Michigan rises into Rivals' top 25 recruiting classes

Submitted by ish on

With the addition of Countess, we're now Rivals' #24 recruiting class.  Good to be in the top 25, still low by historical standards.  If we finish like we all want to (w/ Zettel, Bryant, etc.) we will rise a little more.

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maizenblueCW2

December 17th, 2010 at 8:38 PM ^

is one of the best fictional characters of all time. There is an art to being random, and Towelie is an example of absolute random perfection. Never have I laughed so hard as when a towel walked up to a group of boys and asked them if they wanted to get high.

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NMU Blue

December 18th, 2010 at 12:15 AM ^

Towlie is a junkie and needs an intervention to save his life so he can see his son, washrag.  The scene of him giving an old man a hummer in a boathouse for cash almost got me fired at work.  My boss spit coffee all over the breakroom and called me a sick son-of-a-bitch... then watched the rest of the episode.

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WolvinLA2

December 17th, 2010 at 6:07 PM ^

Here's why - if they did it once the classes were official, they would have to release the new rankings on NSD, because a week after NSD people have already checked out their team's class and have moved on.  If you re-ranked the 2011 class in March of 2011, it's likely no one would notice.  Also, the services aren't learning anything new about these kids between the All star games and NSD. 

So, why wouldn't they release them on NSD?  Because re-ranks cause hits.  Everyone who cares about recruiting is already going to be all over Rivals and Scout on NSD, there's no need to generate hits that day.  However, if you do a re-rank in mid January, you're get a ton of people going to your site on those days to see the new rankings/ratings.

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Carcajous

December 17th, 2010 at 4:29 PM ^

I always pay more attention to where we stand by average star rating.  If you re-sort by that (which is not influenced by number of commits) we are 13th on Rivals and 11th on Scout.

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UMAmaizinBlue

December 17th, 2010 at 4:39 PM ^

I guess I was merely saying I would rather have 10 higher rated players than 20 lower or unranked players like IU's recruiting class is like (or was before they got poached). I also say this with a bit of an "eh" because we all know how 3* recruits can turn out to be more like 5 * players.

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Tha Stunna

December 17th, 2010 at 5:06 PM ^

I could agree more, actually.  Every scholarship athlete is another chance for a raw prospect or a low to moderate upside prospect that is still better than our other options for that season.  Star average only works if you expect that star average to hold while filling up (or almost filling up) the class.  If you maintain a high star average until filling up on MAC prospects (or just striking out entirely) on signing day, you're not better off.

Our secondary this year could have used another upperclassman three star athlete, regardless of how much people may have complained when he committed.

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UMAmaizinBlue

December 17th, 2010 at 4:58 PM ^

What you're trying to get at, but according to Rivals ratings, there are only 8 teams in the Top 25 recruiting classes that have more 4/5* recruits than 3* recruits:

  • Texas - 17 4/5* recruits; 6 3* recruits
  • Alabama - 14 4/5* recruits; 6 3* recruits
  • Oklahoma - 9 4/5* recruits; 7 3* recruits
  • USC - 8 4/5* recruits; 8 3* recruits
  • Nebraska - 11 4* recruits; 6 3* recruits
  • Florida/Cal/Georgia - 8 4* recruits; 7 3* recruits

So it's not as if Michigan is in the minority with the whole "more 3* recruits than 4/5* recruits" idea. A lot of highly rated recruiting classes have a majority of 3* kids in their class.

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aaamichfan

December 17th, 2010 at 4:31 PM ^

We also have fewer commits than any other team in the top 25. 

Should be a very exciting finish to this class.

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J.Swift

December 17th, 2010 at 4:51 PM ^

Agree completely.

I also hope that all the kids we sign make it through admissions.  It will feel so good to see players who do NOT drop out of the program because of academics--or, for that matter, any other reason.  So far, this group looks like a good fit all around.

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Speed Kills

December 17th, 2010 at 4:34 PM ^

Rivals Rankings: I expect Dee Hart to get his 5th star at some point, especially since he may win POY. We are one 4-star player away from tying Auburn at #22.  With the additions of Frost, Zettel, and the possibility of also adding Hakeem Flowers, Raymon Taylor, and Valdez Showers. I really like our chances at a top 12 class.

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jackw8542

December 17th, 2010 at 4:35 PM ^

Quantity is also important.  All the recruits we have had over the past five years show how important the numbers game is, so I hope we are able to fill 20 spots.

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