Rivals 3-Stars

[SoCal_Pony]

Let me began by saying I am very pleased with our recruiting class.

But to add a little perspective to this years' class in regards to our number of Rivals 3-stars.

I have a good friend who is a Colorado State alum.

Rivals has Colorado State ranked #61 overall to SMU's 71.

Colorado State has (1) 4-star and (10) 3-stars with an average star rating of 2.55.

SMU has (0) 4-stars and (15) 3-stars with an average star rating of 2.50.

Take a closer look at Colorado State's top recruits.

The 4-star has 2 other BCS offers, Arizona State and Northwestern. The (10) 3-stars have 2 other BCS offers IN TOTAL. One has a Purdue offer, another has a Louisville offer.

Half of Colorado State's 3-star commitments have no other offers.

Further proof that Rivals is probably inflating their numbers.

Oh, this friend thinks there is no way his school moves to either the Pac-10 or Big XII, they are simply too small-time.

[mustangbill67]

I checked out the other Conf USA schools and it looks like we are trailing only Houston and S. Miss at preset.

[SMU2007]

Rivals has Colorado State ranked #61 overall to SMU's 71.

Colorado State has (1) 4-star and (10) 3-stars with an average star rating of 2.55.

SMU has (0) 4-stars and (15) 3-stars with an average star rating of 2.50.

Take a closer look at Colorado State's top recruits.

The 4-star has 2 other BCS offers, Arizona State and Northwestern. The (10) 3-stars have 2 other BCS offers IN TOTAL. One has a Purdue offer, another has a Louisville offer.

for comparison, our 15 three star recruits have a total of 15 bcs offers. (although, fields is responsible for 6 of them)

[Alaric]

Rivals has Colorado State ranked #61 overall to SMU's 71.

Colorado State has (1) 4-star and (10) 3-stars with an average star rating of 2.55.

SMU has (0) 4-stars and (15) 3-stars with an average star rating of 2.50.

Take a closer look at Colorado State's top recruits.

The 4-star has 2 other BCS offers, Arizona State and Northwestern. The (10) 3-stars have 2 other BCS offers IN TOTAL. One has a Purdue offer, another has a Louisville offer.

for comparison, our 15 three star recruits have a total of 15 bcs offers. (although, fields is responsible for 6 of them)

Looking beyond our 3 stars, I found 12 BCS offers exclusive of Fields' offers and didn't check every one of them (Parks has several but he's a 2 star)

[ponyscott]

Rivals has Colorado State ranked #61 overall to SMU's 71.

Colorado State has (1) 4-star and (10) 3-stars with an average star rating of 2.55.

SMU has (0) 4-stars and (15) 3-stars with an average star rating of 2.50.

Take a closer look at Colorado State's top recruits.

The 4-star has 2 other BCS offers, Arizona State and Northwestern. The (10) 3-stars have 2 other BCS offers IN TOTAL. One has a Purdue offer, another has a Louisville offer.

for comparison, our 15 three star recruits have a total of 15 bcs offers. (although, fields is responsible for 6 of them)

edit...sorry just found the thread on this...

[PonyTime]

I trust JJ's evaluation better than Rivals.

[Stallion]

in Rivals' crazy scoring system, Marshall has actually moved ahead of SMU in Total Points. You wonder why their scoring system can't be more transparent and logical

[The PonyGrad]

SMU is still #3 n average stars.

[SoCal_Pony]

The bar has now been set.

We are officially the UT of the non-BCS world.

Going forward, we should be every bit as pleased with being "#3 in average stars in C-USA" or "trailing only Houston and S. Miss" as Texas would be pleased being "#3 in average stars in the Big XII" or "trailing only A&M and OU".

In other words, in short order, this will become unacceptable.

[RGV Pony]

well with Southern Miss, how many of those will stay in school?

[SoCal_Pony]

If you truly believe in Top 25, given our location, given our financial backing, given our facilities, given our school reputation...how many stay or leave So Miss should not be a consideration.

We are talking Hattiesburg, Mississippi versus Dallas, Texas.

fyi - i found this on the internet - "University Of Southern Mississippi was established in 1910 and is based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It has endowment assets worth $80.8 million"...can it really be that low???

[The PonyGrad]

The bar has now been set.

We are officially the UT of the non-BCS world.

Going forward, we should be every bit as pleased with being "#3 in average stars in C-USA" or "trailing only Houston and S. Miss" as Texas would be pleased being "#3 in average stars in the Big XII" or "trailing only A&M and OU".

In other words, in short order, this will become unacceptable.

For a team coming off a 1-11 season going into the recruting year, this is more than acceptable. For a team coming off 8-5 and hopefully going into another winning year, not so much. So next year we expect more. I agree.

[az1]

I trust JJ's evaluation better than Rivals.

Well both Rivals and JJ are saying that this class is the best class in a long time. So your point is moot.

[Pony_Fan]

that's a given, it should only get better from here!

How soon y'all forget we won 2 games in 2 years before this year.

[Peruna 2K5]

You can't totally judge a player by his rating on rivals (or scout for that matter). Its a good basis on their skills, but you can't always totally rely on them. They miss sometimes by overshooting (doesn't look like Mitch Mustain was worthy of a 5 star rating) or they undershoot (Chris Johnson, now RB with Tennessee, was only 2 stars).