re: Haters Said UT Didn't Have A Chance In Hell.......

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Sort how I feel because about the only time UT's class came up on here was when a UT fan started a thread about them one time being ranked #1 when UT already had like 25 recruits committed and everyone else just a handful. Besides that not much of a mention.

I give Jones credit great class but in all reality the high ranking even Dooley would have gotten this year. Kelly and Bates along with a few others were all legacies that would have been at UT even if Dooley stayed. Hurd is from TN and was already leaning to UT under Dooley but only waited to commit because of the uncertainty of Dooley being fired and waiting for the replacement. So Jones really did not do anything to get those guys. Malone for whatever reason in the end seem to not get the attention by the time he committed from other schools except UT. Mosley really had no other option except UT in the end. It great to see UT keep the instate kids but Jones did not do much for the top part of the class coming in. He did do a great job for the rest of the class.

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There is soooo much wrong with this post. You really have no clue what you're talking about. I mean that.

1. Kelly has stated he would not have went to UT if Dooley was there.
2. Hurd had not been contacted and also has said he wouldn't have came to UT if Dooley was there.
3. Absolutely no chance Dooley lands Malone.
4. Many expected Mosley to land at Ole Miss, and Ole Miss wanted him.

You are hanging and arguing the most stupid thing I have ever seen. Every single media outlet in the world has LSU number 2 but somehow some douche on a message board has come up with a formula that makes case for UT .

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has come up with a formula that makes case for UT .

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And I didnt "come up with a formula." I simply added the points given to each teams top 20 recruits. Not rocketscience

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It must be because the numbers don't add up being we only signed 23 players

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never go full retard

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I added the the points for each top 20 commit

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Like I said we have four consensus composite 5 stars so your formula is flawed. I don't know how else to get you to understand

And don't even get me started on the top 20 thing being as we signed a top recruit at their position like for instance Trey Quinn being top ten at WR

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You're not understanding me. I added up each classes best 20 recruits. Meaning I added the 20 highest ranked players for each class

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LSU guy:

Tennessee's class ranking is based on quantity moreso than quality (though there are definitely some very good players in it).

The reality though is that it is almost mathematically impossible to sign over 30 players and not be in the top-15 using 247's formula. You'd literally have to sign almost entirely 2-3 stars.

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Tennessee fans have gone full retard...

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Only in the sense that a few have chosen to argue with idiots and it's impossible to win an argument with an idiot.

However, it appears those arguing with the idiots are the only ones who know how the recruiting formulas work, they could articulae their points better but judging by the ignorance regarding how recruits and teams are ranked I'm not sure it would help much - some refuse to learn and others have proven themselves plain dumb.

The constant repetition that 'you're only ranked so high cuz you signed moar' makes me laugh every time I read it because the number of recruits actually detracted from the composite on 247 (it lowers our score rather than raises it) - a raw composite is like a GPA one grade has the power to drag down the average so if your coach takes a 2-3* with more potential than a 4* 247 doesn't adjust for it. OTHER services do adjust for it, Scout, Rivals, and ESPN (which 247 uses to arrive at their individual rankings and by extension their team composites make no such adjustments). OTHER services also adjust for team variances in class, position rankings, the differences in players (top100 recruits etc. are worth more than another recruit of the same ranking because all 4 stars are NOT created equal), and have player cutoffs as well.

The reason we're ranked lower on 247 than other services is 1. 247 still has our class size wrong and the extra member they count is lower ranked thus dragging down our score 2. Rivals doesn't award bonus points for JUCOs or Preps. Cutoffs are at a teams 20 (Rivals) and top 25 (Scout) for team rankings. 3. Rivals doesn't count Mixon because he's an unintentional gray shirt (sat out after things fell through at Nebraska but didn't play JUCO either) and they simply don't know what to do with him since their standard guidelines don't apply. This is also why Rivals shows 31 committs while Scout shows 32 (Scout counts Mixon and Mixon is worth some good points). While 247 still has 33 because they haven't removed Dews who as stated above is gray shirting. ESPN doesn't know what the frick is going on and is listing walkons!

247's composite is based upon Scout, Rivals, and ESPN and the nature of our class having a few curveballs like Mixon combined with ESPN being lost and 247 not updating is LOWERING the composite on 247.

Folks really do need to check out the point system on Rivals and Scout use to get a grasp on how recruits rated and how much they count. Even if you use 247, Rivals and Scout are determining half or more of the scores they use to arrive at their own composite.

I''m not saying UTs class is better, but when you add up the top players for each team it does indicate that. Go back and look at previous posts you f@cking nitwit.