BuckeyeInSeattle
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Sorry if this has been discussed ad nauseum...
Nebraska is always going to recruit in the same geographic areas it always has. It's not like the state is moving somewhere. It's not like Texas is packing up its bags and moving to the West Coast. You've got deep recruiting ties to the area, and always will.
Ohio and Pennsylvania are two of the most fertile states for churning out college players. In Ohio, there's only one big time school to grab the local kids; in Pennsylvana, only two. In both states, there are a ton of high level players who just can't get spots on the roster. That's why if you look at Michigan, something like 1/3 of their players are from Ohio, and other Big10 schools have lots of players from these two states as well.
So I'm wondering: with Nebraska travelling to these states, playing on the Big10 network, etc., does that translate into picking up your share of those kids? Even if you only get, say, 4 really good players a year, for any given season that's 16-20 kids that you wouldn't have had before. That's huge.
Has there been any talk of hiring the best Ohio/Pennsylvania recruiter you can find and giving him a job on the staff regardless of what his nominal role is? Just flat out recruit those new states that should be opening up?
Nebraska is always going to recruit in the same geographic areas it always has. It's not like the state is moving somewhere. It's not like Texas is packing up its bags and moving to the West Coast. You've got deep recruiting ties to the area, and always will.
Ohio and Pennsylvania are two of the most fertile states for churning out college players. In Ohio, there's only one big time school to grab the local kids; in Pennsylvana, only two. In both states, there are a ton of high level players who just can't get spots on the roster. That's why if you look at Michigan, something like 1/3 of their players are from Ohio, and other Big10 schools have lots of players from these two states as well.
So I'm wondering: with Nebraska travelling to these states, playing on the Big10 network, etc., does that translate into picking up your share of those kids? Even if you only get, say, 4 really good players a year, for any given season that's 16-20 kids that you wouldn't have had before. That's huge.
Has there been any talk of hiring the best Ohio/Pennsylvania recruiter you can find and giving him a job on the staff regardless of what his nominal role is? Just flat out recruit those new states that should be opening up?
