Building a Fence: Keeping Washington Blue Chips Home
Everyone around UWDawgpound is feeling a bit down about some of the recruiting misses lately on homegrown blue chip players and wondering why players seem to be deserting the hometown squad to play elsewhere. Emeka Egbuka is heading to Ohio State, and it seems like JT Tuimolau is likely headed elsewhere as well. Some are staying home, like Sam Huard, but it feels like more misses than hits. This begs the question:
Are the Huskies doing a good job keeping their home state talent at home?
The short answer is:
yes.
They re not getting 100% of the top players in the state. They never have and they never will, nor will any school keep all the best homegrown players for themselves. Players are people, and they pick schools for all kinds of reasons. Geographic proximity to their high school is a big one, but far from the only one. Top players in every state cross state lines all the time, and not just from the high-density talent
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National signing day storylines from elsewhere in the Big Ten
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We spent pretty much all day yesterday covering how Michigan’s 2021 class came together on the first day of the early signing period. Now it’s time to look around the rest of the conference and see how other teams are shaping up. Here are a few storylines from some of the other Big Ten programs.
Ohio State laps the field once again
The best thing you can say about Ohio State’s class from a Michigan fan’s perspective is it didn’t end up as the greatest class of all time like it was on track to finish in the spring. It fell all the way to second in the country, just a hair behind Alabama in total points and average ranking.