(02-15-2013 09:33 AM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  I don't care what anybody says....that's just wrong...and I dont want to hear "well, everybody else is doing it"......

So you would rather NIU not try to gain a competitive advantage? They aren't doing it because "everyone else is doing it". They're doing it because they want him to come here and being the first to show interest/offer goes a long way with recruits.

When it comes to 1st or early offers, we are late to the party. I agree that to offer a 2016 recruit is over the top. When it comes to offering 2014 recruits, our offers total 9. Toledo which is the most aggressive in the MAC on recruiting year in and year out has given out 89 offers for 2014. Toledo has 10 times our offers out for next year. I know that half the staff is new, but we are on the very conservative side with regard to # of offers.

(02-14-2013 04:05 PM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  I just don't want P.J. to swoop in and take one of our guys. We deserve the 1st choice of the QB we want from our state.

I saw the other day PJ offered the sophomore QB at Benet.

(02-15-2013 01:51 PM)DiehardHuskie Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 04:05 PM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  I just don't want P.J. to swoop in and take one of our guys. We deserve the 1st choice of the QB we want from our state.

I saw the other day PJ offered the sophomore QB at Benet.

And we all know that no one can say no to P.J.

Offer out to Tim Gordon, DB, 5'11 175lbs from St. Paul, MN. Scout page doesn't list the offer but it was tweeted by the NIU Athletics account.

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8...id=6744141

(02-15-2013 02:30 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(02-15-2013 01:51 PM)DiehardHuskie Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 04:05 PM)RitzHuskie Wrote:  I just don't want P.J. to swoop in and take one of our guys. We deserve the 1st choice of the QB we want from our state.

I saw the other day PJ offered the sophomore QB at Benet.

And we all know that no one can say no to P.J.

Well, before signing day, anyway.

(02-19-2013 09:07 AM)cawoo22 Wrote:  Well, before signing day, anyway.

I'm too lazy to look, how did his first class wind up?

(02-19-2013 02:27 PM)DiehardHuskie Wrote:  

(02-19-2013 09:07 AM)cawoo22 Wrote:  Well, before signing day, anyway.

I'm too lazy to look, how did his first class wind up?

It looked better the night before, but he had a few flip on him on signing day.

I suspect he'll do just fine once he gets a full year of recruiting in. Anyone who's ever talked to him knows he can sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves.

The fax machine failed PJ. All PJ has to do is travel around to every high school on Signing Day and he can get whatever recruit he wants. With those eyes and his good looks, five-star players heading to Bama will flip to WMU. It's hard to say no to that face once you see it.

(02-19-2013 04:20 PM)HuskieRak Wrote:  The fax machine failed PJ. All PJ has to do is travel around to every high school on Signing Day and he can get whatever recruit he wants. With those eyes and his good looks, five-star players heading to Bama will flip to WMU. It's hard to say no to that face once you see it.

Unfortunately, I believe it is banned for coaches to leave campus on signing day.

Steve Wiltfong ‏@SWiltfong247

St. Paul (MN) Cretin Derham Hall teammates Jashon Cornell http://247sports.com/Player/Jashon-Cornell-20904 … and Tim Gordon http://247sports.com/Player/Tim-Gordon-29223 … visiting #NIU today.

Talk about an awful day to visit Dekalb.

(02-19-2013 03:27 PM)cawoo22 Wrote:  

(02-19-2013 02:27 PM)DiehardHuskie Wrote:  

(02-19-2013 09:07 AM)cawoo22 Wrote:  Well, before signing day, anyway.

I'm too lazy to look, how did his first class wind up?

It looked better the night before, but he had a few flip on him on signing day.

I suspect he'll do just fine once he gets a full year of recruiting in. Anyone who's ever talked to him knows he can sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman in white gloves.

And all these years I've been using the old "ice cubes to Eskimos" line. Not anymore!

(02-19-2013 07:25 PM)armour248 Wrote:  Talk about an awful day to visit Dekalb.

.. they are coming from Minnesota so maybe they think today is warm...

(02-19-2013 07:25 PM)armour248 Wrote:  Talk about an awful day to visit Dekalb.

Remember they are from St Paul MN. DeKalb weather will seem like spring

(02-19-2013 06:29 PM)NIU32 Wrote:  Steve Wiltfong ‏@SWiltfong247

St. Paul (MN) Cretin Derham Hall teammates Jashon Cornell http://247sports.com/Player/Jashon-Cornell-20904 … and Tim Gordon http://247sports.com/Player/Tim-Gordon-29223 … visiting #NIU today.

One of the best high school programs in Minnesota

I know they are from MN. It was still an awful day to visit Dekalb. I'm sure campus was a ghost town and the visits were stuck sitting in the same building all day. Doesn't leave a very good lasting impression. Then they'll visit some other places this spring and it'll be beautiful, campus will be bustling and they'll get to go on the field etc. Don't underestimate the power of girls in skirts walking around campus.

(02-20-2013 09:52 AM)armour248 Wrote:  I know they are from MN. It was still an awful day to visit Dekalb. I'm sure campus was a ghost town and the visits were stuck sitting in the same building all day. Doesn't leave a very good lasting impression. Then they'll visit some other places this spring and it'll be beautiful, campus will be bustling and they'll get to go on the field etc. Don't underestimate the power of girls in skirts walking around campus.

I never did, but I never got any of them. Maybe that's the underlying reason for my sex change operation, so I'd finally have a woman.

(02-20-2013 09:52 AM)armour248 Wrote:  I know they are from MN. It was still an awful day to visit Dekalb. I'm sure campus was a ghost town and the visits were stuck sitting in the same building all day. Doesn't leave a very good lasting impression. Then they'll visit some other places this spring and it'll be beautiful, campus will be bustling and they'll get to go on the field etc. Don't underestimate the power of girls in skirts walking around campus.

Ah. Yes. Sun dresses. A fine sight to see around campus in the spring.

(02-20-2013 11:05 AM)NIU8484 Wrote:  Soon the boooooobies will be out in full bloom, maybe 2 months max...

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