Why is that? I'm not saying you're wrong but just curious because I would think it would be one of the harder schools to recruit for.
It does have nice weather but it's not a traditional power and the state does not produce a large amount of Div-1 prospects and it is far away from the hotbed talent areas of the South and the Midwest.
I would consider (in no particular order) OSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State, Miami, UF, FSU, Southern Cal, UCLA, UGA and Texas the easiest to recruit for.
UGA and Southern Cal overall are probably the easiest since both states produce immense number of Div-1 and NFL players and there really are no instate or out of state rivals capable of consistently stealing away the top recruits. Ironically U of Tennessee is the only school that has had success stealing home state recruits away from UGA and USC.
Well in the 90's they were very much a power in the Pac-10 and with that foundation they SHOULD have been able to create a constant stream of good prospects, much more so IMO than ASU which always seems to attract some top flight talent for no apparent reason other than they are a party school. Remember UF,FSU and Miami were nobodies for the longest time, it took a good coach and recruiter to sell the virtues and to keep the in state talent from leaving, and to sale the out of state talent of the virtues on playing there...the same situation was occuring at Texas for awhile...and the same thing is happening at Arizona school, but it will all change. As far as Michigan,OSU and Penn State go, well you only have the largest population base to choose from in that area, especially with New York not having any real teams.