New Rivals 100 released
https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-3512/20…
Not very kind to us. Bredeson in at #60 is our only commit listed. No Walker.
January 18th, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^
No peters either.
January 18th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
Forgot about him, heard that Walker would drop, I guess Peters struggled at the Army All_American game some, but jeesh.
January 18th, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
Peters was never in the Rivals-100.
January 18th, 2016 at 2:33 PM ^
Peters was 4/16 in the game. Not a great case for 5-star status.
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January 18th, 2016 at 2:41 PM ^
From what I read, it seems like he struggled in practice a couple days too.
This is where the rankings get weird and you see that the services are really grasping at things, because they really don't have a ton to evaluate most of these kids on. High School film doesn't say enough because of the low level of competition.
I read that Kareem Walker was due for a drop because he wasn't as electric and elusive as thought after his perforamce during the UA week.
I think character and passion for football are more important than ever, and measurables are second.
January 18th, 2016 at 8:42 PM ^
He likes to collect 5-stars and championships
January 18th, 2016 at 2:34 PM ^
Top 100 status, I mean.
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January 18th, 2016 at 1:45 PM ^
Didn't really expect to see him given his supposed struggles in the AA practices. Thing is, Harbaugh clearly liked him better than anyone else, and given that he has at least a year and possibly two to sit and learn I'm sure Harbaugh feels like he can work with him to develop him.
January 18th, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^
Duh, Rivals is the worst at recruiting evaluation by a long shot.
January 18th, 2016 at 2:44 PM ^
whatevs
January 18th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
totally.
January 18th, 2016 at 1:54 PM ^
ESPN has been all over the place with recruits too.
January 18th, 2016 at 2:36 PM ^
That's not true.
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January 18th, 2016 at 2:47 PM ^
Asking snark free: can you provide reasoning for us?
Both your statement and "Duh" leave us confused. 'us' = those of us who don't follow recruiting like you do..
January 18th, 2016 at 3:00 PM ^
I believe he's referring to a meme on the site where whichever recruiting service has Michigan players ranked the lowest in a particular year is regarded as the worst.
January 18th, 2016 at 3:17 PM ^
Simple math:
Recruiting services are ranked by the number of Michigan players within the top 100 of their site rankings. The more Michigan players a recruiting service has within that top 100, the higher the quality of the service.
Doing a deep dive into the statistics, here are the rankings for this year (recruiting site followed by score. List goes top (best) to bottom (worst)
ESPN 4
247 4
Scout 3
Rivals 1
Obviously, Rivals knows dick about recruiting. Trust everything ESPN AND 247 have to say.
January 18th, 2016 at 4:23 PM ^
No offense, but I'm not going to bother looking them up. However, there have been analyses done about the best recruiting sites with respect to the NFL Draft. Historically, Rivals is the best. I believe Scout was better by a slight margin in last year's draft. ESPN has been third, for the most part. 247 Sports is too "young" to factor in much, at least just yet.
January 18th, 2016 at 5:19 PM ^
Appreciate your response.
No offense taken and I wasn't trying to be out of line.
January 18th, 2016 at 6:48 PM ^
Those are pretty outdated.
Most of the Rivals guys went to 247, Rivals historical accuracy isn't relevant because it's mostly new people doing the evaluations.
January 18th, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^
SOME Rivals guys left. And anything comparing stars/draft position is going to be 3-5 years "outdated" anyway. The analysis of last year's draft pertained to the 2010 to 2012 recruiting classes.
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January 18th, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^
rankings dont really mean anything anyways. The only thing that seems to stay the same is the top 10 and everythung else is crazy and changes all the time because the rankings are literally pointless beyond the top 10.
January 18th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^
everything*
January 18th, 2016 at 1:46 PM ^
anyway*
January 18th, 2016 at 1:54 PM ^
go to english class
January 18th, 2016 at 2:06 PM ^
anyways isn't a word
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January 18th, 2016 at 2:12 PM ^
informal version of anyway :)
January 18th, 2016 at 2:21 PM ^
These Michigan nerds with all their "book learnin'" dun bein real mean to ya...
January 18th, 2016 at 2:22 PM ^
Irregardless, the English language was literally moving towards this new way of speaking anyways.
January 18th, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^
You mean regardless, dammit.
January 18th, 2016 at 5:45 PM ^
Anyways is a perfectly cromulent word.
January 18th, 2016 at 5:54 PM ^
What do you think about his use of "literally" and "anyways?"
January 18th, 2016 at 3:52 PM ^
First day here and you're already at -50. That's a strong start.
January 18th, 2016 at 2:22 PM ^
I hate when people do this on a message board. Did you understand what their point was? Was this a formal letter or a formal piece of writing? No. The poster can write however they want just like you can.
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January 18th, 2016 at 2:32 PM ^
I see your point, but I mean... practice makes perfect and the slow degeneration of humans, etc. ???
January 18th, 2016 at 2:41 PM ^
Grammar and spelling are a cornerstone to superiority. We must maintain the Michigan difference. My wife once asked if they taught arrogance at Michigan. I said it was a pre-requisite.
January 18th, 2016 at 4:30 PM ^
Even I find this funny
January 18th, 2016 at 2:45 PM ^
To each his own we all have our points. Writing I simply don't give one single care about. I care far more about the content than if you can dot your i's and cross your t's. It seems meaningless at the end of the day if your delivery blows. It's just funny people critiquing posters writing on a sports blog's message board.
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January 18th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
What if someone like that was in charge of writing flight manuals?
January 18th, 2016 at 3:03 PM ^
Don't they just type in the destination, push a few buttons, flip a switch, and start jerking off?
January 18th, 2016 at 3:17 PM ^
They mix a martini after flipping the switch. And the jerking off is usually done by one of the sky waitresses.
January 18th, 2016 at 3:36 PM ^
I wish. This time of year I earn my check. Luckily this winter has been light. I don't miss landing in 6inches of snow in ORD with a 40KT crosswind skidding all the way down a 11,000 foot runway with ATC screaming for you to hurry up and exit. Chicago has the best controllers in the world.
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January 18th, 2016 at 3:30 PM ^
They do. Our manuals most of the time suck. The people writing them never get out from behind the desk so the disconnect between how the "book" is and what is reality is pretty big sometimes. Flying isn't a black and white thing sometimes you have to use your own knowledge to fill in the blanks.
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January 18th, 2016 at 2:52 PM ^
i corrected my spelling that was caused by my damn thumbs being big and of course somebody felt the need to correct my english even though it was perfectly fine :).
January 18th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^
Spell however the hell you want if I can't read it I'll just say, "whattt" just like I would if we were talking and I couldn't understand you.
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January 18th, 2016 at 3:30 PM ^
So if you're using your thumbs for the i/u keys, can we assume you're on a smartphone?
And if so, then why doesn't your smartphone autocorrect to "I" and "English"?
Just curious.
January 18th, 2016 at 4:52 PM ^
on my phone and no i turned autocorrect off so it doesnt turn bitch into banana