Recruiting Football Talk VII

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GoBigOrange86 said:
I'm not sure who is right, this is pure speculation: maybe that rule is just if there's no need for a coin flip? As in, normally when two teams have played the same number of times as home or away, a coin flip is used to determine who will be home. Maybe now they just defer to the higher seed. Again, pure speculation.
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By that process FSU is definitely home team tomorrow. Tennessee has been home both games and FSU was only home team vs Virginia..
 
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volbeast33 said:
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B-b-but he whines and complains to refs and blahblahblah

Then goes out and does good things, is an upstanding citizen, and a man of his family and community.

Imagine caring so much about a coach or player trying to work the refs...when they're a great person off the field or court 😒


Edit: clear Lebron reverse-diss in motion
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
You can cut in the recruiting services all you want but you look dumb. Are they perfect? Not even close. Do they miss? You bet they do. But here is something neither you nor anyone else can refute. The teams with the most high 4 and 5* prospects win more at the highest level.

The whole “oh stars don’t matter” has been debunked. It’s funny. I bet you were extremely excited when we got Nico. A big time 5*? You get excited for the team when they sign highly rated players that teams like UGA, Bama and OSU were after right? Wonder why? It’s because of the same services you are dogging.
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They don’t matter. The stars themselves do not mean anything at all BECAUSE all 4 stars aren’t equal. Neither are 3 stars. Why why why can’t you see the issue with this?

Those teams are getting good to great players and have a system in place that helps them succeed.

You and others are making the simple mistake of equating stars to actual talent.

Look at the USC Trojans and all of their success the past year- (hint they were average)

So why was Georgia and Texas so good, but USC average?

USC had a bunch of 4 star transfers that proved why they had to transfer when they got their chance at USC. They were average to just plain bad.
But according to your logic- USCs defense should have been stout because they were loaded with 4 stars.

I’ve said this to you 10 times over the years. Why do you struggle with this statement?

YOU SPEAK TO GENERICALLY ABOUT STARS

1) Many guys get ranked high because of their offers. Or they looked amazing running around in drills. This protects the integrity of the recruiting scout by aligning his rankings with elite offers- mind you in this situation it was the college coaches that evaluated first.
- The problem is coaches cast a wide net with offers, so some of these rankings (4 star) are going to guys that are really just being recruited but not priority.

Answer this: why does USC have RB commitments from two 3 stars for 2025? Lincoln knows offense! It’s because they are great players both.

In summary:
Recruiting gurus hand out stars to make money off of the work already done by college coaches.
So Texas and Alabama have “high ranked classes” because they are the best schools and have recruited the best players that want to play there - THEREFORE- they will get ranked high by services.

It’s okay to be excited about Star rankings. But you and others have gotten dependent on that and use class rankings by the elite schools to justify your… incurious, non researched point of view
 
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It’s hard to see probably but the light is split and bleeding through a little. Noticed it when we got back from vacation but it’s slowly getting worse. I assume the cats did it, or it’s just a defect from being on for 4 years. Any fixing it before it gets out of hand or will the tv just have to be replaced eventually?
 
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knoxvol52 said:
I hate the Celtics. Enough said.
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I was a long time Celts fan when I really kept up with the sport. I go back to Aurbach, Russell, Havilczech, etc. I barely care or follow NBA now but am still glad they won it. If for no other reason, go to u-tube and pull up the post-game presser for, I think it was game 1 when the royal family was in attendance. I loved their coach making the comments he did when they asked him if the royal family added any extra pressure for them. I am paraphrasing but he said "oh? Joseph, Mary and Jesus were there?"
 
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For the home & away confusion, generally in the past the team from loser’s bracket is home team in first game. Probably figuring that the team from winners bracket would want to be home team in a do or die game. It’s the same way they do regional finals.
 
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