(02-11-2020 08:33 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  It sets the table to go even higher next year. Yeah, I said it. If we win the conference chip and play in the NY6 we will be hottest thing this side of the P5 since the hey dey of Boyzee dominance. It'll be college football porn - the eyes won't be able to peel away. We can actually attract a 5 star kid. Think big and be big. Speak loudly and carry a titanium bat.

(02-11-2020 08:56 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(02-11-2020 08:33 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  It sets the table to go even higher next year. Yeah, I said it. If we win the conference chip and play in the NY6 we will be hottest thing this side of the P5 since the hey dey of Boyzee dominance. It'll be college football porn - the eyes won't be able to peel away. We can actually attract a 5 star kid. Think big and be big. Speak loudly and carry a titanium bat.

One correction, we'll be hotter than many schools in the P5. I said this years ago on here...but the vibe of UC is far more appealing than standard college towns and suburbia for a lot of recruits out there. They don't stick out in a bad way here as much as they would in an Evanston or a Winston Salem or a Bloomington, and weve got an opportunity to carve out a niche the same way Miami FL did in the 80s (obviously to a limited degree based on the structure of the sport now). And we have a few things going for us that Boise never did, Eastern Time Zone, National Televsion, and a Metropolis as a home.

(02-11-2020 08:00 PM)C1ncy4Life Wrote:  Just imagine if this type of recruiting class can become somewhat normal with a couple high 3* and a couple more 4* each year. One thing that is Fickell has also been underrated at over the years if finding recruits that were largely overlooked and getting more out of them. One of the most recent examples is Sauce who as a true Freshman ranked as one of the best CB’s in the country last year.

(02-11-2020 07:17 PM)doss2 Wrote:  No. 40 which is ahead of 26 P5 classes
The closest G5 is BSU at 65
The only G5 with 4 stars and we have 3!
The rest of the AAC:
MEM 66
TULANE 67
ECU 70
UCF 71
SMU 81
UH 82
TEMPLE 97
USF 101
TULSA 112
NAVY 126

Again I think UC needs to give Luke a contract that will pay him $1 over any G5 coach which means today $3,700,001

You must invest to support the $160 that has been invested.

(02-12-2020 08:19 AM)nachoman91 Wrote:  [quote='doss2' pid='16670997' dateline='1581466631']
No. 40 which is ahead of 26 P5 classes
The closest G5 is BSU at 65
The only G5 with 4 stars and we have 3!
The rest of the AAC:
MEM 66
TULANE 67
ECU 70
UCF 71
SMU 81
UH 82
TEMPLE 97
USF 101
TULSA 112
NAVY 126

Again I think UC needs to give Luke a contract that will pay him $1 over any G5 coach which means today $3,700,001

You must invest to support the $160 that has been invested.

(02-12-2020 08:19 AM)nachoman91 Wrote:  

(02-11-2020 07:17 PM)doss2 Wrote:  No. 40 which is ahead of 26 P5 classes
The closest G5 is BSU at 65
The only G5 with 4 stars and we have 3!
The rest of the AAC:
MEM 66
TULANE 67
ECU 70
UCF 71
SMU 81
UH 82
TEMPLE 97
USF 101
TULSA 112
NAVY 126

Again I think UC needs to give Luke a contract that will pay him $1 over any G5 coach which means today $3,700,001

You must invest to support the $160 that has been invested.

I'm all-in on this plan. And for those continuing to preach the "UC doesn't have the money" mantra, you are part of the problem. You have to think bigger. Investing in Fickel is an investment for the future that has the opportunity to pay off big.

Imagine if Va Tech didn't invest in Frank Beamer 25 years ago. Would they be a nationally respected program today? Imagine if Louisville didn't invest in their entire athletic department 15 years ago. Would they be in the ACC today?

UC has a $1.3B endowment, a large alumni base, and nine Fortune 500 companies in a 50 mile radius. The money is there.

(02-12-2020 01:00 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  Honest question here. Does it really matter?

If Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, etc. come calling, do you think it matters one bit whether Fickell is making 2.3 million a year or 3.8 million. If a big time blue blood comes calling, isn't he gone either way?

(02-12-2020 01:00 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  Honest question here. Does it really matter?

If Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, etc. come calling, do you think it matters one bit whether Fickell is making 2.3 million a year or 3.8 million. If a big time blue blood comes calling, isn't he gone either way?

(02-12-2020 01:57 PM)doss2 Wrote:  

(02-12-2020 01:00 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  Honest question here. Does it really matter?

If Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, etc. come calling, do you think it matters one bit whether Fickell is making 2.3 million a year or 3.8 million. If a big time blue blood comes calling, isn't he gone either way?

It would not matter as to OSU or ND or perhaps PSU. Forget MI as he us not a MI Man.

Know would it matter vs IU, PU, IA, WVU or similar? Maybe as $3.7 would put him at around #30

(02-12-2020 07:53 AM)Banter Wrote:  

(02-11-2020 08:00 PM)C1ncy4Life Wrote:  Just imagine if this type of recruiting class can become somewhat normal with a couple high 3* and a couple more 4* each year. One thing that is Fickell has also been underrated at over the years if finding recruits that were largely overlooked and getting more out of them. One of the most recent examples is Sauce who as a true Freshman ranked as one of the best CB’s in the country last year.

I think it is more that CLF and his staff have been excellent at finding guys BEFORE they hit the radar of the bigger school, and being able to value them, and build a relationship before schools like Michigan State, or Indiana talk to them.

I believe this is exactly what happened with Prater, and it was mentioned some really big schools like LSU tried to talk to him later in the process, and he would not really give them the time of day because he was dead set on Cincinnati.