Yeah. Well two things I'd note.
1. We're already winning! Obviously I don't want to get ahead of ourselves here, but just feels like it should be noted that the order of operations here has been black cloud of doom lifted in the games first, recruits jumping on board second. It was the other way around with Ayo (and Kofi). We're showing these kids what's possible here on Saturdays.
2. It really can't be overstated how badly we've been doing with in-state football recruiting.
2023: Kaden Feagin is our only one of the top 17, with 3 going to Wisconsin, 3 to Northwestern and 3 to Iowa
2022: We got none of the top 11, with 2 to Northwestern and 1 each to Iowa and Wisconsin
2021: We got none of the top 25(!), with 3 to Iowa, 2 to Northwestern, 1 to Wisconsin and 5 to Minnesota (including that poor helpless backup QB lol)
2020: We got none of the top 50(!!!!!!!). I mean, what? This was the year Lovie took us bowling, for reference.
2019: We got none of the top 12, and Keith Randolph was our only one of the top 26
2018: We got none of the top 12. Luke Ford and Quincy Patterson (the last big recruitment Lovie actually competed in, as I recall) were the top 2.
2017: The initial Lovie buzz class, but Ricky Smalling and Kendrick Green were still our only 2 of the top 13 and with Lere Oladipo and Kendall Smith were 4 of the top 28
2016: None of the top 29. Not ideal indeed.
Beckman actually did intermittently better, but you get the idea.
Hopefully this is similar to Boom!
Bielema was talking at a press conference a couple days ago about making an offer to a recruit in the afternoon and the recruit getting another dozen offers since then, I was wondering if he was referring to Schuster.
Bielema was talking at a press conference a couple days ago about making an offer to a recruit in the afternoon and the recruit getting another dozen offers since then, I was wondering if he was referring to Schuster.
Future secondary could be phenomenal.
Hill, Karriem, Wilcher in this class seem like studs. You get Taz, Bailey and Jennings back, McCantos who I'm high on too, then Turner at ss, and Rooks who is the most intriguing guy in the room.
And he's got a twin! Gotta offer Chase Canada too. We do pretty good with twins.I think it was actually the Juco DB from Texas - Channing Canada. I went to look at his Twitter after he announced our offer and he was tweeting other offers from programs just about every hour. With our DB success, I don’t blame other programs for trailing our coaches.
I go back a good ways, so to add some historical perspective...Yeah. Well two things I'd note.
1. We're already winning! Obviously I don't want to get ahead of ourselves here, but just feels like it should be noted that the order of operations here has been black cloud of doom lifted in the games first, recruits jumping on board second. It was the other way around with Ayo (and Kofi). We're showing these kids what's possible here on Saturdays.
2. It really can't be overstated how badly we've been doing with in-state football recruiting.
2023: Kaden Feagin is our only one of the top 17, with 3 going to Wisconsin, 3 to Northwestern and 3 to Iowa
2022: We got none of the top 11, with 2 to Northwestern and 1 each to Iowa and Wisconsin
2021: We got none of the top 25(!), with 3 to Iowa, 2 to Northwestern, 1 to Wisconsin and 5 to Minnesota (including that poor helpless backup QB lol)
2020: We got none of the top 50(!!!!!!!). I mean, what? This was the year Lovie took us bowling, for reference.
2019: We got none of the top 12, and Keith Randolph was our only one of the top 26
2018: We got none of the top 12. Luke Ford and Quincy Patterson (the last big recruitment Lovie actually competed in, as I recall) were the top 2.
2017: The initial Lovie buzz class, but Ricky Smalling and Kendrick Green were still our only 2 of the top 13 and with Lere Oladipo and Kendall Smith were 4 of the top 28
2016: None of the top 29. Not ideal indeed.
Beckman actually did intermittently better, but you get the idea.
Arch Manning?What would a reasonable comparison to Ayo's contribution to the BB program be to a new kid or kids contribution to a football program.....
Maybe 4 or 5- 4 star or better recruits from Illinois each at strategic positions. a DB, receiver, DE/LB, RB, QB. That 5th spot at QB as the "face of
the franchise" if you will would be a clean sweep and put us in the national spotlight again next year. Maybe all these kids don't exist in one year,
in one state...but we could dream.
Whatever happened to Ricky Smalling?Yeah. Well two things I'd note.
1. We're already winning! Obviously I don't want to get ahead of ourselves here, but just feels like it should be noted that the order of operations here has been black cloud of doom lifted in the games first, recruits jumping on board second. It was the other way around with Ayo (and Kofi). We're showing these kids what's possible here on Saturdays.
2. It really can't be overstated how badly we've been doing with in-state football recruiting.
2023: Kaden Feagin is our only one of the top 17, with 3 going to Wisconsin, 3 to Northwestern and 3 to Iowa
2022: We got none of the top 11, with 2 to Northwestern and 1 each to Iowa and Wisconsin
2021: We got none of the top 25(!), with 3 to Iowa, 2 to Northwestern, 1 to Wisconsin and 5 to Minnesota (including that poor helpless backup QB lol)
2020: We got none of the top 50(!!!!!!!). I mean, what? This was the year Lovie took us bowling, for reference.
2019: We got none of the top 12, and Keith Randolph was our only one of the top 26
2018: We got none of the top 12. Luke Ford and Quincy Patterson (the last big recruitment Lovie actually competed in, as I recall) were the top 2.
2017: The initial Lovie buzz class, but Ricky Smalling and Kendrick Green were still our only 2 of the top 13 and with Lere Oladipo and Kendall Smith were 4 of the top 28
2016: None of the top 29. Not ideal indeed.
Beckman actually did intermittently better, but you get the idea.