Signing day and the U of M

Yesterday was signing day for college football. Rivals.com ranks the Gophers 50th in the country and 6th in the Big Ten.

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/TeamRank.asp?sort=0&year=2010&postype=0&Conf=4

Winning is definitely a two part process. The first is getting the kids, the second is coaching up the kids they get. Florida State in recent years is a good example of a school that has pulled in top 10 classes year after year but has only had marginal success on the field. When asked how his classes ranked former Michigan State coach John L smith used to respond with "About a C, we have not had a chance to coach them yet." It helps to have the horses but you need to have coaches that can get the most out them.

In the Big Ten the rankings went 1. PSU 2. Michigan 3. OSU 4. MSU 5. Iowa 6. MN 7. Purdue 8. Ill 9. NU 10. Wisco 11. Indiana Without a major shake up to the status quo 9 times out of 10 PSU, Mich and OSU are going to occupy the top 3 spots. I don't think 6th is bad. I am sure some people are disappointed, since Brewster is billed as super recruiter extraordinaire and Seantrel Henderson did not consider the U. On the bright side they are on the upper half of the the remaining 8, right behind Iowa and way ahead of border state rival Wisconsin. I would guess that 6th is better than the Glen Mason's classes. Obviously this is only one part of a two part equation.

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