We've already got confirmation that the past comments on ND QB commits needing to be "Camp/7-on-7 Warriors" to get the ratings bumps that other top QB's get is bullshit. CJ Carr would be a consensus top-3, surefire 5-star on every service if that were true.
The reality is that an early QB commit for ND isn't a priority to move up in the rankings, because if he's solid, there are no national clicks to be had by moving him. They save that for the uncommitted guys, or the guys that are committed/involved with the major football factories as a means of generating business, which just wouldn't be there in the same way for an ND guy.
On the flip side, if they slowly DROP a top-rated ND QB commit, they know the team-specific boards and sites are going to see a bump in traffic that is greater than if the same guy stays the same or moves up to where he should be.
Maybe that's cynical, and maybe I still just hold on to certain things as an abused ND fan for too long... but the proof seems to be pretty clear in this case for once.
If ANY committed QB recruit should be generating buzz and rising up the rankings because of his camp/7v7 performances, it should be a dude with Lloyd Carr's last name that's committed to one of scUM's biggest rivals.
You can bet your ass he'd be the hottest ticket on the market if he went the legacy route and were tearing it up as a scUM commit.
TL;DR
Listen to
@SouthSideChiDomer and
@greyhammer90 and don't let the recruiting "experts" get you jazzed up. It doesn't matter at this point, because we know what we need to know about CJ Carr, regardless of some arbitrary ranking that is affected by all three of business, politics, AND the personal feelings of grown men with major biases on full display.
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