Ogee Ogilthorpe
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Anybody know who is in charge of updating the Depth Charts for Rivals?
If you look at a number of different schools, you see some seriously odd things on there. Some schools don't even have one (UNLV is a blank page); some schools have one but hasn't been updated in literally 3-4+ years (2013 opponent San Jose State looks to be from 2006 or 2007 and this year's Western Michigan depth chart on rivals appears to be from 2009).
The Gophers have notoriously not been updated much, barely once a year before THIS year and this year it was actually updated once or twice during the season, although currently shows 10/11/2012 with Max as the starter at QB.
Other schools keep it pretty well updated, updating almost weekly.
Then, there's Wisconsin. They do some really weird sh!t with theirs. For a while during the offseason, last winter/spring, it showed like almost all Seniors on defense and most on offense, leading you to believe that now they would be losing most of their team to graduation. Then it got updated correctly as we got closer to the season. Through the season, it was updated regularly every week or other week.
Now? They've removed every single Senior from the depth chart, with the exception of QB Curt Phillips, but have not upgraded any of the non-Seniors to the next year of eligibility so it's hard to really tell WHO is a Senior next year and who's not.
Another goofy thing some schools do is show years of starting on varsity (e.g. "3V" or "3Q") instead of Junior or Senior, and some show if each player is a RS or not, which Northwestern does, but many do not.
It would appear each school is responsible for their own, judging from the lack of consistency/uniformity, but it would be nice if many were a little more on the ball with it, INCLUDING the Gophers....
If you look at a number of different schools, you see some seriously odd things on there. Some schools don't even have one (UNLV is a blank page); some schools have one but hasn't been updated in literally 3-4+ years (2013 opponent San Jose State looks to be from 2006 or 2007 and this year's Western Michigan depth chart on rivals appears to be from 2009).
The Gophers have notoriously not been updated much, barely once a year before THIS year and this year it was actually updated once or twice during the season, although currently shows 10/11/2012 with Max as the starter at QB.
Other schools keep it pretty well updated, updating almost weekly.
Then, there's Wisconsin. They do some really weird sh!t with theirs. For a while during the offseason, last winter/spring, it showed like almost all Seniors on defense and most on offense, leading you to believe that now they would be losing most of their team to graduation. Then it got updated correctly as we got closer to the season. Through the season, it was updated regularly every week or other week.
Now? They've removed every single Senior from the depth chart, with the exception of QB Curt Phillips, but have not upgraded any of the non-Seniors to the next year of eligibility so it's hard to really tell WHO is a Senior next year and who's not.
Another goofy thing some schools do is show years of starting on varsity (e.g. "3V" or "3Q") instead of Junior or Senior, and some show if each player is a RS or not, which Northwestern does, but many do not.
It would appear each school is responsible for their own, judging from the lack of consistency/uniformity, but it would be nice if many were a little more on the ball with it, INCLUDING the Gophers....
