Top247 released
Just another Rankings service delivering food for thought. Of course, many of these decisons are arbitrary. But the biggest surprise for me was seeing Matt Godin at #239 but no Danny O'Brien. While not as pervasive as Scout or Rivals, 247 is definitely making a name for itself, especially on Twitterland.
http://247sports.com/Recruit/Ranking/247/2012/Football
Enjoy.
Considering 247 is the home to the red cedar message board, I'm not going to get my panties up in a bunch about 'em.
Glad to see Pharaoh Brown sneak in there at #247
but what the hell is 247? It seems like a lot of team blogs are affiliated with or have 247 in their hyperlink, but now it's ranking players? Any help for a lazy fuck would be appreciated
To me it seems to be an up and comer Scout or Rivals. I could be wrong in this sense, but it seems like they are trying to be like the mentioned.
24/7 is backed by the original founders of Rivals who sold out to Yahoo a few years ago. These guys are arguably more legit than the current crop of Rivals writers/execs.
Bill King, formerly of Rivals Radio on SiriusXm, jumped ship to get the band back together and it's now 24/7 Radio as of a month ago.
Not sure their network is that strong yet, but the foundation is legit...
Is Bill King still on Sirius? Loved his morning show this football season. My Sirius subscription ran out, but I'm switching cars this month or next so I don't want to renew yet. Local sports radio is nearly impossible to listen to on the drive home.
He has a whole new cast of characters around him, but it's still all college football all morning long...they definitely have a little work to do with some of the school affiliates they have on the air, but their key analysts seem good. And Bill King is the bomb.
the Michigan/Tennessee fan? Loved having a M guy on the show every day
No Danny O'Brien has me questioning that
That clarifies much up, thank you.
I have been on 247sports couple times to see what is going on. They dodn't have a dedicated Michigan page, but there are rumors that thewolverine.com, who is affiliated with rivals right now will switch to 247 when their contract expires.
Rivals.com have been losing lots of subscribers to 247sports lately. 247sports have actual mods and analysts who answer questions on the message boards. Rivals is now trying to do the same thing, but seems too little too late.
And I like it very much, I love the publisher-poster relationship they have there.
I haven't seen many questions about Michigan recruits asked, but they are really good about getting to questions that people ask. I wish they would get a Michigan site soon so that more information about our recruits gets published.
Hopefully they add the Michigan site soon (darn contract).
I would be more interested though if they just started their own site and just stole the analysts, but that may just be me.
That is pointing to the rather "modest" homes of Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi. I'm sure their mega mansions do produce their fair share of smelly garbage.
Considering they show no interest in Michigan from Pike...I'll pass.
#18 Zeke Pike
#31 (!) Terry Richardson
#33 Wayne Morgan
#37 Ifeadi Odenigbo
#51 Tommy Schutt
#57 Chris Wormley
#60 Jordan Diamond
#80 Sheldon Day
#84 James Ross
#117 Zach Banner
#122 Vincent Valentine
#130 Jonah Pirsig
#154 Brionte Dunn
#169 Tom Strobel
#171 Wes Brown
#174 RJS
#192 Kyle Dodson
#196 Se'von Pittman
#229 Aaron Burbridge
#239 Matt Godin
#244 Dennis Norfleet (Detroit King)
#247 Pharaoh Brown
Huh. No Kaleb Ringer in the top 247 and no scholarship offer from MSC (a 247 board member). The Dean of Discipline must know something we don't.
/s
I guess Ideadi Odenigbo was really under the radar to start. I know this is 247sports, but he wasn't even considered as a rivals 250 watch list guy. I'm sure he will be in the rivals 250 when it gets published.
I would be very, very surprised if he's not in the Rivals 250. That kid is really good.
What position do you see him playing in college? 247 has Ifeadi classified primarily as WDE and on the other hand Se'von Pittman is classified as OLB.
I think they're both weakside defensive ends. If either were going to be an OLB, I would probably put Odenigbo there. He's a better overall athlete, changes direction better, etc. It all depends on the defense, though.
If it's what we're going to see out of Michigan this year, I'd put Odenigbo at SAM and Pittman at DE.
and he's on the ESPNU 150 Watch List. Someone over at Rivals is probably getting chewed out about now.
It could be the lack of a midwest analyst.
I guess subscribers made enough complaints for the rivals staff to post this:
"We understand the concerns many posters have shared regarding our vacant Midwest analyst position. We have been working to fill that role as soon as we can.
The assumption that evaluations of Midwest prospects and coverage of recruiting has stopped is incorrect.
Since day one of the vacancy, our analyst team has made a concerted effort to make sure Midwest prospects are being evaluated.
In addition, our team sites in the Midwest have done an outstanding job stepping up their coverage of recruiting news."
But his replacement is a Michigan guy too, he was even talking Frozen Four and called Michigan taking the crown...
does JC3 write for them?
He writes for TomVH's site, U Recruit.