If you haven’t yet read MGoBlog’s breakdown of the four major recruiting services’ top-recruit lists now that the ESPNU 150 is out, please do so immediately. Discover which services value which conferences over others, which are strongest at specific positions and which suffer from apparent geographic bias, according to one metric at least.
Evaluating The ESPNU 150, Rivals 250 And So Forth
The comments are pretty in-depth too, with a hearty debate on incentives for services to award four- and five-star ratings to the recruits of most interest to larger fan bases. While the whole thing could be improved with a clearer methodology, perhaps showing how a specific school’s specific class graded out, this is still an exercise worth pursuing more.
If you need someone to evaluate a quarterback from Florida, ESPNU is the perfect bet, but otherwise it might be best to lean more on Rivals and Scout. That’s what I’m walking away with for the time being.
While we’re here, let’s watch some college football videos from SB Nation’s new YouTube channel together:
