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[QUOTE="AlaskaSU, post: 1909787, member: 230"]
Using your figures, the NW has twice as many impact, 4/5 star players, as the NE (8 compared to 4).  The combined population of NY, NJ, Conn and Mass is 40 million.  The combined pop. of Wa, ID and Or is 13 million.  The NE has 3 times more population, yet half the number of impact players.  Football is less important in the NE while basketball has become more important.  This is the trend and it works against our football prospects.  In addition to having less talent in our backyard, the most talented have incentive to play with their peers and that means leaving the NE.  There are exceptions, but these trends weigh against our chances of becoming a consistent winning program.

Doing the math, the NW is 6 times more productive of impact players per capita than the NE.  It is no surprise that the NW has three strong teams while the NE has none.  Football is even more important in the SE, Texas and OK than it is in the NW.  The area of the country where football is least important is the NE.  We are a victim of demographic trends rather than bad coaching.
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