2017 RB Allen Stritzinger Article

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2017 Offeree Allen Stritzinger is featured in the attached MLive Article. It's a fluff piece but he is someone we should keep an eye on since he will likely be a top prospect in the state. His current offers are from Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Miami of Ohio, Toledo, Cincinnati, and Michigan. Link

After a sophomore season in which he rushed for 1,356 yards and 20 touchdowns – and delivered a dazzling show with a 173-yard rushing performance in a 44-8 win over Muskegon Mona Shores in the Division 2 state final – Stritzinger has success written all over him.

East German Judge

July 19th, 2015 at 9:01 AM ^

I'm no recruiting expert,  but is it common for the MAC schools to be on top prospects, even local ones, before the big boys (except us) are given that the big boys have more people and money to find these top prospects? 

DGDestroys

July 19th, 2015 at 9:19 AM ^

MAC teams generally send out an enormous array of offers, and will generally do so before the big schools, though that's changed somewhat over the past decade or so (as the significance and commitment of an "offer" has waned). However, if you look at some of our guys on the team now (say, Jourdan Lewis) who committed early, you'll see that they had really nothing but MAC offers, then we came in, and they committed. They might have gotten other offers later in the process, but not really reported them.

coldnjl

July 19th, 2015 at 10:18 AM ^

Low football schools have a much higher miss rate on prospects, and so give out offers at a higher rate than top schools. Plus their rating of a prospect sufficient for offering them is lower. Finally, the only way to get a borderline prospect to seriously consider the school is to get on them early. 

Magnus

July 19th, 2015 at 11:52 AM ^

Yes, it is. Some of these MAC schools basically just wonder if you're taller than 5'5" and if you can run faster than Brady Hoke. If the answers are yes and yes, you have an offer. I keep track of as many in-state offers as I can, and MAC schools almost always come in first, especially Akron (at least this year) and the three directional in-state schools.

LKLIII

July 19th, 2015 at 10:18 AM ^

I could be wrong but if MAC teams have limited scouting ability, and if they mostly recruit locally, you'd think they'd put a premium on finding under the radar in state talent quickly and getting on their radar. Then hoping if the prospect gets more buzz, hoping that one of the big boys doesn't swoop in and grab them. If anything is think MAC (or MAC type) schools would serve as early adopters of local talent before they hit their junior and senior seasons.




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Mr Miggle

July 19th, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^

against other MAC schools. If a recruit blows up, they're out of luck, but they may have gained some valuable connections. That's important when so many of your rivals are nearby. It probably helps down the line when players transfer. They could also find themselves in a good position when teammates become recruitable prospects. Those kind of late bloomers are valuable to them. They do some out of region recruiting too, but obviously have to deal with budget constraints.

alum96

July 19th, 2015 at 11:26 AM ^

Good point about the transfers.  Never even thought about it that way - you build up a relationship with X number of eventual Big 10 recruits knowing in any class Y% are going to be misses at that level and 2-3 yrs down the road you have a built in relationship and it is easier to sell them on your MAC program (assuming the coach is still there as there is a lot of turnover at that level).  I wonder if that was the case with rawls for example.

 

Magnus

July 19th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^

As evidence of my feeling about 2017 being a good year in-state, I really like Stritzinger...and he's the #8 player in the state, according to the 247 Composite. He's a 3-star, the #27 running back, and #356 overall.