Honestly, how do we recruit against UCLA?
If Mora stays put, he and Coach Harbaugh are going to be fighting over a lot of the same recruits for years.
Both: top public universities in the US, 30K+ students, academic peers, former NFL coaches in their prime, both named Jim, huge stadiums
UCLA pros: palm trees, girls (33% Asian, which some kids are into), weather, Hollywood, surrounding wealth on another level, Mora has a flashy Manhattan Beach mansion I'm sure he shows off to recruits, Snoop Dogg's and P Diddy's kids are on the team ("cool" factor)
UM pros: historical success, Harbaugh's personal university connection, success and high profile status
We have our biases, but I think we know what most non-affiliated teens find more alluring. UCLA's newfound momentum is not good for us.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
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I know this house, I go running past it every other day on the strand. Asian chicks and nice weather are not enough of a pull for Michigan to worry about. It just happens that this year several recruits were considering both school.
February 5th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
No more January visits!
February 5th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
February 5th, 2015 at 6:34 PM ^
Tom Brady
February 6th, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^
some kids are going to want good weather, beaches and hot women. Whatever. Michigan isn't going to compete with that.
Other kids are going to want to become THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS THEY CAN POSSIBLY BE. They are going to want to play in front of the largest crowd in the country every home game. Those are things Michigan can sell.
We aren't going to get every kid. But we can get the kids that are going to be dedicated to football. I'll take that.