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[QUOTE="BKCuse, post: 1664427, member: 3920"]
I caught the last hour of The Express on TNT and got to thinking about the longterm impact that film has on our recruiting.

It was released in '08 and I remember being frustrated we didn't capitalize with a substantially better class the following year. It was prob unrealistic to think it would pay immediate dividends but now, 8 years later, I think we're in perfect position to see a real impact.

According to my math the kids in the '17 class were 8 or 9 years old when The Express was in theaters, and prob bet 9-11 when it made its way down the various TV tiers (HBO,TNT, Free TV)

The Express was rated PG so it was right in the wheel house of these pre-teen football fans who, unlike the class of '08 kids, were able to grow up watching this film and become real fan-boys of what, to them, would be an all-time "Classic"'film they grew up watching.

We seem to have heard recruits mention The Express more frequently the last couple cycles so hopefully this theory is paying off.

The moment in the film that really stuck out to me (from a recruiting point of view) was when Floyd Little is in awe of Ernie Davis as he extends his hand to meet. I can only imagine these recruits flashing back to that moment as they meet Floyd themselves, especially the RB's.

Here's to hoping we land some Express generation recruits this year and beyond.
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