I would not be surprised to see some Big 5 school approach FIU or FAU to be a camp partner here in S.Fla. It is a good thing UM has been working with them at AG's Camp and the SFFF events. Can you imagine if LSU or Bama decided to partner up on camps down here with FIU/FAU the same days as UM's camp.
http://sports.omaha.com/2014/05/05/recruiting-is-penn-states-new-gambit-a-sign-of-the-times/#.U2jQyYy3PMJ
Recruiting: James Franklin’s clever idea, and what the Big Ten can learn from it
By Sam McKewon
If Urban Meyer provided a jolt to the somewhat-sleepy culture of Big Ten recruiting, Penn State coach James Franklin just injected a peach-flavored Red Bull.
Franklin wants the Nittany Lions to recruit in SEC territory, so he’s sending his entire staff to Atlanta — to work a fellow FBS program’s camp as guest coaches. Georgia State is hosting the camp, but make no mistake: Penn State intends to profit from it.
“The way the rules are set up, you’re not allowed to have any camp outside of your state, unless you’re on the border and within a 50-mile radius — and a lot of people recruit in Atlanta,” Georgia State coach Trent Miles told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The joint GSU/PSU camp is June 10. “But you can legally work somebody else’s camp. So it’s beneficial to both parties where Penn State can come down here, work our camp, and get to see the kids that they’re recruiting. And it benefits us by the amount of kids that are coming.”
Again: This is within NCAA rules. Nothing to stop Franklin from doing it in any number of states. In a column I wrote just after Signing Day, I suggested Nebraska should consider doing it. It’s relatively cheap to do — you’re flying to one place – and the benefits are seeing the prospects, in person, for a whole day. And remember: You’re not just evaluating the kids for the upcoming class, but the kids for several classes to come. They’ll all show up.
Heck, I’d even advocate a Big Ten-wide combine, technically hosted by some lower-division school near Chicago, where every Big Ten school sends two coaches as guests. How many prospects could three days of camps in Chicago draw, if prospects knew that 14 Big Ten schools would be there?
I suspect a lot. A whole lot. From sea to shining sea. And the added bonuses would be the media coverage, the convergence of recruiting service scouts, and the exposure good prospects had to the Big Ten. It’d be a three-day showcase for Big Ten recruiting.
All it would take are Big Ten schools understanding that, in order to battle the SEC’s inherent recruiting advantage in terms of location, they have to be creative and cooperative.
http://sports.omaha.com/2014/05/05/recruiting-is-penn-states-new-gambit-a-sign-of-the-times/#.U2jQyYy3PMJ
Recruiting: James Franklin’s clever idea, and what the Big Ten can learn from it
By Sam McKewon
If Urban Meyer provided a jolt to the somewhat-sleepy culture of Big Ten recruiting, Penn State coach James Franklin just injected a peach-flavored Red Bull.
Franklin wants the Nittany Lions to recruit in SEC territory, so he’s sending his entire staff to Atlanta — to work a fellow FBS program’s camp as guest coaches. Georgia State is hosting the camp, but make no mistake: Penn State intends to profit from it.
“The way the rules are set up, you’re not allowed to have any camp outside of your state, unless you’re on the border and within a 50-mile radius — and a lot of people recruit in Atlanta,” Georgia State coach Trent Miles told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The joint GSU/PSU camp is June 10. “But you can legally work somebody else’s camp. So it’s beneficial to both parties where Penn State can come down here, work our camp, and get to see the kids that they’re recruiting. And it benefits us by the amount of kids that are coming.”
Again: This is within NCAA rules. Nothing to stop Franklin from doing it in any number of states. In a column I wrote just after Signing Day, I suggested Nebraska should consider doing it. It’s relatively cheap to do — you’re flying to one place – and the benefits are seeing the prospects, in person, for a whole day. And remember: You’re not just evaluating the kids for the upcoming class, but the kids for several classes to come. They’ll all show up.
Heck, I’d even advocate a Big Ten-wide combine, technically hosted by some lower-division school near Chicago, where every Big Ten school sends two coaches as guests. How many prospects could three days of camps in Chicago draw, if prospects knew that 14 Big Ten schools would be there?
I suspect a lot. A whole lot. From sea to shining sea. And the added bonuses would be the media coverage, the convergence of recruiting service scouts, and the exposure good prospects had to the Big Ten. It’d be a three-day showcase for Big Ten recruiting.
All it would take are Big Ten schools understanding that, in order to battle the SEC’s inherent recruiting advantage in terms of location, they have to be creative and cooperative.
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