2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

[GopherHole]

Missouri Valley schools have announced their recruiting classes, and I'm guessing most fans and coaches feel their teams did well. ESPN has listed recruits that they had rated, and it would be hard to argue based on their evaluations that NDSU had a banner year. What are your thoughts on the recruiting classes?

[tjbison]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

Along with what is listed is the following JUCO transfer, his Brother Deshawn is currently on the team

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...inwiddie-77576

http://www.hutchnews.com/Jucodaily/d...igns-with-ndsu

[goon]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

well doesnt look good for us then. But a lot of times its tought to tell how good these guys will be. I usally go by who recruits them also, and what our needs are also.

[GopherHole]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

While recruiting class signings are fun to follow and great for discussion, the only rankings that matter occur in the standings each fall.

[tjbison]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

While recruiting class signings are fun to follow and great for discussion, the only rankings that matter occur in the standings each fall.

spot on, several of the "playmakers" for us inthe playoffs were ND boys from small schools

[BitsTD]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

I think the Bizon (or ESPN) went to the USD School of Counting. Am I the only one that saw they had a commitment from two Smiths from Roosevelt. Andrew is a 6'0" 190lb Safety and Andy is a 6'0" 185 lb Safety.

Kind of curious to me.

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

spot on, several of the "playmakers" for us inthe playoffs were ND boys from small schools

I saw a quote from Preston Evans who made a comment that their were probably only 3 people left from his recruiting class left on this year's roster. Some didn't even make it to the 1st Fall Camp.

[joeboo22]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

First of all, recruiting doesn't = wins, if it was about recruiting Charlie Weis would still be at Notre Dame and Ron Zook would have never had to leave Florida.

Second of all a friend of mine from college (BHSU) who never played football there, was a 100ish QB ranking (according to ESPN) in the nation his senior year, Jon Doom who played at DWU was in the same area as a ranked recruit.

Third A 45 doesn't mean anything, it just means that you have a profile, but they haven't evaluated anything on you. I've seen a fair share of NAIA athletes get an ESPN profile

And Scout and Rivals are in a similar boat, I will say that some Rivals/Scouts state sites are much better then others, it seems Arizona has a pretty solid one, but still the rankings are what they are.

[tjbison]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

I think the Bizon (or ESPN) went to the USD School of Counting. Am I the only one that saw they had a commitment from two Smiths from Roosevelt. Andrew is a 6'0" 190lb Safety and Andy is a 6'0" 185 lb Safety.

Kind of curious to me.

Yeah, cause NDSU put that page together....

[tjbison]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

I saw a quote from Preston Evans who made a comment that their were probably only 3 people left from his recruiting class left on this year's roster. Some didn't even make it to the 1st Fall Camp.

yep, had 2 really hard years with some ego, law, and academic issues. It has really turned around though

[BitsTD]

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Yeah, cause NDSU put that page together....

That's why I put "(or ESPN)" in there with it.

I didn't know if that was the Bison reporting or ESPN being their usual uninformed self about things west of the Mississippi and east of the Rockies.

[bigticket1]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

Just to show how ineffective the "star " system of ranking recruits is,seven players on the New England Patriots Super Bowl roster were no star recruits coming out of high school.

[West-River_Jack]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

Just to show how ineffective the "star " system of ranking recruits is,seven players on the New England Patriots Super Bowl roster were no star recruits coming out of high school.

... and look at what happened to them on Sunday!

[jackmd]

Re: 2012 Conference Recruiting Comparison

I think this means NDSU signed more highly rated recruits than any other MVFC school which means nothing more than that.