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I don't know if its even possible to rank them. There so little information on recruits at this level.

Per one website, WCU is #4 as recruiting classes go in FCS. Of course, this is all on paper. BUT, coupled with last year's 3rd best in FCS class, I am just a WEE BIT GIDDY about our future. I pray it takes place on the field.

GO CATS!!!

SELAs class looks amazing.

For a small group Texas States is one of the best I've seen them get.

catamount man wrote:Per one website, WCU is #4 as recruiting classes go in FCS. Of course, this is all on paper. BUT, coupled with last year's 3rd best in FCS class, I am just a WEE BIT GIDDY about our future. I pray it takes place on the field.

GO CATS!!!

What site is that?

FWIW I checked the top classes on Rivals and there are some FCS teams there


120 Appalachian State
122 South Carolina St.
123 Richmond
Northwestern St.
125 Western Carolina
126 North Dakota State
127 Sacramento St.
Villanova
129 Chattanooga
McNeese St.
131 Massachusetts
132 Illinois St.
UC Davis
South Dakota
Northern Colorado
North Dakota
137 North Carolina Central
South Dakota State
Presbyterian
Lafayette
Rhode Island
Fordham



What's crazy about this is that some of these schools only show one commit on the rivals site...so I wouldn't take this too seriously.

Per Rivals, here are the FCS top 4 classes:

1) Appalachian State
2) South Carolina State
3) Richmond
4) Northwestern State
4) Western Carolina

This makes 2 years in a row that App, NWST and my Cats have finished in the top 5 of the FCS in recruiting.

This time of year every team has the best recruiting class.

clenz wrote:

catamount man wrote:Per one website, WCU is #4 as recruiting classes go in FCS. Of course, this is all on paper. BUT, coupled with last year's 3rd best in FCS class, I am just a WEE BIT GIDDY about our future. I pray it takes place on the field.

GO CATS!!!

What site is that?

RIVALS website

catamount man wrote:Per Rivals, here are the FCS top 4 classes:

1) Appalachian State
2) Richmond
3) Northwestern State
4) Western Carolina

This makes 2 years in a row that App, NWST and my Cats have finished in the top 5 of the FCS in recruiting.

I worked for Rivals for about 3 years, I honestly woulnd't put too much stock in any of their rankings outside of the top 100 or 150 players in the country. Once you get outside of that Rivals, Scout, ESPN, etc... don't really care and make things up. Most of ranking stars are based on recruiting offers and things like that. I covered and interviewed a kid that went from a 2 star one week, during the off season with no offers. During the next week and a half he picked up offers from Texas, TAMU, OU, OkSU and Bama and he jumped up to a 5 start top 50 prospect.


How does he go from a two star, not on the radar not rated with a number recruit to a top 50 can't miss prospect in 9 days without playing a game, going to a practice or doing a work out?

clenz wrote:

catamount man wrote:Per Rivals, here are the FCS top 4 classes:

1) Appalachian State
2) Richmond
3) Northwestern State
4) Western Carolina

This makes 2 years in a row that App, NWST and my Cats have finished in the top 5 of the FCS in recruiting.

I worked for Rivals for about 3 years, I honestly woulnd't put too much stock in any of their rankings outside of the top 100 or 150 players in the country. Once you get outside of that Rivals, Scout, ESPN, etc... don't really care and make things up. Most of ranking stars are based on recruiting offers and things like that. I covered and interviewed a kid that went from a 2 star one week, during the off season with no offers. During the next week and a half he picked up offers from Texas, TAMU, OU, OkSU and Bama and he jumped up to a 5 start top 50 prospect.


How does he go from a two star, not on the radar not rated with a number recruit to a top 50 can't miss prospect in 9 days without playing a game, going to a practice or doing a work out?

Considering how low we've been, I will take ANY good pub. But yeah, it doesn't mean squat if in 4 years, you're going 1-10.

clenz wrote:FWIW I checked the top classes on Rivals and there are some FCS teams there


120 Appalachian State
122 South Carolina St.
123 Richmond
Northwestern St.
125 Western Carolina
126 North Dakota State
127 Sacramento St.
Villanova
129 Chattanooga
McNeese St.
131 Massachusetts
132 Illinois St.
UC Davis
South Dakota
Northern Colorado
North Dakota
137 North Carolina Central
South Dakota State
Presbyterian
Lafayette
Rhode Island
Fordham

What's crazy about this is that some of these schools only show one commit on the rivals site...so I wouldn't take this too seriously.

Yeah, JMU somehow got left off that list. Yet rivals shows them with 11 commitments (of the 19 JMU signed), 18 total stars, an avg of 1.64 stars per commit, higher than any of the I-AA teams ranked
http://rivals100.rivals.com/commitlist. ... 2010#page1
http://rivals100.rivals.com/teamrank.as ... e=0&Sort=0
but someone JMU isn't among the 22 I-AA listed, including a bunch of schools that show only a few commits and only one 2 star commit. Yeah, right.

BDKJMU wrote:

clenz wrote:FWIW I checked the top classes on Rivals and there are some FCS teams there


120 Appalachian State
122 South Carolina St.
123 Richmond
Northwestern St.
125 Western Carolina
126 North Dakota State
127 Sacramento St.
Villanova
129 Chattanooga
McNeese St.
131 Massachusetts
132 Illinois St.
UC Davis
South Dakota
Northern Colorado
North Dakota
137 North Carolina Central
South Dakota State
Presbyterian
Lafayette
Rhode Island
Fordham

What's crazy about this is that some of these schools only show one commit on the rivals site...so I wouldn't take this too seriously.

Yeah, JMU somehow got left off that list. Yet rivals shows them with 11 commitments (of the 19 JMU signed), 18 total stars, an avg of 1.64 stars per commit, higher than any of the I-AA teams ranked
http://rivals100.rivals.com/commitlist. ... 2010#page1
http://rivals100.rivals.com/teamrank.as ... e=0&Sort=0
but someone JMU isn't. Another example, UR and JMU both have 6 rivals 2 star commits. UR has one 3 star. JMU has 2. Yet UR is the #3 I-AA and JMU isn't listed among the 22 I-AA listed, including a bunch of schools that show only a few commits, only one 2 star commit. Yeah, right.

Like I said, I worked for Rivals...them and Scout don't give a damn outside of their top 100 recruits that they can pimp out on TV

clenz wrote:Like I said, I worked for Rivals...them and Scout don't give a damn outside of their top 100 recruits that they can pimp out on TV

Yeah, I find it hard to believe that Montana in nowhere to be found on that list. Of course we tend to find a good amount of Montana kids that fly under ALL radar.

SeattleGriz wrote:

clenz wrote:Like I said, I worked for Rivals...them and Scout don't give a damn outside of their top 100 recruits that they can pimp out on TV

Yeah, I find it hard to believe that Montana in nowhere to be found on that list. Of course we tend to find a good amount of Montana kids that fly under ALL radar.

Montana's incoming class of 19 only includes THREE Montana kids. Oh, and 10 2-star recruits.

AZGrizFan wrote:

SeattleGriz wrote:
Yeah, I find it hard to believe that Montana in nowhere to be found on that list. Of course we tend to find a good amount of Montana kids that fly under ALL radar.

Montana's incoming class of 19 only includes THREE Montana kids. Oh, and 10 2-star recruits.

While we only had 3 Montana kids this year, I was thinking more along the lines of walk ons that seem to come out of nowhere to be awesome players.

Weren't both Colt Anderson and Marc Mariani walk ons?

SeattleGriz wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
Montana's incoming class of 19 only includes THREE Montana kids. Oh, and 10 2-star recruits.

While we only had 3 Montana kids this year, I was thinking more along the lines of walk ons that seem to come out of nowhere to be awesome players.

Weren't both Colt Anderson and Marc Mariani walk ons?

Yes.

just to add on to the dont use rivals...liberty has a 4 star, like 4 3 stars, 3 or 4 2 stars and of course a few 1 stars then like 8 not rated and a couple of them are definate 2-3 star material. liberty destroyed recruiting this yr! go flames!

I'll let you know in 4 or 5 years

clenz wrote:FWIW I checked the top classes on Rivals and there are some FCS teams there


120 Appalachian State
122 South Carolina St.
123 Richmond
Northwestern St.
125 Western Carolina
126 North Dakota State
127 Sacramento St.
Villanova
129 Chattanooga
McNeese St.
131 Massachusetts
132 Illinois St.
UC Davis
South Dakota
Northern Colorado
North Dakota
137 North Carolina Central
South Dakota State
Presbyterian
Lafayette
Rhode Island
Fordham



What's crazy about this is that some of these schools only show one commit on the rivals site...so I wouldn't take this too seriously.

You can't just go by Rivals. Scout has to come into play also. We had eight 2 stars there. Rivals sucks at covering the Northwest.

Montana's class......

Oregon 6A Offensive Player of the Year
Washington Defensive Player of the Year
Washington 2A-3A Offensive Player of the Year
13 All-State players of 19 recruits
10 Scout or Rivals 2 stars
4 players that chose Montana over FBS offers and multiple offers, Kirschner had offers from Army, Air Force, and UNLV.

Every year it's the same frickin poop. Montana doesn't ever have a good recruiting class with Rivals and then we go 14-1 or 13-1. Hmmm..... makes you wonder doesn't it?

kuntryboimike wrote:just to add on to the dont use rivals...liberty has a 4 star, like 4 3 stars, 3 or 4 2 stars and of course a few 1 stars then like 8 not rated and a couple of them are definate 2-3 star material. liberty destroyed recruiting this yr! go flames!

Get your AD to contact our AD and get a game in 4 years and we'll see who does the destroying. Montana 52 Liberty 14. My prediction.

ronbo wrote: Every year it's the same frickin poop. Montana doesn't ever have a good recruiting class with Rivals and then we go 14-1 or 13-1. Hmmm..... makes you wonder doesn't it?

Which is why I never put any stock into FCS class rankings...

Before you guys rate them, at least look at YSU's class which is loaded with Buckeye's!
http://www.letsgoguins.com/columns/recr ... ting-class

ronbo wrote:

kuntryboimike wrote:just to add on to the dont use rivals...liberty has a 4 star, like 4 3 stars, 3 or 4 2 stars and of course a few 1 stars then like 8 not rated and a couple of them are definate 2-3 star material. liberty destroyed recruiting this yr! go flames!

Get your AD to contact our AD and get a game in 4 years and we'll see who does the destroying. Montana 52 Liberty 14. My prediction.

WHHHAAAAAAT?! you think you can beat LU by that much when WVU only beat our basically freshman team by 13?! crazyyyyyy. id love to see that game with jcourtney williams, mike brown, and many other stellar players we have and are still getting, id love to play montana NEXT yr and see what happens. LU is becoming a force watch and see! no hate to montana. but you underestimate LU

Maybe we'll see you in the playoffs. You can make it right?