We made it!!!  10 months until middle-aged, jort wearing bald guys are again fawning over and wringing hands about the decisions of 18 year old kids and where they are going to school.  There are those who think that recruiting has "nothing" to do with what happens at the end of next year and who is playing for the BCS championship.  I "used to" be in that group until a little research. 

Using the Rivals.com rankings for the prior 4 years' recruiting classes for the 5 national champions, I established hte following trends:
- All but 1 (Texas), had an average recruiting class ranking of under 10 for the four prior years
- 4 of the 5 preceded their National championship season with top 10 recruiting classes
- and all 5 preceded their national championship season with a top 5 recruiting class


The 2009 Top 10 recruiting classes according to Rivals were:
1.  Alabama
2. LSU
3.  Ohio State
4.  USC
5. Texas
6.  Georgia
7.  Florida State
8. Michigan
9. North Carolina
10.  Tennessee

The 2010 Top 5 were:
1.USC
2. Florida
3.  Texas
4.  Auburn
5.  Alabama

So there you go.  If you are going to Vegas, the numbers tell you to put your money on the Tide, Trojans or shorthorns.  Just make sure that you wash yourself after pulling for those last two.