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re: The fight for #1 ranked recruiting class
Posted on 2/1/16 at 3:49 pm to LSU Patrick
Posted on 2/1/16 at 3:49 pm to LSU Patrick
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Bama bump is ridiculous at this point. Regardless of the reason(s), it clearly exists.
Maybe it exists because kids go to Bama, perform well, and get drafted to the league - both in general, and in the first round - at a higher rate than any other school in recent years.
Seems like those doing the rankings might assume that if Bama is offering a kid he must be really good and, perhaps, worth a deeper look.
What Bama class would you say didn't produce? Any kid who has signed with Bama since 2008 has won a national title and been part of a class with multiple future first round picks.
At some point you've got to give credit where due.
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Posted on 2/1/16 at 4:04 pm to bamasgot13
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This exists and we all know it. Not just with Bama, but maybe more dramatically with Bama.
This exists too. We all know it. Drama drives the business, and some fan bases thrive on the drama. All these things are well known in the recruiting world. Regional bias, school bias, alumni readership, subscriptions, etc. Like anything else, it is going to evaluate the market and make an appeal to that market.
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Even Nick Saban thinks there could be a "Bama bump" in recruiting rankings."Sometimes I don't know what comes first in recruiting rankings, the cart or the horse," Saban told reporters in December. "When a guy gets recruited by what I'm going to call high profile programs, he gets ranked higher. That's where I question the validity of how accurate some of those things may be."
This exists and we all know it. Not just with Bama, but maybe more dramatically with Bama.
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Tom Luginbill, the national recruiting director for ESPN, believes in the "Bama bump." But he thinks it's predicated more on recruiting networks trying to appease subscribers than a nod to Nick Saban's track record.
"Keep in mind that a lot of these recruiting websites and resources are reliant upon revenue of a fan signing up for a team site," Luginbill says. "When that's the case and you have to drive up (subscription) sales, what do you think those sites are going to do? They are going to start pumping and priming players that are committed to their school or considering their school and place them above other players because they are trying to drive subscription sales. "Anyone who says that isn't true is full of baloney."
This exists too. We all know it. Drama drives the business, and some fan bases thrive on the drama. All these things are well known in the recruiting world. Regional bias, school bias, alumni readership, subscriptions, etc. Like anything else, it is going to evaluate the market and make an appeal to that market.
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