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Where Would You Go....

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Zurp;2341825; said:
Ha - I was just thinking that I'd stay north. To use your words, "Me no likey hot". Summer in Ohio is too hot for me. Besides, football was meant to be played in the snow.

I used to consider Purdue my 2nd favorite Big Ten team. [censored] you, Danny Hope - Purdue is now near the bottom of my list. (On a side note, Purdue used to be neck-and-neck with Penn State as my 2nd favorite Big Ten team. Penn State had great fans (or so I thought, until 2005) and a classy head coach (or so I thought, until 2011). Both are now toward the bottom of my list. I doubt anyone could unseat Michigan or Wisconsin, though.)

I know what I said about not liking the hot, but if I'm a 5-star high school player, and have the choice of any team to play for, I'd pick a team that I thought would best get me to the NFL. If I can't play for Ohio State and try to win a national championship, my next goal is to get paid. I'd go to Alabama, or LSU, or somewhere in the SEC, or to USC or Oklahoma. A lot of it depends on what position I play, but really, I doubt you could go wrong with playing in Alabama. I'd imagine that their marching bands would get drafted to play special teams or something in the NFL, if there were just a couple more rounds of the draft.
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I wouldn't write Purdue off with Hazell there as long has he doesn't go Dantonio and become an asshat.

Being a Buckeye fan and if I was a 5* recruit I would have a hard time going to the SEC. Miami is going to get smacked by the NCAA at some point. Texas and USC are going to be looking for new coaches over the next year or two so I don't want to get into that.

I would probably have to look at the remaining schools and what they have done for other players at my position and what what the current depth chart looks like. As an offensive lineman seeing a kid from a directional M*ch*gan school go #1 in the draft I would probably feel like I could go anywhere and get drafted high. The Buckeye in my wants to say Purdue for Hazell, and then the usual great education schools that can win a conference Stanford, etc. If I want to play for a title I'd look at Oklahoma, or see how many whores Phil Knight would throw at me when I visit Oregon. If I did look at the SEC it would probably be Florida. Purdue is the only other B1G school I would consider.
 
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Surprised to see people listing USC as an option. Why would anyone want to play for Kiffin?

Also surprised to see those who mention academics as a consideration not listing UCLA or Cal. I get the lack of scUM, but you would get just as good an education at the top two public California schools as you would UVa.

Personally, I would go with a highly rated academic institution as well; but as I would want to stay east of the Mississippi, I would probably go with UVa. Northwestern is attractive, but I wouldn't want to play against OSU, so the BiG schools are off my list. UNC and Vandy would also be possible considerations.
 
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starBUCKS;2341653; said:
I've thought about that before. Stanford would probably take the cake. Great education, good young coach, successful program and nice campus in Palo Alto.
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This.

Coming out of HS in 2002, definitely would've been LSU or the U if OSU was unattainable. Fortunately, I was able to go as a regular student.
 
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The only drawback with Stanford is the crazy-high cost of living out there. We lived in Los Altos for a couple of years and while it was beautiful, we left California with only a couple of bucks in the bank despite having a couple of pretty decent salaries.

The education at Stanford is top-notch, the locale is gorgeous, the people a little flaky but tolerable, and the "stuff to do" is off the charts... but that cost of living just sucks.
 
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Interesting alot of people choosing PAC 10 schools (including yours truly) despite the relative laissez faire attitude of their fans. These are certainly not places you think of when you like "Football atmosphere"

Especially places like Stanford and UCLA, whose fans rarely travel and really only sell out for major rivalry games.
 
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BigWoof31;2341859; said:
Interesting alot of people choosing PAC 10 schools (including yours truly) despite the relative laissez faire attitude of their fans. These are certainly not places you think of when you like "Football atmosphere"

Especially places like Stanford and UCLA, whose fans rarely travel and really only sell out for major rivalry games.
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It's a bunch of middle aged pervs dreaming they're 18 again. Everyone wants beaches and bitches.
 
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Depends on the intellectual limitations or if you even want to get an education and degee.

If that is the case then Stanford, obviously Ivy League but in essence you play small college football. If not then perhaps Cal or USC or UCLA, if east coast and others throughout the midlands and east such as Notre Dame, Purdue, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Duke, Virginia Tech etc., etc..

If football is your priority, then the ususal suspects. Florida, Texas, Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon, LSU and so many more.

For me they would be in no particular order, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Stanford, UCLA, Colorado, Texas and Walden online.

Walden for fantasy football..:biggrin:
 
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I would go to my childhood favorite UCLA. If they would not take me, I would go to the SEC school that paid me the most money excluding Kentucky or Tennessee because I would never go to either one of them.

Edit: For those of you who are picking Stanford, you better be a national merit scholar plus being very active in your high school and community. If you do not have that, you better be related to a politician or nationally known figure or have tons of money.
 
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Hm - come to think of it, maybe I'd go to a Div III school. Roll up 200+ yards per game and graduate after my senior year with 4th place in the Heisman, a 3rd round draft pick, and totally unprepared for the NFL.
 
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LitlBuck;2341891; said:
I would go to my childhood favorite UCLA. If they would not take me, I would go to the SEC school that paid me the most money excluding Kentucky or Tennessee because I would never go to either one of them.

Edit: For those of you who are picking Stanford, you better be a national merit scholar plus being very active in your high school and community. If you do not have that, you better be related to a politician or nationally known figure or have tons of money.
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I think you're mixing up "normal" kids with 5* football athletes. Now I know that they have stricter acceptance criteria than other schools, but if they required all of their football players to be 4.0 students and volunteer 50% of their free time, they'd be one awful football team.
 
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