SI's take on DL recruiting

[greenyellow]

Good story showing the differences in recruiting DL to West Coast versus East Coast schools. Good quotes from Chip in it as well.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/w ... ?eref=sihp

[PDXShogun]

Just finished reading this, myself. While it wasn't exactly news that more big DL come from the South, what was interesting was the anthropological reasons why that is.

Two things I took away from this that could really help us.
1) Make Hawaii a priority
2) There's nothing wrong with taking a second tier DL from the Southern region (Byers is a good example of this)

[uodux1212]

Despite the fact that the region accounts for only 22.1 percent of the nation's population, 43 percent of the NFL's defensive linemen went to high school in the following 10 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Interesting...

[WoodyDuck]

Hog farming is best in the South. Something to do with looser environmental policies, or the enforcement thereof.

[woundedknees]

Meat smokin' has a whole difernent set o' regullayshuns dow thar...

Them big boys love they bar-be-q.

[huckthefuskies]

A few years back there was some talk about Oregon/Boise St. playing in China? I figured it had to do with marketing but this artical made me wonder what the complications of recruiting global would be? Probably 99 out of 100 kids wouldn't qualify but if you had no other competition maybe you could really be choosy. Paea with osu while not being global shows how a kid with the right attributes but not much football history can develop in a few years. It seems like trying to crash the SECs party in their front yard will always be a losing proposition but maybe there is possibilities outside the box. Some areas of this world just grow bigger boys, but even in areas like china the sheer numbers have to create some ideal tackles. Even if it never worked one would wonder if the grass roots effort would create an expansion on the Oregon market and brand reaping some benefits.

[dthomas=ddixon]

They definitely breed em different down south. I wouldn't mind us going down there to clean up after the SEC schools for DTs. A few guys like Byers every year would definitely help our Dline out.

[huckthefuskies]

They definitely breed em different down south. I wouldn't mind us going down there to clean up after the SEC schools for DTs. A few guys like Byers every year would definitely help our Dline out.

Recruiting rankings are easy to get caught up on as well. It is not like there is a ton of difference between the 30th best tackle down south and the 100th. It is just the thought of something of something better. Could be that damn Will Wallace thread had quotes running threw my head. Still my favorite movie of all time.