Re: NDSU to CUSA
Originally Posted by
AKBison
Here's the deal. To be successful in FBS, we will need more high end recruiting "southern speed" along with a larger base of program recruits. We have made a living on Kramer turning high ambition mid level recruits into monsters. The problem is that a good portion of those guys eventually leave or never move up the depth chart. It's basically the old Nebraska model and it takes a pile of greyshirts and walk ons. With NDSU as the sole G5 in the upper Midwest, we would be able to continue that model. If we try to bring along the other Dakota's the recruiting advantage is fractured. There just isn't enough FBS talent in our region to support that many programs. SDSU has already caught up to or maybe even surpassed us using the same basic model and recruiting the same type of kids. It is eerily similar to what UND did the 90's. If we could somehow swing a football only invite, that would be great. I just don't see it happening. To establish ourselves as the G5 program, we need to transition to FBS first and establish a strangle hold on that recruiting base for the next decade. Otherwise, we will be just like the MAC where you have to many similar schools recruiting the same geography. The end result is mediocrity.
JUst like when we got our ass whipped by UNI. Bohl said we have to start recruiting a different type of athlete.
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