings" listed in the public domain by the major media recruiting services. It converts average industry ranks and ratings into a linear composite index capping at 1.0000, which indicates a consensus No. 1 prospect across all services.

The 247Sports Composite Rating is the industry's most comprehensive and unbiased prospect ranking and is also used to generate 247Sports Team Recruiting Rankings.

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All major media services share an equal percentage in the 247Sports Composite Rating.

The composite index equally weights this percentage among the services that participate in a ranking for that specific prospect.

A composite strength meter, indicated by red bars, illustrates the total number of industry services that have ranked the prospect. A full strength meter indicates the prospect has been ranked by all industry services participating in the composite.

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So for the sake of argument, if a player has been rated by all the different services, then all those services are weighed equally when calculating the composite ranking. For teams in the top 10 in recruiting, they aren't going to have players that weren't ranked by everyone. That would be more applicable to your low ranked players who may not be ranked by one or more services. Schools in the top 10 don't typically sign players like that.

One thing, however, is it doesn't state which services specifically are used in their algorithm, only that all services are weighed equally.

Really the only argument to be made is there may be slight changes once ESPN finally updates their rankings to account for players that signed their LOI on NSD.

But really you're all just arguing semantics. Alabama and UGA are a clear #1 and #2. The difference in #2 UGA and #3 Texas is bigger than the difference between #3 Texas and #13 Penn State. The difference between #3 Texas and #5 LSU is no more than like half a star for one player. The strength of those #3-5 classes (Texas, LSU, A&M) are basically the same. So anyone trying to argue who had a better class is just arguing to argue.

I think what some are pointing out is there have been arguments that rested on where LSU ranks, pursuant to their 247 composite, in the SEC West. I have seen more than one person, in a way to downplay the strength of the class, say LSU only finished 3rd in their own division. That is one person taking one ranking system and using it to try to strengthen an argument. None of these services are an exact science. The difference between the classes of A&M and LSU are highly negligible. The only takeway is Alabama had far and away the best class, as they have almost every single year since Saban has been there. The separation between them and UGA is bigger than #3 and #8.

But when we're discussing one or two total points in a class, it's rather silly to try to stake claim to some arbitrary, subjective ranking. Bottom line, this was a very good class. Now it is up to all these coaches with good class rankings to develop the players they signed because no one will care 3-4 years from now how these players were rated coming out of high school.

However, I do wish there was some way to have an updated ranking in the fall to account for JUCO players and transfers. The most important recruit LSU had last year was Burrow, a transfer, but he wouldn't show up in any of these rankings people love to hang their hats on.

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Again. Our Composite Class includes Lee, Ward, Fonua, and Little and gets credit for their composite player ranking.

Which includes ESPN.

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Again, you have no specific knowledge of how 24/7 computes their rankings. You have only the vague references that 24/7 makes to the public regarding their proprietary algorithms.

There is nothing special about 24/7. They are as biased as the rest of them, and you know it.

In their ranking yes

The composite doesn’t weigh their ranking higher than any others.

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Hes simply a contrarian, which isnt a badge of honor.

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Am not

How does Rivals calculate a 6.1 rating?

We’re not arguing which is statistically perfect, but your arguing Rivals vs the composite.

So make 1 real argument for Rivals.

You can’t tell me why Rivals is better. All your answer just shite talk 24/7