[NU Sports] Recruiting

[Arthur Miller]

Rivals currently has NU's as the 78-best class, behind such notable programs
as Louisiana Tech, Ball State, and East Carolina.

I know the inherent flaws of the recruit-ranking process, that many of the
4- and 5-star recruits won't pan out for academic and/or athletic reasons,
and that some of these kids may well turn out to be all-Big Ten players.
Still, taken as a whole and considering the recent relative success of the
program, this recruiting class has to be considered a major disappointment.
Oh how I wish it weren't so.

-Art Miller



-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of cherron604 at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 5:08 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Recruiting

ESPN Radio in Chicago reported the following 'ratings' for the football
classes signed today:
 
Northwestern   68th
 
Illinois             39th
 
Notre Dame       5th
 
A few observations.
 
I am not sure what or who their source was (they did not report that).
 
I seem to recall every ND recruiting class being rated in the top 10, but
not alot of their teams have finished in the top 10 (lately).
 
If it is believable - 68th is not a rating that we should be achieving,
especially if newcomer Ron Zook is coming in 39th.
 
If it is not believable or well-regarded, what ARE some very trustworthy
rating services, and how did we finish in those ?
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
  
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