growler4

February 4th, 2015 at 5:41 PM ^

Everyone here with this $$$ bagman nonsense really should stop insulting a kid's integrity and that of schools (predominantly SEC schools)..

If you have evidence, then show it. If not, just shut up, accept that a kid made a decision you don't prefer, wish the kid well, and move on.

 

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MGoMarley

February 4th, 2015 at 5:36 PM ^

Not trying to troll your wife but yes she does look fat in that dress. Just needless to say even if it's the case Would you be saying this about the kid if he chose us? let these kids make one of the toughest decisions of their lives without being so critical. Rant over and out

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Tucson Wolverine

February 4th, 2015 at 5:03 PM ^

Final Crystal Ball poll results (out of 57 predictions): 28% Michigan, 26% Georgia, 16% OSU (YTOSU), 16% OU & 11% Ole Miss. The Crystal Ball isn't the end all to be all, but he sure surprised a lot of people with his committment. 

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andrewgr

February 4th, 2015 at 5:21 PM ^

He was vrebally committed to Ole Miss.  If you're an analyst, you aren't allowed to the Crystal Ball him to Ole Miss-- otherwise everyone would CB all players to where they are committed and just change their predictions the minute the player changes his oral commitment.

So anyone that didn't have him going to Ole Miss before he verbaled there had to choose another school for their CB.  Might as well choose the school you think is currently running 2nd, at least there's some chance you get it right.

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MDot

February 4th, 2015 at 5:41 PM ^

The crystal ball is pointless from the standpoint of, only the most recent predictions matter.

 

If there are 25 predictions on a player, but 18 of 'em were made 2 years ago to certain school, usually the last 7 will hold more weight.

 

So the Crystal Ball could show that a team has a better (or worse) chance at landing a kid than they really do based on prior predictions that they just keep up there.

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LSAClassOf2000

February 4th, 2015 at 6:18 PM ^

The one knock I tend to have on the system of "crystal balls", even though a fair number of the people predicting seem to have relatively good accuracy for something as unscientific as this, is that there is little evidence that these are revisited in a timely manner by a lot of people, at least in some cases. I get that the volume makes that difficult, but you would think there is a way to maintain your own list and occasionally update your predictions if needed.

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Drbogue

February 4th, 2015 at 5:22 PM ^

It looks like Roquan Smith is the last hope for taking a spot... If the DC was so important, that should give us some sort of edge, right?

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mrfoxdoc

February 4th, 2015 at 6:35 PM ^

It kills me to see young black (and otherwise) kids being greyshirted, risking injury, being undereducated and shuttled into easy majors, all for a school and fanbase that still plays Dixie, sometimes waves confederate flags, and cheers "the south will rise again." Not to mention the countless recent racial incidents.

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alum96

February 4th, 2015 at 6:15 PM ^

He did a geat job of trolling us with the "removing Ole Miss" and then changing his twitter background to Detroit and reweeting UM stuff minutes before he commited.  Kudos on that end.

Not saying this with sour grapes but after reading about his recruiting journey the past year,  and seeing how much attention Clark likes - I am not that upset about missing on either of them despite on field talents.  They dont seem to fit with what Harbaugh is selling.  Again not sour grapes just because they said no.

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