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Alabama talent this year is huge...
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:12 pm
Are they going to drop overall next year similar to LA?
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Seems like ability to recruit is defined when in-state is slim pickings.
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Seems like ability to recruit is defined when in-state is slim pickings.
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Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:19 pm to bcwarb
funny how according to Rivals AL has been loaded the last 2 yrs. 
its true bammers, don't make me pull out the research
its true bammers, don't make me pull out the research
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:20 pm to bcwarb
Was supposed to drop this year but they still ended up with 3 5-star players (1 courtesy of Katrina).
Judging by the fact the state of Alabama has 9 Rivals 250 guys on the list for 2010 I think it it could end up being another hyperrated year for State of Alabama talent.
Judging by the fact the state of Alabama has 9 Rivals 250 guys on the list for 2010 I think it it could end up being another hyperrated year for State of Alabama talent.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:21 pm to wgulsu
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its true bammers, don't make me pull out the research
I've brought this upp before with the facts. Really, really interesting data...
Most hilarious was the fact from 2002-2007 the State of Alabama had 3 5-star players total. In the past 2 classes (2008, 2009) the state of Alabama has had 6 5-star players...
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:25 pm to thunderbird1100
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from 2002-2007 the State of Alabama had 3 5-star players total. In the past 2 classes (2008, 2009) the state of Alabama has had 6 5-star players...
ohhh I know, I've seen that myself. for anyone that says that rivals doesn't give the University of Alabama an advantage when it comes to rankings of recruits, is a complete IDIOT.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:29 pm to wgulsu
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ohhh I know, I've seen that myself. for anyone that says that rivals doesn't give the University of Alabama an advantage when it comes to rankings of recruits, is a complete IDIOT.
It certainly appears that Alabama recruits have been evaluated more favorably. That could be attributed to the "Saban Factor." However, Having overrated recruits really isn't an "advantage." In fact, it is more of a liability down the road.
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Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:30 pm to thunderbird1100
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I've brought this upp before with the facts. Really, really interesting data...
Most hilarious was the fact from 2002-2007 the State of Alabama had 3 5-star players total. In the past 2 classes (2008, 2009) the state of Alabama has had 6 5-star players...
But they've had similar ratings on every recruiting site. Are they all biased. Look at the Athlon recruiting list and Alabama has had 3 in the top 30 the last 2 years.
2008 Class
2009 Class
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:30 pm to wgulsu
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ohhh I know, I've seen that myself. for anyone that says that rivals doesn't give the University of Alabama an advantage when it comes to rankings of recruits, is a complete IDIOT.
You should check and see if the same is true of other recruiting services before making a dopey statement like that.
Unless you are being sarcastic, in which case read my post as the same.
Seriously, anybody check to see if other services have similarly rated Alabama talent over the last few years?
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:31 pm to LSU Patrick
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:31 pm to arwicklu
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arwicklu
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Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:33 pm to wgulsu
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ohhh I know, I've seen that myself. for anyone that says that rivals doesn't give the University of Alabama an advantage when it comes to rankings of recruits, is a complete IDIOT.
Scout has rated Alabama with five 5 star recruits in the last 2 years. Are they biased too?
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:35 pm to arwicklu
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But they've had similar ratings on every recruiting site. Are they all biased. Look at the Athlon recruiting list and Alabama has had 3 in the top 30 the last 2 years.
I've already been over this before and won't get into it again but my main point on this is if you take state of Alabama overall ranks from scout and transplant them over to rivals you would of had only 1 5-star in each of 2008 and 2009.
And I know it's early. But I haven't heard any positive things on Burton Scott or Tyler Love since they've been at Bama. How Scott couldn't even get on the field this year at WR with it being a very weak position overalll outside of jones. How Love is little to no threat to start next year on a depleted OL. Not looking good for these supposed 5-stars so far.
This post was edited on 1/20/09 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:36 pm to arwicklu
quote:scout gives out a lot more 5-stars.
Scout has rated Alabama with five 5 star recruits in the last 2 years. Are they biased too?
Take scout's overall rankings of those guys and transplant into rivals and they you would only have 2 total 5-stars the past 2 classes.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:37 pm to thunderbird1100
tyler love had a stress fracture all year, kind of hard to make a good impression.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:39 pm to Alabama Slim
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tyler love had a stress fracture all year, kind of hard to make a good impression.
I'm talking about for next year.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:40 pm to Alabama Slim
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hard to make a good impression
Unless it's for a cast.
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Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:45 pm to thunderbird1100
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Take scout's overall rankings of those guys and transplant into rivals and they you would only have 2 total 5-stars the past 2 classes.
How does this work? Not doubting you-I just am not following.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:46 pm to thunderbird1100
The fact is that the state of Alabama doesn't have near the talent that Louisiana has. And Saban now has a problem. In Louisiana he had no competition for that talent. And until lately Saban had no competition for the limited talent in Alabama because Tubby didn't care........he recruited Georgia and Florida.
Now at both Auburn and Tennessee Saban is going to have his hands full fighting, in the state of Alabama, the good recruiters they hired. It should be interesting to watch.
Now at both Auburn and Tennessee Saban is going to have his hands full fighting, in the state of Alabama, the good recruiters they hired. It should be interesting to watch.
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:47 pm to AlxTgr
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How does this work? Not doubting you-I just am not following.
Scout gives out a lot more 5-stars than rivals.His argument is on scout they only had 1 less 5-star the past 2 years overall. I'm saying if you take their overall rank on scout transplant that to rivals on rivals they would only have 2 5-stars total instead of 5 (on scout) or 6 (on rivals).
Posted on 1/20/09 at 12:48 pm to arwicklu
Bias aside, few can accurately tell a 4 star from a 3 star or a 5 star from a 4 star but Alabama clearly had some legit talent lasy year. Every so often an unusual load of talent come through the pipeline in most states and last year was that year for Alabama in my opinion.
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