Eight
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Teenagers are emotion filled waffle fries of humans....Their concepts of the future is a net not a container. Today dream school oozes out every 24 hours to be filled with the a new dream school. The blue bloods seem to have figured out how to slow the oozing longer then the rest of us..
i don't think there really is much secret to how the blue blood programs stay front and center of recruits.
they continually are given media attention, all three of his finalist are ranked annually among the very best in the country, all three regularly have players taken in the nfl draft.
pretty easy story to tell when you talk about being continually the best in your conference, uga and ohio state tout the reputation of their conference, and they sell the nfl story.
look no farther than the ability of texas and usc to deflect for years their continual underachievement as a team, but the continued stream of recruits into their program never slows regardless of the results as a team
consider usc. their recruiting classes since 2010 are as follows:
20th, 4th, 4th, 10th, 2nd, 10th, 13th, 8th, 3rd, and 3rd
8 of their classes have been ranked in the top 10. 8 out of 10.
49 players have been drafted during that same time and 7 have been first rounders.
now the team results, over that time period usc is 78-40 overall and 54-27 in conference play. during that ten year period while they have consistently had the highest rated recruiting classes on the west coast they have 1 conference title.
they have finished the season 4 times not ranked and only finished in the top 10 three times.
they continually pull kids out of their backyard regardless of their performance, regardless of the quality of their conference, regardless of their crappy stadium and lacking facilities because they have a brand that is freaking bullet proof in so cal.
compare that with tcu who can't get a damn look from a number of the areas best talent.