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Message: [QUOTE="Scooch, post: 3908531, member: 628"] Meh, kinda. To get better talent you really need competitive facilities and dynamic recruiters. I imagine Schiano is recruiting well at Rutgers, and its not like they've been crushing the bowl scene for years. We made 3 bowls in 4 years between 2010-2013, and it's not like Shafer suddenly started reeling in a class full of 4 stars. Personally, while I think making bowls is important (I mean, it's better to be winning than losing, duh), I also think its a bit overrated. People talk about the benefits of the extra practice time and the bump in recruiting it provides, but I'm not sure that's provable quantitatively. I could see a scenario where the allure of selling this Tennessee game to potential recruits for the next 4 years is a bigger draw then making some chump bowl against a MAC team on December 27th. [/QUOTE]