re: 2017 Football Recruiting thread. **Final List (maybe)**

You have been a second half of good defensive adjustments away from seeing them play in the NC game twice in the last 8 seasons.

If one team breaks through it won't make up for all the teams that won NC with top 10-20 ranked recruits year in and year out.

If you guys are waiting on a national championship....

I'm with ya. I hope I see one before we die, but a lot needs to change before that can happen.

We don't have the infrastructure, money, history, fan support etc to do it. There is a reason the same handful of programs win every year. CFB is the most uneven playing field in all of sports.

You all know I'm all in on wiBO. Love the dude and think he is a NC quality coach. Hopefully we can put some NC quality pieces around him and give him what he needs to get it done.

Some schools have almost broken the barrier. Hell, we came fairly close twice in the past 10 years. Hopefully, we will be the ones to do it.

Top 5 for Noah Igbinoghene

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Over the last 10 year here is the #10 ranked recruiting class by average star rating and MU's average star rating and the delta:

2006 OU 3.54 MU 2.52 -1.02
2007 Michigan 3.4 MU 2.89 -0.51
2008 UCLA 3.52 MU 2.88 -0.64
2009 Miami 3.53 MU 2.8 -0.73
2010 ND 3.39 MU 3.3 -0.09
2011 Cal 3.45 MU 3.06 -0.39
2012 OU 3.48 MU 3.11 -0.37
2013 FSU 3.57 MU 2.95 -0.62
2014 Auburn 3.56 MU 2.79 -0.77
2015 LSU 3.44 MU 3.2 -0.24
2016 Texas 3.54 MU 2.91 -0.63

Since 2006 MU has averaged being .54 stars from having a top 10 class. The gap isn't that far.

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If we can just land 2 of those guys

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Just landing two arbitrary guys per class does nothing. If you mean two elite offensive linemen, I'll buy that. And by elite I mean a 6.0 rated player. There isn't anyone at on this board or at Rivals that could give you a straight answer on the difference between a 5.7 and a 5.8 rated player.

There is a major difference in the players rating between Mizzou(45 ranking 2017) and even Florida(20 ranking 2017) in their recruiting ranking for 2017. Look at the major difference in star rating of the commits.

Florida #20
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Mizzou #45
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Florida, Georgia, Vols, Ole Mis and LSU always finish higher than Mizzou in recruiting rankings, but their coaching has always been an issue in my opinion. Mizzou has had some luck recruiting players that ascend as time goes on and they(some) become better players in their latter years. When Mizzou has a team(starters) of jrs and seniors they tend to be better.

Bledsoe was rated as a 3* by Rivals.

MU's class currently sits with a 3.0 star average recruit ranking.

2 teams are tied at #10 with 3.56.

I think its a good offer. His arm isn't elite but it is good enough when you have to defend him taking off as well. Getting him to flip isn't a given but I like to hear that Simms is selling the program. I hope he is in Thomas's ear as well.