(1) If you get a bunch of studs but not a good QB, your ranking could be high but you won't win a lot of games. I don't think the rankings really reflect how important Conover was to our team.
(2) There are top 30 teams that are actually quite similar - MSU has 1 four star and 22 three stars. We have 1 and 17. UVA is sort of similar.
We have a lot of guys coming back from missions. Just because we have a few less people signing doesn't mean the class is defective. Looking more closely at the players in the class, I think it's solid, if unspectacular.