KU's current recruiting class has 17 players from the state of Texas. When I've been critical of K-State's shitty recruiting classes in the past, the excuse from Butthurt Nation was that a 2-star from Texas was better than a 3-star from the state of Kansas. Now that the roles are reversed, KU's recruiting class sucks, and K-State's is awesome.
God bless Butthurt Nation.
beems, I have always thought both our classes sucked and believe that holds true for both of our classes this year.
Agreed, steve.
It's just funny watching Butthurt Nation pretend like KU's class is any worse than some of the dogshit classes K-State has recruited in the past. For years, a vocal majority of Butthurt Nation told anyone who would listen that recruiting rankings don't matter. Now that K-State's class is finally ranked higher than KU's, recruiting rankings matter all of a sudden.
According to Rivals, K-State's class is ranked 49th. KU's is 63rd. The difference is negligible at best. K-State's class definitely looks better on paper, but we won't know for sure until at least 2-3 years from now. Aqib Talib was a 2-star from Texas, and no one expected him to end up being a 1st round NFL draft pick and an NFL Pro Bowler. K-State is notorious for taking 5-heart walk-ons and molding them into All-Conference, grade-A studs. This recruiting stuff is an inexact science.
The truth is that as long as Snyder's in Manhattan, K-State will continue to develop its players and crank out seven to ten wins a year. As long as KU's football program hires shitty coaches and completely neglects its football program, KU will suck. That's just the way it is.