Thursday, February 19, 2009

Recruiting...

Check out this site. It is a fascinating approach to predicting where high school football recruits will sign, and it is strikingly accurate at 71 percent.

http://ssbea.mercer.edu/recruiting.htm



It is put together by a group of economists at Mercer University who happen to take an interest in college football recruiting. They base their predictions on factors such as distance away from home, whether the athlete has taken an official visit to the school, whether or not the school is in a BCS conference, the newness of the team's facilities and where the team ended up in the previous year's AP rankings, among other factors. Check it out, it's worth your time if you're interested in recruiting analysis.

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