(02-14-2019 10:03 AM)thetachihuskie Wrote:  We have increased our offers a bit. We are up to 51 offers, but Toledo being Toledo has an absurd 209 offers already!

They really want that 2020 recruiting championship...

(02-14-2019 11:33 AM)BobL Wrote:  

(02-14-2019 10:03 AM)thetachihuskie Wrote:  We have increased our offers a bit. We are up to 51 offers, but Toledo being Toledo has an absurd 209 offers already!

They really want that 2020 recruiting championship...

Wow. All that recruiting and we still own them

Toledo is ridiculous when it comes to recruiting offers. They averaged 400 offers in the last 2 seasons! Most MAC teams avg around 150-175. The military is more selective when it comes to trying to enlist guys.

(02-12-2019 08:33 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 07:46 PM)JB04 Wrote:  The list looks really good. A couple observations:

It seems like we are going after highly rated guys

I don’t remember seeing this many offers this early in the process

A few seem to have Purdue offers as well, probably the new DC extending offers to guys on his radar there.

I like the early offers to high rated recruits

We’ve adopted the Toledo spray and pray method of offering any and everyone. In fact, when ever 247 gives any player a star rating of any kind, it comes with a complimentary Toledo recruit offer.

Lol and so true.

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Huskies hosting a junior day. Seems to be a big success. Already tweeted first verbal of 2020 class.....likely more to follow soon.

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(02-16-2019 06:06 PM)Trekker41 Wrote:  Huskies hosting a junior day. Seems to be a big success. Already tweeted first verbal of 2020 class.....likely more to follow soon.

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First 2020 Verbal?

May be time to start the "2020 Official Verbal Thread" on here.

Also, someone needs to tell Coach Wilkins that NIU doesn't have any boats, rowing or otherwise.

https://twitter.com/NIUAWilkins/status/1...7113332738

Based on Twitter, we may have had more offers out today than bobblheads given out.

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Hyperbole.

We might win the 2020 Prom defeating Queen Toledo for the 1st time.

(02-16-2019 07:02 PM)NorthCoast Wrote:  

(02-16-2019 06:06 PM)Trekker41 Wrote:  Huskies hosting a junior day. Seems to be a big success. Already tweeted first verbal of 2020 class.....likely more to follow soon.

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First 2020 Verbal?

May be time to start the "2020 Official Verbal Thread" on here.

Also, someone needs to tell Coach Wilkins that NIU doesn't have any boats, rowing or otherwise.

https://twitter.com/NIUAWilkins/status/1...7113332738

Actually, NIU does. Outdoor rec rents gear, including canoes with "NIU" stencils on the bow. However, it would have to be one damn big canoe for a coach and a recruit. Otherwise, it's swim city. Coach Wilkins might be a fisherman ("landing a big one") but your PJFleck reference is definitely a good catch.

(02-14-2019 12:00 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  Toledo is ridiculous when it comes to recruiting offers. They averaged 400 offers in the last 2 seasons! Most MAC teams avg around 150-175. The military is more selective when it comes to trying to enlist guys.

The thing I like the most about the Junior Day is it was a great opportunity to get a lot of our local talent out to DeKalb... there may have been a sprinkle of players that came from 2-3 states away, but I’d assume the majority were in-state and Wisconsin kids. The kid I’ve been trying to get on NIU’s radar finally is on that radar thanks to the new coaching staff and their commitment to social media. From the day I tagged him and a couple of the coaches in a tweet, he’s been in contact with our current staff and was at the Junior Day. The level of hype and excitement surrounding our program right now is damn near visible, this team may truly be getting ready to take that next step.

Kid I’m talking about btw - Nazareth Bryant from Oak Park River Forest

https://twitter.com/nazareth_bryant/stat...11360?s=21

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/6466709/5ba...0c2c1eea6d

(02-16-2019 06:06 PM)Trekker41 Wrote:  Huskies hosting a junior day. Seems to be a big success. Already tweeted first verbal of 2020 class.....likely more to follow soon.

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Anyone know who the first verbal is?

First commit.

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/7938451/5b9...03e049532f

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2...ith-203157

(02-17-2019 12:03 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  First commit.

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/7938451/5b9...03e049532f

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2...ith-203157

That kid looks pretty darn good, good pursuit skills, hits the hole hard and fast... wonder what Rivals will tank him as by the end of the season.

(02-17-2019 12:03 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  First commit.

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/7938451/5b9...03e049532f

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2...ith-203157

https://twitter.com/devonte_smith12/stat...3915393024

https://twitter.com/travisWSN/status/109...8889069568

The staff is certainly generating a lot of excitement among high school players and fans.

(02-17-2019 12:44 PM)NorthCoast Wrote:  

(02-17-2019 12:03 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  First commit.

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/7938451/5b9...03e049532f

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2...ith-203157

https://twitter.com/devonte_smith12/stat...3915393024

https://twitter.com/travisWSN/status/109...8889069568

This guys is an athlete! Looks good as a tight end too.

(02-13-2019 09:41 AM)klake87 Wrote:  I just hope that the new staff does lose sight of our strong recruiting base in Illinois and Wisconsin. One of my questions about our recruiting is do we have the budget to recruit nationally. Flying back and forth to Florida, NJ etc. is expensive. In Chicagoland area, you can hit a lot more potential recruits because you can drive. If you spend a lot of money going to Florida, Texas, NJ etc. and come up empty, that is a waste of resources and NIU has a tight budget.

Flying to FL has gotten alot less expensive with SPirit and Frontier flying there from OHare. RT to Florida can be had for $150 if you fly middle of the week. thats less than what I paid to fly to Tampa on Southwest for my honeymoon 30+ years ago.

there is a ton of talent to be had in surrounding states (WI MN IN MO etc) thats driveable, so hope the staff does work within 300 miles of DeKalb before looking at TX & FL unless they have connections with HS coaches in those states who can promote NIU to their student athletes

Sounds like Hammock tweeted we have another commit, it’s looking like a lineman. Anyone do some investigating and know who it is?