ESPN Top 300 Recruits for 2016
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thejumper5
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Wait, ESPN doesn't have John Raridon in their top 300? What a joke.
thejumper5
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Just double checked, and they do have Raridon in their top 300. He's ranked 69th and is the #8 OT. He's the only Iowan.
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homes
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Stand corrected. I was looking at the 2015 class. The state is up to 1 for 2016 - that's progress.
Ferentz had some pretty candid comments at Big 10 media day about recruiting. Basically, that Iowa and other low-population states get screwed by not allowing official visits in the summer, and that about 10 programs get 15 1st round draft picks a year.
Wonder how Ferentz feels about the coaches at those schools--it is not hard to win when you have the best players every year.
Wonder how Ferentz feels about the coaches at those schools--it is not hard to win when you have the best players every year.
This is maybe the primary reason why the Bigten lags behind the other conferences in quality teams.
Agree with Ferentz. As to those teams with all the first round picks though; it's still hard for them as they play each other in conference.
ArvadaHawk
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I agree with Ferentz also. Allowing OV's for seniors to be, only, in June and July...AND...an early signing period for those seniors to be that ends one week before fall practice, would help teams like Iowa.
I was looking at the Rivals top 250 for 2016. One thing that stuck out for me:
Western division states:
Wisky- 1
Minny -1
Iowa- 1
Neb- 0
Md- 14
NJ- 11
This is why Md and RU were important additions to the Big Ten....they have 25 guys compared to 3 for Iowa, Wis, Minny and Neb....yikes.
Western division states:
Wisky- 1
Minny -1
Iowa- 1
Neb- 0
Md- 14
NJ- 11
This is why Md and RU were important additions to the Big Ten....they have 25 guys compared to 3 for Iowa, Wis, Minny and Neb....yikes.
MoseSchrute
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Maybe Delaney's move wasn't completely idiotic. But it's bad when you can't even stop some of the best ones from heading south.
Montanahawk
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In terms of self-identification going to take time to establish Maryland and NJ as B1G states. Longer than it took for say PSU and easier still, Nebraska. On the other hand, especially in NJ's case they have very large local following of B1G from years. The fly in the ointment for all of this expansion is the pay for play cases, like in O'Bannon. It seems likely that players will get paid, the question is how much, on what basis will it be distributed, will it cause, or rather further exacerbate competitive imbalances. The B!G will likely have a lot of money, regardless, but already huge talent disparities regionally look to be growing. So, how do we get talent north? Further expansion into the south is most obvious answer. That probably means getting ACC teams from a pool of 5-6. FSU, is the big coconut, but it makes little sense geographically. Maybe, in this new super conference era that's largely irrelevant.
