re: QB DJ Lagway is now the #1 QB in the class / S Xavier Filsaime drops 30 spots becomes 4*

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Riddick for Auburn was a top 15 player when he was committed to UGA and was predicted to flip to Bama. Then he flipped to Auburn instead, and he dropped to #69.

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And I can assure you, Georgia still would have taken him after the drop.

I mean, people have conspiracy theories that Alabama and Georgia gets bumps. They also get kids whose ratings drop.

And if the ratings are wrong and artificially inflated, you would think Alabama and Georgia would not win. I mean, if the kids ratings are artificially inflated.

No offense, Finch (OP) but didn't you start a whole thread talking about a kid that dropped in rating after he left Georgia to go to Florida? How about now that Filsaime left Florida and went to Texas and dropped 30 spots. Seems obvious Florida kids get a bump, right?

Fact is that there are something like 10,000 kids that play High School football in a given year. The difference between #1 and #50 is going to be very small. The difference between #50 and #200 is also going to be very small.

Fans need to learn to trust that their coaches evaluate players correctly and quit angsting (Yes, a made up word) over where a kid is rated. It's fun to keep up with recruiting rankings, but in the long run meaningless.