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Can you guys give me your thoughts on ESPN 150...personally I think it is the worst for recruiting info on the planet and was arguing with my buddy explaining that they were terrible....didnt have a lot of facts but I know it's known they are terrible...can you guys help me back up my argument with facts?

This post was edited by Notorious URB on 4/19/2012 at 11:37 AM
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u dont have facts until those guys have played college for 4 years.
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All rankings are the same kind of worthless really
If I had to rank sites I would say this site is best followed by ESPN and Rivals and Scout are jokes
as for rankings who cares for there is no way in hell you can determine the best so arguing over it just makes you a idiot Im afraid ?
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Also the name of the site isn't ESPN150, that is what they call the top 150 rankings
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NoVaNoles said...
Also the name of the site isn't ESPN150, that is what they call the top 150 rankings

I understand that, what makes rivals and scout a joke?

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ESPN has its biases but isnt just shooting in the dark either.
One guy said it best in another thread: average out all the sites and that probably will give you the best view.
"A political call, the fall guy accord...We can't afford to be neutral on a moving train..."
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I heard espn doesn't use the $ that 247,scout,and Rivals uses. I have also heard they really don't focus to much of their efforts on recruiting as well. maybe Im wrong.
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NoVaNoles said...
All rankings are the same kind of worthless really
If I had to rank sites I would say this site is best followed by ESPN and Rivals and Scout are jokes
as for rankings who cares for there is no way in hell you can determine the best so arguing over it just makes you a idiot Im afraid ?

Here's a link that really breaks down the rankings and how accurate they tend to be. 247 was left off because the site is so young but Rivals was 1, Scout 2, ESPN 3.

Rating the Raters: Reviewing Recruiting Services for Success and Bias | mgoblog

Matthew Stafford (Rivals #6 overall, 2006) and Mitch Mustain (Rivals #10 overall, 2006) With the ESPN150 hot off of the presses yesterday, all four major sites now have an updated Top 150/247/250/300 list available for the 2013 class. I wanted to dive in and look at how each service has performed over the years.
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roltiderol said...
scout is definitely the worst

This.
"A political call, the fall guy accord...We can't afford to be neutral on a moving train..."
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roltiderol said...
scout is definitely the worst

Easy answer, ESPN doesn't have the direction the site has.
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roltiderol said...
scout is definitely the worst

Check the link, it shows how accurate each site is at predicting all conference and all American players by their rankings. ESPN is clearly the worst.
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u dont have facts until those guys have played college for 4 years.

This. I think this site is the best and the analyst here are better than anyone. This site is still new and they are basing these rankings on pro potential from my understanding not college potential. This site hasn't got a final grade for it's first class yet IMO. It will be a couple of years before that. Honestly I don't remember when ESPN really started to put much into their recruits rankings. They are probably the worst and the amount of kids they don't have in their list out west is crazy. I think I saw someone say they only had 3 guys that were in the top 50 west of Texas... California produces tons of NFL talent so I can't believe that. Rivals has been on top of it's game for a little while now. I think Scout is behind but not far. If I had to rank them on what we know I would say Rivals, Scout, then ESPN. I can't put 247 in there yet because they haven't ranked a class that went to the NFL yet. They do have a lot of the guys that put Rivals on top the last few years though.
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TAMUWolverine said...
Here's a link that really breaks down the rankings and how accurate they tend to be. 247 was left off because the site is so young but Rivals was 1, Scout 2, ESPN 3.

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Bump for kitemac

Nice just saw that.
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Bump for kitemac

I didn't read quite all of it but is that based on NFL draft/prospects or just on college careers?
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Whichever one rates us and our recruits the highest is the best IMO.
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I didn't read quite all of it but is that based on NFL draft/prospects or just on college careers?

It's based mostly on college, it also breaks it down into conferences. It's interesting because 247's first full class finished up their freshman years and had the highest level of AA and all conference performers, I know it's one year but it says a lot. It only breaks down the Rivals 250, Scout 300, ESPN 150(I think), and Top 247.
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I understand that, what makes rivals and scout a joke?

Rivals = staff
Scout = 50 5 stars among other things I don't feel like thinking about in order to remember
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It's based mostly on college, it also breaks it down into conferences. It's interesting because 247's first full class finished up their freshman years and had the highest level of AA and all conference performers, I know it's one year but it says a lot. It only breaks down the Rivals 250, Scout 300, ESPN 150(I think), and Top 247.

+1 definitely a good base for my argument
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also lulz at how mad Buckeyes are that ESPN had so many Wolverines
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also lulz at how mad Buckeyes are that ESPN had so many Wolverines

Impossible ESPN has a love affair with Michigan, that has to be it, or so I've been told...
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Impossible ESPN has a love affair with Michigan, that has to be it, or so I've been told...

Yeah I hear ya
Rivals are so funny during the recruiting process, so many great beefs and everything that happens is a freaking out point for somebody
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NoVaNoles said...
Yeah I hear ya
Rivals are so funny during the recruiting process, so many great beefs and everything that happens is a freaking out point for somebody

They'll be even more upset on NSD why we'll 14 or 15 commits in the ESPN 150. Some of them were already trashing Scout's ratings because 15 of our 17 commits are in their top 300.
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They'll be even more upset on NSD why we'll 14 or 15 commits in the ESPN 150. Some of them were already trashing Scout's ratings because 15 of our 17 commits are in their top 300.

Yeah Noles are slowly getting there in regards to the Gators potential class
Pure comedy
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also lulz at how mad Buckeyes are that ESPN had so many Wolverines

They had Clemson a good bit higher for than 2012 class than the other sites...so clearly ESPN has Clemson bias.
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