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Monday Hub Gloats While It Still Can
Published 2/4/2008 by SMQ <info@sundaymorningqb.com> at Sunday Morning Quarterback: Front Page Posts
... Also: is Derrick Williams, a three-year starter with a year to go at Penn State, a verifiable "bust" already? Even if he is, three of the last four top-ranked recruits overall (excluding Clausen, for whom "the jury's out"), were judged by the Free Press as a "success." Enough of this nonsense about recruiting rankings, already. ...

Build Me Up, Tear Me Down, Part Two: 2004 In Review
Published 2/5/2008 by SMQ <info@sundaymorningqb.com> at Sunday Morning Quarterback: Front Page Posts
Interpretations of this kind of project are in the eye of the beholder, but in my opinion, Fox Sports' review of the top 30 players of the class of 2004 is more evidence for the general strength of recruiting rankings, as opposed to the charlatanism of which the gurus are often accused. Reviewing the five-star players of four years ago at the end of their careers (not one of them, incredibly, is slated to be a fifth-year senior next fall), Scout reassessed its grades to fit the on-field reality: ...

Recruiting Rankings = Sham
Published 2/6/2008 by Paragon SC <info@conquestchronicles.com> at Conquest Chronicles: Front Page Posts
With the carnage about to ensue today in regards to recruiting there are a couple of articles in the local press as to where USC will finish today. I'll get to those in a minute but more important was the piece I saw over at the Wizard of Odds the other day that to me really says it all. ...

Build Me Up, Tear Me Down, Part Three: All-Americans In Repose
Published 3/17/2008 by SMQ <info@sundaymorningqb.com> at Sunday Morning Quarterback: Front Page Posts