re: I know there are a lot of people who don't buy into "stars"

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Then Rivals will just give them all high ratings because they were founded by a Bama fan

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Lol. You're a wizard. So your fans find your recruits?

Even more reason to trust the services more than Saban's years of experience and knowledge of the game.

Were you placing as much value on stars when DuBose, Fran, Price (oops), and Shula were leading your program? It seems that the fanbases that hype stars up the most are those that are doing pretty well at it. Interesting huh? Get excited about it. As a fan, have fun with it, but don't swear by it, young man. It's projections and opinions of guys like you that may have never seen a locker room. These guys must be developed, coached up, and then execute between the lines. Refer back to your Sugar Bowl game against Utah. You can't just come in to the stadium and say "We Win because Rivals/Scout/ESPN say we have much more talent than you".

Are you serious?

[I'm glad that LSU does well at recruiting, but we've had to do some staff overhauling the last 3 years to try to get our guys better prepared to exhaust their potential. Staff was replaced because of development & execution. Not stars!]