
Originally Posted by
2Pac
Surprising? Not at all. ND was left with a gaping hole on the offensive line by the terrible, lazy recruiting of Ty Willingham. You cannot win in college football without any experience on the OL. ND's performance this year was not indicative of the caliber coaches Weis+Staff are. On top of that, they are all top notch recruiters.
The recruits that ND goes after aren't stupid. They knew that this would be a rough year on the field for ND.
The recruits Alabama goes after, however, are laughable when it comes to IQ. Just like every other SEC school, they recruit athletes first, and the student part isn't even considered. Now that isn't to say that all SEC recruits are dumb as a doornail, but a good number are, and a lot end up not qualifying by NCAA standards, and go on to JUCO's (where they take coursework easier than what they were used to in high school, pad their GPA's, and go back to the SEC/Pac 10/Big12 qualified and ready to go)