Stewart Maisel has an interesting article on recruiting entitled "Revisiting the Recruiting Rankings." http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf
He went to my rival HS. He was a little bit of a hot head. I've been around him a few times. He's friends with my boy from FSU--fullback BJ Dean. This article proves that it doesn't always pay off to be the top class. You're expectations are then raised much higher.