It's official, THIS CLASS SUCKS! was my caption last year, intended to be tongue in cheek satire of course...as I think that both the 2008 and 2009 recruiting classes are incredible.

In the 2005 NFL draft(last time I ran it), 37% of the players drafted were unranked by recruiting services coming out of HS.

Our 2008 class ranked almost as low as USF, Tulsa, and Navy were in 2003, at 108, 109, and 110 respectively, and they all had between 8 and 10 wins in 2007.

You want wins? Well apparently you do not want to be ranked highly by the beloved recruiting gurus...well, to be fair, they are right in some cases, but their accuracy is typically limited to the perenial powers. Rarely if ever does an up and coming program get predicted by recruiting rankings.

Moral to the story, if you are up and coming, forget about it being predicted by recruiting services.

2003 Scout Recruiting Rankings vs Win/Loss % for 2007

Error.....Scout....Win %
in........Ranking...Based on Win/Loss
Rank.................Rank........School - Win % - Wins - Losses
-81........ 82........1...........Hawaii - 92% - 12 - 1
-63........ 65........2............Kansas 92% 12 1
1............2..........3.......... Louisiana State 86% 12 2
-48.........52........4............Missouri 86% 12 2
-54.........59........5............Brigham Young 85%. 11 2
-5..........11.........6........... Georgia 85% 11 2
-18........ 25........7........... Ohio State 85% 11 2
7........... .1.........8........... Southern Cal 85% 11 2
-48........ 57........9........... West Virginia 85% 11 2
-17........ 27........10......... Boston College 79% 11 3
8............3..........11.........Oklahoma 79% 11 3
-9..........21.........12......... Virginia Tech 79% 11 3
-25........ 38........13......... Arizona State 77% 10 3
-59........ 73........14......... Boise State 77% 10 3
-69........ 84........15......... Cincinnati 77% 10 3
2........... 14........16......... Texas 77% 10 3
-48........ 65........17......... Central Florida 71% 10 4
11..........7..........18......... Tennessee 71% 10 4
-90........ 109.......19......... Tulsa 71% 10 4
-70........ 90.........20......... Air Force 69% 9 4
5...........16..........21......... Auburn 69% 9 4
-21........ 43.........22......... Clemson 69% 9 4
19..........4.......... 23......... Florida 69% 9 4
-40........ 64.........24......... Fresno State 69% 9 4
-6......... 31......... 25......... Illinois 69% 9 4
18..........8.......... 26......... Michigan 69% 9 4
-53........ 80.........27......... New Mexico 69% 9 4
-16........ 44.........28......... Oregon 69% 9 4
-27........ 56.........29......... Oregon State 69% 9 4
-20........ 50.........30......... Penn State 69% 9 4
-51........ 82.........31......... Connecticut 69% 9 4
-5..........37......... 32......... Texas Tech 69% 9 4
-62........ 95.........33......... Utah 69% 9 4
17......... 17......... 34......... Virginia 69% 9 4
-7..........42......... 35......... Wake Forest 69% 9 4
0........... 36.........36......... Wisconsin 69% 9 4
-71........ 108........37......... South Florida 69% 9 4
-34........ 72.........38......... Troy 67% 8 4
16..........23......... 39......... Arkansas 62% 8 5
-58........ 98.........40......... Bowling Green 62% 8 5
-40........ 81.........41......... East Carolina 62% 8 5
1........... 41.........42......... Houston 62% 8 5
-11........ 54.........43......... Kentucky 62% 8 5
24..........20......... 44......... Mississippi State 62% 8 5
-65........ 110........45......... Navy 62% 8 5
13..........33......... 46......... Purdue 62% 8 5
-22........ 69......... 47......... Rutgers 62% 8 5
-18........ 66......... 48......... Texas Christian 62% 8 5
-69........ 118........49......... Florida Atlantic 62% 8 5
-35........ 85......... 50......... Central Michigan 57% 8 6