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Things are getting back to normal with UW recruiting:

Keeping the blue chips home never easy for UH - Hawaii Sports - Starbulletin.com

Recruiting Hawaii hasn't gotten easier for UH. The Warriors got creamed for the cream of the crop this year. The enemies come from all angles now; not just the WAC, but even Waco -- a couple of islanders considered Baylor.

It used to be just one or two schools, but now everyone's looking for the next Manti Te'o, or just a reasonable facsimile since there will likely never be another Manti Te'o.

Washington's a big part of it, back to the '80s when the Dawgs dogged UH in the recruiting wars especially hard, along with BYU.

The Huskies plucked four local plums yesterday. If the Warriors had gotten even two from among Micah Hatchie, Hauoli Jamora, Lawrence Lagafuaina and Taz Stevenson, UH could call it a very successful local recruiting class.

Coach Greg McMackin tried to make it through his news conference yesterday without a mention of the "W" word, calling it "that school" instead. He almost made it. He said it worked both ways, that the Warriors did beat the Huskies on a couple of recruits, too, including Dee Maggitt (sounds like "magic,") from Tacoma -- a good get, considering he was the top-ranked corner in Washington.

Maggitt was never offered a scholarship to Washington. If he had, he would be a Dawg. His high school, Lakes, is a major pipeline to UW. His three teammates with UW offers all signed with the Huskies.

It is about time we hit the islands hard again. I just wish others schools didn't learn our secret during our stupid (Willingham the idiot fraud) years.
 
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Sgt John said:
I wonder if June Jones tried to pluck any from there.
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He'd be stupid not to try. Not sure how upset the locals are that Jones jumped ship. Are there many Polynesians at SMU or in Dallas? The schools most successful at recruiting the islands are schools with significant number of Polynesian students or in an area with heavier Polynesian populations. Schools away from the Polynesian communities do make inroads into the islands, but slowly. Once you have one or two players, it is way easier to attract more.

Colorado, Nebraska, & Wisconsin were the first schools east of the Rockies to get good pipelines into the islands. Colorado & Nebraska are located in talent light areas and need to establish pipelines anywhere they can find them.

The Las Vegas area was once a hidden gem. Not so much anymore. Out west, there are way more D1 players than D1 programs, so there are plenty of great players falling through the cracks. That's why schools like Wazzu & Boise State can put together top 10 seasons despite almost zero local talent.
 
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Wow...the gem of WSU's class is a guy who cant hack it academically, needs to get back into playing shape, and was reluctant to sign there.

Yeah....Id say we see another 1-11 gem out of the Cougs.
 
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Pole Wolf: 'As good a class as in last 25 years'

Scout.com: WULFF: 'As good a class as in last 25 years'

Wazzu classes usually suck on paper. Occasionally they land a top rated recruit from the Inland NW (Drew Bledsoe, Ryan Leaf, Leaf's cousin). When Price put together that run where they finished in the top 10 three years in a row, he did it with players who were under the radar, or converted players from other positions. They had quite a few former HS TEs on their OL. They couldn't recruit enough Pac-10 quality OL so they made their own. We will have to see of Wolf can do what Price did.
 
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