Recruiting Timeline Topic

Before Day 1- Recruiting Cash shows up around 2am two days before the officail start of recruiting- can be spent on FSS
Day 1- 5 PM:  The Red Ineligible note dissappears.  SIMS start recruiting.
Day 1- 6 PM: Humans start recruiting.   Some players begin to consider SIMS.  Players that went JUCO the season before due to being ineligible may also consider the team that signed them the previous season.
Day 2- 11AM- Players start to drop down divisions. 
Day 3- 8 PM- Players start to sign
Day 4- 8 PM (or is it Day 5 8 AM)- Players consider two schools make their decision.  
Day 5- 8 AM- Players stop dropping
Day 5- 11 PM- Last recruiting cycles
Day 6- 2 AM- Last players sign, ineligibles show up or go JUCO

5/7/2013 11:20 AM
Are you sure about the "Players start to drop down divisions" on Day 2, 11AM?  I thought in the past I've had players send me the drop down notice as early as the 11PM cycle on Day 1.  Could definitely be wrong about that though.
5/7/2013 12:32 PM
I've heard people say they have had people drop before 11 AM on Day 1 but I haven't seen it.
5/7/2013 12:46 PM
I have had players drop to me before 11am on day two and after 8am on day five, I would agree it's uncommon though.

And most players considering two schools make their decision at 11am on day 4.
5/7/2013 12:53 PM
When you say "drop", you mean "dropdowns" not "pulldowns", right?

Because I've pulled down players with STs well before Day 2 at 11 a.m.

5/7/2013 1:14 PM
Posted by bistiza on 5/7/2013 1:14:00 PM (view original):
When you say "drop", you mean "dropdowns" not "pulldowns", right?

Because I've pulled down players with STs well before Day 2 at 11 a.m.

Correct.  I've sent their coach one letter to see if they're recruitable, but nothing past that and have gotten the "lets talk" message from the recruit.  Pretty certain I have had this happen one time at the 11:00 PM cycle the first night.
5/7/2013 1:55 PM
I've had players drop to me a 11pm right after recruiting starts, but usually not after that until 11am.  
5/7/2013 2:31 PM
Posted by Trentonjoe on 5/7/2013 12:46:00 PM (view original):
I've heard people say they have had people drop before 11 AM on Day 1 but I haven't seen it.
I just had a guy drop to me at 11:01 the day after recruiting starts (day 2?, but first 11:00 a.m. cycle).  This was in Wooden
5/7/2013 4:18 PM
Posted by Trentonjoe on 5/7/2013 12:46:00 PM (view original):
I've heard people say they have had people drop before 11 AM on Day 1 but I haven't seen it.
They saw drops before recruiting starts?
5/7/2013 5:30 PM
All the human battles I have been in that  started before first signings (8:01PM Day 3) have settled at 11 am Day 4, the day after first signings.
5/7/2013 5:41 PM
Posted by scthallfan on 5/7/2013 5:30:00 PM (view original):
Posted by Trentonjoe on 5/7/2013 12:46:00 PM (view original):
I've heard people say they have had people drop before 11 AM on Day 1 but I haven't seen it.
They saw drops before recruiting starts?
I've personally seen this.  I've had D2 players marked on my Watch List before the prior season ended.  Then when I do a search for D3 recruits, before recruiting officially starts for the next season, these same players show up on the D3 search list. 
5/7/2013 8:37 PM
That's because your prestige changed.
5/7/2013 8:39 PM
Posted by Trentonjoe on 5/7/2013 8:39:00 PM (view original):
That's because your prestige changed.
So you wouldn't consider that a dropdown scenario?
5/7/2013 8:42 PM
Posted by dvgagz on 5/7/2013 8:42:00 PM (view original):
Posted by Trentonjoe on 5/7/2013 8:39:00 PM (view original):
That's because your prestige changed.
So you wouldn't consider that a dropdown scenario?
If you have an A+ prestige at D3, some recruits that show up in your D3 recruit pool would show up as D2 for a school with a lower prestige. It's not a dropdown because it's based on your prestige at the time you search for the recruits.
5/7/2013 10:41 PM
Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification!
5/7/2013 11:41 PM
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