Was thinking about how national Ohio State has been recruiting, and got me thinking about how de-prioritized California has become under Lincoln. We’ve missed a Golden opportunity while USC has been down to put a direct line of Cali kids to make up for the lack of in state talent for OU.
Here is the entire list of California kids we have signed since Lincoln has been HBC:
That’s it. I was shocked to see we are only averaging 1.5 kid per class the last 4 years, with a complete blank in 2021.
OU is the first school you reach when you travel from the west coast that has a rabid fan base and a gameday atmosphere that completely changes the entire city. SEC schools, the biggest big 10 schools, and OU are the primary examples of this. No one in California does this and it’s one of the main things that draws California recruits to the region. We used to sell this and get some great players, but it appears we will just keep fighting uphill and watch several players in this region join the mighty SEC while we say “aw shucks” and passive aggressively subtweet recruits.
(Edit- added TJ and BRH for sake of convo)
Here is the entire list of California kids we have signed since Lincoln has been HBC:
That’s it. I was shocked to see we are only averaging 1.5 kid per class the last 4 years, with a complete blank in 2021.
OU is the first school you reach when you travel from the west coast that has a rabid fan base and a gameday atmosphere that completely changes the entire city. SEC schools, the biggest big 10 schools, and OU are the primary examples of this. No one in California does this and it’s one of the main things that draws California recruits to the region. We used to sell this and get some great players, but it appears we will just keep fighting uphill and watch several players in this region join the mighty SEC while we say “aw shucks” and passive aggressively subtweet recruits.
(Edit- added TJ and BRH for sake of convo)
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