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*This probably belongs in the college football forum, but the threads there are almost exclusively solely for individual teams. I definitely consider this to be a College Football topic, though, and not a high school football topic.
All (or most) of the LOIs are signed. The recruiting classes are complete. The coaches got who they wanted, or their chosen backups. It's now time to evaluate the coaches. Who did a good job? Who got the best class? The major sports outlets have already weighed in on this. Most recognize Alabama as the 'winner' of the recruiting national championship (although ESPN says Miami). But, obviously, we here at CF have different criteria for what makes a successful recruiting class. To that end, I intend to grade the recruiting classes based on my own standards, that (I hope) are shared by the majority of posters on these forums.
Here are the important points:
-Stars are meaningless. That should be obvious.
-Classes are ranked based upon the number and 'quality' of white players signed. It doesn't matter if a team's percentage is high (ex: 3 out of 6 total signees).
-There is a point system that determines the quality of a recruit. This point system is as follows
K/P=0
OL=1
QB/ATH/TE=2
FB/S/LB/DT/DE/WR=3
CB/RB=4
That ought to be self explanatory. And yes, I'm serious, you don't get any points for kickers/punters.
-Teams will be evaluated inside conferences first. The conference champions will then be compared.
-In the event of a points tie, I will cast the deciding vote based on which school seems to be putting forth the greater effort. For example, if Florida State and Duke both tied for points, I would put Florida State over Duke. I hope the reasons are obvious.
Notes: Mixed-race players aren't white. In situations where it's impossible to decide, I left them out of the count. My justification for such an action is the perfectly white-looking (yet half-black) lead actor from a certain FOX tv show about breaking out of prisons.
As far as deciding on who gets which points, I have to use best guesses in most cases. Sometimes a player is listed as fullback, sometimes as runningback. Major difference, and different point values. Scouring local media can frequently lead to additional information that contradicts what Scout and Rivals think.
Finally, I have no idea if I'll have the energy to finish this. It's a major project. Just doing one 12-team conference took hours, and it was the easiest conference to do since so much information is available on those players (try finding a picture of a no-star safety commit to middle tennessee).
I'd like it if other people could maybe contribute by taking a conference and using my system. But I won't hold my breath.
Ok, enough talking. Time to get to the first results.
All (or most) of the LOIs are signed. The recruiting classes are complete. The coaches got who they wanted, or their chosen backups. It's now time to evaluate the coaches. Who did a good job? Who got the best class? The major sports outlets have already weighed in on this. Most recognize Alabama as the 'winner' of the recruiting national championship (although ESPN says Miami). But, obviously, we here at CF have different criteria for what makes a successful recruiting class. To that end, I intend to grade the recruiting classes based on my own standards, that (I hope) are shared by the majority of posters on these forums.
Here are the important points:
-Stars are meaningless. That should be obvious.
-Classes are ranked based upon the number and 'quality' of white players signed. It doesn't matter if a team's percentage is high (ex: 3 out of 6 total signees).
-There is a point system that determines the quality of a recruit. This point system is as follows
K/P=0
OL=1
QB/ATH/TE=2
FB/S/LB/DT/DE/WR=3
CB/RB=4
That ought to be self explanatory. And yes, I'm serious, you don't get any points for kickers/punters.
-Teams will be evaluated inside conferences first. The conference champions will then be compared.
-In the event of a points tie, I will cast the deciding vote based on which school seems to be putting forth the greater effort. For example, if Florida State and Duke both tied for points, I would put Florida State over Duke. I hope the reasons are obvious.
Notes: Mixed-race players aren't white. In situations where it's impossible to decide, I left them out of the count. My justification for such an action is the perfectly white-looking (yet half-black) lead actor from a certain FOX tv show about breaking out of prisons.
As far as deciding on who gets which points, I have to use best guesses in most cases. Sometimes a player is listed as fullback, sometimes as runningback. Major difference, and different point values. Scouring local media can frequently lead to additional information that contradicts what Scout and Rivals think.
Finally, I have no idea if I'll have the energy to finish this. It's a major project. Just doing one 12-team conference took hours, and it was the easiest conference to do since so much information is available on those players (try finding a picture of a no-star safety commit to middle tennessee).
I'd like it if other people could maybe contribute by taking a conference and using my system. But I won't hold my breath.
Ok, enough talking. Time to get to the first results.
