Four-Star DT kids are going to come to the realization that maybe playing and starting for a MN Gopher team might be better than riding the bench at an Alabama or other top P5 programs.
The same thing can be true of any position player.
Local kid, JC Hassenauer (sp?), did end up in the NFL as an UDFA playing for Bama. He played a few games at Bama, but not a whole lot as he would have playing for the Gophers.
When you get once in a lifetime guys from MN leaving for other schools, especially a rival school, it hurts.
Who knows.