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re: Rank the recruiting services
Posted on 1/22/16 at 8:43 pm to GermantownTiger
Posted on 1/22/16 at 8:43 pm to GermantownTiger
1. ESPN
2. Rivals
3. Scout
4. 247
2. Rivals
3. Scout
4. 247
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Posted on 1/22/16 at 9:12 pm to Rebel Land Shark
There is only one recruiting service. If Saban flies to see you, that's a 5-star. If he invites you to campus, that's a 4-star.
He leaves the diamonds to Mississippi State.
He leaves the diamonds to Mississippi State.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 9:41 pm to matthew25
Each service kinda monitors other services to make sure they havent dropped the ball...each will sometimes get scoops that others miss.
247 is one of my go to recruiting sites. Its the mnessage boards that are a mess on most of these service sites. Its the same damn idiots who have the sky is falling syndrome.
247 is one of my go to recruiting sites. Its the mnessage boards that are a mess on most of these service sites. Its the same damn idiots who have the sky is falling syndrome.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:13 pm to GermantownTiger
It's easy to sum up. Rivals was the best, then some of their top people left and formed 247. Rivals still has some quality, but now 247 is the best. So:
1) 247
2) Rivals
ESPN is a conglomerate. Their recruiting site is basically a side-job and, until recently, their grading system and rankings were manipulated to fill quotas on stars. They're considerably below Rivals and 247. So, with a considerable jump below 2:
3) ESPN
Scout's first love has always been basketball. They're pretty good with basketball analysis and rankings but they are terrible at football. They, too, manipulated the assignment of grades and rankings (there had to be a specific number of 5*s, for instance) though I've been led to understand they've discontinued that practice recently as well. That is an improvement, but they aren't actually better at evaluating football. So:
4) Scout
1) 247
2) Rivals
ESPN is a conglomerate. Their recruiting site is basically a side-job and, until recently, their grading system and rankings were manipulated to fill quotas on stars. They're considerably below Rivals and 247. So, with a considerable jump below 2:
3) ESPN
Scout's first love has always been basketball. They're pretty good with basketball analysis and rankings but they are terrible at football. They, too, manipulated the assignment of grades and rankings (there had to be a specific number of 5*s, for instance) though I've been led to understand they've discontinued that practice recently as well. That is an improvement, but they aren't actually better at evaluating football. So:
4) Scout
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:33 pm to GermantownTiger
quote:
rank the recruiting services
Make me tough guy!
Posted on 1/22/16 at 10:50 pm to Rebel Land Shark
I'll stick with high school highlight vids.
Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:07 pm to Rebel Land Shark
quote:
1. ESPN
2. Rivals
3. Scout
4. 247
Must be Opposite Day.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 11:15 am to GermantownTiger
Rivals used to be the best, but 247 has to be the best since they average all the sites rankings together.
Posted on 1/23/16 at 12:22 pm to randomways
quote:
It's easy to sum up. Rivals was the best, then some of their top people left and formed 247. Rivals still has some quality, but now 247 is the best
Lipscombs own, Shannon Terry
Posted on 1/23/16 at 12:34 pm to Opelousas Sostan
At this point 247 is the only one that needs to be taken seriously. Sucks though cause the message board community at rivals is better and more stable.
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