Im not sure if those on this forum are already familiar with this article or not, but it brings up a valid point to this discussion:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/12/22/7430243/fcs-football-north-dakota-state-illinois-stateIt discusses why the north has been winning national championships at the fcs level and dominating the south. One reason offered was that south is over recruited, and that was agreed to by coach craig bohl (even though he is now at wyoming) and the coach of eastern washington that they were able to find hidden gems in the north that got overlooked. They used the term strip minning to describe recruiting southern players.
So you have to wonder, if the recruiting strategy employed by wasnt to do just that. We got a three star in Isiah scott, and alot of the recruits were the top 200 players in ohio. Im not saying to ignore the south, but recruiting locally and in the north is what ndsu does for success, and picking gems in the north is easier than the over recruited south evidently, so I argue it can be a valid strategy. Granted, we have competition with alot of schools locally.
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