Recruiting Level

[UDM2004]

What level do you recruiting on? Do you have any tips?

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[Arrow218]

Re: Recruiting Level

Heisman.

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[jello1717]

Heisman is too easy so I can't imagine playing with it lower.

[thehardknoxlife]

Re: Recruiting Level

Heisman is too easy so I can't imagine playing with it lower.

I agree. In fact, in offline dynasties I limit myself to 5hrs of recruiting and let the cpu do the rest to make it harder. I get much more realistic classes this way.

[bigbob]

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I do it on Heisman, but past the first two weeks, I don't even bother recruiting anymore.

It does seem like, no matter what school your at, you're going to be able to pull in some big-time recruits on Heisman.

[gausec]

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I do it on Heisman, but past the first two weeks, I don't even bother recruiting anymore.

It does seem like, no matter what school your at, you're going to be able to pull in some big-time recruits on Heisman.

I would agree I have started a dynasty with Memphis I have pulled in the 60th best class my first year and 26 the second. I mostly go for 3 stars but get bulk feels cheap but I do what I can to stay in contention.

[BA2929]

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I do it on Freshman.

Make fun of me all you want, but I enjoy getting awesome players every year with minimal effort.

For me, recruiting gets very tedious during the season. Putting it on Freshman allows me to enjoy the game without taking forever to sift through the 2-3 star recruits trying to find a gem. I just usually go after the interested players that I like and move on. Most of the time I'm done with recruiting before the season is over, then it's just game/game/game.

[dhook27]

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I do it on Freshman.

Make fun of me all you want, but I enjoy getting awesome players every year with minimal effort.

For me, recruiting gets very tedious during the season. Putting it on Freshman allows me to enjoy the game without taking forever to sift through the 2-3 star recruits trying to find a gem. I just usually go after the interested players that I like and move on. Most of the time I'm done with recruiting before the season is over, then it's just game/game/game.

u got to be kidding

[Strategizer]

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Heisman is too easy so I can't imagine playing with it lower.

Yep. I'll get in a few battles, but for the most part it feels like you can get most of the guys you want with little resistance from cpu teams. Next year the 3+ star recruits need to be pursued more aggressively and by more teams.

[xcrushx]

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I've been recruiting on Heisman. Really the difficulty doesn't matter much since the recruiting logic is really broken. The reason recruiting is so easy is there are certain recruits that the CPU just ignores. All CPU teams seem to go after the same guys. So you get some players with a bunch of CPU teams going after them and then other guys who get no offers what so ever. I've gotten numerous 5 star athletes where I was the only school recruiting them.

[Catch2wnty2]

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In the past I think I've recruited on All-American and plan to continue to so this year. I thought it was fair in 2011, and I'm interested to see if it continues in 13.

[OregonianTexan]

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Heisman, and even that's easy. In my first year with Colorado (2* team prestige, 8-5 season), I pulled in the No. 1 recruiting class. Three 5* and ten 4* recruits, including about five 3* recruits.
Needless to stay, many of those guys are starters in their first year.

[bobaloo000]

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Heisman, and even that's easy. In my first year with Colorado (2* team prestige, 8-5 season), I pulled in the No. 1 recruiting class. Three 5* and ten 4* recruits, including about five 3* recruits.
Needless to stay, many of those guys are starters in their first year.

I agree I took over a very bad Oregon St. team and my second year had the #2 recruiting class. I now limit myself to the number of seniors leaving and one athlete.

[spanky911]

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I know there's a wishlist thread, but since its relevant, here's my two cents:

Recruiting ability should be tied directly to a school's prestige ranking:

i.e., the lower a school's prestige ranking, the more local (and less talented) their recruiting base should be. This is only half-true in NCAA, as they still go out of state frequently. On the other hand, the big name schools (Ohio State, USC, etc.) should have a much broader base to look for top talent.

Also, schools should fight harder for in-state recruits, even the prestigious schools.
They also need to add way more recruits of lower talent to a lot of states that barely have any recruits at all to keep small schools in-state.

[raneman85]

Re: Recruiting Level

Recruiting ability should be tied directly to a school's prestige ranking:

i.e., the lower a school's prestige ranking, the more local (and less talented) their recruiting base should be. This is only half-true in NCAA, as they still go out of state frequently. On the other hand, the big name schools (Ohio State, USC, etc.) should have a much broader base to look for top talent.

Also, schools should fight harder for in-state recruits, even the prestigious schools.
They also need to add way more recruits of lower talent to a lot of states that barely have any recruits at all to keep small schools in-state.

What I am finding out first hand is schools do their research on a kid. They rely on Alumni and family connections. They know if a kid in Texas has a grandmother living in Ohio. Prestige is defined differently among schools. Northwestern gets 3-4 star athletes. Big Ten schools are academically good but they still get "dumb kids" (Ohio State). Northwestern gets the smart jock because they are academically superior to all the Big Ten Schools. So a kid who will be a second stringer at Penn State gets first string status at Northwestern. Northwestern gets the Big Ten revenue and can stay competetive and put out a good to great team every few years. Each school has it's own little gimmick but the alumni boosters are the backbone, and in the case of Ohio State they have as much or more recruiting power than the coach.