Rivals.com Rankings

[Damon]

I have a user name that also identifies my allegiance with an uppity part of Lafayette that wants it's own zip code because we're so much better than anyone else.

LOL River Ranch....

Dude, if you're gonna hate, you have to bring it stronger than that.

[geo_cajun]

_WKU was supposed to have a 4 star QB who was interestingly dropped to a 2 star on Scout when he signed. _

Funny how that works.

[RiverRanchMan]

Thanks for the info. Proves my point that comparing the offers recruits have is telling about the quality of the class. Yet, I am the bad guy for making that observation. I think the UL & Tech classes are the difference between the Sunbelt & WAC.

According to rivals........



4 UL signees held offers from these schools among others:

LSU
Miami
Mississippi
Kansas State
Louisville
TCU
Utah
Memphis
SMU
Wyoming
UNLV
Louisiana Tech(2)


12 Louisiana Tech signees held offers from these schools among others:

Arizona(3)
Nebraska
Arkansas
Texas Tech
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Kansas State
Minnesota
Iowa State(2)
Baylor
UTEP(5)
Tulsa(4)
Tulane(3)
Memphis(2)
SMU(2)
Utah
New Mexico
Rice


This is the gap we have to close in recruiting

igeaux.mobi

[zephyr]

It would take a while for someone to teach you the value system associated with the rankings and how they are derived. Also, these "stars" one gets seem to automatically diminish when someone commits to a UL over a Memphis or even larger BCS school. If you understood how the star system was ranked and supplied to each prospect, you'd understand more fully that this is certainly a flawed system when talking about schools on the lower D-1 level.

[RiverRanchMan]

Not sure where that came from, but I never made that statement.

LOL River Ranch....

Dude, if you're gonna hate, you have to bring it stronger than that.

igeaux.mobi

[ManAboutTown]

_ Not sure where that came from, but I never made that statement.



igeaux.mobi _

You didn't have to.

[RiverRanchMan]

What does CajunT think about that? What about the guys that are upgraded to 2 stars only because they signed with a d1 school? This is not an exact science, but to discount the ratings because your class is rated low is naive.

It would take a while for someone to teach you the value system associated with the rankings and how they are derived. Also, these "stars" one gets seem to automatically diminish when someone commits to a UL over a Memphis or even larger BCS school. If you understood how the star system was ranked and supplied to each prospect, you'd understand more fully that this is certainly a flawed system when talking about schools on the lower D-1 level.

igeaux.mobi

[cajunhawk]

_ You didn't have to. _

Riverranchman is the epitome of whats wrong with Lafayette. Lives here works here everything is here. But, sadly the Cajuns just arent good enough for his support. Good riddance to bad rubbish I always say.

[1stTake]

RiverRanchMan is a puddle jumper the puddle is the Atchafalaya Basin.

[RiverRanchMan]

My oh my. I often forget that if you don't drink the kool aid you are some sort of traitor or an LSU fan or both. Sorry I am not the type that falls in line accepting medeocrity rather than expecting much more

Riverranchman is the epitome of whats wrong with Lafayette. Lives here works here everything is here. But, sadly the Cajuns just arent good enough for his support. Good riddance to bad rubbish I always say.

igeaux.mobi

[zephyr]

_ What does CajunT think about that? What about the guys that are upgraded to 2 stars only because they signed with a d1 school? This is not an exact science, but to discount the ratings because your class is rated low is naive.



igeaux.mobi _

Nobody is discounting the rating system, however, you have to understand how it works before you generate an opinion. You seem to look at stars as many do without knowing the situation behind each prospect. It's easy to learn and rate highly recruited guys as they are evaluated since the end of their sophomore years and updated regularly. Guys like what we sometimes sign are often as talented but have less exposure due to a host of reasons thus are evaluated to a much lesser degree.

If you go to Scout, they assign people 1 star even if they sign with a D-1 school. There is a large discrepancy between the various services out there and their rankings, especially at our level.

I think Cajun T knows and has tried to explain how the rankings system works and its flaws. Also, he knows that things change all the time and its nearly impossible to update the prospects and who we offer etc... without doing this as a full time gig. For those of us who are subscribers to his service, we get about as up to date info as possible from him via chats etc..Therefore, much of the info you are looking at is somewhat antiquated and not updated.

[cajunhawk]

_ My oh my. I often forget that if you don't drink the kool aid you are some sort of traitor or an LSU fan or both. Sorry I am not the type that falls in line accepting medeocrity rather than expecting much more



igeaux.mobi _

Support your local university. Thats all we ask. Without this university, your name sake is nonexistent. Take that for whats its worth. You can bleed pueple and gold if you wanna be associated with a winner if your ego needs a strokin. But for gods sake man, realize that a stronger local university means better business for us all. But for you it sounds like its all I wanna be winner, laughin at people who have less than you kind of guy, so youre a lost cause. We dont accept mediocrity, we are loyal!!! Know what that means, you root for your team regardless if they are mediocre. Youre a sucky fan riverranchman. Im glad u support that purple abomination.