All is fair in love and war. And in college football recruiting.
As the Iowa Hawkeyes prepared to host MAC opponent Kent State on Saturday (Iowa won, by the way, 30-7), Hawkeye Head Coach Kirk Ferentz recalled many times in his career that Power Five and Mid-Major programs are often after the same guys, but not always at the same time.
“I’ve joked about that a lot of times with our staff that we waste a lot of time recruiting,” said Ferentz. “We should just wait until the MAC schools get their guys lined up, and then we should go poach before Signing Day.