Having a solid pre-B10 schedule.
Premier athletes want to go to a program where they can have fun but where they also know their pre-conference schedule will not be against a bunch of Patsys that nobody wants to watch on TV.
They also want to know they are going to have away games that have some anticipation like playing at Notre Dame, in the Carrier Dome, at TCU, at Oregon State and whatever else they come up with.
Premier athletes want to go to a program where they can have fun but where they also know their pre-conference schedule will not be against a bunch of Patsys that nobody wants to watch on TV.
They also want to know they are going to have away games that have some anticipation like playing at Notre Dame, in the Carrier Dome, at TCU, at Oregon State and whatever else they come up with.