Started By
Message
premier recruiting service
Posted on 7/12/18 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 7/12/18 at 4:35 pm
Rivals or 247?
5
Posted on 7/12/18 at 7:43 pm to joshua2571
I like rivals. A lot of people use 247 composite because it gives a average of espn, 247, and rivals, maybe one or two more can’t remember. Most schools fans just use whatever highest in to tout their recruiting. Espn is my least favorite they are consistently so far off the other services I just don’t find them realistic.
Posted on 7/12/18 at 8:13 pm to joshua2571
Rivals is only marginally better than ESPN at this point. They don’t even scout every region In person.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 12:22 am to escatawpabuckeye
Rivals used to be King until their best talent left to start 247. I think 247 is the standard now and Rivals has really gone downhill.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 12:53 am to tider04
IMO, 247's own rankings are often pretty bad or out of date, but their composite is probably the standard now and really should be. It's an integration of 247, Rivals and ESPN.
They use their own calculation to derive the team scores. If you notice, after several recruits, when a new one is added, the value of a number of the existing recruits decreases. In some cases, kids who earlier in the year added ~10 pts, now add ~1, etc. It's difficult to figure how they determine incremental value. So, a highly ranked kid who might add 25 pts early in the year may add 12 by the time your team has 15-20 recruits.
They use their own calculation to derive the team scores. If you notice, after several recruits, when a new one is added, the value of a number of the existing recruits decreases. In some cases, kids who earlier in the year added ~10 pts, now add ~1, etc. It's difficult to figure how they determine incremental value. So, a highly ranked kid who might add 25 pts early in the year may add 12 by the time your team has 15-20 recruits.
This post was edited on 7/13/18 at 11:34 am
Posted on 7/13/18 at 4:26 am to tattoo
If I recall, they only take the top 20 recruits in a class to calculate team score. Maybe later in the year when there are close to 20, adding a new recruit changes the mix of the class and results in a different attribution by player? That’s just a guess. I really have no idea.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 5:46 am to ATLdawg25
Until Rivals covers the entire country they don't belong in the conversation.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 7:48 am to VABuckeye
247 has the best features. The Composite and the Crystal Ball are the industry standard.
With the merger of 247 and Scout they should have the most resources
With the merger of 247 and Scout they should have the most resources
Posted on 7/13/18 at 8:24 am to joshua2571
Really comes down to your team specifically. Some Rivals team sites are better than others but for most part I think 247 is the superior service
Posted on 7/13/18 at 8:57 am to joshua2571
Nationally? 247 and it probably isn’t close
But as said above it’s about your own market. For A&M it’s neither. There are about 4-5 different options for pay to follow A&M recruiting and get “Inside” info.
But as said above it’s about your own market. For A&M it’s neither. There are about 4-5 different options for pay to follow A&M recruiting and get “Inside” info.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 10:14 am to joshua2571
Oklahoma fans asked me what's State recruiting ranking. I told them 11th. They told me Rivals got State 17th and that was the premier recruiting site. I only use 247 cause State is higher. So, from what I get out of this is the Big 12 use rivals while the SEC uses 247
Posted on 7/13/18 at 10:55 am to joshua2571
On this site - I believe most people use the composite ranking as it's the most 'unbiased'. You catch shite for using just rivals or 247. Just look back thru the posts.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 11:33 am to ATLdawg25
quote:
ATLdawg25
quote:
Maybe later in the year when there are close to 20, adding a new recruit changes the mix of the class and results in a different attribution by player?
That may be true, but the incremental value begins to change long before 20.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 11:57 am to joshua2571
Just use 247 composite. Anyone that uses just one is trying to make their team look better. Most OU posters have really tiny dicks. They feel the need to constantly compensate by coming to an SEC forum and use shitty practices to boost their small fragile egos.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 10:30 pm to Farmer1906
Man you can’t let that 77-0 beating get out of your head. Deep breaths and say Boomer Sooner! Seriously though why all the hate.
Posted on 7/14/18 at 12:08 pm to MOJO_ERASER
Rivals is probably a more thorough evaluation but they hamstring themselves because they put so much weight on their camps
Page 1 of 1
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News