Quote:Yeah but, you explicitly stated full games in season. Using those parameters as a barometer for draft knowledge is silly IMO. That's like saying a GM only has knowledge of prospects he watched full in season games of which would clearly never be the case. Nobody can watch everybody live in season.

You're totally right tlb. I'm not saying that if someone didn't watch full games of a player every week they don't know anything about him. I just had the 'full game' and 'during season' parameter to ensure 1 of 2 things. 

 

1)That highlights or even just 30-minutes of a game wasn't enough to truly evaluate a player.  

2)Sometimes going back and watching tape 'after the season', you already have your mind made up about a player. Either you like him and are looking to validate your opinion, or don't like him are going back to find negative evidence on him.

 

For me personally, 90% of the games I watched were not for 'scouting purposes' at all. I just like college football in general. It helps tho now, looking back, getting to see some of this year's prospects in the process and remembering how they played. Before the media spin/combine/etc, and before my opinions were already settled on them.

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