from another board. In Nebraska's games so far the team with more talent on their 2 deep has one 6 times out of 8. the two teams that had less talent and won. Illinois, and BYU.
Here are the numbers for Purdue. Nebraska, barely has better talent, so we got that going for us, which is nice.
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As I suspected, these lists are generated with an agenda. Assigning a 5.0 to walkons is ridiculous. Each of the starters listed in NU's depth chart are clearly as good as at least a low three star. Just because they are from farms with little exposure and don't play the recruiting games of committing, decommitting and recommitting, they aren't going to get a rating. But no one can tell me that Jano is a worse talent than a lot of 3 and 4 star players.
So that alone unfairly drags an average down versus low low three stars who get a rating because they got an offer from Purdue and no one else (i.e., would have been a walk on most other places).
So, stupid methodology.
But with that said, have a look at MSU's starters:
QB – 5.7
RB – 6.0
WR – 5.9
WR – 5.7
WR – 5.7
TE – 5.7
OL – Walkon
OL – 5.5
OL – 5.8
OL – 5.6
OL – 5.7
Their average is 5.66. But looking closer, their average along the OL is exactly the same as NU's. They get an overall bump because their depth chart list an additional 5.7 WR, rather than our outstanding walkon fullback (who was arbitrary assigned only 5.0). If this methodology is sound, where's the actual talent difference?
Control for the walkons, and the number tightens even more. 5.72 for MSU versus 5.72 for NU.
By comparison, Purdue has no walkons and their average is 5.58.
But again, the entire methodology is flawed because the decimal system is neither accurate nor does it reflect actual separation (it just creates a false sense of separation so that recruitniks can create a 1 to 120 ranking and further monetize college football).
I'm so completely sick and tired of these superficial, transparent "analyses" that are designed to do nothing more than tear down our players to bolster a career sub .500 staff.
It's just gross.
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