February 7, 200818 yr Wesley Woodyard was just a 2-star I belive. Woodson was the only 4 star in this group of seniors. That seemed to work out pretty well.
February 7, 200818 yr when you consider 5 stars or especially look at it like this, the ESPN elite 150 next year just in BCS conference teams their will be 715 offensive starters and 715 defensive starters, that tells me a majority of them will not be 5 star players and I would bet a good number of them weren't even four stars.
February 7, 200818 yr Don't worry about these rankings, we all know of kids who did/didn't pan out. You can get an idea about the kids, but its years down the road before you really tell. One thing that does bother me is the in-state kids signed by the Cats/Cards. One for the Cards...Four with the Cats with a total of three Louisville kids for both. I know some kids went other places Robey/Newman. Maybe its the schools choice. it doesn't make sense to me. I follow both schools and high schools too, and the numbers don't add up. Just to compare with the school I'm most associated with Bama had 19 in state. There are great programs in Kentucky. How many kids did Highlands go D-1. X. Rocks etc? Western had none from Ky. Murray 3. Eastern 6. Ky. State 3.
February 7, 200818 yr On Rivals they ranked 55 and Louisville ranks 60th. Not sure where you got this, but Rivals actually has Louisville ranked 54th and Kentucky 57th.
February 7, 200818 yr Not sure where you got this, but Rivals actually has Louisville ranked 54th and Kentucky 57th. That's a ranking without DJ Stafford (who we may never see in a uniform). And I'll take true freshman over Juco recruits any day (no offense Steve Johnson).
February 7, 200818 yr Woodson was the only 4 star in this group of seniors. That seemed to work out pretty well. Woodson wasn't in the same recruiting class as that group of seniors. He's 03, Woodyard & company are '04.
February 7, 200818 yr As always, recruiting rankings have to be taken with a grain of salt. Some of these highly ranked guys will never make it to the field. UK's D.J. Stafford is a good example. I don't need rankings to tell me that when UK is beating out Tennessee, South Carolina, Clemson, and Oregon for players instead of Ball State and Ohio, recruiting is improving. Also, not having to go the juco route is an encouraging sign as UK traditionally doesn't do well with the juco players (although if there are any more Steve Johnsons out there, I'm sure UK would take them). I would contend the biggest difference recently between UK and the "big boys" of the SEC is depth. UK seems to have closed the speed gap, but are an injury or two away at DT from being in serious trouble. Hopefully the depth issues will get better as UK was able to redshirt most of the class last year and should be able to do the same with this year's class. :thumb: Well said.
February 8, 200818 yr Woodson wasn't in the same recruiting class as that group of seniors. He's 03, Woodyard & company are '04. I know what you are saying in that Woodson redshirted, but were they not all seniors this year? Isnt that what I said. For that matter Johnson wasnt in that recruiting class either, but he was still a senior and he wasnt a 4 star. Still trying to figure out the point of your post...
February 8, 200818 yr 11th in the conference and 60th nationally just reinforces how strong the SEC is. Exactly.
February 8, 200818 yr Don't worry about these rankings, we all know of kids who did/didn't pan out. You can get an idea about the kids, but its years down the road before you really tell. One thing that does bother me is the in-state kids signed by the Cats/Cards. One for the Cards...Four with the Cats with a total of three Louisville kids for both. I know some kids went other places Robey/Newman. Maybe its the schools choice. it doesn't make sense to me. I follow both schools and high schools too, and the numbers don't add up. Just to compare with the school I'm most associated with Bama had 19 in state. There are great programs in Kentucky. How many kids did Highlands go D-1. X. Rocks etc? Western had none from Ky. Murray 3. Eastern 6. Ky. State 3. AL, I would say to you that the Great Programs in KY, don't always have such great talent, but get the most out of that talent. I'd be willing to bet that of all of the Schools in the KY State Finals this year, you would average less than 1 D-1A signee per team. At least here in KY, the perception that the great programs always have great athletes is not true. There are going to be some years when they do, and some when they don't.
February 8, 200818 yr This from Rick Bozich article in the Courier this week Who were those 2004 Wildcats? It gets better. USC had the best class in 2004, signing eight five-star players. Or maybe it was five eight-star players. Second was LSU, which delivered a national title. A job well done. Rivals.com should have stopped there. Florida State signed the third-best class in 2004. In the final college game that I covered last season, the Seminoles were beaten in the Music City Bowl by a Kentucky team led by a senior class that ranked 45th in 2004. Surely you remember the names. A three-star linebacker named Wesley Woodyard who delivered a five-star career. A two-star defensive back named Trevard Lindley who proved he could shut down four-star receivers. A two-star receiver named Dicky Lyons Jr. who caught five balls for 78 yards against the Seminoles. A two-star lineman named Jason Leger who made a block or two for a three-star back named Rafael Little. Just as Louisville proved by winning the Orange Bowl the year before, Kentucky showed there is more to the star system than the recruiting services can calculate. Reach Rick Bozich at (502) 582-4650 or [email protected]. Comment on this column, and read his blog and previous columns, at http://www.courier-journal.com/bozich.
February 8, 200818 yr Don't worry about these rankings, we all know of kids who did/didn't pan out. You can get an idea about the kids, but its years down the road before you really tell. One thing that does bother me is the in-state kids signed by the Cats/Cards. One for the Cards...Four with the Cats with a total of three Louisville kids for both. I know some kids went other places Robey/Newman. Maybe its the schools choice. it doesn't make sense to me. I follow both schools and high schools too, and the numbers don't add up. Just to compare with the school I'm most associated with Bama had 19 in state. There are great programs in Kentucky. How many kids did Highlands go D-1. X. Rocks etc? Western had none from Ky. Murray 3. Eastern 6. Ky. State 3. There are several former Rocks @ UL, but not on athletic scholarship.
February 8, 200818 yr This from Rick Bozich article in the Courier this week Who were those 2004 Wildcats? It gets better. USC had the best class in 2004, signing eight five-star players. Or maybe it was five eight-star players. Second was LSU, which delivered a national title. A job well done. Rivals.com should have stopped there. Florida State signed the third-best class in 2004. In the final college game that I covered last season, the Seminoles were beaten in the Music City Bowl by a Kentucky team led by a senior class that ranked 45th in 2004. Surely you remember the names. A three-star linebacker named Wesley Woodyard who delivered a five-star career. A two-star defensive back named Trevard Lindley who proved he could shut down four-star receivers. A two-star receiver named Dicky Lyons Jr. who caught five balls for 78 yards against the Seminoles. A two-star lineman named Jason Leger who made a block or two for a three-star back named Rafael Little. Just as Louisville proved by winning the Orange Bowl the year before, Kentucky showed there is more to the star system than the recruiting services can calculate. Reach Rick Bozich at (502) 582-4650 or [email protected]. Comment on this column, and read his blog and previous columns, at http://www.courier-journal.com/bozich. If he's talking about the MCB, Leger didn't play. A nice article, though.
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