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Originally Posted by westbuck04
Definitely. Best TE prospect from Ohio since Rudolph, IMO.
I know it's only a week after signing day, but the staff seems a little slow in getting the '10 offers out. I would've though that Smith, Christian Bryant and Latwan Anderson would have offers by now.
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I think there are two related reasons for the "slow" offer process this season. One is that the staff really does foresee this being a smaller class than the past couple of seasons. There is plenty of talent out there in '10, and much of it is not that distinguishable. I think they just really want to make sure they offer the right guys, given how fast our classes have been filling up recently (particularly last season).
The other reason is, IMO, that the staff is now able to make an
OSU scholarship offer a commodity. Mac Brown has done this down in Austin for years now. Once you get to a certain level of football and recruiting prominence, I think you can actually make the sell to offered recruits that, hey, we don't offer just anyone. That piece of paper you're holding is a rare and valuable thing. I think this strategy can really work in the era of Rich Rodriguez and Ron Zook. If you're holding offers from Illinois, Michigan, and
OSU right now, who seems to really want you more? At
OSU, you're
the guy they want. At Illinois and Michigan, you're one of many guys they'd take.