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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 440475, member: 622"]
My argument isn't that Rutgers will have a harder time, just return to what it was traditionally.  They have benefited from Syracuse being down, Pitt being in a funk, JoePa getting old, etc.  Add in Schiano's salesmanship and questionable recruiting methods (badmouthing schools competing for the same recruits), and Rutgers is more likely to return to what they were than to forge ahead.
 
Michigan, OSU, Nebraska, are schools all kids have heard of and if they are willing to leave home they are willing to consider a long time big names rather than the hometown school.  Kids already leave for PSU, Pitt, the Florida schools and some are coming back to Syracuse now that we are winning.  I simply don't believe that all the Jersey kids are going to stay home.  Historically, they haven't, even recent history proves my point.  Rutgers isn't going to benefit much from Ohio, Michigan and the Plains States recruiting grounds, they never have.  Further, they will probably lose some recruits from Florida as they will not be playing there regularly.
 
I now return you to the regularly scheduled debate regarding Rutger's class as they leave the Big East.
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