ccrunner609;929381 wrote:......isnt that how the mythical ND recruiting class thing works?
Did you become a gym teacher because you have an inability to learn?
I said this in response to your typical bullshit back in February of 2010.
http://www.ohiochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?7024-Notre-Dame-Football-2010.......The-Brian-Kelly-Era-Begins/page4&highlight=brian+kelly+begins
It's fairly simple, try and wrap your brain around this on your next snow day: stop looking at Rivals, Scout, and ESPN, and start looking at which schools offer the prospect. Look at Andrew Hendrix, he committed to Notre Dame, but according to the omniscient internet he had offers from Ohio State, Florida, and Tennessee among other powers. How about Matt James, offers from Ohio State, Penn State, Tennessee, and Florida. Tai-ler Jones had offers from Ohio State, Alabama, and Georgia. Louis Nix had an offer from Florida. Prince Shembo had offers from Virginia Tech and Tennessee. Alex Welch had offers form Ohio State and Oklahoma.
If my thinking cap is on correctly, I would have to presume that their respective coaches think they're good enough to play there. And all of the schools I just listed are national powers on a yearly basis (Tennessee being the only arguable exception lately, but their recruiting class was tremendous before Kiffin took a shit on them so to garner an offer you'd have to be good).
You have never once provided proof for the "facts" you present. Facts without proof are, well, not facts at all. There is a correlation between how good you are and who offers you. If you're very good, and very good program offers you 95% of the time. If you're mediocre, very good programs have a habit of not offering you a spot on their team. See how that works?
Let's keep this train rolling along and maybe will get two birds with one stone. If very good players (very good programs giving them offers makes them very good players...see how I did that?) are offered by very good programs and yet still choose Notre Dame......well, that must mean in their eyes Notre Dame is still relevant. Holy shit look at that. One day sleeper may realize (it's doubtful though) no one gives a shit whom he finds relevant and irrelevant, people care whom national recruits think are relevant; and judging by the recruiting classes, Notre Dame is still relevant in the eyes of the people that actually matter.
Also for good measure, take a look at the offer lists of the current commitments. And to be honest the real stud targets haven't even committed yet, and many of this guys are largely considered projects (e.g. Romeo Okwara...because he's 16).
Tee Shepard - * * * * * CB (California) - 6'1 175 - Alabama, Auburn, Miami, Oregon, USC
Ronald Darby - * * * * * ATH (Maryland) - 5'11 175 4.31 - Alabama, Auburn, Florida, FSU, Miami, Penn State, USC
Jarron Jones - * * * * * DT (New York) - 6'6 300 - Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Ohio State, Penn State
William Mahone - * * * * RB (Ohio) - 6' 205 - Iowa, Michigan State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, West Virginia
Taylor Decker - * * * * OT (Ohio) - 6'8 290 - Michigan, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Sheldon Day - * * * * DT (Indiana) - 6'2 285 - Auburn, Florida, Oregon, Penn State, Stanford, Wisconsin
Nick Baratti - * * * * S (Texas) - 6'2 215 4.48 - Texas Tech, West Virginia
Deontay Greenberry - * * * * WR (California) - 6'3 180 - Alabama, Miami, USC
David Perkins - * * * * OLB (Indiana) - 6'2 210 4.43 - Iowa, Michigan State, Oregon
Justin Ferguson - * * * * WR (Florida) - 6'3 200 4.5 - Alabama, Florida, Florida State
Josh Turner - * * * S (Indiana) - Minnesota
C.J. Prosise - * * * S (Virginia) - 6'2 190 ____ - Penn State, Virginia Tech
Romeo Okwara - * * * DE (North Carolina) - 6'5 230 - Michigan, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech
Mark Harrell - * * * OL (North Carolina) - 6'5 270 - Auburn, Stanford, Tennessee
Scot Daly - n/a LS (Illinois) - 6'4 230 - n/a
