Who gives a fuck what the class ranking is? Other than the idiots on this board. Get promising recruits in positions of need and coach then up...hopefully they won't see the field until their RS-Sophomore year.
UW is never going to consistently finish Top 10 and it doesn't need to in order to compete.
This gets you Wisconsin success. I used to think like this (along with most of my Utah fan base) and could never figure out why we would start out 6-0, then finish 6-6. You can build a good team by coaching up 0-3 star recruits but you can't build a team that can withstand losing 6-10 starters in November. Case in point, remember that frosh you had playing on the RT side of the line when you played Alabama? One weak link and it's over.
True, but UW has been recruiting far better than UW over the past number of seasons. UW probably will never be able to breakthrough and win a NT with their 3 star talent. We? just might be able to stock pile enough 4 star guys to have a chance.
we'll also get a chance or two or three to pick up a "5* star* kid each year with sustained success. You hear this Pete!?
location.
success.
burgeoning poly sub culture.
... and your usual sprinkling of try hard white kids to give DDY high blood pressure.