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The Morning According to Us

By Chris Sprow

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

We've always known recruiting rankings are full of bunk. At least in football. For one, you have a limited sample size to evaluate -- high school, er, AAU basketball players have played a hundred-plus more meaningful games than a high school football player has -- and there's the raw subjectivity factor. If USC is even interested in a kid, his rating will rise. Ask any independent evaluator and they'll say this is true. Herds rule, and it carries right on through the NFL Draft. Of course, loo ...

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