Before the websites blew up, how did fans know how well their recruiting classes were? Was it simply based off players' performance/size?
While as I got older I didn't like how he did his ratings, his book was huge for us to get as youngsters as it was the ONLY info we could get on recruiting. As for Forrest I respect him but some of his ratings could be odd and off etc. and some felt like homerism but that is human nature so he's not that bad at all when I think of it.Forrest Davis put out a book each year with star rating and a top ten for the southeast and each state. He stopped a while back.
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Yep. I kept up with it through Forrest Davis. My wife always got me his magazine as a stocking stuffer on Christmas.Forrest Davis put out a book each year with star rating and a top ten for the southeast and each state. He stopped a while back.
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It was well worth it. I remember he would have a line underneath each guys name and measureables like "very fast, good closing speed and physical" or something like this and he would repeat some of the statements for each player. Referenced the mag constantly when we would get a commit and I even made a list of our commits with their star rating and overall average star rating. Thank goodness for the recruiting sites and Tidefans.Yep Tider, for what the magazine cost it was well worth it. He also had every state in the South didn't he? For what little it cost it had a ton of info.
Let me throw one more name at you, that of Tyrone Prothro. He was rated a 3-star player by Rivals, and was only rated as the #22 player in the state of Alabama in his senior year. I saw Tyrone Prothro as a senior in high school, when they played my son’s high school team in the playoffs. Even with his low rating, I knew Alabama had signed a winner.
I remember this also. One I also remember is he had Kevin Faulk as the POY (went to LSWho and played for the Pats in the NFL).Bama magazine also used to have recruiting snippets. Basically it would either list states or positions and give a little info on prospects. At that time most prospects stayed closer to home due to TV being limited to regions, so high school games were also a source. I sill have the Forrest guide with Emmit Smith as the SE high school player of the year.