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For emphasis, the transition to replace Carson after him playing all season and getting drafted in 2nd or 3rd round would have been a big deal. Even more so if Easton had little or no experience last season replacing Carson as an early 1st round pick would have been a huge burden.
I do think when a guy becomes a big name nationally and they are from a traditionally obscure college, there is an additional emphasis on the school they came from from. It seems Flacco is always mentioned with the college while Rodgers not so much. I have a feeling CW will be one of those guys as he progresses. He will be always be mentioned as being from NDSU. As guys like KE, Haeg, and others progress, they will too and it will seem perfectly normal nationwide for NDSU to be producing NFL talent. I know we already see this and it isn't unexpected to see Bison athletes at the pro level, but we haven't reached that level of the casual fan recognizing NDSU as a producer of NFL talent. When that perception is normalized across the board, then recruiting again becomes that much easier and as many have said, the recruiting footprint becomes larger, the marketability of the program becomes bigger, and our targeted recruits become easier to lock down during the process. Sure there are other great college stories out there with programs like Mt. Union, for example, that are non-traditional non-P5 championship programs, but do they also have the additional benefit to their student/athlete of producing NFL talent. No one will have to sell the idea very hard that NDSU produces NFL talent when on Sundays the announcers and sport shows are doing it for you. Just another layer to the championship program already established which is already there but will become more publicized.
Didn't Kurt Warner play for uni in 93 and didn't make the rams until 98. Probably has a lot to do with his number not making the garage door of fame.
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Lardsin must go!
With all the publicity during the Combine, does anyone know if Coach fielded any calls from people wanting to play at NDSU?
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