Time for some viewer mail:
Q: Just wondering if you honestly believe that a high star rating equals out to a succesfull[sic] recruit? If you did any studying at all instead of being just a plain idiot you would realize that players that are 2 or 3 stars typically have more success at the college and NFL level than those "precious" 5 stars that UGAG loads up on every year.
- Anonymous
Yes, Mr. Anonymous. Yes I do believe a high star rating is significant in predicting future success.
Yours is the characteristic song of a Gailey-Johnson slurper in the wild. Though you fail to cite any hard data, I'm aware of the primitive argument you're trying to make, and you do the same thing as the rest: ignore the base number of 4 and 5 star rated players. We've argued against rah-rah jocksniffers like you countless times since before Johnson, and we are frankly tired of doing so, as those of your ilk appear refractory to the accumulation of knowledge. It just so happens however that Popular Yahoo Sports blogger Dr. Saturday is in the midst of a week-long series on this very topic, and he has done all the necessary research for us. It is among the most groundbreaking yet on the subject.
