I had read one guy on OS say Heisman recruiting wasn't much different than AA. I had read Mors hear say Heisman is crazy tough. I think Mors is right.

I set up my recruiting board similar to how I did on AA. I think that is going to have to change big time. I got five 5* recruits last year and nine 4* recruits. No way will I touch those numbers on Heisman. I'm competing for some highly rated recruits in Texas. I used to have a pipeline to California and Texas but lost them going in to year 3. That is a huge problem now. If you try to get a recruit in a non pipeline state that another equal or greater program wants you will probably fail. If Texas wants a Texas kid badly, Michigan ain't going to get him. It's still early to make any definitive statements but this is looking really hard. I am spending more time finding pitches than getting the max production for pitches like Texas might be doing but I'm spending 60 minutes a week on some of these kids and I'm just falling farther and farther behind. I used to be able to max out 60 minutes a week and I'd probably have a 75% chance at getting someone since I was Michigan. I bet those odds fall to less than 10% in a non pipeline state now.

According to one recruiting source, the Big 10 only had one 5* recruit last year and that was Gholston of MSU. I think I need to accept this new harsh reality and start ditching some of these high recruits on my board and go hard after the smaller ones. Even a couple 3* recruits I had rated in the low teens are dropping me down their list because I'm not spending much time on them. I'm going to keep plugging away but this is a shock to the system for sure. My recent recruiting class was probably the best class I have ever recruited on any NCAA game. This one may be the worst.