NostraDumbAss
Walk-on
Has anyone actually gone back over the years and looked at past predictions to see how accurate these rankings are?
Rivals and Scout make their money on the hopes and dreams of many gullible football fans. Sure they get one right here and there, but they get many more wrong than they get right. There are too many intangibles that go into a player actually succeeding
Are they ready for the next level?
How will they react being away from home?
In their small pond they are the big fish. What happens when they move to a bigger pond and have to perform against fish the same size or even bigger?
What happens when they get hit with the ferocity only they were known for? and it happens each and every play?
How do they handle the academic requirements?
Do the have the fortitude to work hard enough to get to the next level?
All this is being judged by someone tucked away in an office watching films! I remember Notre Dame having a kid come up by the name of Ron Pawlus. Ron was supposed to be the end all/be all QB of his class. Beano Cook was even confident enough to announce Pawlus would win not one Heisman, but 2! He had a decent carrer, but let's just say Pawlus was never even invited to the Heisman dinner!
Me, I liked it better when all this hoopla surrounding signing day went pretty much un-noticed. Classes were not judged when they came in as much as when they went out. The difference is going in you have expectations that have yet to materialize. Going out, you have bonafide results!
Rivals and Scout make their money on the hopes and dreams of many gullible football fans. Sure they get one right here and there, but they get many more wrong than they get right. There are too many intangibles that go into a player actually succeeding
Are they ready for the next level?
How will they react being away from home?
In their small pond they are the big fish. What happens when they move to a bigger pond and have to perform against fish the same size or even bigger?
What happens when they get hit with the ferocity only they were known for? and it happens each and every play?
How do they handle the academic requirements?
Do the have the fortitude to work hard enough to get to the next level?
All this is being judged by someone tucked away in an office watching films! I remember Notre Dame having a kid come up by the name of Ron Pawlus. Ron was supposed to be the end all/be all QB of his class. Beano Cook was even confident enough to announce Pawlus would win not one Heisman, but 2! He had a decent carrer, but let's just say Pawlus was never even invited to the Heisman dinner!
Me, I liked it better when all this hoopla surrounding signing day went pretty much un-noticed. Classes were not judged when they came in as much as when they went out. The difference is going in you have expectations that have yet to materialize. Going out, you have bonafide results!