This is what that #48 recruiting ranking........

[Fighting Irish.sixpack]

Gets you front he year we were #1. Still can't figure out how in the hell that happened. Oh yea, recruiting rankings don't matter.

 

[DogStuckAtUM.sixpack]

^^^THIS^^^ We didn't capitalize in recruiting after we were the No. 1 freaking team in the nation.

 

[Indndawg]

Yep this all day. There's a reason why Bama wins recruiting and wins NC and we don't. Maybe Dan is too lazy to do the proper job

 

[civildawg88]

Bbbbbut we develop 2 stars into 5 starz**

 

[tatedog]

I guess at some point even a genius like Dan Mullen only has so many hours in the day that he can use to transform ordinary players into 5-tool studs. It's asking a bit much of him to do that to an entire class.

 

[VillagepeopleDogs]

Comprehension issue. We develop 2 starts into 5 starts. Big difference.

 

[DancingRabbit]

I don't recall a #48 recruiting ranking.

Gets you front he year we were #1. Still can't figure out how in the hell that happened. Oh yea, recruiting rankings don't matter.

The 2015 class had a 247 Composite ranking of 18.

Granted, we sucked on both sides of the ball today as if that were true.

 

[CoolDawg]

I wish Mullen would put as much effort into recruiting each year as he does in trying to find himself another job.

 

[skydawg1]

I wish Mullen would put as much effort into recruiting each year as he does in trying to find himself another job.

Today he coached like a guy who didn't find that elusive other job and said "17 it". Bye Dan. Yankee *******.

 

[myusernamesucks]

Just wait til the "stars don't matter" short bus riders show up. Captain derhuntr will sic all of those mongoloids on you.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Do pray tell me what was USA's recruiting class ranking?

 

[msstate7]

Do pray tell me what was USA's recruiting class ranking?

Doesn't matter... Win a game and we're awesome at finding and developing diamonds. Lose a game and it's bc of recruiting... Forget the fact USA's '15 class was 90th

 

[Mafiadawg]

Football is 90% recruiting and we suck at it. It also sucks that we will be paying for it for years to come.

 

[Dawg1976]

It's almost like we are the one's just put on probation.

 

[engie]

It's almost like we are the one's just put on probation.

We self-imposed probation in this previous class by signing a small one when we had a lot more room that Mullen and our recruiting guys were saying -- for whatever reason. I think we were at about 79 scholarship players before giving half our walk-ons scholarships this season. Should have been at 87-88 and cutting dead weight.

The 2015 class isn't the problem. The 2013 class is the problem right now. Look back at it. And it was a better Mullen class on paper. It will only have, at most, 2 NFL players in it -- and only about 6 guys still on campus. While the 2011 and 2012 classes were littered with guys that were/are going to get a cup of coffee at the NFL level.

In the end however -- I do not believe that lack of talent cost us that game. Lack of coaches putting the talent we do have in position to win -- absolutely cost us the game. It's a worst nightmare scenario for me.

 

[msstate7]

Football is 90% recruiting and we suck at it. It also sucks that we will be paying for it for years to come.

OM's lack of recruiting really showed up vs Memphis last year. Lsu's lack of recruiting showed up yesterday. Kentucky just doesn't recruit as well as usm. Arkansas, tcu, and Tennessee barely recruited better than la tech, South Dakota st, and app state. Oklahoma just doesn't recruit as well as Houston

 

[Mafiadawg]

That's why I said 90% and not 100%. The teams that recruit at the top finish at the top, every time.

 

[msstate7]

That's why I said 90% and not 100%. The teams that recruit at the top finish at the top, every time.

So, USA beating us was in the 90%, not the 10%

 

[engie]

Recruiting rankings are a perpetuated myth. It's smoke and mirrors.

- get recruited by one/more of the 8-12 truly elite programs that have been that way for a hundred years
- your player ranking goes up
- those team rankings go up

A whole bunch of those elite recruiters haven't been elite on the field when those rankings say they should be. Meanwhile Baylor, Oregon, TCU, Michigan State, Stanford, etc keep chugging along -- while never recruiting at an elite level on paper.

Our recruiting needs to get better -- but it is never going to be elite.

 

[Mafiadawg]

I'm not necessarily talking about just yesterday. Watch as this whole season plays out and tell me we aren't one of the least talented teams in the SEC. Our margin for error vs sun belt teams is razor thin because we basically have sun belt talent. All those recruiting misses the last few years have added up.

 

[mount lefroy]

I'm not necessarily talking about just yesterday. Watch as this whole season plays out and tell me we aren't one of the least talented teams in the SEC. Our margin for error vs sun belt teams is razor thin because we basically have sun belt talent. All those recruiting misses the last few years have added up.

Whew! And here i thought it was ****** coaching***

 

[Fogdog]

OM's lack of recruiting really showed up vs Memphis last year. Lsu's lack of recruiting showed up yesterday. Kentucky just doesn't recruit as well as usm. Arkansas, tcu, and Tennessee barely recruited better than la tech, South Dakota st, and app state. Oklahoma just doesn't recruit as well as Houston

Man, you're in the wrong place if you're trying use reason to support your positions. There is no reason here, only vitriol.....and incredibly short memory.

 

[MSU601Dawg]

That's why I said 90% and not 100%. The teams that recruit at the top finish at the top, every time.

the programs with elite coaches finish at the top. USC, Texas, Florida, Auburn, and Michigan (pre Harbaugh on field results) are all top 10 in talent based on recruiting rankings, but have been far from top 10 teams for the most part the last 5 years (and you can throw in LSU too) The top teams have the top coaches in the game, regardless of recruiting rankings. TCU, Baylor under Briles, Oregon under Kelly, Houston w/ Herman, Utah and Boise in their best years... all those teams played above their recruiting rankings, and the LSU's, Texas', and USC's of the world play below theirs. USC is #2 in average talent per the rankings and they lost 6 games last year. Hell we were #1 for 6 weeks