Kekkonen Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I'm soon about to start recruiting my 4th class of student athletes. At the start of each of the previous recruiting periods, I've gotten mail from one kid telling me about their interest in playing for the University of New Mexico. Each of them has been a linebacker from Florida (and a good one; they've all turned into starters at some point in their freshman season). Is that just a fluke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Yes, it's a fluke, but generally I get the majority of those letters from players of a certain position, in my current career it is usually DEs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Through 5 seasons with UNLV I've gotten letters from 2 LBs (1 ILB, 1 OLB) a CB and a Saftey. Never an offensive player. Almost always the best player at their position on my squad when they come. A smattering of states...though all but one said their dad played for UNLV back in the day. One of the Bastards had the nerve to not accept a scholorship to my team after all that recruiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvargus Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 [QUOTE=Kekkonen;186106]I'm soon about to start recruiting my 4th class of student athletes. At the start of each of the previous recruiting periods, I've gotten mail from one kid telling me about their interest in playing for the University of New Mexico. Each of them has been a linebacker from Florida (and a good one; they've all turned into starters at some point in their freshman season). Is that just a fluke?[/QUOTE] Its not a fluke. If your team prestige is below a certain level (around 60, but I don't know the exact value) you will get an e-mail from a recruit interested in coming to your school from out of the recruitment zone your team is in. THey don't necessarily fill an immediate need, but they usually are solid players who are either better than anyone else you can expect to get (prestige of team under 45) or about middle of the pack of the recruits you'll bring in. I always try to land these recruits though because they usually will be starting by the end of their sophomore year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udlb58 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 [QUOTE=Meat;186154]though all but one said their dad played for UNLV back in the day. One of the Bastards had the nerve to not accept a scholorship to my team after all that recruiting.[/QUOTE] I had a career with FIU a few years ago and a lot of the letters said the player's dad played at FIU; pretty funny since FIU has had a football team for less than 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kekkonen Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Hmm... I had one whose dad had played at UNM (and despite all my recruiting, the little bastard broke with family tradition and went to Maryland or someplace such), one who had a girlfriend here, and one whose best friend was my red-shirting FS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kekkonen Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 OK, now there was a break in tradition: the guy who wrote me was a CB from Pennsylvania whose dad had played for UNM in his time. No offensive players yet, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biltong Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I've had a WR and an OT recently. Neither were that good though so I passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kekkonen Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 Not only was this guy a 4-star recruit (which is good for my ca. 55 prestige UNM Lobos), he was good enough to be the nickelback in my secondary right away. What's more, in his first game he returned an interception for a TD in the waning minutes of a blowout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConStar Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I hate to sound like an idiot -- but what the heck are you guys talking about? I bought/downloaded this game just before Christmas, so I assume I've got the latest version, but I've never gotten any of these letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biltong Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Only low prestige schools get these emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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