2012 NCAA Football Thread

[jt09]

i'm not seeing this as a perry/powers battle - that's a whole different animal that powers will ultimately lose. perry is doing his level best to kill higher education in this state and it's a crying shame that morons keep re-electing that jackass.

i don't think it's any small thing that appelwhite lawyered up w/ jamail. that's like bringing an f16 to a knife fight.

[goofyboy]

I thought it was a stretch as well, however, that is the last rumor i read.

Jamail as a lawyer is pretty tough. Applewhite is not playing around.

[ohsix]

You think Applewhite is paying Jamail's full rate? I suppose he could almost afford it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Jamail called Applewhite. I think the t.u. athletic dept. just waits for their best attorney boosters to call when one of their own is in trouble.

It seems that at least 3/4 of Aggies dislike Perry. I've never voted for him. I'm pretty sure he gets to pick his opponents in elections. I can't remember a single legitimate candidate that has run against him.

[jt09]

[eeven73]

I really don't think this is myopia.

Is a college student/recruit being NEAR a bong a huge controversy? Seems more like manufactered issues. Now if some reference to the bong was being made in the photo thats something else. I mean really any 18 year old is going to decline to be in the vicinity of a bong, they would have to lock themselves in a room on the majority of campuses.

[jt09]

eeven73, what are you talking about?

[eeven73]

The Ducks recruit pic that Scotta posted.

[jt09]

[E.J.]

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2013/02/04/pac-12-football-worried-about-your-teams-recruiting-class-read-this/


We’re two days from National Signing Day and fans are no doubt fretting throughout the conference — either you team’s recruiting class isn’t ranked very high, or it’s not ranked high enough.

I’m hear to help alleviate some anxiety … or tamp down soaring expectations. (Because that’s what I do!)

The star system that forms the basis of the team rankings is, of course, flawed: What’s below should give you an indication of just how flawed it can be.

It’s a look at the 2012 Pac-12 all-conference team (first team selections) and the number of stars each player received. You’ll notice: There are no 5-star prospects, and only seven of the 22 players were 4-star recruits.

Recruiting is often called an inexact science. I disagree. It’s not a science at all. It’s educated guesswork.

The development of any player depends so much on things that are difficult to measure the first Wednesday in February:

A prospect’s work ethic, the quality of college coaching, late-teens physical maturation and his fit within the system used by the college team.

And the success of any recruiting class depends, of course, on the coaching staff’s ability to make independent evaluations — to know which players are better than their stars suggest … and which might not be as good.

(Every miss eats up a valuable scholarship for one season, if not five.)

The following ratings are courtesy of Scout. I could just as easily have used Rivals: The ratings are similar, both services get it wrong with the about the same frequency — and both, in my opinion, are better than ESPN.

(Rivals … just to cite one major miss on its part, since Scout is singled out below … assigned just 4 stars to Andrew Luck in ’08 and ranked him not only as the No. 4 pro-style QB in his class but also as the 68th best prospect in the country.

(The pro-style QBs ranked ahead of Luck that year: Blaine Gabbert, Dayne Crist and Mike Glennon.

(Then again, Luck wasn’t No. 1 on Stanford’s board, either. Jim Harbaugh had his eye on Crist … and one or two others)

Here’s a look at the ’12 all-conference team, with stars …

*** OFFENSE

* Quarterback
Marcus Mariota, Oregon: 3 stars
(Also 3 stars: Washington’s Keith Price and Arizona State’s Taylor Kelly.)

* Tailback
Kenjon Barner, Oregon: 3 stars
Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona: 3 stars
(Also 3 stars: UCLA’s Johnathan Franklin.)

* Receiver
Markus Wheaton, Oregon State: 3 stars
Marqise Lee, USC: 4 stars

* Tight end
Zach Ertz, Stanford: 4 stars

* Linemen
David Yankey, Stanford: 3 stars
Hroniss Grasu, Oregon: 3
Brian Schwenke, Cal: 3 stars
Khaled Holmes, USC: 4 stars
Xavier Su’a-Filo, UCLA: 4 stars

*** DEFENSE

* Linemen
Scott Crichton, Oregon State: 2 stars
Star Lotulelei, Utah: 3 stars
Will Sutton, Arizona State: 3 stars
Dion Jordan, Oregon: 4 stars

* Linebackers
Chase Thomas, Stanford: 3 stars
Trent Murphy, Stanford: 3 stars
Anthony Barr, UCLA: 4 stars

* Seconday
Jordan Poyer, Oregon State: 2 stars
Ed Reynolds, Stanford: 2 stars
Desmond Trufant, Washington: 3 stars
Ifo Ekpre-Olumu, Oregon: 4 stars

[jt09]

E.J., i'll keep that in mind over the next couple of years as i watch this class at texas.

using 247's numbers:

[goofyboy]

crap. now we have to coach again? we are screwed.

[JV]

[jt09]

actually, the ol has gone pretty well the last year or so since searels showed up. especially considering the abortion it was in 2010 before he got here. and i realize that you are going for the cheap shot and not the truth, but attrition was the real problem at ol, not development. hard to turn a 3* kid recruited to be a backup tight end into an all-conference offensive tackle.

either way, texas' 2013 ol class is right there w/ stanford's 2012 ol class in terms of talent.

[wakeboarderdave1]