schultgb;1113279; said:
I have heard the same things as HotMic. There are more OSU level prospects this year, but as far as D1 talent in general in Ohio, this year is not as deep. So I guess as far as OSU is concerned, it is deep, but generally speaking HotMic may be right.
Anyways back to D.J...
It doesn't appear to me that this Ohio class is as deep as a whole compared to last year's from looking at early film, the big names/programs, and pre-season player rankings (for what they are worth). Top end talent very similiar, middle and overall numbers is where it drops off some. When you say "there are more OSU level prospects", I don't think that is neccessarily true.
I think previous posters have hit it right on the nose : When you have a few more schollies @ your disposal you can offer these kids much earlier in the process and get your foot in the door regardless if they are 5,4 or 3 star ranked. I can name 3-4 Ohio kids (Beachem, Shaw, Sanders, a few)OSU would have loved to offer this past year if they had room. It wasn't that the kids weren't talented enough to play @OSU, the staff had to be so selective in the schollies they handed out. We also had Brewster, Shugarts, Sweat and Goebel (all OOS kids), committ fairly early. That also limited even more late in-state offers. Look at the early number of schollies that have gone out already this year. And it has paid off by the number of early committments in the 09' class. Couldn't do that this past year.
In D.J.'s situation for instance, he's a good looking prospect. But he wouldn't have had an OSU offer @ this point last year if he was in the 08' class. He may have been one of those many in-state kids that hoped for but never received the OSU offer this past recruiting season. So to say there are more OSU-level kids, I would disagree.
Loaded in Ohio or not, there is always enough talent in this state to go around. That's why all these coaches keep coming into Ohio to snag up all the talent OSU can't keep to themselves. It makes for a healthy and competitive MAC conference and hopefully Big 10 as well (Let's hope, I can't take the verbal abuse/bashing from the media and my friends much longer).
Here's to hoping D.J. joins another great recruiting class the coaching staff is putting together. Go Bucks.
