[NU Sports] Recruits

[Beamsley, Jeff]

Dennis wrote <snip>  

(Texas got one five-star running back and fifteen four-stars.  At least
one of those sixteen athletes must be Northwestern material.  Sigh.)

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Took a look at his class and you're right.  There were a couple of kids
that appeared to have the high school academic record that would also
qualify for Northwestern (straight-A's, National Honor Society, etc.).
The problem was that they were all from Texas.  In fact, Brown only had
to go out of Texas for one kid.  He was from Oklahoma and there was no
mention of his academic success, so I suspect that he wouldn't have
qualified for Northwestern.

As we have mentioned before, Northwestern is only going get those
outstate kids who DON'T want to play for an in-state school.  The smart
Texas football players can stay home and still have several good choices
for schools that blend academics and football.  They have to get through
all those choices BEFORE they become legit Northwestern prospects.  

Though Northwestern does recruit well in Texas that speaks more to the
number of good football players that come out of that state than any
advantage it may have over in-state schools.

Jeff     

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