College Recruiting

GeoWar · 01-29-2004, 08:40 PM

this is an idea on recruiting ---- check article in USA Today.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/colle...uits-sex_x.htm

Teddyballgame · 01-30-2004, 07:18 AM

You know, I was recruited at the D3 level for swimming. It's a much different beast, I know, but it was still fun. I consider it the rookie league of recuiting. And some of the stuff that the coaches encouraged for me at D3 makes me surprised at nothing I see at the D1 level. It's disgusting and sad but if you think Colorado is the only school pulling stunts like this, I'm sure there are others.

KurtBevacqua · 01-30-2004, 12:55 PM

Miami Herald has been running a diary about the top LB in the country and his recruiting trips. All the guy talks about is how great the lobster at FSU was and how Auburn was cheap because they didn't give him his own private jet flight, he had to sit with 7 other guys. How cheap can a school get.

Then he talked about how great the women were and they all had dinner with him, begging him to go to their school and how surprised he was that the girls at Auburn weren't hicks.

The whole business has gotten totally scummy. My Dad once got me a book called "Woody's Boys" that was a series of stories about several players who played for Woody Hayes at Ohio State. It included hall of famers, Heisman winners, and guys who never got into a single game. Every one of them said the only thing Hayes ever promised any of them was a good college education. Nowdays recruits are promised by coaches they will win the Heisman and free hookers.

01-29-2004, 08:40 PM	#1
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01-30-2004, 07:18 AM	#2
Teddyballgame Major Leagues Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 332	You know, I was recruited at the D3 level for swimming. It's a much different beast, I know, but it was still fun. I consider it the rookie league of recuiting. And some of the stuff that the coaches encouraged for me at D3 makes me surprised at nothing I see at the D1 level. It's disgusting and sad but if you think Colorado is the only school pulling stunts like this, I'm sure there are others. __________________ The roads in America are paved with cheese

01-30-2004, 12:55 PM	#3
KurtBevacqua Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,968	Miami Herald has been running a diary about the top LB in the country and his recruiting trips. All the guy talks about is how great the lobster at FSU was and how Auburn was cheap because they didn't give him his own private jet flight, he had to sit with 7 other guys. How cheap can a school get. Then he talked about how great the women were and they all had dinner with him, begging him to go to their school and how surprised he was that the girls at Auburn weren't hicks. The whole business has gotten totally scummy. My Dad once got me a book called "Woody's Boys" that was a series of stories about several players who played for Woody Hayes at Ohio State. It included hall of famers, Heisman winners, and guys who never got into a single game. Every one of them said the only thing Hayes ever promised any of them was a good college education. Nowdays recruits are promised by coaches they will win the Heisman and free hookers. __________________ "The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man" - William Graham Sumner