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05-30-2008, 10:50 AM
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Last year Scout listed 16 prospect from Penn who were rated 4 or 5 stars. PSU landed 3. ( OSU took 2 of the top 6).
In 2007 there were 21 and PSU landed 7, including none of the top 5.
In 2006 PSU got 3 of 16 - none of the top 3.
In 2005 there were 10. PSU landed one.
Care to compare that to Jim Tressel's success in Ohio? If somebody came here and took 2 of our top 6 fans would be screaming. |
05-30-2008, 10:52 AM
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Last year Scout listed 16 prospect from Penn who were rated 4 or 5 stars. PSU landed 3. ( OSU took 2 of the top 6).
In 2007 there were 21 and PSU landed 7, including none of the top 5.
In 2006 PSU got 3 of 16 - none of the top 3.
In 2005 there were 10. PSU landed one.
Care to compare that to Jim Tressel's success in Ohio? If somebody came here and took 2 of our top 6 fans would be screaming. |
Just like they were in 2003, when Michigan signed Burgess and Crable. Fortunately, things have changed for the better in Columbus. In Happy Valley ... not so much. |
05-30-2008, 11:02 AM
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Just like they were in 2003, when Michigan signed Burgess and Crable. Fortunately, things have changed for the better in Columbus. In Happy Valley ... not so much.
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Where were you LJB? Don't you remember that we didn't want either one of those kids? 
But to make your point even stronger - there was a lot of gnashing of teeth over those two. Yet JT landed 7 of the top 8 rated players in the state that year.
And while I am on this horse - if you go back as far as 2002 PSU has plucked 5 kids from Ohio - none with OSU offers. |
05-30-2008, 11:10 AM
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Zordich did have an offer, but so did Andrew Sweat from PSU. That's the only Ohio kid with an offer from OSU choosing PSU I can think of. |
05-30-2008, 11:16 AM
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Zordich did have an offer, but so did Andrew Sweat from PSU. That's the only Ohio kid with an offer from OSU choosing PSU I can think of. |
Yeah but zordich's father played for Penn State, he was a legacy. So you can't really count him. Outside of that they havn't done anything in ohio.   |
05-30-2008, 11:25 AM
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Yeah but zordich's father played for Penn State, he was a legacy. So you can't really count him. Outside of that they havn't done anything in ohio. |
You guys almost seem to be taking pleasure in the fact that Penn State is recruiting their own state so poorly. If you're tired of the SEC talking about how garbage the Big 10 is, Penn State needs to step up their game. They've underachieved more than any Big 10 school this decade.
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05-30-2008, 11:30 AM
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You guys almost seem to be taking pleasure in the fact that Penn State is recruiting their own state so poorly. If you're tired of the SEC talking about how garbage the Big 10 is, Penn State needs to step up their game. They've underachieved more than any Big 10 school this decade.
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You will never stop SEC fans talking.
I'm getting away from rooting for the rest of the B10 to be tough and do well and all that and just taking simple pleasure in watching teams I hate get killed.
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Yeah but zordich's father played for Penn State, he was a legacy. So you can't really count him. Outside of that they havn't done anything in ohio. |
Agreed, just pointing out that there was one kid(a PSU legacy) who made the decision.
Even their one victory over us instate was only because of the legacy factor. |
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