Tyler is off this week so I'll be picking up the slack on the recruiting front for now. I wanted to do something interesting and something that really shows the importance of recruiting on the football field. I've already seen some posts analyzing Michigan vs Ohio State in terms of recruiting, so I wanted to take a look at how Michigan and MSU have compared. Along with this, how has their recruiting timed up with performance on the field.
MSU has won the last four games against Michigan and next year is a big game, but how much of that can be linked to recruiting? Since there are thousands of recruits in the country, I thought the best way to look at this is through a comparison of recruiting performance within the borders of Michigan. A lot has been made of Lloyd Carr's "empty" closet and Rich Rodriguez's "failure" to recruit locally. First, did these things actually exist and did they impact Michigan's in-state recruiting? If they did, there's no doubt that it probably helped Mark Dantonio and MSU in their four game win streak.
