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Who did weiss recruit that is playing this year?(honest question) Did he bring in any of these breakout players? When was this 'quality' team recruited?

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the 2005 class, which Weiss barely had a part of, sucked. so far, ND and Weiss have what is considered to be top 2006 class, which will be Weiss's first real recruit class. if you want to say weiss has nothing to do with that and its only about exposure, fine, i don't know how to prove it you.

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But basically you don't think they have any more of an advantage than any other top 10 team at the moment. Fine. Except while the top 10 changes, ND will still be able to recruit more consistently nationwide than any other school.

ND has a bigger audience/fanbase nationwide than any other school. They are the most visible team in college football throughout the season, nationwide. They also get more money than any other school since they don't have to share it with a conference. This also helps in recruiting.

The scholarship cap also affected ND as it affected other 'big' schools. But they will still always draw quality players whether in a down year or an up year. That doesn't necesarily mean that the quality players will play well together for whatever reason.

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I made no comments about how well they played together, it is just generally considered that the last couple classes of ND recruits were not highly sought players. after ND had down years in 2003 and 2004, their following recruiting classes sucked, just like it happens at other schools following down years. they definitely do not always recruit well (meaning that they dont get the top players, not that they evaluate talent poorly). look at school recruit class rankings if you don't believe me. when ND falls out of the top ten, so does their recruiting ability.