Football recruiting rankings: Comparative data

[Hawkguy712]

Thats good stuff! GO HAWKS

[kmurp]

I get what you are saying, but a 6-5 kid with a rocket arm is going to go to a place like Okie State. He is going to go to a school where is allowed to use his rocket arm all the time. Iowa isn't that place, Iowa is traditionally a run first offense. That really hurts big time QBs from coming here. Iowa is a run first between the tackles RB but yet Iowa struggles to get a top 10-15 national RB recruit. That blows me away more than QBs I understand why they can't get a really good QB but I would think that RB's and OL's national ranked would love Iowa. Not saying that Iowa hasn't gotten good OL recruits but not as good as other schools that put less in the NFL.

Shonn Greene is a once in a decade RB at Iowa. Agreed he is useless in the spread but because he can't catch the ball out of the backfield worth a crap.

Iowa doesn't recruit well, I think that is a downfall of KF, not the location or the state population.

I don't recall Iowa ever recruiting particularly well Hayden got one "big time" QB in Maguire transferred. There was a short period when Hayden recruited well with Harmon, Station and those guys but he still got smoked in the Rose Bowl.

The data above show that the conference as a whole gets fewer than average top level recruits and that the big two dominate what the Bigten does get.
I don't really give a crap if Iowa fires Ferentz. It won't make any difference. I've given up on the myth that there is real competition in the NCAA. The playing field is terribly unlevel and getting more so for northern teams. I don't see Iowa ever breaking out (regularly) of its traditional mediocrity.

[thejumper5]

I don't recall Iowa ever recruiting particularly well Hayden got one "big time" QB in Maguire transferred. There was a short period when Hayden recruited well with Harmon, Station and those guys but he still got smoked in the Rose Bowl.

The data above show that the conference as a whole gets fewer than average top level recruits and that the big two dominate what the Bigten does get.
I don't really give a crap if Iowa fires Ferentz. It won't make any difference. I've given up on the myth that there is real competition in the NCAA. The playing field is terribly unlevel and getting more so for northern teams. I don't see Iowa ever breaking out (regularly) of its traditional mediocrity.

Hayden actually got two "big time" QBs. Parade ranked Matt Rodgers as the #2 QB recruit in the nation as a senior in high school.