Mcllwain wins MVP of elite 11 regional or something.
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He can't do that. He's only a 3 star according to Rivals so there's no way he can do that...or did they change the meaning of the word "Elite"?
I would be willing to bet money Saturday's down South doesn't headline this fact. If it was a Tennesux commit they would.
Here's a link from a site that has him as a 4*...
http://southcarolina.247sports.com/Bolt/McIlwain-wins-MVP-invited-to-Elite-11-finals-37642682
http://southcarolina.247sports.com/Bolt/McIlwain-wins-MVP-invited-to-Elite-11-finals-37642682
McIlwain won MVP of the Semifinal Elite 11 competition held in California at Southern Cal's campus. He earned an invite as one of the final 12 prospects to compete in the Elite 11 Finals as part of The Opening Finals July 5-11 at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. McIlwain was one of 30 top 2016 QB prospects that competed in Cali, including:
Rivals #1 Dual-threat and overall #2 prospect Shea Patterson (5* - Ole Miss),
Rivals #1 Pro-style and overall #4 Jacob Eason (5* - UGA),
Rivals #2 Dual-threat and overall #15 Malik Henry (5* - FSU),
Rivals #2 Pro-style and overall #27 K.J. Costello (4* - Stanford),
Rivals #3 Pro-style and overall #72 Austin Kendall (4* - Okla.)
Rivals #4 Pro-style and overall #83 Dwayne Haskins (4* - MD)
Rivals #3 Dual-threat and overall #94 Feleipe Franks (4* - LSU)
Rivals #4 Dual-threat and overall #96 Jarrett Guarantano (4* - Tenn.)
Pretty much all the other top pro-style and dual-threat QBs were at this competition, as it's the one for the top QB prospects to earn their way to the highly popular The Opening competition sponsored by Nike and ESPN. And our little ole Brandon McIlwain is rated a 3* dual-threat and overall the 22nd-best dual-threat QB in his class by Rivals? According to the people who ran this semifinal competition, McIlwain showed he was clearly the class of the group the minute he stepped off of the plane.
Well, I guess I'll have to toss Rivals into the wastebasket along with Scout and ESPN for "quality" (lol) prospect evaluations from here on out, sad to say. Looks like only 247sports tries to give credible evals these days.....
Rivals #1 Dual-threat and overall #2 prospect Shea Patterson (5* - Ole Miss),
Rivals #1 Pro-style and overall #4 Jacob Eason (5* - UGA),
Rivals #2 Dual-threat and overall #15 Malik Henry (5* - FSU),
Rivals #2 Pro-style and overall #27 K.J. Costello (4* - Stanford),
Rivals #3 Pro-style and overall #72 Austin Kendall (4* - Okla.)
Rivals #4 Pro-style and overall #83 Dwayne Haskins (4* - MD)
Rivals #3 Dual-threat and overall #94 Feleipe Franks (4* - LSU)
Rivals #4 Dual-threat and overall #96 Jarrett Guarantano (4* - Tenn.)
Pretty much all the other top pro-style and dual-threat QBs were at this competition, as it's the one for the top QB prospects to earn their way to the highly popular The Opening competition sponsored by Nike and ESPN. And our little ole Brandon McIlwain is rated a 3* dual-threat and overall the 22nd-best dual-threat QB in his class by Rivals? According to the people who ran this semifinal competition, McIlwain showed he was clearly the class of the group the minute he stepped off of the plane.
Well, I guess I'll have to toss Rivals into the wastebasket along with Scout and ESPN for "quality" (lol) prospect evaluations from here on out, sad to say. Looks like only 247sports tries to give credible evals these days.....
This specific site did not but rather the network this site belongs to. I can assure you our insiders do not agree with Rivals' three star evaluation of him. In their eyes he is clearly a four star.
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Just more proof people put waaaayyyyyy too much weight on the difference between 3 and 4 star ratings by these sites. It has gotten really stupid. It is all just a money grab- a retail trick to get people to come to the site so advertisers will buy ads and the real suckers will buy SUBSCRIPTIONS! LMAO
I paid for a subscription here a couple months, but a I realized pretty quick that the info can all be gotten other places for free win minutes of it being posted here.. The only thing you get is access to another forum really... And I can barely stand the BS on this one any more! Why in the world would anybody want to pay for more?
We won't know what kind of a player Brandon is for years, but I am damn proud to have him on our side!
I paid for a subscription here a couple months, but a I realized pretty quick that the info can all be gotten other places for free win minutes of it being posted here.. The only thing you get is access to another forum really... And I can barely stand the BS on this one any more! Why in the world would anybody want to pay for more?
We won't know what kind of a player Brandon is for years, but I am damn proud to have him on our side!
lol, now I KNOW there's no moderation on this site anymore, you posted a link to a competing site that scooped this one, and hours later it still hasn't been deleted?
So they invite 12 guys to the "Elite 11" camp in Beaverton OR. Is that the new math?
Let's hope he stays a 3*. We don't have great history with 4* QB's from PA. Sorry Connor Mitch, but until you prove it on the field, this will be true.
It would indeed be tragic to have another 3* like Shaw come in......and never lose a game in The Cockpit.
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I didn't know it was gonna a poo-storm. I was just linking their story because it was free. Why would our Mods pretend that TOS doesn't exest and delete everything from their? TOS's rankings get as much cred as Rivals nationally.
BTW, I don't agree with one or the other because they rate a USC player higher like some obviously do. I don't put much stock in any of them!
Committing to a school and signing are two different things. it will be interesting to see if we can hang on to him. A lot of schools will come calling him since he won the award.
He was a 4-star - what happened? Did you see the list of schools interested in him?
No prob. I figured it was just the way it was worded. I shouldn't have replied...didn't mean to sound snippy.
No. Chris Smelley was 4 stars. Go to college and actually wins some games and then maybe you earn some excitement. Nothing before that matters.
Case in point -> Jeff Driskel: http://www.onlygators.com/07/23/2010/qb-commit-jeff-driskel-shines-at-elite-11-camp/
Just cant let us have some good news can ya? Lets see if you say the same thing to Dabo and his next 3 ,4,5 star recruit they get.
Didn't we have an instate kid, some years back, that fit your description but wound up going to Notre Dame?
Thanks for reminding us of your one success, Brad Scott. Love, Carolina Nation.Guess old Steve Taneyhill just didn't work out.
btw, I'm a big Taneyhill fan.
No! NO sunshine pumping on my watch! Off season achievements don't matter. Star rankings don't matter. Results is what matters. Screw Clemson, I don't care who they recruit or what their fans say. I am DONE celebrating recruits. What is funny is that you expect fans to spin the same argument the opposite wayjust because it's the the mascot of the enemy. This has got NOTHING to do with Dablow, so let's not start acting like Dablow because this commit of our did well in some camp.
I am already seeing headline comparing him to some Super Bowl Champ. I am guessing Russell Wilson? Seriously? Already? Come on now. This is not doing him any favors.
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