That's the headline from NJ.com. The rel answer is NO because NJ FB players don't have the same state pride as kids in Texas. It doesn't mean RU can't improve recruiting in NJ, but it will not be as quick a turn around as it was in Houston.
Can Rutgers emulate Houston's local recruiting success?
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This is bullshit information. Houston didn't success because of recruiting but the coaching. Looking at the Rival recruiting for 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, they only have 1- 4 star recruit in all of the 4 years-only 1. In 2014, almost all there recruits are 2 star recruits. In 2016 because they are successful in 2015, they are getting 4 star and 3 star recruits. Houston come in last place in Texas other than SMU for recruits. I don't know if you know this but Houston is a commuter school similar to maybe Montclair State or was when I was there.
I question the competition in the AAC when most of the Big East left.
I question the competition in the AAC when most of the Big East left.
Didn't mean they did it with any 4 star recruits. Good coaching can do it. Florida State backup QB was playing in the bowl game.
Oh really. I have lived in the MIdwest and the South. NJ kids don't have the same feeling as kids in Michigan and Ohio about their state school. In both 2011 and 2012 only 11 players each year were from NJ in RU's recruiting classes. This year's Houston class (2016) only 2 are not from Texas.
\Ash can do it, it will just not be as easy as in Texas.
2015 recruiting Tom Herman first year- 16 recruits 5 3 stars and 11 2 stars recruits.
2014 26 recruits 2-3 stars recruits and 24-2 stars recruits
2013 26 recruits 18- 3 stars recruits and 8 -2 stars
2012. 25 recruits. 1-4 stars, 16-3 stars recruits 8 -2 stars
2012-2014 recruits are from Tony Levine.
It validates that a spread offense can beat any team on any given day which I knew 8 years ago.
2014 26 recruits 2-3 stars recruits and 24-2 stars recruits
2013 26 recruits 18- 3 stars recruits and 8 -2 stars
2012. 25 recruits. 1-4 stars, 16-3 stars recruits 8 -2 stars
2012-2014 recruits are from Tony Levine.
It validates that a spread offense can beat any team on any given day which I knew 8 years ago.
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I have TONS of family in Ohio (where my parents were born) and some family transplants in Texas. Trust me, the level of state pride compared to NJ, particularly with respect to football, is at a whole other level. Add to that New Jersey's status as a "feeder state" for the last 50 years to many of the major programs.
It's going to take time.
The OP question went one way and then all the replies went another way. The question was can Rutgers emulate Houston's recruiting success. All the replies went on to talk about on-the-field success. Two different things. To the OP, Houston's second class so far yielding 4-4star players. The answer is no.
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