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Topic: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?

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betarhoalphadelta

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You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« on: October 08, 2018, 05:12:21 PM »
EDSBS had an interesting post today: https://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2018/10/8/17941130/lets-discuss-your-recruitment

Thought experiment. You're magically an 18 year old, 5* recruit, with essentially any school who will jump at the chance for you to sign on the dotted line, and play for them. 

Where do you go? 

(And assume for the sake of argument that you're not you today, i.e. a grad of your current school. If you grew up loving a certain team, it's okay to say you'd go there. But if you're like me and wasn't into college football until I went to college, it would be disingenuous to say I would have gone to Purdue.)

For me, I could see going to someplace like a Stanford. Highly respected school, in a really nice metropolitan area, but not necessarily the "glitz and glamour" of a place like USC. Good enough of a program where I'd feel they could showcase my abilities, but not one where I'll know from day one that I'm just one of a gaggle of 5* recruits, so it would be the best way to get playing time and try to get to the NFL as soon as I'm eligible. And because I was a nerd in high school, I'd do my best to try to actually fast-track graduation in those 3 years so I can leave with a degree. But that may not be realistic.

I wouldn't go to the Southeast or Texas due to weather, and the Midwest or Northeast for the same reason. I'm not exactly the sort who wants a lot of attention, so a college town where I'd be "BMOC" is probably more a selling point away, so large metro areas are helpful. 

What do the rest of you think? 
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2018, 05:22:16 PM »
Of late, it has been Georgia.
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2018, 05:23:27 PM »
Stanford, without question.
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2018, 05:41:06 PM »
depends on what position I play.
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2018, 06:02:15 PM »
Missionary - BYU
Doggy - Georgia
Reverse Cowgirl - Oklahoma St
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2018, 06:05:30 PM »
Stanford is the right answer if you qualify.  Duke would get some pub.

Good weather too.
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2018, 06:51:44 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 08, 2018, 06:05:30 PM
Stanford is the right answer if you qualify.  Duke would get some pub.

Good weather too.
Stanford and Duke are answers that middle aged men pretending to be 18 again would give.  You aren’t really putting yourself in the mind of an 18 year old.  There’s a reason Stanford and Duke don’t sign a boatload of 5 star football players.  
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2018, 06:58:58 PM »
A guy who can qualify at Stanford would understand.
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2018, 07:04:43 PM »
A B10 school if you don't care about weather. 

UCLA, USC, Texas, Florida, Georgia, or UNC if you do.
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2018, 07:10:44 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 08, 2018, 06:58:58 PM
A guy who can qualify at Stanford would understand.
LOL.  Well, that probably leaves me out.
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2018, 07:11:58 PM »
well, thinking with my small head like an 18 year old, I'd be at USC (song girls) or UT-Austin, or FSU, or Georgia where it was warm and had tons of hot coeds

but, even when I was 18 I was smart enough to know that a diploma from Stanford was a helluva reward.

most of it would have been the same thing that most recruits follow.  The message from the coach and assistant coach at my position.  If the Stanford coaches were sincere in wanting me to get a diploma and were going to follow through and do what was bet for me, I'd probably be at Stanford.  Gotta be a few cute coeds there that would like a football player.
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2018, 07:27:52 PM »
It would probably be Notre Dame, given some in my family's very strong inclinations in that direction.
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2018, 07:33:07 PM »
Rutger.

Seriously, I'd first choose a place with different weather from where I live.  Then, the best academic school I was smart enough for, (in this fantasy I have decided to be smart) but has to be football-prominent.
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Re: You're a 5* recruit. Where do you sign?
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2018, 09:04:48 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 08, 2018, 06:58:58 PM
A guy who can qualify at Stanford would understand.
It’s interesting because to go to Stanford means you have to be cool with a few things.
-A campus culture that is very much it’s own thing, and can often be pretentious and stuffy
-A place that doesn’t care much about football 
-An Nice little town that isn’t exactly college town, is sort of part of a major metro, but not really close enough to be a major part of the lifestyle. 
When we see Stanford, we’re saying we want a mild climate, a pretty campus, a team that’s good and a degree that sounds fancy. And that’s fine. But if college experience counts, it’s not quite the slam dunk. 

Is it just the current coaches that make Stanford the slam dunk? Or being private? Cal or UCLA are super good schools in gear climates with pretty nice campuses, but they never make the cut. 
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