Just looked over The Seattle Time's list of 100 best in-state recruits for the state of Washington's class of 2014,...... and there's only one lonely Blue Chip all by himself at the top of the list. That would be Budda Baker of Bellevue, of course, because who could be rated higher even by expert media pretenders? Still, it's surprising that 4-star recruits Kaleb McGary (Tacoma OL) and Marcus Griffin (Bellevue DT) as well as 3-stars Deion Singleton (Pasco safety) and Isiah Brandt-Sims (Wenatchee RB) did not receive the Time's Blue Chip recognition. All are heavily recruited by big schools and highly regarded nationally at their positions.
I can't remember there ever being a single Blue Chip in-state recruit all by himself in any previous class, but I must admit I haven't in recent years been paying as close attention to recruiting as I used to. Is this rare Lone Blue Chip indicative of a lowly (0-12?) status of prep football in Washington state, or is it the reflection of a recruit rating cottage industry that's little better at picking the best than a doog's meat tasting committee? I think it must be the latter simply because it seems that more state of Washington kids are being recruited for football by more D1 schools than ever before.
Seattle's primary newspaper could do in-state prep football a service by being less parochial and a bit looser with the recruit ratings on it's annual Top-100 list. A few more Blue Chip selections where deserved couldn't hurt, but the media fucks at The Seattle Times will likely never be about community service at the expense of journalism, Walla Walla style. If they knew or really cared about selling their product,........ well, fuck-it anyway.
I can't remember there ever being a single Blue Chip in-state recruit all by himself in any previous class, but I must admit I haven't in recent years been paying as close attention to recruiting as I used to. Is this rare Lone Blue Chip indicative of a lowly (0-12?) status of prep football in Washington state, or is it the reflection of a recruit rating cottage industry that's little better at picking the best than a doog's meat tasting committee? I think it must be the latter simply because it seems that more state of Washington kids are being recruited for football by more D1 schools than ever before.
Seattle's primary newspaper could do in-state prep football a service by being less parochial and a bit looser with the recruit ratings on it's annual Top-100 list. A few more Blue Chip selections where deserved couldn't hurt, but the media fucks at The Seattle Times will likely never be about community service at the expense of journalism, Walla Walla style. If they knew or really cared about selling their product,........ well, fuck-it anyway.
