Curiosity led me...

[LittleDTO]

This is all good stuff. Regardless, we have this conversation every year when it comes to recruiting. If we have a great year, we talk about all the 4 and 5 star recruits and how we are going to be great for years to come. If we have a bad year, everyone either says the sky is falling or says that stars dont matter.
I think a better way to evaluate is what percentage of 5 star recruits make an all conference team vs 4, 3, and 2 stars.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

a little nugget to nibble on regarding the utility of recruiting rankings:

posted by riversetvol on the Outer board a day or two ago:

They (USA Today) have combined the rankings from Scout and Rivals from the last 5 recruiting years prior to yesterday(02-06)

1. USC 4
2. Oklahoma 5.5
3. Georgia 6.3
4. Florida 9.1
5. LSU 9.2
6. Texas 9.2
7. Michigan 10
8. Tennessee 10.4
9. Ohio State 13.8
10. Auburn 15

2 stats immediately pop out:

1. Recruiting rankings actually are significant as every NC from the last 5 years are in the Top 9

2. There is only one team in the Top 10 that had a losing season during this 5 year period and that team also is the only one that didn't play in a BCS game during the 5 years. Any guess who that might be?

And after being in the Top 8 recruiting for the last 5 years with no BCS game you have to wonder after our dismal recruiting years of 06 and 08 what the future holds

 

[JZVOL]

Also throw in Auburn went undefeated and didn't get the chance to play for the NC.

 

[hndog609]

This is all good stuff. Regardless, we have this conversation every year when it comes to recruiting. If we have a great year, we talk about all the 4 and 5 star recruits and how we are going to be great for years to come. If we have a bad year, everyone either says the sky is falling or says that stars dont matter.
I think a better way to evaluate is what percentage of 5 star recruits make an all conference team vs 4, 3, and 2 stars.

I can only speak for myself of course but I would have been every bit as surprised at my findings if we had signed the #1 class.