Utah -- Football Recruiting Hotbed

[CardiacCoug]

Not sure if this has been posted, but I thought it was an interesting read.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/04/02/utah-recruits/index.html

[Hot Lunch]

Not sure if this has been posted, but I thought it was an interesting read.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...its/index.html

I think that Utah becoming a state that produces more D-1 talent is one thing that will help both BYU and Utah become BCS schools.

[HBCoug]

Ricky Heimuli now with an offer from Oklahoma. There's another DT from Utah you can consider as good as gone.

[Indy Coug]

I think that Utah becoming a state that produces more D-1 talent is one thing that will help both BYU and Utah become BCS schools.

I think Utah HS talent finally showing up on the national radar is a negative thing because we are increasingly in competition with programs that Utah and BYU can never hope to consistently outperform.

[Hot Lunch]

I think Utah HS talent finally showing up on the national radar is a negative thing because we are increasingly in competition with programs that Utah and BYU can never hope to consistently outperform.

I don't see any of it being negative. I have to disagree with you on this one.

[SeattleUte]

I think Utah HS talent finally showing up on the national radar is a negative thing because we are increasingly in competition with programs that Utah and BYU can never hope to consistently outperform.

Speak for yourself. Utah is outperforming them. (I'm familiar with your defeatist polemics on CB.)

[SeattleUte]

This is interesting and is related to why schools tend to excel in football or basketball but not both (with a few exceptions). Football tends to be top draw in states with a more rural culture and history; basketball is very urban. For obvious reasons we see this reflected at the college level. Anomalously, Historically Utah was more of a basketball than a football hotbead. Even BYU had a better basketball tradition until Lavelle established himself. Now football is thriving at the grass roots in Utah, and we are seeing the results at the college level. Basketball, however, continues basically to underperform at the grass roots level.

[Indy Coug]

Speak for yourself. Utah is outperforming them. (I'm familiar with your defeatist polemics on CB.)

Consistently outperforming the top BCS programs? You mean with all those 4 and 5 loss seasons from 2005 to 2007 that had them well outside the top 25? USC has been put on notice.

[Donuthole]

Football tends to be top draw in states with a more rural culture and history; basketball is very urban.

Sincerely,

Kentucky, West Virginia, and Indiana

[SeattleUte]

Sincerely,

Kentucky, West Virginia, and Indiana

You forgot Utah. Exceptions that make the rule.