<p>Can anyone fill me in on this? Why is Princeton so bad? How much do they care about recruiting?</p>
<p>The reason is because princeton prefers to recruit a nationwide, strong recruiting class for varsity football, where they go 9-1 and win ivy league championships rather than field a strong team of players who weigh under 150 pounds.</p>
<p>relatively small student body to draw walk-ons from, relative to cornell, penn, and the rest. coupled with a long history of losing, making it extra hard to draw from this small group.</p>