Recent content by Simeon Rice

247 ranks UI transfer class as 11th in the B1G and 51st overall. It's a slightly below-average class which may be about the best we can hope for

Yes, confused him with the other TE/WR, Zach Washington, that we and others recently offered

This guy got a ton of offers in the past week or so. Another in-state riser

If this was 5 years ago, sure. But, this isn't a Drink thing. They have tons of NIL and they are committed to winning (admin, state legislatures, etc.). If Drink leaves (which is doubtful b/c Mizzou can pay him plenty), they'll just get the next big name. As long as the current NIL landscape...

They do.....very serious

Eh, he crushed us with a QB he outrecruited us for **ducks**

And, just got a high 4* DB to reclassify up and sign with Purdue for the '24 class. Again, where was this at UI?

No brainers: 1) CB Brooks 2) OL Davis 3) TE Rusk 4) WR Franklin* Likely: 5) OL Priestly Others 6) ? 7) ? 8) ? In consideration: Wigenton, Briggs, others not committed yet *Not committed yet

That's effectively the underlying question in all of this. Nobody wants the staff to hosts visits for the sake of it. But, it would be nice to generate enough interest to even get an OV. It's quite (unfortunately) eye-opening when you stress in-state recruiting in your opening presser, seem to...

And his (Eppy) tenure overlapped with BB at Iowa. To have that connection and not even get an OV is just another reminder how tough this thing will be. We may not even get OVs from most/all of the top 15 in-staters. That's just not sustainable

I know it's a bit of a broken record at this point, but amazing that we can't even get visits from top in-staters, even ones that BB should have a decent relationship with

It's about selling a vision about what the program will look like in 2-3 years when those students are a major part of the program. If the trend line is pointing up, the story is compelling. If you just pissed down your leg throughout the most forgiving schedule in years, it's a much more...

You mean, once those 4* players get beat out by better 4-5* players?? Yeah, that will be quite the problem for them. I would love to be in such a predicament