natetheskate wrote:
Swella some good research but I think the question is still relevant. On Verbal Commits...Out of the last 35 commits or offers there are tw0 3stars (LUs Custer is one of them) and out of the 17 offers listed for LU there is Zach NOrell who is a 4 star.. So the predominate offers across the COnference are 2 stars. I guess my point is ,,,,,,is LU in a position to start raising the bar on who they recruit. The University just made it into the US NEWs and World Report top 100 academic universities........we have won the CBI........ relatively new facilities,,,,,,,,,better non-con schedule etc.
There are a lot of players... a LOT of great players, who are considered 2-star recruits. WSU's Ron Baker, Milton Doyle, ISU's Reggie Lynch, Evansville's Ballentine and Mockevicius, and Indiana State's Jake Odum were all so-called two star recruits. Last year's A-10 player of the year, Davidson's Tyler Kalinoski, was a two star recruit. Likewise, there are a lot of 3+ star recruits that go nowhere. Sometimes just the fact that a BCS conference team is interested in a player is enough to make them a 3 star recruit, which shows the circular logic involved.