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ESPN ending it's recruiting section of their website

Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:13 pm
Posted by tiggerthetooth
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:13 pm
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I've always been interested and even highly skeptical and cynical of ESPN's continued efforts here. They're more than a decade late behind Scout and Rivals and historically have felt they can carve out some audience and revenue with little expertise, support, and differentiation. The basic rationale has always been "Well we're ESPN, THE worldwide leader in sports, so just our logo on a site and everything is going to be gangbusters!"
Posted by ehidal1
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:14 pm to
Posted by TTsTowel
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:14 pm to
Good, they were terrible.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:15 pm to
Shannon Terry made their arse quit.
Posted by ksayetiger
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:15 pm to
I have td.com I know all
Posted by NYCAuburn
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:16 pm to
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Good, they were terrible.
Posted by TuscaloosaTigah
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:17 pm to
I am glad we now have one less prospect ranking system out there.

I am a firm believer that the ranking system is an okay tool for college football, but it has been proven numerous times over the years that the rankings do not always mean success on the field. Many young athletes who may have only been a 1 or 2 star have absolutely dominated the playing field.
Posted by The Nino
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:18 pm to
adios
Posted by LanierSpots
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:18 pm to
No big loss. They suck

Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:18 pm to
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Many young athletes who may have only been a 1 or 2 star have absolutely dominated the playing field
a higher percentage of 4 and 5 stars have success over 1, 2, and 3 stars
Posted by TuscaloosaTigah
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Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:20 pm to
I will agree with you, I was simply stating that the way ESPN ranked their players was ridiculous and that they were far from being accurate in their line of thinking.
Posted by RJYH
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:24 pm to
People are gonna lose their jobs, this is not good news at all.
Posted by jrodan
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:37 pm to
How will Mack Brown recruit?
Posted by Drewbie
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:38 pm to
Won't be missed.
Posted by Crompdaddy8
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:40 pm to
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I am glad we now have one less prospect ranking system out there.


agreed. 247, Rivals, and Scout is plenty enough
Posted by TuscaloosaTigah
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Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:40 pm to
Mack Brown will probably recruit the same way he has been doing recently. Not paying any attention to any recruits who have long desired to play for the longhorns. Winston.... JFF......

He will not have to worry about it much longer though, he will be enjoying a nice relaxing vacation somewhere getting paid a TON because Texas fired him.
Posted by TheRookbird
Member since Aug 2013
1322 posts
Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:41 pm to
I feel like Awful Announcing is being perhaps a little misleading. They are shutting down the individual team sites with the exception of USC's (wearesc.com).

ESPN IS NOT however, shutting down the national recruiting aspect of ESPN and will still have horribly misinformed rankings, Tom Luginbill and the recruiting shows on ESPNU reporting things that happened 2 or 3 weeks ago as breaking news.
This post was edited on 9/10/13 at 12:42 pm
Posted by TuscaloosaTigah
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Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 9/10/13 at 12:42 pm to
CrompDaddy

I think those are sufficient enough, and I also think that people get ridiculous expectations when they see that their school has a good class according to these systems. Unrealistic expectations lead to extreme meltdowns on this site. That is quite annoying.
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
62186 posts
Posted on 9/10/13 at 1:19 pm to
Good riddance to it
Posted by townhallsavoy
Member since Oct 2007
3045 posts
Posted on 9/10/13 at 1:23 pm to
So I won't have to listen to Matt Millen jerk off to ESPN 300 recruits every opening game of the season?
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