re: Do you think this game hurts our recruiting???

No. What's hurting more than our team performance is the "fairweather fans" of the program. A team can lose and players know every team loses and many will see a loss as a weakness for a team where he himself has the opportunity to step in and make a difference almost immediately. What's not appealing to a recruit is hearing fans boo college athletes and the coaching staff. It also doesn't help that fans don't show up, leave very early, or rarely cheer against "inferior" opponents even if the game is close because certain fans think we should win every game except maybe two of them by 40 points.

Our recruiting is fine.