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Message: [QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 1817253, member: 2585"] I was speaking towards recruiting and having 1 good class in July vs the waves of top talent that the other schools in your division have (namely Ohio St and Michigan) year over year. And yeah, the top schools in both conferences recruit nationally and tend to get an order of magnitude better recruits. The problem for Rutgers is that the story doesn't end there. You have to out-recruit and out-play not only Ohio State and Michigan - but a playoff team last year in Michigan State and traditional power Penn State (whom I'd imagine we both hate). I'm not sure Indiana is as bad as Wake Forest - and Maryland and BC are probably a wash most years. You have a first time HC whose primary focus is defense. I wouldn't be surprised to see this year end with Rutgers winning 1 conference game. With the cat out of the bag, I'd bet recruiting gets much, much harder. Could be wrong, and it could go the other way. But I'd much rather be us. [/QUOTE]