SeniorFrog
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Mailbag: Expansion, recruiting, top 25 gripes
Velden Linn in Columbus, Ohio writes: Ubbs, When WVU & TCU joined the B12, I remember you talking about the long-term advantages that TCU would have over WVU in recruiting based on their proximity in Texas. Well, we now have one year in the books for both schools, and yesterday WVU beat TCU in all three major recruiting services. Granted, WVU did sign a bigger class. But they did it with a higher star average in all three services. Care to reassess your position on who benefited more from the move to the B12?
DU: No, not really. They were pretty close this year, and I expect them to start close. What I buy with TCU is the potential for upward mobility in time. If they start winning big in the Big 12 (which if you win consistently like Oklahoma State did from around 2006-09, will happen) their location will allow them to grow into a possible third superpower in the Big 12.
West Virginia could win a lot, but it has been in a BCS conference for a long time and their location is never going to put the Mountaineers in position to start recruiting on par with the likes of Texas and Oklahoma. That's not the case with TCU, who can boast being the only Big 12 team in the metroplex. That's a big deal. If TCU doesn't win, I don't think it matters all that much. If the Frogs get some momentum going, look out. It's going to shake up the state.
I don't think it's a stretch to say this is the most important season in TCU football history. More important ones may follow, but this is enormous. This team is good enough to win the Big 12.
Velden Linn in Columbus, Ohio writes: Ubbs, When WVU & TCU joined the B12, I remember you talking about the long-term advantages that TCU would have over WVU in recruiting based on their proximity in Texas. Well, we now have one year in the books for both schools, and yesterday WVU beat TCU in all three major recruiting services. Granted, WVU did sign a bigger class. But they did it with a higher star average in all three services. Care to reassess your position on who benefited more from the move to the B12?
DU: No, not really. They were pretty close this year, and I expect them to start close. What I buy with TCU is the potential for upward mobility in time. If they start winning big in the Big 12 (which if you win consistently like Oklahoma State did from around 2006-09, will happen) their location will allow them to grow into a possible third superpower in the Big 12.
West Virginia could win a lot, but it has been in a BCS conference for a long time and their location is never going to put the Mountaineers in position to start recruiting on par with the likes of Texas and Oklahoma. That's not the case with TCU, who can boast being the only Big 12 team in the metroplex. That's a big deal. If TCU doesn't win, I don't think it matters all that much. If the Frogs get some momentum going, look out. It's going to shake up the state.
I don't think it's a stretch to say this is the most important season in TCU football history. More important ones may follow, but this is enormous. This team is good enough to win the Big 12.
