Recruiting
The Blue-Chip Ratio is the single number that will tell you which teams have the recruiting horsepower to contend for a national title. But we're also interested in recruiting that goes way beyond just the very top. We got maps and charts and stuff!
Blind Item: That time a coach bought out a gas station
Twizzlers for everyone!
The time has come for Coachlympics
Let Ronnie Lott score you on rings!
Congratulations! You’re in Year Negative One
The coaching jobs that deserve a little bit more patience from the start
Pac-12, get even with your rivals the American way: by exploiting new laws
It’s time for the conference to embrace California law and turn on the NCAA!
Here’s what we should do when coaches leave after Signing Day
This should cost someone money. That money should go somewhere specific.
The 15 highest-rated Signing Day classes ever
Saban and Smart are all over this, but Meyer tops both lists ... with two different schools.
Here’s some interesting data on 2020 recruiti-WTF USC
How well did each team recruit, relative to its established norm?
2020’s recruiting STATE CHAMPS, mapped and explained
Per the rankings, these are the teams that hauled the most talent out of every state.
The states that produce the least college football talent
How long’s it been since your state had a five-star?
Each CFB signing class averages 2.5 different #1 recruits
Congratulations to your school and its rival for both signing the #1 recruit.
All 50 states, ranked by their percentage of national blue-chip recruits
Georgia’s rise and California’s slip mean the Big Three is officially the Big Four.
25 lies to tell yourself each National Signing Day
It's the most self-delusional time of the year, and everyone's gonna tell the same lies together!
Alternate history: Everything that happens if USC hires Orgeron
In 2013, the Trojans passed on hiring their beloved interim coach. That changed the arc of at least a half-dozen major programs.
Dynasty Mode: The 7 ways CFB dynasties end
Let’s pick a metric that gives us a list of dynasties, and then let’s find some common threads.
6 thoughts about USC’s lost decade
USC rambled through 10 mediocre years. Here, we ramble about what that decade meant.
Relative recruiting difficulty: how does your CFB team compare?
Realistically comparing your team’s peaks to its annual peers can help show how attractive a destination your head coaching job might be.
The 6 biggest lessons of the Early Signing Period era
The introduction of a December signing period has crunched the recruiting calendar and created competing incentives.
Cars: college football recruiting’s most storied currency
The most American invention has always fueled the market of the most American sport.
Do recruits remember your school’s last national title?
Here’s how old they were the last time your team won something big.
The updated Sunshine State Scorecard
Bud Elliott tracks the state of Florida’s many recruiting battles here, from now through February’s Signing Day.
California’s running low on big dudes, but why?
If this is truly a long-term trend, it could help explain some of the Pac-12’s struggles on the field.
The Sunshine State Scorecard
Bud Elliott tracks the state of Florida’s many recruiting battles here, from now through February’s Signing Day.
The people’s guide to Justyn Ross
While still learning how to play college football, the Alabama native was dealing national title knockouts.
The people’s guide to Rondale Moore
There’s a lot more to him than just the Ohio State game. But never forget the Ohio State game.
Where CFB players come from: 9 maps and charts
How geography shapes the sport from coast to coast.
11 Cam Newton alternate histories
How many of Cam’s reported suitors could’ve won it all if they’d signed him?
Virginia’s German air raid QB can help legitimize the foreign game
He’s thought to be the first international recruit to sign with a Power 5 school as a QB.
A few open secrets about the recruit hat ceremony
Those hats on the table of the recruit commitment ceremony don’t always represent real offers.
Who’s the greatest #1 football recruit ever?
They were all great in high school, so let’s base it on what they did afterward.
Yep, Cory Booker was an elite football recruit
Steve Spurrier and Gerald Ford reportedly wanted him for their teams.
How a European recruit gets noticed 5,000 miles away
About 5,300 miles from Colorado, Valentin Senn developed into a promising tackle and later signed with the Buffs.