HFNY
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First it depends on the kid: does he care the most about an education, winning, staying close to home, going far away from home, or playing time?
IMHO, Stanford is starting to slip and may have a pretty good bounce back year in 2015 but the trend has been downwards since their 2010 season when they went 12-1.
2010: 12-1
2011: 11-2
2012: 12-2
2013: 11-3 (finished 3-2 in last 5 games, including lost bowl game)
2014: 7-5
2014 is Shaw's 4th year and he is 1-2 in bowl games so if he loses to Maryland, that has to be concern 'Furd fans even more. So if he cares first and foremost about education / network, then it's Stanford but he shouldn't expect Stanford to win double digits consistently again.
If he wants a combination of an education / network, an improving shot at winning, staying close to home, and playing time (depending on the position), I'd recommend Washington.
I'd only recommend Ohio State / Oregon if he wants to win immediately. It's tough to say where a program will be in 3-4 years when he is likely to play significant PT as a RS-Soph or RS-JR but Ohio State and Oregon look like they'll win double digit games in his first season (2015) and probably 2nd too (since neither program has shown signs of slipping as of yet).
If he wants to get away from home, I'd say Stanford or Ohio State but recommend Stanford more due to the education.
At the end of the day, I'd probably suggest the deepest looks at UW and Stanford. IIRC, only 3 or 4% of D-1 players end up making the NFL and while both have sent a decent amount of players to the NFL over the past 5 years, they also offer good educations and networks (UW being in Seattle and Stanford being near SF, San Jose, and Silicone Valley).
IMHO, Stanford is starting to slip and may have a pretty good bounce back year in 2015 but the trend has been downwards since their 2010 season when they went 12-1.
2010: 12-1
2011: 11-2
2012: 12-2
2013: 11-3 (finished 3-2 in last 5 games, including lost bowl game)
2014: 7-5
2014 is Shaw's 4th year and he is 1-2 in bowl games so if he loses to Maryland, that has to be concern 'Furd fans even more. So if he cares first and foremost about education / network, then it's Stanford but he shouldn't expect Stanford to win double digits consistently again.
If he wants a combination of an education / network, an improving shot at winning, staying close to home, and playing time (depending on the position), I'd recommend Washington.
I'd only recommend Ohio State / Oregon if he wants to win immediately. It's tough to say where a program will be in 3-4 years when he is likely to play significant PT as a RS-Soph or RS-JR but Ohio State and Oregon look like they'll win double digit games in his first season (2015) and probably 2nd too (since neither program has shown signs of slipping as of yet).
If he wants to get away from home, I'd say Stanford or Ohio State but recommend Stanford more due to the education.
At the end of the day, I'd probably suggest the deepest looks at UW and Stanford. IIRC, only 3 or 4% of D-1 players end up making the NFL and while both have sent a decent amount of players to the NFL over the past 5 years, they also offer good educations and networks (UW being in Seattle and Stanford being near SF, San Jose, and Silicone Valley).
