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<blockquote data-quote="wbgvwbgv" data-source="post: 129433470" data-attributes="member: 1417056">The Big 12 has struggled on the national recruiting trail for a while now, but that could quickly change if Oklahoma is able to make a run in the College Football Playoff. Missouri’s recruits continue to be in recruiting purgatory and the Jacob Eason watch continues for Georgia fans.1. The Big 12 has a national recruiting perception problem. With signing day around two months away, collectively the Big 12 has still yet to land a five-star recruit for the fifth straight class, and trails behind every other Power 5 conference in number of ESPN 300 commitments, and that number isn’t even close. (For those keeping track, as of Wednesday morning the Big 12 had 19 ESPN 300 commits, behind the ACC and the Pac-12 with 31, Big Ten with 38 and SEC with 74.)However, with Oklahoma seemingly locked into the College Football Playoff, recruiters agree the Sooners have a real chance to change how the league is viewed by recruits, especially on the national stage. If OU is able to ride its streak all the way to the national championship, recruiters say national recruits -- the five-stars that have been missing from the league for a while now -- will be easier to persuade.<a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/ousportsextra/ou-could-fix-big-s-recruiting-problem/article_a60b1c98-c3b1-5b45-82ab-c9d498f26e8c.html">http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/ousportsextra/ou-could-fix-big-s-recruiting-problem/article_a60b1c98-c3b1-5b45-82ab-c9d498f26e8c.html</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="wbgvwbgv, post: 129433470, member: 1417056"] The Big 12 has struggled on the national recruiting trail for a while now, but that could quickly change if Oklahoma is able to make a run in the College Football Playoff. Missouri’s recruits continue to be in recruiting purgatory and the Jacob Eason watch continues for Georgia fans. 1. The Big 12 has a national recruiting perception problem. With signing day around two months away, collectively the Big 12 has still yet to land a five-star recruit for the fifth straight class, and trails behind every other Power 5 conference in number of ESPN 300 commitments, and that number isn’t even close. (For those keeping track, as of Wednesday morning the Big 12 had 19 ESPN 300 commits, behind the ACC and the Pac-12 with 31, Big Ten with 38 and SEC with 74.) However, with Oklahoma seemingly locked into the College Football Playoff, recruiters agree the Sooners have a real chance to change how the league is viewed by recruits, especially on the national stage. If OU is able to ride its streak all the way to the national championship, recruiters say national recruits -- the five-stars that have been missing from the league for a while now -- will be easier to persuade. [URL]http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/ousportsextra/ou-could-fix-big-s-recruiting-problem/article_a60b1c98-c3b1-5b45-82ab-c9d498f26e8c.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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