Minnesota will be a consistent B1G West contender with continued recruiting success

[BleedGopher]

per Dustin:

P.J. Fleck’s message to prospects is working. Even during the middle of a pandemic, the fourth-year head coach at Minnesota is doing some unprecedented things in the non-stop world of recruiting.

It doesn’t hurt that he’s got an 11-2 record, an Outback Bowl victory and a school-record five NFL Draft selections to sell.

Combine Fleck’s culture pitch with the recent success the Golden Gophers have enjoyed and the result is a potentially historic recruiting class for the program. As the calendar hits the middle of May, Minnesota has 16 players committed in the 2021 class, five of which own a four-star ranking per 247Sports’ Composite. This group ranks seventh nationally and second in the B1G, behind only Ohio State.

Minnesota has as many four- and five-star pledges as Michigan (5) and more than Penn State (4), Wisconsin (3) and Iowa (3). After spending decades as one of the most overlooked programs in the B1G, Fleck has turned the Twin Cities into an attractive destination for highly-touted prospects.

That should scare teams in the B1G West.

Minnesota will be a consistent B1G West contender with continued recruiting success

Five four-star prospects are already committed to Minnesota. Is it a sign of things to come?

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Go Gophers!!

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Dustin predicted the last 5 recessions!

 

[PMWinSTP]

Definitely moving up into the class ranking area where IA and WI have lived. WI has seemed to break out of that area and is probably on its way to consistent top 30 class rankings. Iowa will stay where it usually ends up.

PSU and MI are consistently Top 15 in class rankings. I will be really surprised if they aren't with this class as well.

 

[Word]

Definitely moving up into the class ranking area where IA and WI have lived. WI has seemed to break out of that area and is probably on its way to consistent top 30 class rankings. Iowa will stay where it usually ends up.

PSU and MI are consistently Top 15 in class rankings. I will be really surprised if they aren't with this class as well.

I still can't believe Harbaugh hasn't competed better with OSU. I really thought he'd challenge them.

 

[PMWinSTP]

I still can't believe Harbaugh hasn't competed better with OSU. I really thought he'd challenge them.

It definitely is interesting. Hard to argue with his success there...ranked four of five years, Top 15 three of five years. Along with the OSU jinx, they have lost their last four bowl games.

 

[Otis]

This thread title is REALLY going out on a limb!

Kind of like saying.

With continued Global Warming, there will be less snowfall.

 

[Cayman]

I still can't believe Harbaugh hasn't competed better with OSU. I really thought he'd challenge them.

I saw someone state after our bowl game that Fleck reached 11 wins at Minnesota before Harbaugh did so at Michigan. I agree, I thought Harbaugh would be the shot in the arm to potentially carry Michigan to the very top of the conference, but Ohio State has been very strong in the same time period, though with the occasional weird losses to Purdue and Iowa and getting outclassed by Clemson in bowl games on 2 or 3 occasions now I think.

 

[BTChamp]

I still can't believe Harbaugh hasn't competed better with OSU. I really thought he'd challenge them.

I think the early crush people had on him is wearing off too. I see them falling behind more in the coming years. Unless they get a dynamic coach like Urban, but I hope they don't.

 

[MplsGopher]

Ohio State has stepped head and shoulders above everyone else in the league.

Michigan needs an Urban, like you said. And sadly, I have an idea about a guy they might be interested in poaching, towards that end. Desperation and a lot of money can drive a school to agree to some incredible things, like oars on helmets ...