ESPN on Michigan vs ND in recruiting
September 4th, 2013 at 5:57 PM ^
September 4th, 2013 at 6:33 PM ^
September 4th, 2013 at 6:16 PM ^
September 4th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
not sure if they are related.
[edit: nevermind, fluff piece. ]
September 4th, 2013 at 7:13 PM ^
September 5th, 2013 at 10:23 AM ^
I love me some Desmond Howard, but not as much as that young reporter does...
Seemed more like an inside joke on Desmond... Very disappointing.
September 4th, 2013 at 6:38 PM ^
To hell with Notre Dame.
September 4th, 2013 at 6:41 PM ^
September 4th, 2013 at 6:44 PM ^
I disagree with the premise. Look at the commits. Notre Dame isn't focusing on national recruiting any more than Michigan is.
September 4th, 2013 at 6:46 PM ^
Also, that's 1 less Midwest power Michigan does not have to compete with. It's basically Ohio and us for Midwest kids, and Ohio is going national too.
Longer term, this helps the B1G and hurts ND, since they are competing against the likes of the kids home team and other national powers.
September 4th, 2013 at 6:48 PM ^
We will keep poaching those 5 Star kids from the "Midwest Stronghold" of Florida and Kentucky.
September 4th, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
Looking at Notre Dame's last few recruiting classes including the one in process (2014), it's interesting to see (counting kids from states with Big Ten schools here):
2014: 16 commitments to date, 5 from the "Big Ten footprint" (now including MD)
2013: 24 commits, only 8 from Big Ten territory (if you include NJ here)
2012: 17 commits, only 5 from traditional Big Ten territory
2011: 23 commits, only 8 from traditional Big Ten territory
I went back a little further, but it seems like the shift for ND has been in process for a while.
September 4th, 2013 at 7:45 PM ^
I think its a sensible strategy for Notre Dame. If they're going to be playing Clemson, FSU, Miami, they should be recruiting kids away from those schools, thereby weakening their opponents (to at least some degree). If Michigan focused only nationally, the MSUs / Wisconsins would get better players from the only footprint they can recruit and would become stronger opponents, while we're sapping away the best recruits from schools we dont even play
September 4th, 2013 at 7:58 PM ^
EAT MOR CHIKIN!!
September 4th, 2013 at 8:01 PM ^
Fry the chickens.
September 4th, 2013 at 8:01 PM ^
September 4th, 2013 at 8:12 PM ^
as predicted, and Clemson, V-Tech, and one or two other schools become truly strong, ND is going to be a poor boy a long long ways from home. If NBC hadn't been propping them up the last fifteen years, where would they be?
September 4th, 2013 at 8:31 PM ^
I hope this is their strategy because if they are going to focus more on SEC land - something that OSU is also doing - then we will have less competition in the Midwest. What doesn't make sense from a marketing/recruiting standpoint is if you are dropping a team because of the recruiting footprint why drop Michigan and not MSU or Purdue?
September 4th, 2013 at 8:59 PM ^
if we needed it that it's all about the wins.
September 4th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
Ultimately this was a good thing. Anyone want to have to play ND, MSU, and Ohio on the road in the same year?
September 5th, 2013 at 12:36 AM ^