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[QUOTE="qdawgg, post: 1421887, member: 52"]
Or you could also look at ESPN which grades out less players.... I agree they do have some 2 star players but they have mostly 3 star players as do a majority of CFB teams in the country but they also have their fair share of top ranked 4 star and ESPN 150/300 recruits as well.  The cream of the crop recruits.

You mentioned Michigan as having superior talent and Mississippi State as having mostly nobodies.  Clearly Michigan will have more overall talent but it's not like Mississippi State is winning mainly with 2 stars.

2012
Michigan: 5* = 0/4* = 10/3* = 15 --> ESPN 150 = 4
Miss State: 5* = 0/4* = 3/3* = 21 --> ESPN 150 = 1/300 = 2
*** Miss State = 28 Commits; 21 being 3 stars, 3 being 4 stars.  Not a lot of 2 stars

2013 
Michigan: 5* = 0/4* = 17/3* = 9 --> ESPN 300 = 15
Miss State: 5* = 0/4* = 8/3* = 12 --> ESPN 300 = 4

2014
Michigan: 5* = 1/4* = 10/3* = 5 --> ESPN 300 = 9
Miss State: 5* = 0/4* = 4/3* = 17 --> ESPN 300 = 2

--> Same 3 year period of time.  Syracuse had 1 player rated in ESPN 300.  No ESPN 4* players in 2013 and 1 in 2012.

Mississippi State isn't Michigan but it isn't Syracuse.  It's somewhere in between like most of the CFB teams but it's not winning games with 2 star players.  They might play but they aren't the main reason they are winning.
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