Can't remember who it was..probably Barfy talking about how NU should forget recruiting California and start recruiting like Iowa or Wisconsin. Good call dude!!RollingLaughLaughingSick
Article last year from local writer........
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I've read several articles about how targeting California so much is foolish because we'll never be able to get the top talent to come this far. Guess they forgot to ask the players what they thought about it. With 3 4 star players in this year's class already, that makes 10 in the last 3 years.
Rushing to judgement based on spring commits? We won't know until 3 or 4 years down the road if we're on the right path. Heck, these guys are a long time from even signing with Nebraska. Recruiting locally has definite benefits. If we end up getting whipped by Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in the future, these commits will just be window dressing.
Just by population, we have to recruit out of state. California is as good a place as any for Nebraska to find talent. I'm almost always happy when we get commits. Today's commits seem like good prospects. Just hope we don't ignore our roots.
Just by population, we have to recruit out of state. California is as good a place as any for Nebraska to find talent. I'm almost always happy when we get commits. Today's commits seem like good prospects. Just hope we don't ignore our roots.
We've got 2 Nebraska players in the class already that have been committed for a long time. To say we are ignoring our roots is ignoring the facts.
Also, the argument that most use against recruiting California so hard isn't that the players aren't good enough, it's that it's wasting time because they won't come here. We've proven already that they are coming here.
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I've said it on here before but I believe the key to recruiting for Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, or any other Midwest school is recruiting the Midwest for your trench guys. Then hitting the extremely athletic coasts/south for skill players. Not that the Midwest doesn't have fast skill guys or the coasts/south don't have tough players. But playing in November takes a certain player when it's cold outside.
I remember mcKweon had an article about it. Funny i remember cuz i dont read his articles very much.
We need to hit both cali and 500 mile radius. Cali is looking like our major out of state as opposed to NJ, florida, or texas if you will. We can still pull players from anywhere but cali and 500 mile will be the heart. This staff is doing a great job thus far this year and had many players from both areas at the game today.
Right? Look at all the national championships those teams have played in and won, since 1997, recruiting that way.
If your goal is to win the Big Ten west then by all means recruit like Iowa and Wisconsin. But if your goal is national championships, that isn't going to get it done.
Ohio State does a good job of what you describe, and they've won a few titles in the past 15 years.