Fighton247 Board

I think I may agree. But ultimately, Lane and Co. are mechanically evaluating each and every player that they extend and offer to and bring on board. So with our confidence is this kick-ass staff, I feel comfortable at whatever lower rank 247 rankings got us at. The majority of these kids are going to come in and straight up ball no matter the rankings.

247 TEAM rankings are NOT a joke, it's the PLAYER rankings.

247 has lower rankings for most of our commits than the other sites. Of the four major sites (ESPN, rivals, scout), 247 ranks each of these players the lowest in overall rankings on the top 247.

Hawkins, ranked #117, top 100 on the other 3 sites
Bigelow, ranked #14, top 10 on the other 3 sites
Hutchings, ranked #136, top 60 on the other 3 sites
Isaac, ranked #74, top 70 on the other 3 sites.
Davis, ranked #215, top 177 on the other 3 sites

There is nothing wrong with the 247 team rankings. Its their player rankings that seem to be disproportionately ranked against USC recruits.

It's all about the east coast bias, naturally.

I don't care.

One reason I quit subscribing, and even visiting, the WeAreSC site is because of their affiliation with ESPN and their transparent bias toward the Southeast in general and against SC in particular. I like Garry, and believe the local affiliate is all SC, but they clearly had little influence over the parent. If this site follows that pattern, I'll soon be gone as well. I hope to be a long time subscriber here, but the rankings do seem skewed.

I wish I could say it doesn't matter, but I can't.

You are mainly right that recruiting sites rankings aren't of paramount important in titles, but show me the last BCS AQ conference winner who perennially has poorly ranked recruiting?

Washington State, Iowa State, Michigan State , Mississippi State and NC State recruit poorly in football, and consequently almost always play poorly.

Excuse me?

my thoughts exactly.

Oh Noz.....................

Of course poor classes year in and year out and a team will never be successful. But are we #1? #5? #15? Anything top fifteen, with solid coaching, is going to be able to position itself for a shot at a title. It's not like one site ranked us #50. It doesn't matter. Is the coaching staff getting the guys they have targeted? Most of the time. That's good enough to be competitive year in and year out. We'll be fine. I like it when we are under the radar.

I, for one, know our players are top I'd the line in terms of character and talent. I am just being repetitive of other more-reliable posters when I say that the ones that pick USC are the ones that are going to be the best. That school across town has to soft through the left-over clearance bin for talent. We are hand-picking...

I was really surprised when I looked at the rankings and didn't see you guys in the top 10. With the recruits you have committed so far, I figured you were there. All that matters is where they are ranked when they graduate. The higher that ranking, the better your chances of winning the NC.