Yep, winning and having a legit shot at the NFL is probably more attractive than anything else. If you can convince the recruits they're getting a good academic degree on top of that, you've probably hit the perfect trifecta of reasons to start attracting better student athletes.ItSucksToBeACSURam wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:42 am This is such a gross misrepresentation and oversimplification of a HUGE issue. Yes, there may be some of these players who flat out refuse to play for Wyoming because Laramie is isolated. But what is far more likely is that Wyoming is getting to point where they can get into the homes of higher rated recruits who have offers from other big schools. Why would anyone pick Wyoming over lets say Nebraska or Boise State or CU or Minnesota or Wisconsin (the schools I notice a lot of recent recruits also have offers from) with their histories and current opportunities? String together a few more winning seasons with guys getting drafted and more and more of these kids will start signing here.
Don't kid yourself, players dont sign on the line to play for Alabama because of Tuscaloosa.
Why do talented hockey players go to Grand Forks, ND to play hockey? Because they're generally a winning program and they're a pipeline to the NHL, that's why. Even Canadian kids come there to play rather than playing in Canadian juniors. No offense to Grand Forks, but...