They added ratings for Ohio recruits today:
Bristol - 2 stars, 5.4
Leavitt - 2 stars, 5.4
Quallen - 2 stars, 5.4
Smart - 2 stars, 5.4
Alexander - 2 stars, 5.4

They also rated Wyatt the other day, and gave him 2 stars, 5.4.

Funny. If they weren't all rated the exact same thing, I might believe they looked at some film. Interestingly they also added ratings for some that they have not yet connected to Ohio, Porter at 2 stars, 5.3, and Morgan at 2 stars, 5.4. They have yet to rate or connect to Ohio Poling, Cope, and Mangen, and as for Cedric Brown, he isn't in their database.

mmhmmm

The thing is, they have had some of these names as Ohio verbals for 6 months. I tend to believe what people tell me, but I have a very hard time believing that these names just sat there, and they didn't ever get around to watching film for 6 months, then they watched film on all of them the same day, and somehow, amazingly, they all got the exact same rating. Furthermore, as I look around the MAC, suddenly the other MAC teams don't have any unrated players, either, and they all have a lot of people rated 5.4.  ....and, when they rate players this way, we are supposed to believe their comparative class rankings because...??????

I suppose this isn't any different than Scout, that gives everyone a 2-star rating. By contrast ESPN doesn't look at everyone, or even most MAC players, but they at least are honest about it. So far this year they have rated only 3 players that are verbals to Ohio - Walsh, Wyatt, and Carson. Those players are rated 72, 76, and 76 respectively. Everyone else gets a 45 which means not rated.  In years past ESPN has never rated more than half the Ohio recruits, but at least they are honest about it. Note also that ESPN doesn't even give comparative class rankings below the top 25. They know there data for lower teams isn't meaningful, and they are honest about it.