Saw this on the GSU Board:

The best teams are found where the best players are raised. The 2010 ESPNU ranking of the top 150 high school players included 28 from Florida, 24 from Texas and 18 each from California and Georgia. Michigan had five, Pennsylvania four. Ohio, home of The Ohio State University and home of famed high schools such as Massillon and Moeller, had two.

Some years are better than others, yes. And the accuracy of recruiting rankings is always fodder for discussion. But you don't need a statistician to interpret the shift in the numbers. From 2007 to 2010, an entire four-year cycle of recruits, Pennsylvania had a total of 21 players ranked in the ESPNU 150. Ohio had 16 and Michigan 14.

Over that four-year period, those three states had fewer than Florida and Texas had this year alone.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/st...id=5221661

(05-27-2010 01:38 PM)ManzanoWolf Wrote:  Saw this on the GSU Board:

The best teams are found where the best players are raised. The 2010 ESPNU ranking of the top 150 high school players included 28 from Florida, 24 from Texas and 18 each from California and Georgia. Michigan had five, Pennsylvania four. Ohio, home of The Ohio State University and home of famed high schools such as Massillon and Moeller, had two.

Some years are better than others, yes. And the accuracy of recruiting rankings is always fodder for discussion. But you don't need a statistician to interpret the shift in the numbers. From 2007 to 2010, an entire four-year cycle of recruits, Pennsylvania had a total of 21 players ranked in the ESPNU 150. Ohio had 16 and Michigan 14.

Over that four-year period, those three states had fewer than Florida and Texas had this year alone.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/st...id=5221661

The trend of high schools closings seems to bode poorly for the MAC schools as they will see the attrition before the Big 10 will. Down here in S. Florida we have problems of over crowding in our public high schools. We just opened a high school in my area with a hard-cap of 2,000 students set...suffice it to say that they are at 2200 and climbing within three years and are clamoring for another high school to be built.

As we move away from the industrial age and toward information, these issues will continue to be exaccerbated.

(05-27-2010 02:03 PM)FIUFan Wrote:  

(05-27-2010 01:38 PM)ManzanoWolf Wrote:  Saw this on the GSU Board:

The best teams are found where the best players are raised. The 2010 ESPNU ranking of the top 150 high school players included 28 from Florida, 24 from Texas and 18 each from California and Georgia. Michigan had five, Pennsylvania four. Ohio, home of The Ohio State University and home of famed high schools such as Massillon and Moeller, had two.

Some years are better than others, yes. And the accuracy of recruiting rankings is always fodder for discussion. But you don't need a statistician to interpret the shift in the numbers. From 2007 to 2010, an entire four-year cycle of recruits, Pennsylvania had a total of 21 players ranked in the ESPNU 150. Ohio had 16 and Michigan 14.

Over that four-year period, those three states had fewer than Florida and Texas had this year alone.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/st...id=5221661

The trend of high schools closings seems to bode poorly for the MAC schools as they will see the attrition before the Big 10 will. Down here in S. Florida we have problems of over crowding in our public high schools. We just opened a high school in my area with a hard-cap of 2,000 students set...suffice it to say that they are at 2200 and climbing within three years and are clamoring for another high school to be built.

As we move away from the industrial age and toward information, these issues will continue to be exaccerbated.

Yeah, as I recall I saw a news article recently that stated Detroit would close about 60% of its public schools due to declining enrollment, declining revenue stream, etc. Not a good indicator for the 'frozen tundra' states.

Anybody want to join the MAC?...Anyone?