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Good question, Chris.

I'm with you -- most of it sounds like a bunch of bull.

BUT: The recruiting classes rated the best usually produce the best teams!

Those to whom recruiting lists matter the least are those outside the top 25.

It seems to me that the recruiting talk, while admittedly unsettling, is much ado about very little. Case in point (we'll use a local example since that seems to be driving this discussion): very few members of the 2000 Sooner national title team were ranked very highly from high school as individuals and as a group, they weren't in the same zip code as most top twenty classes (from 1995 - 2000). Whereas Mack Brown has been reelin' in classes ranked in the top five (if not the top one or two) for several years prior to embarking on his five year losing streak to Stoops Central. And Brown wasn't able to win with his men until two things happened: he recruited Vince Young (a player that was able to overcome bone-headed offensive coaching) and hired Gene Chizik. But as is the case with most statistics, anyone can find a case in point to prove any given point. Bottom line is that the teams will play only as well as they're lined up and motivated to play. There are simply too many factors afoot to rely on any single indicator of success.