Just when you think recruiting cannot go any lower, Rivals is charging high school athletes and parents $499 for an ‘evaluation’ by a Rivals scout.

The $499 fee includes a scouting report, grade, film evaluation, coach interview and consideration to be ranked on their site.

Sounds like you can try and buy a star ranking. Or maybe that is the impression Rivals wants parents and kids to have as they seek your $499.

• Lincoln Riley said this week his takeaway from the Rutgers game was that “we need to play a lot better on third down and fourth down than we did the other night.”

Since there are only four downs, O’Riley’s comment means that on half the downs the defense needs to play better. Right?