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Originally Posted by wadc45
I hate to agree with IlliniBat from RP but Illinois has not offered that many more kids than OSU at this point...obviously there are probably some unreported offers out there but Rivals lists 29 '09 kids with Illinois offers and 19 with OSU offers (with a couple missing). Illinois just happens to have offered a couple of Ohio kids, more importantly central Ohio kids...and everyone is up in arms about it. I don't get it... OSU has the luxury of being more thorough with its evaluations of Ohio kids because most are willing to wait for an OSU offer. Ever year it's the same thing...people start making noise about offering Ohio kids. And the first time a kid mentions being a Buckeye fan we want to see an offer go out...without any concern about whether or not the kid is an OSU-caliber player. The fact is only a select few are going to be an offer from OSU. That's why OSU offers are so valuable and so coveted. I'm not saying Will will not eventually get an offer from OSU, but I can certainly understand why one has not materialized yet...
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2/11
From the OSU site...talks about the unofficial to OSU and also about the unofficial to Illinois.
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I agree with the post and the luxury that
OSU can afford and how an
OSU offer is more meaningful since they are handed out judiciously. I hope that Will, as well as all recruits, understand that an
OSU offer is like receiving a fine piece of high quality chocolate. Not the same as the candy one gets by watching a parade go by.
I tend to disagree with Illinibat. If Illinois has offered 29 athletes and
OSU has offered 19 athletes, then I do think that Illinois has offered many more than
OSU. The "raw" difference of 10 may seem small, but the percentage is fairly large. If we were talking 129 versus 119, then I would agree.