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February 14, 2007

RECRUITING RUMINATIONS

After crunching the numbers in inadvertent defense of Lloyd’s recruiting skills, several odd things jumped off the spreadsheet at me.

• Michigan out-recruits every SEC school. The four teams above Michigan represent the Pac 10, two Big 12 teams and the ACC.  
• Georgia is the top ranked SEC recruiter and is seventh. Of course, with Kurt Urban Russell from Used Cars recruiting in Florida, that will probably change soon.
• Boy, the Big 10 sucks at recruiting. The fourth place recruiting “powerhouse” in the Big 10 is Michigan State, coming in at 31st.  Eight teams from the SEC weigh in before 4th place MSU. Seven from the ACC (a basketball conference for crying out loud), six from the Pac 10, and five from the Big 12 all recruit better than what is really the third place recruiter in the Big 10 (Penn State being a Johnny-come-lately independent).
• West Virginia is not on the map. Weird.  I always felt they were a solid recruiting program. For that matter, the Big East is not on the map, which, except for West Virginia, in less surprising.
• Wisconsin is seventh in the Big 10 in recruiting behind Iowa and Purdue. Huh. A lot of Barry Alvarez years here. That surprises me.
• I hate USC.
• I think it’s odd that Texas A&M is in the top 20.

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