Chris Hummer of 247 recently did an interesting writeup on some states in our Union that, per NFL draft results, tends to end up producing more talent than high school recruiting services would have suggested. Some of the usual suspects show up here, such as the state of Wisconsin which I’ve discussed repeatedly in this … [Read more…]
Today’s largely accepted wisdom is that you build a National Champion by recruiting the best players in the country, regardless of their location, and assembling your team out of the best of the best. Alabama started to employ that model as the Nick Saban program got going, Ohio State got there as well, and Clemson … [Read more…]
Over at Football Study Hall I broke down how Boise has maintained and evolved their program strategy and whether that can be enough to keep them nationally relevant. The Broncos are embracing what I’ve called “total football” and “the Lake Travis option” and may start referring to as “suburban ball.” The idea is to stock … [Read more…]
The Buckeyes had to replace a lot of NFL talent on defense last year…and they did it by plugging in even more NFL talent. Uncanny, Urban Meyer is clearly one of the best recruiters/evaluators in the business. Over at SB Nation I broke down some of how they’re able to maintain continuity and success on … [Read more…]