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[QUOTE="Quazzum69, post: 1145053, member: 2653"]
Here is a little plot of the average recruiting rank of the previous three seasons (according to ) and number of wins for Syracuse, Pitt, Maryland, BC and Rutgers from 2005-2013. For example, the recruiting rank from 2006,2007 and 2008 would be averaged and paired with the number of wins in 2008.

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The square orange dots are GROB years and the triangle orange dots are Marrone years. GROB had much better recruiting than Marrone with much different results. In each of their four years, GROB had an average recruiting rank of 51 while Marrone had an 85.

I also used the current year (2008 rank with 2008 season) and two year average. There appears to be no relationship of recruiting rank (a pretty good indicator of "talent") with number of wins. I have no idea how reliable Rivals is but it seems like the best indicator of talent without getting too involved.

Maybe I should try recruiting rank with yards gained ...
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