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Post by Aggie One on Sept 8, 2020 20:10:02 GMT -5
An interesting national conversation about A&T's recruiting and future football aspirations in the Big South and FCS. Begins at the 14:00 mark.
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Post by aggie2039 on Sept 8, 2020 23:43:32 GMT -5
An interesting national conversation about A&T's recruiting and future football aspirations in the Big South and FCS. Begins at the 14:00 mark. With our semi annual trip to Pittsburgh we will end up getting more players from the area too. Signing Yeager has given us visibility in Minneapolis...his twitter blew up with messages from players in that area. |
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 9, 2020 8:10:15 GMT -5
I love the amount of respect our program is getting from the national media. Folks understand that A&T is a serious football powerhouse right now.
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Post by AggieMac on Sept 9, 2020 8:34:24 GMT -5
An interesting national conversation about A&T's recruiting and future football aspirations in the Big South and FCS. Begins at the 14:00 mark. First off kudos for that broadcast doing their homework and getting our name right. Second, it is pretty clear folks on a FCS level really have been following us and have analyzed the moves we are making. I agree with the guy from HERO Sports that most Alumni want to see how we stack against to FCS comp and most are not even thinking about FBS right now. What really caught my attention was how they spoke highly of the Yeager kid. They really feel is one of the best FCS recruits in that upper midwest area, which screams to me pipeline time. I have a cousin who used to live in Minneapolis, and he always stated that the area is nice but it is very few black people. Just imagine if we go up to Fargo and get more eyes on us, we can definitely pull more gems from that area who want to experience the HBCU life. Because as most of you know, once they take one visit and compare it to those other schools up north, we can lock them in. |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 9, 2020 10:50:50 GMT -5
An interesting national conversation about A&T's recruiting and future football aspirations in the Big South and FCS. Begins at the 14:00 mark. First off kudos for that broadcast doing their homework and getting our name right. Second, it is pretty clear folks on a FCS level really have been following us and have analyzed the moves we are making. I agree with the guy from HERO Sports that most Alumni want to see how we stack against to FCS comp and most are not even thinking about FBS right now. What really caught my attention was how they spoke highly of the Yeager kid. They really feel is one of the best FCS recruits in that upper midwest area, which screams to me pipeline time. I have a cousin who used to live in Minneapolis, and he always stated that the area is nice but it is very few black people. Just imagine if we go up to Fargo and get more eyes on us, we can definitely pull more gems from that area who want to experience the HBCU life. Because as most of you know, once they take one visit and compare it to those other schools up north, we can lock them in. i agree with most of what you stated, but i personally don't necessarily see the state of minnesota as a college football "recruiting hotbed" like florida or texas. off the top of my head, i can't even think of any outstanding college players or pro's who are natives of minnesota. however, it never hurts to spread our brand to all parts of the country... |
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Post by aggie2039 on Sept 9, 2020 10:58:55 GMT -5
First off kudos for that broadcast doing their homework and getting our name right. Second, it is pretty clear folks on a FCS level really have been following us and have analyzed the moves we are making. I agree with the guy from HERO Sports that most Alumni want to see how we stack against to FCS comp and most are not even thinking about FBS right now. What really caught my attention was how they spoke highly of the Yeager kid. They really feel is one of the best FCS recruits in that upper midwest area, which screams to me pipeline time. I have a cousin who used to live in Minneapolis, and he always stated that the area is nice but it is very few black people. Just imagine if we go up to Fargo and get more eyes on us, we can definitely pull more gems from that area who want to experience the HBCU life. Because as most of you know, once they take one visit and compare it to those other schools up north, we can lock them in. i agree with most of what you stated, but i personally don't necessarily see the state of minnesota as a college football "recruiting hotbed" like florida or texas. off the top of my head, i can't even think of any outstanding college players or pro's who are natives of minnesota. however, it never hurts to spread our brand to all parts of the country... |
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Post by AggieMac on Sept 9, 2020 13:33:18 GMT -5
First off kudos for that broadcast doing their homework and getting our name right. Second, it is pretty clear folks on a FCS level really have been following us and have analyzed the moves we are making. I agree with the guy from HERO Sports that most Alumni want to see how we stack against to FCS comp and most are not even thinking about FBS right now. What really caught my attention was how they spoke highly of the Yeager kid. They really feel is one of the best FCS recruits in that upper midwest area, which screams to me pipeline time. I have a cousin who used to live in Minneapolis, and he always stated that the area is nice but it is very few black people. Just imagine if we go up to Fargo and get more eyes on us, we can definitely pull more gems from that area who want to experience the HBCU life. Because as most of you know, once they take one visit and compare it to those other schools up north, we can lock them in. i agree with most of what you stated, but i personally don't necessarily see the state of minnesota as a college football "recruiting hotbed" like florida or texas. off the top of my head, i can't even think of any outstanding college players or pro's who are natives of minnesota. however, it never hurts to spread our brand to all parts of the country... I think you missed what I was saying overall. Although you may think there is not a lot of talent in that area, you could be mistaken. I'm not saying MN is a hotbed, however as a HBCU we can pull a few kids not only from the MN area but the entire upper midwest footprint. Kids like Yeager more than likely would choose us over a South Dakota or some other PWI FCS school just by environment alone. Hell, WV is not a hotbed for talent and you know who we pulled out of that state. |
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 9, 2020 13:49:52 GMT -5
First off kudos for that broadcast doing their homework and getting our name right. Second, it is pretty clear folks on a FCS level really have been following us and have analyzed the moves we are making. I agree with the guy from HERO Sports that most Alumni want to see how we stack against to FCS comp and most are not even thinking about FBS right now. What really caught my attention was how they spoke highly of the Yeager kid. They really feel is one of the best FCS recruits in that upper midwest area, which screams to me pipeline time. I have a cousin who used to live in Minneapolis, and he always stated that the area is nice but it is very few black people. Just imagine if we go up to Fargo and get more eyes on us, we can definitely pull more gems from that area who want to experience the HBCU life. Because as most of you know, once they take one visit and compare it to those other schools up north, we can lock them in. i agree with most of what you stated, but i personally don't necessarily see the state of minnesota as a college football "recruiting hotbed" like florida or texas. off the top of my head, i can't even think of any outstanding college players or pro's who are natives of minnesota. however, it never hurts to spread our brand to all parts of the country...
1. Larry Fitzgerald
2. Bruce Smith'
3. Dave Winfield
And I believe that Kevin McHale is a Minnesota native, too, but not sure. Michael Thompson played for UMinnesota, but he's from The Bahamas & Miami.
Anyway, "Aggie Pride is Nationwide," so the brand continues to spread. |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 9, 2020 15:02:42 GMT -5
i agree with most of what you stated, but i personally don't necessarily see the state of minnesota as a college football "recruiting hotbed" like florida or texas. off the top of my head, i can't even think of any outstanding college players or pro's who are natives of minnesota. however, it never hurts to spread our brand to all parts of the country...
1. Larry Fitzgerald
2. Bruce Smith'
3. Dave Winfield
And I believe that Kevin McHale is a Minnesota native, too, but not sure. Michael Thompson played for UMinnesota, but he's from The Bahamas & Miami.
Anyway, "Aggie Pride is Nationwide," so the brand continues to spread.wow, would that be the same "bruce smith" that played for the buffalo bills? never knew he was a native of minnesota nor fitzgerald or winfield either... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2020 15:24:36 GMT -5
The three that come to mind immediately for me are:
1. Larry Fitzgerald
2. Bruce Smith'
3. Dave Winfield
And I believe that Kevin McHale is a Minnesota native, too, but not sure. Michael Thompson played for UMinnesota, but he's from The Bahamas & Miami.
Anyway, "Aggie Pride is Nationwide," so the brand continues to spread. wow, would that be the same "bruce smith" that played for the buffalo bills? never knew he was a native of minnesota nor fitzgerald or winfield either... Minnesota isn’t as hot as even the 757 but some nice quality talent has come out of there, It’s where schools like NDSU and Former D3 power St Thomas pull kids from. It’s a nice statement we were able to pull an out of state kid away from Ivy league schools and South Dakota State, an FCS power. |
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Post by aggieman70 on Sept 9, 2020 17:23:56 GMT -5
The three that come to mind immediately for me are:
1. Larry Fitzgerald
2. Bruce Smith'
3. Dave Winfield
And I believe that Kevin McHale is a Minnesota native, too, but not sure. Michael Thompson played for UMinnesota, but he's from The Bahamas & Miami.
Anyway, "Aggie Pride is Nationwide," so the brand continues to spread. wow, would that be the same "bruce smith" that played for the buffalo bills? never knew he was a native of minnesota nor fitzgerald or winfield either... I think he was from Norfolk or somewhere in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Maybe he migrated from Minnesota. |
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Post by VA's Finest on Sept 9, 2020 17:41:43 GMT -5
Yeah Bruce Smith is from Norfolk, he graduated from Booker T. Washington HS literally across the street from Norfolk State. Also graduated from VA Tech
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 9, 2020 17:59:24 GMT -5
wow, would that be the same "bruce smith" that played for the buffalo bills? never knew he was a native of minnesota nor fitzgerald or winfield either... I think he was from Norfolk or somewhere in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Maybe he migrated from Minnesota.
Larry Fitzgerald grew up in Richfield, Minnesota. I knew that he was from Minnesota because he was one of my favorite Pitt football players.
My third one would have to be Kevin McHale. I thought that he was from Minnesota, but I wasn't sure until I just looked it up. He is from Hibbing, Minnesota. |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 9, 2020 19:41:10 GMT -5
wow, would that be the same "bruce smith" that played for the buffalo bills? never knew he was a native of minnesota nor fitzgerald or winfield either... Minnesota isn’t as hot as even the 757 but some nice quality talent has come out of there, It’s where schools like NDSU and Former D3 power St Thomas pull kids from. It’s a nice statement we were able to pull an out of state kid away from Ivy league schools and South Dakota State, an FCS power. minnesota talent is weaker than north carolina's talent. nothing "whatsoever" that's special about recruiting out of minnesota, its just another state and that's about it... |
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 9, 2020 19:55:44 GMT -5
Minnesota isn’t as hot as even the 757 but some nice quality talent has come out of there, It’s where schools like NDSU and Former D3 power St Thomas pull kids from. It’s a nice statement we were able to pull an out of state kid away from Ivy league schools and South Dakota State, an FCS power. minnesota talent is weaker than north carolina's talent. nothing "whatsoever" that's special about recruiting out of minnesota, its just another state and that's about it... Folks in Minnesota say the same thing about getting hockey players out of North Carolina! 😂😂 |
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