2005 Redux?

Beings that Iowa has no beaches or beautiful women walking around in bikinis every day, it is a lot tougher to recruit to Iowa City than it is at a lot of other Universities. Granted that the only year in recent memory that the Hawks had success getting the high star recruits was 2005 and we all know how that class has panned out. It seems that Iowa has better success with getting the players that have a chip on their shoulder because they weren't recruited by the major programs in the nation and turning them into great players. The 2010 recruiting class is shaping up to be a repeat of the 2005 class. There are a lot of top level talent that are looking at Iowa for a college destination. Now there is a lot of time before signing day, but the list of players is pretty impressive. Scout.com recently came out with their top 300 prospects for 2010. Of those 300 prospects 20 listed Iowa as a school of interest. The breakdown goes as follows, 1 quarterback, 4 RB, 5 WR, 1 TE, 3 OL, 1 DL, 2 LB, and 3 DB. Now there is no way that Iowa gets all 20 of these players, but the fact that Iowa is mentioned is a move in the right direction. Every time that I read something about a recruit, they say that Iowa is recruiting them the hardest and that they think Kirk Ferentz is one of the most genuine coaches in the country. As the old adage goes, "In Kirk we Trust!"