2* Brendan Douglas gets bumped to a 3* after flipping to Ugag

Ha!
Hope he never plays.

Well, I mean...if UGA offered him, he must be a little good!?

Haha. Perfect example of the influences on the star system that pander to the factories and their rankings.

Note: As has been debated over, and over, and over....and over again, there is merit and definite correlation with the star rankings, but to suggest that the rankings aren't biased by what school offers or which school gets the commit when evaluating a player is just a blind as saying that the stars mean nothing.

Pretty much at this point everyone knows when you get beyond the 5's and most of the 4's it's a sham.

You see some definite BS around the 3* to 4* transition. We had two 4's who once committed to GT dropped to three on Rivals (Hall, Devine). Seen it happen a number of times....always in favor of the factories.

I am only half serious. I get their reasoning - good players get offered by good teams, but also realize the flaw in the evaluation process - it's not all about what they see on film. There is obviously some bias in the system but it is also somewhat understandable to a small extent.

I kind of agree with InsideLB, once you get below 4* you are basically just "everybody else" and it gets much more arbitrary.

Originally Posted by dressedcheeseside

Holy sh*t. That's what I've been saying forever.

Well, when you don't get many 4*, the difference between 2* and 3* becomes more significant, to the fan base at least.

I like to look at who else has offered.

The UGA/factory bias cancels out the white running back bias. The kid was actually a 4* the whole time...