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1. Stanford
2. USC
3. Duke
4. Cal
5. UCLA

my criteria should be fairly obvious: academics and weather

After Michigan, no order:

Texas - Great in everything - school, football, town, girls
Washington - Good school, very similar to if Michigan were just outside Seattle, can be big time when they're good
USC - Weather, women, public school size student body in a private school, a lot to do on Socal
Stanford - Weather, location, great degree & networking
Wisconsin - Good school & great town, great fanbase

They're all top-level programs - I don't really know how much facilities would sway me. They're either great or not. It's what pushed me to USC over UCLA. The coaching stability would be important to me.

I wouldn't want to play for an SEC school. Even if it's outdated to some, I enjoy the idea of student-athletes representing a school and the means used to see to their ends don't interest me at all.

1. Michigan - duh?
2. Alabama - women, weather, winning
3. Northwestern - LOVE Chicago
4. UNLV - Probably get kicked out of school for partying on the strip though
5. Stanford - Great education/great place to live.

Those would be my five hats and five official visits

Great topic Steve

It would depend on what position I played, but the 3 locks would be:

1. Michigan - Education, football, location, history, total package
2. Texas - Education, football, history, women
3. Stanford - Education, football, heard Palo Alto was nice

Other schools in the mix for 4 and 5 would be Miami FL, FSU, LSU, Bama, UGA, USC (as long as Kiffen is gone, if he was still there they would have 0 chance), UCLA, NW, Wisconsin (only if I were an OL or RB), Vandy (only if Franklin were still there), UNC, SCAR, VT.

1. Michigan, How could you not.
2. FSU, Fast defense
3. Miami. At one time a bad @ss defense
4. Bama, Great defense
5. Texas, Crazy football culture, Defense is so and so, but they do have some talented DBs walk through their doors.

If you asked me before I spent 6 years living in California, Michigan would've been #1. But nowadays, NYC is the absolute coldest climate I can tolerate, and even here I basically try to not ever leave my apartment during the winter months.

No UCLA? They seem to fit that bill to an extent.

Maybe they could get a visit but if I am going to Cali it would be for Stanford. If i couldn't get into Stanford i would be all about Michigan then.

I wouldn't look at Miami or FSU, but UF is a very good school. They have really good academics, fine women, nice weather, and are an annual natty contender. What's not to like about UF?

Fair enough.

If it were me, and I couldn't choose Michigan, I'd probably end up at UF.

All of this would change depending on the position I played, but here's my list regardless.

1) Michigan - Education, great campus, and the tradition.

2) Notre Dame - As much as I hate them, they have arguably the top b-school in the nation and they are similar to Michigan tradition wise

3) UNC - Great school and weather along with an awesome campus

4) USC - Not the greatest b-school, but that's offset by the location. Plus great team, girls, and weather.

5) Cornell - Great education, close to home, and I'd be able to dominate the competition for 4 years then enter the draft.

I really hate hot weather, so I'd most likely stick with picking a midwestern team, but I'm sure I'd change my mind after talking to some of the coaches of SEC schools.

Michigan
Virginia
Duke
Vanderbilt
Texas