dylan

B)--> QUOTE(Husker B @ Aug 27 2009, 11:59 AM) 457079[/snapback] Who cares? Go ask around on a USC site. i care. this kid won games for NU and i'm glad to see him succeed (though i'd prefer he not win USC any games).

Not sure. There was some talk about the defensive back depth chart coming out as early as Monday, so we may see something similar from the linebackers around that time. I think it will be Compton and Dillard at Mike and probably Lawrence then May at weak side. starters (in the 4-3) should be may, compton and fisher, with may and fisher starting in the nickel.

what your analysis fails to take into account is that the ranking of recruits by the recruiting services is largely influenced by the schools recruiting them. in other words, if a top team (say texas or USC) offers a kid, that is then used as justification for a high recruiting ranking for the kid (and hence the school), ensuring that the top glamor teams always have top recruiting rankings. this partially accounts for how teams that consistently get supposedly great recruits can manage to fail (see ND or USC and texas prior to their current coaching staffs) and teams that live off of supposedly middling recruits can succeed (VT, TCU, wake, boise, etc.). as teams move up in national esteem, so does the recruiting services view of their recruits. to a lesser extent, this can be seen with nebraska recruits as well. a lot of our recruits over the years that were considered somewhat unknown or borderline by the recruiting services prior to our offer, will later get a bump in rankings. again, our program prestige plays a role in this, but then so does the marketing aspect of keeping an active and profitable fan base shelling out cash for news on hot prospects. i'll add that i do think it's necessary that you get some difference making athletes in your program to be a top school. i just don't think that companies out to make a buck are an ideal way to judge the success of that effort.