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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1010545" data-attributes="member: 7261">You kind of touched on it and kind of didn't.  I believe that the Badgers used to hit the State of Wisconsin hard for recruiting purposes, because they didn't have a lot of luck competing with the big boys in other states.  So they felt it was important to put Wisconsin kids as their #1 priority to land.  Fickell was in the OSU program for what 15+ years and @ Cincinnati for 6.  He has taken the approach to go after big names throughout the country.  The other factor and probably a big one, is that recruiting for the next class (Juniors in H.S.) starts well before the end of the season.  So when Fickell started his recruiting process for the Badgers last year, he had spent his prior efforts recruiting for the Cincinnati 2024 class. As Chryst was probably doing for the Badgers.  Guys that were juniors last year may have said to themselves "Coach Paul is out, now where do I go?"  Meanwhile, Fickell had to convince all his 2024 recruits that Wisconsin was a better place to follow him, than Cincy.I guess in 3-4 years, we will find out just how successful Fickell's recruiting is. I also think that if Fickell's program is really successful, the top players in Wisconsin will have the Badgers as their #1 destination.</blockquote>

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