Big Ten move makes UNL recruiters' jobs easier

[Nexus]

Often in the fall, Amber Hunter travels to Chicago to meet with local guidance counselors to raise interest in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Typically, about 20 Chicago guidance counselors respond to her lunch invitation. This year, 75 arrived.

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[VectorVictor]

Good find. Something that concerns me, though:

For the past decade, the university has focused much of its recruitment efforts on metropolitan areas such as Kansas City, Mo.; Denver; Dallas; and Houston. As a result, the university has seen the number of students from metro areas grow from just a handful a decade ago to 40 to 60 each year, Cerveny said.
However, with the Big Ten move, UNL plans to shift its focus away from Texas and toward cities in traditional Big Ten territory, such as Minneapolis and Chicago, he said.

I have a problem with this, and not just because I live in the state that intelligence forgot. Population models show a shift towards the southern states in population--but these models cannot be sustained because of the scarcity of basic resources in some of these states (in Texas, it's water--no natural lakes, save for Caddo Lake in East Texas--the rest are holes scraped out and filled with rainwater). That will eventually prompt a reversal, as everything in human nature is cyclical, back to the north.

If anything, it's very short-sighted for Nebraska to give up marketing to the South, particularly Texas. If anything, they should be hammering the state, as Nebraska is now in rarefied academic air which will only improve DONU. Considering the options in the state, Nebraska would be a good outlet for kids that don't get into UT or A&M and don't have the scratch for the private schools.

Otherwise, yay 'Huskers. chuckleshuffle

 

[Hunter94]

we need to keep recruiting at a high level in Texas.......it would be foolish to abandon this state.

 

[hack]

we need to keep recruiting at a high level in Texas.......it would be foolish to abandon this state.

this +1.

never abandon texas or florida. they're just too rich in talent to ignore.

 

[huKSer]

we need to keep recruiting at a high level in Texas.......it would be foolish to abandon this state.

this +1.

never abandon texas or florida. they're just too rich in talent to ignore.

Did you forget this? :sarcasm

They are talking about recruiting student-students, not student-athletes. The school systems in TX and FL are whacked.

 

[Landlord]

we need to keep recruiting at a high level in Texas.......it would be foolish to abandon this state.

we need to keep recruiting at a high level in Texas.......it would be foolish to abandon this state.

this +1.

never abandon texas or florida. they're just too rich in talent to ignore.

Too rich in academic talent?

 

[hack]

we need to keep recruiting at a high level in Texas.......it would be foolish to abandon this state.

we need to keep recruiting at a high level in Texas.......it would be foolish to abandon this state.

this +1.

never abandon texas or florida. they're just too rich in talent to ignore.

Too rich in academic talent?

if it's the question between a team of players who average close to 4.0 but goes 2-10 and a team that averages 3.5 with a conference championship and a BCS bid, i'll take the later any day of the week and twice on a sunday.

i suspect most would share in that opinion. and if you don't, it must be because you hate seeing nebraska playing during the holidays.

and to say that you *can't* find a good student athlete who can excel in both academics and athletics is flat-out wrong-headed and sells these kids short.

 

[Hercules]

:facepalm:

The article isn't about football folks. It's about recruiting students, not student-athletes. The football team isn't going to stop recruiting Texas or Florida.

 

[typ3kal]

we need to keep recruiting at a high level in Texas.......it would be foolish to abandon this state.

we need to keep recruiting at a high level in Texas.......it would be foolish to abandon this state.

this +1.never abandon texas or florida. they're just too rich in talent to ignore.

Too rich in academic talent?

if it's the question between a team of players who average close to 4.0 but goes 2-10 and a team that averages 3.5 with a conference championship and a BCS bid, i'll take the later any day of the week and twice on a sunday.i suspect most would share in that opinion. and if you don't, it must be because you hate seeing nebraska playing during the holidays. and to say that you *can't* find a good student athlete who can excel in both academics and athletics is flat-out wrong-headed and sells these kids short.

Reading comprehension fail. How do you guys get student athletes out of an article that is entirely about academic students?

It appears some of our forum members are some of these highly talented academic students from Florida and Texas.

 

[VectorVictor]

we need to keep recruiting at a high level in Texas.......it would be foolish to abandon this state.

this +1.

never abandon texas or florida. they're just too rich in talent to ignore.

Did you forget this? :sarcasm

They are talking about recruiting student-students, not student-athletes. The school systems in TX and FL are whacked.

Agreed. Texas is dead last in the nation in education when looking at a composite of dropout rate (33% IIRC), SAT, and ACT scores.

But that doesn't mean Nebraska should stop marketing to Dallas. Lot of Nebraska alum down here, and it's easier to stoke the flames and send kids back to DONU when there's a presence for the University. Plus, the University can make money off of these kids who have to take sub-100 level courses to get up to par--something that happens with increased frequency as budgets get slashed to hell at the K-12 level.

And yes, I RTFA, and I want DONU to keep plugging away down here, as I want to send my kids back home for their BA/BS, at a minimum. After that, they could go where they want for a Masters, Doctorate, or Juris Doctorate, including *ugh* UT-Austin.

Of course, if my children are of Harvard/Yale caliber, then all bets are off.

 

[Haspula]

Don't forget about places like Indiana and Wisconsin. High GPA states with quality players

 

[Spartness]

We have our share of coaches with Texas HC connections ... they won't throw this away. Plus if the great academic institutions of UT and the Aggies recruit there, why shouldn't we?