Where is the state of Illinois?
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HawkeyeMike23
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Hey John - Kurt doesn't tell you how to blog, don't tell him how to recruit! I'd like to see you get Iowa to back to back to back top 10 rankings.
MelroseHawkins
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Iowa had a hay day in the early to mid 2000's. Illinois sucked, Notre Dame sucked & Mich St was down. The Zooker came so recruited well and Notre Dame started to get their crap straight & now are good. Mich St. is on a level they have never been on. Also, Illinois is recruiting pretty well. So, it's become a much tougher place to recruit which is not an excuse. They need to figure out a way to pull some players from Chicago & Illinois.
Billso
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Click here and scroll halfway down to see map of 2016 Iowa football prospects http://foxs.pt/1DmsQ1Z
69 offers tendered so far, of which 7 are in Illinois (vs 6 this year). Ohio leads the list with 10. Just 1 from Iowa.
69 offers tendered so far, of which 7 are in Illinois (vs 6 this year). Ohio leads the list with 10. Just 1 from Iowa.
HawkeyeMike23
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And we brought in one top ten class that was filled with fat cats, how did that work out? Not well. Kurt isn't making that mistake again. Give him some hungry two star recruits over some fat cat four star recruits all day.
This was my general thought at first, but MSU had only 1 signed from Illinois and Notre Dame had 3. Illinois actually only had 6.
Billso
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Mistake? It worked out fine. Moeaki, Richardson, Eubanks, Doering, Stross were all significant contributors, but all hampered by injuries. Christensen, Bain, Blum, and Kalvin Bailey didn't work out. Kanellis' career was ended by injury: http://iowa.scout.com/story/675803-howe-kanellis-story-a-sad-one
I wouldn't call any of them 'fat cats'... maybe Bain and his dad. Kirk did use that term in 2006, but it wasn't directed at these guys who weren't yet seeing the field.
Silly post. The crazy myth endures that this class somehow proved highly-rated players are "bad".
ColumbusHawk
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Illinois is a basketball state. It is like Indiana & Kentucky. The good athletes play basketball. In Ohio, the good athletes play football.
HawkeyeMike23
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So all we got out of that class was a couple of guys who couldn't stay on the field and Terry big game drops Stross. Ever heard of Dallas Clark or Robert Gallery or Pat Angerer? They may not have stars but they had heart and they took the program to some great places.
Billso
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You forgot Bob Sanders!
Remember, the exceptions prove the rule. Your logic is rock-solid: Because Bob Sanders and Dallas Clark, we should ONLY recruit low-rated players.
NW landed quite a few this year.
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DDThompson
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Hopefully those aren't the only two options
lightning1
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I think you figured out KF's plan.You forgot Bob Sanders!
Remember, the exceptions prove the rule. Your logic is rock-solid: Because Bob Sanders and Dallas Clark, we should ONLY recruit low-rated players.
