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And I did see that comment about Corvallis being the armpit of the Pac-12.  I can see you've never been to Pullman.

Note, I said that it was "the armpit of Pac-12 recruiting", and it was a follow-up to CTCard's post who noted it was one of the two toughest places to recruit, the other, presumably, being WSU.

For all the issues we may have about Cal, they should be in a blessed position with regards to recruiting (and mostly, through their own incompetence have underperformed).  They do have excellent academics, probably better than all but a half dozen Big5 schools.  Berkeley has a lot of appeal to a lot of people.  California is a fertile recruiting ground, and Cal has access to a lot of excellent prospects in the East Bay and Sacramento area.  They also do have the recently renovated stadium and a "sports performance" venue to show off to recruits.  And they have been willing to take marginal academic kids, though that may be changing.  Really, Cal should consistently be among the top third of recruiting classes in the Pac-12 based on its natural recruiting advantages.

BC

[BostonCard]

And I did see that comment about Corvallis being the armpit of the Pac-12.  I can see you've never been to Pullman.

Note, I said that it was "the armpit of Pac-12 recruiting", and it was a follow-up to CTCard's post who noted it was one of the two toughest places to recruit, the other, presumably, being WSU.

For all the issues we may have about Cal, they should be in a blessed position with regards to recruiting (and mostly, through their own incompetence have underperformed).  They do have excellent academics, probably better than all but a half dozen Big5 schools.  Berkeley has a lot of appeal to a lot of people.  California is a fertile recruiting ground, and Cal has access to a lot of excellent prospects in the East Bay and Sacramento area.  They also do have the recently renovated stadium and a "sports performance" venue to show off to recruits.  And they have been willing to take marginal academic kids, though that may be changing.  Really, Cal should consistently be among the top third of recruiting classes in the Pac-12 based on its natural recruiting advantages.

BC