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ECU 35
SMU 24

too high

Hmm. Just looked at their past several recruiting classes and they recruit about the same if not worse than we do! Averaging about 4 3 stars a year. They won by no more than 5 points in their 3 wins this season. So I guess they are beatable, well maybe. I still think they will win. But not by more than 10 or so points.

We really need to post better than -0.8 yds per carry. That being said. Go Stangs, or ponies, or whatever we are come game time.

Where is all the enthusiasm?
Last week lot of predictions of a Mustang victory.
This week not so much yet.
Your team played hard and with
a similar effort ECU could be beat.

I don't know how many times recruiting stars have to be proven to be a terrible way of evaluating a team... 25 year old internet geeks making talent evaluations for Scout.com don't hold much water.

The current NFL leading rusher was a 1 star... Chris Johnson. ECU.

of course a 1 star is by definition a non-rated player. Don't know enough about East Carolina recruiting but dig a little deeper and find out why some of those "low rated' recruits weren't highly rated. I can tell you how the AP and UPI Top 5 recruit.

tore an ACL as a High School Senior. He was obviously an outstanding athlete who had a National top 10 time in the 100 Meters. So pretend he really was a 1 star-it will make you think you are correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_John ... nning_back)

...or maybe he was unrated because of this: (See it always out there to find if you know what you are looking for-and I do. Thanks for providing a great example of how recruiting ratings aren't the full story-sometimes certain schools know how to recruit talent not even registering on Rivals and Scout you have to read between the lines).

22. RB Chris Johnson, East Carolina – When a player of Johnson’s explosiveness and versatility makes it out of Florida without an offer, it’s a pretty big upset. Last year’s leader in all-purpose yards had some academic and injury hurdles his senior year at Orlando (Fla.) Olympia High School, creating an opening for East Carolina to swoop in and land a real gem of a recruit. After treading water his first three seasons in Greenville, Johnson erupted for almost 3,000 yards of offense in 2007, vastly improving his NFL resume.
Then:
Now:

Was/is a world class athlete and was a 2 Star by Rivals...

Early years
Johnson played high school football at Olympia High School in Orlando until tearing his ACL his senior year. Johnson was a track superstar at Olympia High, having finished second in the 2004 Florida 4A state championships, only behind 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Walter Dix in his senior year.[1] In addition, Johnson also finished his senior season posting PRs of 10.38 (the nation's 7th best in 2004)[2] and 21.30 in the 100m and 200m respectively. His junior year he qualified for the finals of the Florida State meet with a preliminary time of 10.83. Walter Dix won the event with a 10.46 in the finals, Johnson placed 4th with a time of 10.66.

Considered only a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Johnson was not ranked among the nation's top running back prospects in 2004.[3] He selected East Carolina over Eastern Kentucky and UConn.

SMU 27
ECU 24

Gelding Up!

Stallion wrote:tore an ACL as a High School Senior. He was obviously an outstanding athlete who had a National top 10 time in the 100 Meters. So pretend he really was a 1 star-it will make you think you are correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_John ... nning_back)

Scout had him as a 1 star... true story. Wikipedia by the way... a college professor would laugh at that as a citation.

And he broke his leg in car accident... he didn't tear his ACL.

Realstic
SMU 31
ECU 24
Sunshine
SMU 42
ECU 24

i have to pick smu either way because of my rocktober thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=40613

PiraSea wrote:

Stallion wrote:tore an ACL as a High School Senior. He was obviously an outstanding athlete who had a National top 10 time in the 100 Meters. So pretend he really was a 1 star-it will make you think you are correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_John ... nning_back)

Scout had him as a 1 star... true story. Wikipedia by the way... a college professor would laugh at that as a citation.

And he broke his leg in car accident... he didn't tear his ACL.

what year do you graduate?

BLM has no picks, prediction SMU 35 ECU 17....BLM has several picks,final ECU 31 SMU 21....our D is Improved, no question..