I took a good look at the best team ever to pay FCS football and you know what I see? TONS of players from Minn. Yes a couple from FL (2) but mostly MINN. Using your logic, I believe we should abandon our current recruiting efforts and concentrate on Minn. and secondly Wis. because that's where the best 1AA players are from!
Paladin, you write this stuff like it is known fact and it simply isn't fact.
"The Youngstown days are over” What does that mean, no good players will ever come from YO again? Seriously?
"The "Metro" area is down to under 600k now," WHAT??? What metro area is 600K, Cleveland? CERTAINLY not Youngstown and it never was anything close to that. Just more made up crap.
"Most players weren't even born when YSU was in their heyday"
Well NDSU was nobody when every single player they have was growing up. You can build a program that doesn't rely on past history. Look at App. State a few years ago, nowhere to greatness in 2 years. While this comment of yours is technically correct it is total irrelevant.
IMO your blanket statements like “MAC type programs” etc. are inane comments. Meant to confuse and distract from the nonessential content of your post.
“We’ll see”
At least you end with a statement that we all can agree on! Yes we will.