I've been following recruiting for quite a few years now and IMHO recruiting in the BIG has reached an all-time high level of cutthroat. There is always some intrigue and flips here and there, but the BIG East seems to be an all out war now. Michigan, Michigan State, OSU, and yes PSU are going toe to toe for every recruit. Recruits seem to be flipping all over the place. I think Rutgers and Maryland fans are in a state of shock right now as they are being cannibalized by their BIG brethren. Looks like the old days and gentlemen's agreements are long gone. I don't know what to make of it all, but I guess I'd rather be the hammer than the nail. Hope our "used car salesmen" can sell with the best of them. Watching this unfold reminds me of this classic line in Platoon, "It's been a lovely "effing" war. Bravo Six out."
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Bottom line #1: If you want to compete and win against the Alabamas of the world, you need to recruit the same level of talent that they are getting.
Bottom line #2: Verbal commitments mean nothing. Until the paper is signed, nothing is set in stone. The old "gentlemen's agreements" are part of what kept the B1G out of the running for so many years.
Bottom line #2: Verbal commitments mean nothing. Until the paper is signed, nothing is set in stone. The old "gentlemen's agreements" are part of what kept the B1G out of the running for so many years.
I don't dispute anything you've said here it is just a bit shocking to wake up to this "Brave New World" I think your guy started this arms race and the other three named schools are now all in as well. I think more often than not a BIG team will have a chance in the playoff for the foreseeable future.
It is what it is. If all the other conferences were utilizing the forward pass, do you think the B1G should just stick to running the ball, for the sake of tradition or whatever? Meyer challenged the other coaches at his first B1G conference to step up their recruiting. As they say, time to put on the big boy pants.
I think we are doing just that. I look forward to JF flipping a couple of your guys.
kybuckeye2 said:
Us CFB purists were hoping the SEC would be reined in, as opposed to everyone just copying them. I guess CFB is slowly dying as it turns in to the junior NFL.
I'm sure it will happen somewhere along the way.I think we are doing just that. I look forward to JF flipping a couple of your guys.
They could fix the problem tomorrow if they really wanted to. Do away with National Signing Day altogether. Allow the recruit to sign the papers whenever he wants, and he's then locked in to that school. If he changes his mind, he has to sit out a year.
I'm saddened to see things like Jim Harbaugh pulling an offer 2 weeks before signing day. I don't want to see that. Or someone pulling an offer 3 days before signing day: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf...pulls-scholarship-three-165651928--ncaaf.html
Or things like recruits getting to campus and suddenly finding out they don't have a spot that year: http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/footba...men-too-many-so-Elliott-Port?urn=ncaaf,260264
That being said, the "Gentlemen's Agreement", if it ever actually existed, was stupid and needed to die. If a recruit is willing to take your call, you call him. If he's not, you move on.
I guess concepts like "clinging to the past" or "relics of a bygone era" are beyond your comprehension, Stinky.Uh....yeah......that's a reasonable analogy.
If you're going to complain and ask for coaches to be fired if they don't win 10+ games every year, then you can't complain about their cutthroat recruiting practices.
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