(11-22-2020 06:39 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(11-22-2020 04:06 PM)EMUGLORYDAYSthe90s Wrote:  

(11-22-2020 01:48 PM)Luckeyone Wrote:  

(11-20-2020 06:02 PM)emu steve Wrote:  I think the staff is dropping hints that maybe a verbal is coming.

Hopefully not another DB, we have 25 on our roster. We should load up on LBs/DEs/DL and try to find a nice RB greater than 200 lbs

Why do we've 6-7 RB? We're desperate for LB! I can't say it anymore! RECRUITING wins at every level! And we're typically between 7th-10th ranked in MAC recruiting every year! Toledo had soooooo many explosive players!

You guys make a good point about position selection in recruiting, it seems misguided.

Glory Days, Toledo will always have more explosive players, they have fabulous facilities, a larger fan base, much more money and have been looking beyond the MAC, like Marshall did for some time. It's a large metro area with no FBS competition nearby other than Bowling Green, thus they have a lot of donor and ad sponsorship money looking for a team to support.

Creighton is recruiting to a program with a history of being the MAC doormat. EMU has a nice campus but the surrounding city has a less than attractive reputation. Eastern has perennially one of the lowest attendance statistics in the MAC as it competes with a major P5 program six miles away, unlike any other conference member. Donor and sponsorship money as a result flow to U-M as well as fan attendance and interest.

Creighton has a tough mountain to climb, to say the least.

Jerry, very valid points about being the biggest draw in town, and being A blue blood MAC program! Ypsilanti has changed since the late 80's as well! But, Harkema and Braun won huge during my college years, and it has been decades since! Creighton and his recruiting and his use of his recruits are baffling! Ala Grissom, Jackson, Evan's, etc.......He has 25 DB and basically zero LB in the pipeline! CC is a great man with great morals, and ethics, but he won't take us up that mountain! We peaked in 2018......I sure hope I'm wrong! 1-5 won't help us either! I just want to see us win the MAC in football and basketball! I remember in 1989 when we were 5-0-1! I honestly thought in 2017 after going 5-7 that A MAC championship was around the corner! We'll want the same thing A title! Your posts are always wonderful, and A pleasure to read!