Big Ten vs Pac 10 Pro's

[Kingdome]

**Hawaii would be Pacific, and not Pac-10, but in reality, I gave you Utah which is not Pac-10 state either.

Hawaii, Alaska, Idaho, Western Montana, Nevada, & Utah are considered by the Pac-10 itself as Pac-10 territory. And that about matches the recruiting area where the Pac-10 overwhelmingly reaps in the top talent. Hawaii used to be Washington's little secret. Now that clown Willingham is gone, we are back to raiding the islands. UH hates us. Wisconsin tried to hit Hawaii hard, landed Raiola, but hasn't had that much luck.

Thanks for doing the research on the all-pros. Next step is to see the actual rosters. I think it is interesting that the top 3 Big Ten players in the NFL are not from anywhere close to Big Ten country.

 

[Kingdome]

I have shown you a surplus of All-Pro's from the Big Ten states that dwarfs the list of the Pac-10.

Not yet you haven't. Every major conference except the Big East recruits in Pac-10 country.

If the west is over-flooded with talent that the Pac-10 attracts, then where are the numbers?

The Pac-10 can only land 10 schools worth of talent. The rest has to go elsewhere. The west is so loaded talent wise that Jared Allen had to play at Idaho State & Ryan Clady at Boise State.

Fact is the Big 10 has two top 5 states from a HS football talent standpoint IMO in Ohio and Pennslvania.

NFL players (2007, sorry, newest I could find):

California - 198
Ohio - 65
Pennsylvania - 65
Illinois - 47
Michigan - 45
Washington - 37
Arizona - 26
Wisconsin - 21
Indiana - 21
Oregon - 14
Iowa - 13
Minnesota - 11
Utah - 9
Hawaii - 8
Idaho, Nevada, Alaska - 10


Total 302 to 288. Seems close until you divide that by the number of BCS schools nearby. There are 4 other BCS schools in Big Ten states plus a handful real close. The only non-P10 BCS program remotely close to the Pac-10 territory is Colorado.

# of NFL players per program:

Pac-10 region: 30.2 per program
Big Ten region: 19.2 per program