Really cool football 2012 recruiting data visualization
http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/college-football-recruiting
This isn't exactly specific to Michigan, but it's a really cool dynamic graph produced with Tableau software. Simply click on a team on the top bar to view their recruits, what state they came from, how many stars they had (based on Rivals' data), etc.
For those of you who don't know, Tableau is a very useful data visualization tool. I'm an analytic consultant and we use it all the time for displaying data in an easy, digestible way to our clients. I've never seen anyone use it for public-type work, but is by far the coolest thing I've seen it used for.
Also note, I did not produce this graph. This particular graph was published by a fellow named Scott Wasserman.
February 21st, 2012 at 2:07 PM ^
a few issues.
1. The map is not large enough to display the global recruiting prowess of our in-state "rival" ../rimshot
2. Data isn't completely updated - unless Garnett never committed to Stanford.
All in all pretty cool though
February 21st, 2012 at 4:05 PM ^
They're lucky they even made the graphic coming in at #48 and all.
February 21st, 2012 at 2:14 PM ^
I like how it has us ranked 4th for last year's class, ahead of OSU.
Man, if you are Texas do you even have a recruiting coordinator position? Just wait for them to show up on campus and pick the ones you like.
Nebraska on the other hand, has to work like dogs.
February 21st, 2012 at 11:09 PM ^
Texas Tech is MSU's counterpart as the Intergalactic recruiter among the Texas schools. If you want to have an idea of how easy it is for UT, look at the other schools in the state.
aTm - ranked 11th, 20 of 24 signees from Texas
Texas Tech - ranked 22nd, 14 of 23 signees from Texas
TCU - ranked 24th, 18 of 19 signees from Texas
Baylor - ranked 27th, 19 of 20 signees from Texas
That's 5 of the top 27 recuriting classes in the country and of the 110 kids signed, they only had to go out of state for 18 of them. That's a lot of talent in one state.
February 21st, 2012 at 2:18 PM ^
I find it interesting that Ohio had such a limited reach and had 15 recruits from Ohio but still lands a top 5 class. Love that they got 0 kids from Michigan and we got nearly half of our class from their fine state. Very cool visual, thanks for sharing.
February 21st, 2012 at 2:45 PM ^
ohio, like florida, texas and california, regularly produces tons of football talent. texas does the same thing as OSU.
February 21st, 2012 at 2:22 PM ^
It clearly demonstrates how well they recruited nationally this year.
February 21st, 2012 at 3:11 PM ^
I have no love for ND, but THAT is what a national recruiting class looks like.
February 21st, 2012 at 4:13 PM ^
I would argue that Stanford's is more impressive. Especially considering Garnett isn't included, for some reason.
February 21st, 2012 at 3:59 PM ^
Remarkable! Lots O talent in that big state!
February 21st, 2012 at 7:22 PM ^
that's pretty awesome. Would love to see this for 2013 already.
February 22nd, 2012 at 5:08 AM ^
Though as others pointed out, the data appears to have been inputted some time before NLOI Day (Stacey is listed as a U of M commit, O'Connor isn't listed to OSU, etc.)
February 22nd, 2012 at 7:14 AM ^
Is anyone else surprised that Urban Meyer was only able to get one guy from the state of Florida? I don't think that bodes well for his ability to maintain pipelines.