1. Sutton's only two offers were from Illinois and NU, so the question is not why didn't
OSU go after him, but why didn't anyone go after him. Every school has a running back who can do something and kids like Sutton, Backes, etc will put up numbers that will cause some people to ask why didn't we .... To suggest he would be doing anything other than riding the pine watching Pittman lacks support.
2. Russel was grades just as Wheelwright was grades. It is happening more and more, but there is really nothing more to discuss.
3. The only name on the list that merits any discussion at all is Ringer - who also had offers from Tennessee and Florida. There is no record that he got an offer from
OSU. For my money that ends the discussion. I don't know what the reason was that we did not offer. I would be surprised to learn that the coaches had never heard of him. I would be surprised that they had never seen film. I would be surprised that the decision not to offer or not to pursue aggressively was anything other than a well thought out decision by a coaching staff that does quite well in evaluating talent.
4. Wells, for whom it would be premature to issue any sort of assessment, also had an offer from USC and was described by Conley as the best RB prosect he had ever seen.
5. Haw has had even less chance to be evaluated than Wells. But in any case he was selected in the class before Ringer, a class where we were backed doored by Dairus Walker.
6. Of all the backs listed above I take Pittman based on performance to date (Ringer has had 4 carries against quality opponents).
The question that threads like this ultimately are asking is why
OSU doesn't have 200 scholarships and offer everybody.
BTW - are we OK with Chirs Wells?