BleedGopher
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per CBS:
College coaches have hits and misses all the time. Recruiting sites are no different. They often get information confidentially from college coaches in a wink-wink, nod-nod arrangement to skirt NCAA rules. For every five-star recruit who pans out, like Alabama safety Landon Collins, there's a two-star recruit who overachieves like Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III.
I've written it before, and I'll say it again: Swooning over recruits has always reminded me of Jerry Seinfeld's observation of pro sports. Given how frequently players leave teams, cheering for pro teams amounts to rooting for laundry.
Except, in college football, you aren't simply rooting for laundry. You're rooting for hormones.
You're hoping hormones honor commitments. You're hoping hormones don't get in trouble. You're hoping hormones live up to the hype at a time when teenagers typically aren't physically or emotionally mature yet.
Throw in the fact that football is -- by far -- the most difficult team sport in terms of evaluating prospects at such a young age. We might think a player will put on weight, stay healthy and compete when knocked on his butt. But so much of it is a guessing game until their careers actually play out.
Year after year, the hype builds for recruits. Some will pan out and become stars or regular contributors, others will flame out. Some others, of course, will get left out in college football's machine as the next wave of players get built up.
If there's one certainty about recruiting, it's this: There will always be new hormones for coaches and fans to pin their hopes on next year.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...eason-of-college-football-recruiting-rankings
Go Gophers!!
College coaches have hits and misses all the time. Recruiting sites are no different. They often get information confidentially from college coaches in a wink-wink, nod-nod arrangement to skirt NCAA rules. For every five-star recruit who pans out, like Alabama safety Landon Collins, there's a two-star recruit who overachieves like Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III.
I've written it before, and I'll say it again: Swooning over recruits has always reminded me of Jerry Seinfeld's observation of pro sports. Given how frequently players leave teams, cheering for pro teams amounts to rooting for laundry.
Except, in college football, you aren't simply rooting for laundry. You're rooting for hormones.
You're hoping hormones honor commitments. You're hoping hormones don't get in trouble. You're hoping hormones live up to the hype at a time when teenagers typically aren't physically or emotionally mature yet.
Throw in the fact that football is -- by far -- the most difficult team sport in terms of evaluating prospects at such a young age. We might think a player will put on weight, stay healthy and compete when knocked on his butt. But so much of it is a guessing game until their careers actually play out.
Year after year, the hype builds for recruits. Some will pan out and become stars or regular contributors, others will flame out. Some others, of course, will get left out in college football's machine as the next wave of players get built up.
If there's one certainty about recruiting, it's this: There will always be new hormones for coaches and fans to pin their hopes on next year.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...eason-of-college-football-recruiting-rankings
Go Gophers!!