The Blue Board

Thanks to you and Clarkw267 for giving examples.

inferior talent ? you mean like Tubby's near 30 seniors that were in the cupboard for 2010 ?

247sports- Best Overall
ESPN- 2nd best- but biased towards athletes that attend NFTC/SPARQ events and more likely to invite these athletes to Under Armour Game and extend them a rating bump.

Rivals/Scout- seem to be getting worse each year. Rivals is "super" biased to recruits that attend their camps as these recruits get major rating bumps and US Army All-American Game invites. SE Analyst for Scout said a kid that plays RB that won the Youth National Championship in the 110m hurdles and was 6th at Youth Nationals in the 100m dash in 2011 in the 10.6x-10.7x range "doesn't have that 2nd gear". I told him via thread comment that if a kid that wins the 110m hurdles and finishes 6th in the 100m at Nationals isn't fast enough....... I guess only Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay or Yohan Blake have a 2nd gear.

I'm more critical of RB rankings as most services give too much credit to Combine and Camps. I understand a Camp perhaps impacting the ranking of a QB, WR or DB but OLine, DLine, LBers and RBs should be evaluated 90-95% in pads in a game. I've known many dudes that were shorts-t-shirt All- Stars that weren't that good running the ball in pads.

With that, the site that seems to understand a combine warrior doesn't necessarily mean great RB is The Ringer. They've stated that combines/camps are a small aspect of their RB evaluations but they primarily rely on game performances. Interesting to see in 4-5 years which method is best. I expect game performance/film evaluations (for RBs).

Tyren Jones

NUC Underclassmen- #1 RB, #3 overall
The Ringer, #2 RB, #18 overall
247Sports, #5 RB, #66 overall
ESPN, #7 RB, #76 overall
Rivals, #1 APB, #14 overall RB (includes RB & APB), #146 overall
Scout, #16 RB, #125 overall (says size is a weakeness). Jones is 5'9", 202 the summer between 11th & 12th grade. Weights of the top 6 drafted RBs in the 2012 NFL Draft: 1. 228, 2. 223, 3. 206, 4. 197, 5. 194, 6. 200

One thing bout BBD, he comes with research. Thanks man.

they made up the corp of the two deep that won the NC , i would call that productive .
and i doubt Tubsters 09 Red Raider Class would have been eligible to play at Auburn .

which then would leave only 08 i believe but Tubs is gone & minus a NC that "his" players
were able to win albeit for another HC, if things go as expected by most the new staff will
have three 7-5 regular season slates in four seasons at the helm.

before i blamed a NC winning class & a moot 08 class i would consider the 50+ % fail rate
of the past few seasons on te trail for the lack of depth at hand .

but i realize that is just one possible senario

Dorian Johnson
247: 12 overall, #2 OT, 5*
Scout: 131 overall, #12 OT, 4*
Rivals: 233 overall, #23 OT, 4*
ESPN: 26 overall, #2 OT, 4*

I can't argue that. A lot of 2009 and 2010 players left early, and it's too early to tell what the attrition rates will be for the 2011 and 2012 classes. It's also too early to tell if that's a trend, or just a couple of unlucky years. In reference to your earlier post, there's no way Auburn goes 7-5 in the regular season this year. None.

with a 3-0 start (?)
4-2 after Ole Ms
6-3 thru NMexSt
7 comes at A-A&M

a loss in the opener could hurt the cause but otherwise i feel you guys can pull out 7 .

Darrien Howard - WVU commit ILB from Ohio.

247 - #45 ILB
Rivals - #11 ILB
Scout - #24 ILB
ESPN - #7 ILB

4* on Rivals and ESPN. 3* on 247 and Scout.

Looking at you Steve Wiltfong.