Nebraska recruiting map/guide to Big Ten recruiting country.
Nebraska blog HuskerExtra created a map of Big Ten country recruiting. Every state's top five talents (according to Scout) are listed with the schools they committed to, and the top ten are all included to calculate a states "leave rate". They also go school-by-school to the class rankings by both Rivals and Scout, breakdown of the class by stars, and a little commentary. Also included are in-state roster numbers by school (Michigan 52, Sparty 64).
Of note:
Edit: Messed this up, here's the correction:
Michigan (the state of Michigan) is pretty good when it comes to keeping talent in-state with just 40% leaving. That's third best in the Big Ten, behind Iowa and Ohio Surprisingly, Nebraska is second to last, 52.8% of the top ten in-state recruits this year left the state.
They go on to list Nebraska players from Big Ten country and where they were recruited out of.
Overall I thought it was very informative and something (almost) different from our discussions the past six weeks. I would embed the pic, but it's huge and when I got it down to size it was illegible. Sorry for having to link.
http://journalstar.com/app/resources/newsroom/2011/feb/images/BigTenMap.jpg
(I searched HuskerExtra, Nebraska map and Nebraska and got no MGoResults, plus I hadn't seen it so I'm pretty confident this hasn't been posted, sorry if it was.)
February 14th, 2011 at 11:15 AM ^
Nebraksa?
February 14th, 2011 at 11:20 AM ^
Ha, yea. I know they're not our valentines or anything but it's interesting to read their stuff about the Big Ten for now.
February 14th, 2011 at 11:28 AM ^
I don't know if you are being serious, but this is good information. We might have more battles with Nebraska on the recruiting trail from now on. Charles Jackson and Wayne Lyons were recruits that Michigan and Nebraska were going after down the stretch.
February 14th, 2011 at 11:22 AM ^
The Huskers are too good for their own state:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/rankings…
Slim pickings there ... notice that they kept the important ones.
February 14th, 2011 at 11:31 AM ^
I messed that whole part up, Nebraska is actually second best. And Michigan is middle of the pack. I got caught looking at the numbers in reverse. And forgetting to look at Illinois.
February 14th, 2011 at 11:33 AM ^
You suck! Get off the board!
/s
FWIW, it's Nebraska not "Nebraksa." Sounds Eastern European.
February 14th, 2011 at 11:34 AM ^
I don't care about spelling, I'm an MGoTroll, remember?
February 14th, 2011 at 11:38 AM ^
I don't think you're an MGoTroll. Forgive and forget?
February 14th, 2011 at 11:39 AM ^
You had me at that kitten picture...
February 14th, 2011 at 11:56 AM ^
There are many, many kitten pictures available on the interwebs if you would like more warm, fuzzy feelings.
February 14th, 2011 at 11:57 AM ^
You know what else would give me a warm, fuzzy feeling?
If you maybe, you know, commented on the actual thread!!! ANGAR!!!
February 14th, 2011 at 11:59 AM ^
Correcting spelling counts as commenting on the thread. Also, you legitimized my commenting by responding multiple times. Don't make me post another snarky picture now...
February 14th, 2011 at 12:49 PM ^
"Nebraska is second to last, 52.8% of the top ten in-state recruits this year left the state."
Can somebody please explain the concept of 52.8% of 10 people? I'm confused.
February 14th, 2011 at 3:00 PM ^
Well, that's 5 guys, plus a head, one arm and part of a foot. That guy wanted to stay in state, but he was truly torn over the decision.
February 14th, 2011 at 5:25 PM ^
...well played, indeed.
February 14th, 2011 at 12:51 PM ^
"Surprisingly, Nebraska is second to last, 52.8% of the top ten in-state recruits this year left the state."
I'm not a mathematician, but does this mean that 28% of a kid left the state of Nebraska last year?
February 14th, 2011 at 1:03 PM ^
I'm just the messenger. I have no idea how they came to their numbers.
February 14th, 2011 at 6:55 PM ^
they dont really want the top 10 players in nebraska because #10 probably isnt good enough to play at nebraska. which is why some(if any) would leave the state.