(01-31-2018 11:09 AM)EigenEagle Wrote:  

(01-30-2018 10:08 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  38. We’ve beat you six out of the last seven games with lower recruiting rankings. So yeah it’s a crap shoot.

Based on 247 ratings, App State's talent is in the lower half of G5 teams. Can anyone but a moron really watch them and say that? Can anyone say GS was among the least talented G5 teams in 2014 and 2015 (which recruiting stars would indicate)? But I guess both teams just had tons and tons of "outliers" on their teams.

We're kidding ourselves if we think Scout and 247 care enough about the G5 to put the money and resources forward to do rigorous analysis. And it would be very naive to suggest there isn't both conscious and unconscious bias in ratings based on who a player has commtted to.

Name all the teams any Sun Belt team has beaten that had a significant talent advantage on paper Beating MAC teams and losing to UMASS is not not proving rankings wrong. Nobody said you can just go off 24/7 rankings to see who is better but yes as far as winning App has been outlier nationally not for the Belt though as we are grouped pretty tightly in the top half and the worst conference in CFB right now, the word outlier exists for a reason and the Sun Belt is the lowest ranked conf for a reason and its not because we hire the worst coaches, well we did but overall it is not true. They really are not that much of an outlier either given most of their wins are against teams they are actually more talented than or within a insignificant difference. How about looking at all 130+/- teams to make conclusions or is that asking to much? If Troy continued this for four years they would be distinctly more talented but ONE year ONE team ONE recruit is called anecdotal they are going to likely lose their coach within two years and likely be set back a bit that is why ONE class does not matter much nor does ONE team out of 130. The proof of the validity of these ranking have been proven in every single measurable way whether it be all american, winning correlation, bowl appearances and or the NFL draft for all star rankings. They are reliable indicators of a kids success and a teams success over time for most teams, MOST not all. For every App there are literally 10 Kent States proving the rankings validity. They are not 100% which is a dumb standard to judge anything on and what the detractors cling on to like their life depended on it.