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

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recruiting is also why a team like Texas normally wins 10 games a year pretty much all the time.

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Talent and playing in a weak conference contributes heavily to 10 wins in their case.

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most of the time the best players have a higher star rating.

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I'll respectfully disagree. There's a higher number of lower-rated recruits (by recruiting services. not the coaches) playing in the NFL than those that were rated 5*. That's been researched an proven. GB and Pitt's rosters have a number of these guys.

I agree that talent on the roster is important.

Where we disagree is who determines the value of that talent when a program chooses to recruit a prospect.

Example: Coaches have already started accepting commitments from 2012 while recruiting services are still chasing Cyrus and Clowney of 2011. You know why? because your are PAYING for a Subscription and want Cyrus and Clowney information. Recruiting services have not created their top 250/100/200/300 lists for 2012. Have coaches waited for those lists prior to making offers and accepting commitments?