Hail Varsity: Center of the Recruiting Universe, and Why the Huskers Should Avoid It

[Mavric]

Kind of long article but looks pretty interesting. I've only skimmed it so far but will definitely be taking a look.

But the graphic about where each school's "Center of Gravity" for the recruits they've gotten from 2004 to 2016 is pretty interesting.

PICTURE A GLOBE that floats freely and rotates on any axis. Now let’s say you started putting a pin on the globe marking the location of every Rivals250 recruit – the top 250 players in the country – since 2004, the first football season after Steve Pederson decided Nebraska should not gravitate towards mediocrity. The weight of those pins would cause the globe to rotate to find a balance with the heaviest point on the globe facing straight down.


To make this made-up thing somewhat official sounding, we’ll call that point the Center of Recruiting Gravity and give it an acronym (CRG).

This is how your nascent college football program ends up in northeast Arkansas.

 

[NUance]

Also, Oklahoma has been looking that way a lot of late. Between 2004 and 2016 the Sooners landed 104 Rivals250 players. Forty-one of them were from Texas, just 16 from California. However, all 16 of those Golden-State signees have come since 2010, almost matching the total from nearby Texas (16).

Maybe it’s still not safe to hold once-hated Oklahoma up as a model, but most Husker fans would probably take the Sooners’ success just since 2010 – three conference titles, 38 weeks in the Associated Press top 10, four weeks at No. 1.

It wouldn't make sense to use Oklahoma as a model for Husker recruiting. They have a little thing called the Red River Shootout each year in Dallas. We don't.

 

[famoustitles]

why comment on something if you didn't read it

 

[MinnwiscowaSker]

why comment on something if you didn't read it

If you're commenting on Mav skimming it and posting the article for everyone else to read and start a conversation with, you're way off base. It's not like he didn't read it then started arguing with someone.

Plus, it's Mav. Dude's the backbone of this board, so let's not come down on him for posting a super long article and saying he'll read it later.

Save your negativity to point out he's the leader in the clubhouse on the contest he manages ;-)

 

[famoustitles]

why comment on something if you didn't read it

If you're commenting on Mav skimming it and posting the article for everyone else to read and start a conversation with, you're way off base. It's not like he didn't read it then started arguing with someone.
Plus, it's Mav. Dude's the backbone of this board, so let's not come down on him for posting a super long article and saying he'll read it later.

Save your negativity to point out he's the leader in the clubhouse on the contest he manages ;-)

No Mav posts a ton of good content. I was talking about Nuance. Sorry should have quoted it. The article was talking about how Oklahoma is shifting its recruiting away from Texas
Edit again : I probably should have just said the article was talking about Oklahomas shift to the west in the original post

 

[Kiyoat Husker]

The article in a nutshell: (paraphrasing and summarizing)

"Nebraska's geographic model for recruiting should always be heavy on Texas, West Coast, and the Northeast because the competition for recruits in the Southeast is too intense, with too many elite local programs. Tom Osborne had a a similar model, and always got lots of recruits from Cal, Texas, and New Jersey. Nebraska and Oklahoma are both in the unique position of being historically elite programs in the geographic center of the country, and could both benefit from this strategy. (and have in the past)"