Rivals vs. Scout vs. ESPN

most use rival.

I've used both and it seems like lately Scout gets the breaking news faster than any of them. Rivals has better overall evaluations and what most people go by though.

I know it is popular to bag on them, but I think they have the least biased info. I'm still looking for someone to do an analysis to see who was right on the players that had the widest variances such as W. Campbell etc.. now that we have had 4 years of data to compare. I remember ESPN much higher on Hemmingway than Scout. We'll see about I. Bell and Big Will. ESPN wasn't as high about ROJO who hasn't really taken over the world.

i hate scouts website therefore i like rivals

rivals has the best rankings IMO but scout, at least for Michigan, has the better coverage

Scouts, IMO is the best only because it is quicker about Michigan news and It is the first recruiting website that I discovered. Rivals is alright but i guess i don't visit them enough to say that with confidence. But you are right when you say that ESPN stinks. Recruiting is not their strong point.

TomVH.

I prefer Rivals. I feel like their info is more accurate. Sometimes they're a little behind Scout, but I've encountered some baseless rumors emanating from Scout. I think the Rivals people tend to be a little more conservative about breaking stories. With some breaking news, they're a little behind, but I get the feeling they like to fact check first. And really, I'd rather get info I trust 20 minutes later and know that it's accurate, as compared to Scout.

I don't like ESPN's rankings, although I do appreciate their scouting reports.

I don't think I should put a lot of input here, to be objective and fair. But, I will tell you that I decided to sign up for one of those to see what was on there about a week ago, and immediately cancelled my subscription.

By the way, either site you choose, the message boards are ridiculous. I never visit them, as they are populated by rumor mongers and high schoolers.

seriously, this site, along with a few other michigan blogs, breaks michigan related news as fast as anything. plus, it has access to the things i like in recruiting (a recruiting board with smiley ratings based on our chances, and a depth chart by class list!)...the only thing i use scout and rivals for is to look at ratings, which are free anyways. if you really want a scoop on who might come to michigan, just listen to brian and tom, and listen to the sam webb podcast on wtka.com and you'll be good to go

I like Rivals over Scout simply because the site is easier to use and it's easier to get the info I want. ESPN is straight dumb, they have been way off on so much stuff it isn't funny. I was an ESPN guy for a while for recruiting by they don't have much info and they are usually wildly inaccurate IMO.

Since we are dumping on ESPN I figured I'd chime in. Their ranking system is idiotic. Their highest rated players this season get a 93, and unranked players get a 40, it just makes no sense. It appears they want to use a hundred point scale but then no one can get the top rating so why even have it. And then starting someone unranked at 40?

The cool thing I use scout for is the part of the front page on the bottom right that lists the recent recruits. If you check every couple days you can see who has committed anywhere recently, which is a nice update to have. That way, if you know a couple guys were committing on a particular day, you could go a check the recent commit board to see where they went. Kinda neat.