Zips apparently recruiting hard in Indiana?

[Captain Kangaroo]

Mentioned as offering a couple of the state's top recruits

Who was the last Indiana player of note on the Zips roster? Reggie McKenzie?

[GP1]

I love seeing things like this. It is an example of smart recruiting.

A lot of fans say, "We need to get more guys from NE Ohio!". I say, What if the guys from NE Ohio are sufficient to win?

When I see this, I see a coach who is finding the best possible players, regardless of where they are from, strategically targeting the best possible players and going after them. Recruiting guys because of where they are from or targeting a specific area is not a smart way of recruiting. Targeting the best players is smart.

[Captain Kangaroo]

Here is a NE Ohio (Akron, in fact) recruit that probably would have fared well in the MAC.

[GP1]

Here is a NE Ohio (Akron, in fact) recruit that probably would have fared well in the MAC.

Maybe. He could also be a big fish, look at his size and you will see he is a really big fish, in a small pond. Seems to be more of late bloomer than anything as he didn't start until his junior season.

A kid with that much size should have started right away at a IAA school. I think it is highly unusual he didn't start right away. Probably didn't show well in high school. Had he shown well in high school being 6' 7" and from a school like Buchtel, he could have done better than the MAC. GW may have taken a bit of a risk taking him and it paid off. The Zips weren't in a position to take a risk on players three years ago.