USC is an unimpressive 18th in the latest Scout.com rankings, but I’ve consistently said that team rankings are too subjective in recruiting. When USC was always No. 1, it was a dose of nice publicity, but that’s not what makes the Trojans a perennial title contender.
Besides, I’m reminded of Billy Packer’s recent quote. “This may make all the recruiting experts angry but (O.J.) Mayo is a good player, he is not a great player . . . he could be a good player. He is not a great player.”
That was a criticism directed at the recruiting experts, not Mayo.