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BTN.com gives reasons as to why recruits would choose to attend each Big Ten East school
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National championships are won through recruiting.
If your team doesn’t have the players, it won’t matter how great the game-plan is. Of course, teams littered with five-stars don’t win every single title, but, they surely help.
National signing day is just two and half days away, which means some of the top high school recruits in the country still have to make their decisions as to where they will attend school for the next four (or three) years.
This afternoon, btn.com went over each Big Ten East school and gave reasons as to why recruits would choose to attend each program within the division. Whether you’re Ohio State, Michigan or Rutgers, a positive here and there can be found if you dig deep enough.
Indiana:
“No doubt, the Hoosiers have come a long way the last few seasons, earning back-to-back bowl bids for the first time since 1990-91,” btn.com’s Tom Dienhart wrote. ” The facilities are coming along. The campus is right out of central casting in Hollywood, one of the prettiest in the Big Ten.”
“First, Maryland sits in a geographic region that is loaded with talent,” Dienhart said. “The Beltway—Baltimore and Washington—is a prime area for top players. And does any Big Ten school do more funky stuff with the uniforms? The kids dig that, right? Maryland is ‘Oregon East’ when it comes to togs.
“The point of it all: Harbaugh has amped up the ‘cool’ factor for Michigan,” Dienhart said. “Just walk around downtown Ann Arbor, stroll on campus, go to a game and check out the football facilities. The place is off-the-charts awesome.”
“Yes, the 2016 season was a downer,” Dienhart said. “Still, the Spartans are enjoying a remarkable run of success that shows you can win big in blue-collar East Lansing, earning a playoff berth in the 2015 season and winning the Rose Bowl in the 2013 season. The facilities have been augmented a lot in recent years, too.”
“Facilities,” Dienhart said. “Check. Tradition. Check. Support. Check. This place has it all … and then some. The blue-chip talent marches to Columbus on an annual basis because players know they not only will win and compete for national championships, but they also will be developed and have a good shot to play in the NFL. The coaching is top-notch.”
“Is there a more personable coach than James Franklin,” Dienhart said. “Nope. He is a natural born salesman, the Dale Carnegie of the Big Ten. And if you ever have been to Beaver Stadium for a prime-time ‘White Out’ game, you know the Saturday experience at Penn State can rattle the windows of the stadium luxury suites.
“This is the ‘birthplace of college football,’ where the first game took place as it pitted Rutgers vs. Princeton back on Nov. 6, 1869,” Dienhart said. “Perhaps the best thing RU has going for it is location, location, location. New Jersey is a gold mine for talent.”
Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.