Billso
Well-Known Member
Found this on a Cyclone board:
"Perhaps the most disturbing thing about this recruiting class is being out worked by Iowa. Of course they will beat us in overall recruiting ranking by a few positions (they will finish about 8 spots ahead of us)...their budget is 10 times ours, their history is 10 times better than ours, their name recognition is 10 times stronger than ours, and we are one of the worst teams in college football. But when you look at the positions we REALLY need to upgrade, the positions requiring athleticism, how is it that Iowa's recruiters managed to get:
A 3 star LB from Michigan (when was the last time our staff stepped foot in Michigan?)
A 3 star WR from Texas (when was the last time our staff stepped foot in Texas?) who stands 6'1, 180
A 2 star RB from Alabama (when was the last time our staff stepped foot in Alabama?) with 4.41 speed
A 3 star LB from Texas (what happened to our Texas pipeline?) with SEC offers
A 4 star OL from Ohio and two 4 star OLs from Iowa (our staff got frustrated recruiting Ohio, so they quit, and stubbornly refuses to recruit Moville)
None of these guys are low hanging fruit. None but maybe the Paulsens grew up Iowa fans. All of them had to be absolutely SOLD to come to the frozen tundra of Iowa and play for a cellar dweller team with a stupid Fred Flintstone mascot. All of these guys would have been welcomed additions to our recruiting class. So what on earth does Iowa's staff have that we don't? They leave no stone left unturned while our staff gives late offers to Iowa boys who were planning on going to UNI. Meanwhile, a quick glance at their class shows that many come from Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Florida and Alabama. For a staff totally demoralized from losing to us, on a team trending down fast, they at the very least clearly outworked our staff."
"Perhaps the most disturbing thing about this recruiting class is being out worked by Iowa. Of course they will beat us in overall recruiting ranking by a few positions (they will finish about 8 spots ahead of us)...their budget is 10 times ours, their history is 10 times better than ours, their name recognition is 10 times stronger than ours, and we are one of the worst teams in college football. But when you look at the positions we REALLY need to upgrade, the positions requiring athleticism, how is it that Iowa's recruiters managed to get:
A 3 star LB from Michigan (when was the last time our staff stepped foot in Michigan?)
A 3 star WR from Texas (when was the last time our staff stepped foot in Texas?) who stands 6'1, 180
A 2 star RB from Alabama (when was the last time our staff stepped foot in Alabama?) with 4.41 speed
A 3 star LB from Texas (what happened to our Texas pipeline?) with SEC offers
A 4 star OL from Ohio and two 4 star OLs from Iowa (our staff got frustrated recruiting Ohio, so they quit, and stubbornly refuses to recruit Moville)
None of these guys are low hanging fruit. None but maybe the Paulsens grew up Iowa fans. All of them had to be absolutely SOLD to come to the frozen tundra of Iowa and play for a cellar dweller team with a stupid Fred Flintstone mascot. All of these guys would have been welcomed additions to our recruiting class. So what on earth does Iowa's staff have that we don't? They leave no stone left unturned while our staff gives late offers to Iowa boys who were planning on going to UNI. Meanwhile, a quick glance at their class shows that many come from Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Florida and Alabama. For a staff totally demoralized from losing to us, on a team trending down fast, they at the very least clearly outworked our staff."
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