I've vaguely followed recruiting for 40+ years but it's always a big picture approach, which is the same method I apply to virtually everything: How are we doing? The projected range is normally very accurate, even if certain pegs fall unexpectedly one way and others unexpectedly the other way.
This time I have checked in occasionally and the consensus has always been a class rated in the 5-10 area. Okay, that's plenty of info. I'll anticipate something along those lines and tape the coverage tomorrow, watching it hours later after a round of golf.
I can't imagine desperately devoting month after month trying to figure out specifics. It's difficult enough trying to predict results, let alone trying to predict opinions of kids 40 years younger than myself.
No thank you. A power rating approach is plenty. Last year I posted that our recruiting results would likely mirror our record, which was 8-4. Consequently I expected to lose several guys late to wind up closer to that 8-4 level. This time at 10-3 and accompanied by plenty of national publicity and a major bowl appearance the logical level was notably higher. That seems to be where we'll end up, albeit with this new weird December/February split. The posters who were predicting a sweep a few days ago seemed to be losing sight of 10-3 and trying to pretend we were on Alabama or Clemson level. Those programs can aspire to a late sweep.
