[NU Sports] Stanford Recruits

[Louie Vaccher]

Harbaugh has already proven to be a thorn in Northwestern's side on the 
recruiting trail. In January, he won battles for two players that were down 
to the Wildcats and the Cardinal -- safety Taylor Skaufel of The Woodlands 
(TX) and running back Jeremy Stewart of Baton Rouge (LA) Catholic. They both 
visited NU and Stanford on consecutive weekends and they both wound up 
picking the Cardinal. (Northwestern never really pursued Fleener and I'm not 
sure why.)

It's true that the two schools haven't gone head-to-head too often recently, 
but I have a feeling that Fitz and Harbaugh will be butting heads quite a 
few times in coming years.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Hakirsch at aol.com>
To: <nwu-sports at tssi.com>; <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 1:58 PM
Subject: [NU Sports] Stanford Recruits


> The local paper here in SF lists Stanford as getting only 2 new  recruits
> from the midwest--one  is a TE , Coby Fleener,from Joliet  Catholic and 
> another
> lineman , from Iowa--both are about 6'5"-6'6"--I  suspect we cross paths 
> with
> them many times and not sure how much of  a  difference a new coach 
> hurts,(or
> helps) though of course Harbaugh has strong  mid-west roots.The article
> mentions that  at least a few kids were  reconsidering their decision in 
> light of the
> change in coaches, but were  convinced to stay.  (Although I would be 
> curious
> if anyone else has a  feel about how often Stanford is a recruiting rival)
>
> While I assume we are pretty ethical in our recruiting speeches, we  can
> certainly suggest that Stanford's program has lacked stability the past 
> several
> years, while we are looking at a long tenure for Fitz, and have in the 
> recent
> past stuck with our leaders.
>
> Harry
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