[Mick]

But seriously, how hard is it to sell Stanford to talented recruits who want to play at Stanford and get that Stanford degree? 

One of the Sears/Litchfield cup coaches once told me that they only recruited the very top level athletes, essentially All-Americans or those capable of it.  The rest had better show a whole lotta love to Stanford before they got the NLI.

[Mick]

But seriously, how hard is it to sell Stanford to talented recruits who want to play at Stanford and get that Stanford degree? 

One of the Sears/Litchfield cup coaches once told me that they only recruited the very top level athletes, essentially All-Americans or those capable of it.  The rest had better show a whole lotta love to Stanford before they got the NLI.