How does OSU do it?
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Oh come on, Thad Matta is a heck of a recruiter. He got Oden and Conley last year. If you can land the country's top recruit it sure will help you in future classes. Plus making the championship is not going to hurt either...
Yes, he may be a good recruiter. That doesn't change the fact that boosters from tOSU are commonly found visiting with recruits and things of such ilk.
OSU has a large athletic budget, big fan base, nice facilities and a great coach. Why wouldn't a top recruit at least consider going there?
You can play the boosters card all you want but I'm sure that stuff happens at some level even here at ISU as it does at other schools. I just mark this down as a jealous post. I'd love to get a recruiting class like that too but don't you think that people at other schools would say the same thing about us as you guys are "oh they have to be paying these kids under the table to have that good of a class."
You can play the boosters card all you want but I'm sure that stuff happens at some level even here at ISU as it does at other schools. I just mark this down as a jealous post. I'd love to get a recruiting class like that too but don't you think that people at other schools would say the same thing about us as you guys are "oh they have to be paying these kids under the table to have that good of a class."
"Some level" and "at the same level" are two completely different things. I'm not saying that haven't earned getting to the level they are at, just that there is a lot of murmuring about booster/recruit interaction throughout the year for all sports at tOSU. If it happened at ISU, I wouldn't really feel good about the class if I knew we had to bend/break rules to get that class.
Until any violations happen as far as any of us know they play by the rules just like the rest of us. You can rumor all you want on this but the fact is the same crap would be said about us probably if we landed a class like that and you would all be here defending the integrity of the program just like OSU fans would do if they read some of this stuff.
Sorry but for some reason this thread just hit a nerve because I hate when people try to downgrade other school's success and acuse them of being dirty when they have no solid, fool-proof evidence to back it up.
Sorry but for some reason this thread just hit a nerve because I hate when people try to downgrade other school's success and acuse them of being dirty when they have no solid, fool-proof evidence to back it up.
Just out of curiousity, how are you going to have that kind of evidence for boosters talking to a recruit? The recruit sure as heck isn't going to come forward with that kind of information.
Look, I'm not saying they can't get a class like that, just that it is rumored an awful lot about tOSU. I don't hear much about the Aggies or Texas doing it... What that means, I don't know. I just know that tOSU is more linked to booster/recruit interaction more than pretty much any other school.
It also doesn't hurt that the athletes at Ohio State are treated like gods. I've heard stories of kids at the dining halls eating their dinner on the floor so the football players could sit in the seats.
I agree with you on a lot but not on this point. I don't like these type of "witch hunts" with no basis of evidence.
You contradict yourself in the above post...in the first paragraph you state that is difficult to get evidence of boosters talking to recruits while in the second paragraph you say you "know" that OSU is "linked to booster/recruit interaction more than pretty much any other school".
So what is the evidence you have (and where did you get it) that makes you so confident to say you "know" they are doing this? I would surely hope you have something to base this on.
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You think Callaret's deal a few years ago was really an isolated incedent?
im with psyclonebill. you dont go all the sudden with not being a basketball school to recruiting the #1 class in the country. thats how they made it to the championship game.. $$$$$ talks
You think Callaret's deal a few years ago was really an isolated incedent?
im with psyclonebill. you dont go all the sudden with not being a basketball school to recruiting the #1 class in the country. thats how they made it to the championship game.. $$$$$ talks
Money, Facilities, coaches, One of the most popular Universities is most of the reasons.
On the other hand they are going to have to recruit their butts off EVERY YEAR because most of them guys are one and done. It will be worst than Junior college recruiting. That is one of the reasons why the "Mid Majors" are starting to beat Big schools so much anymore. A team with 5 Seniors that know everything they are suppose to be doing work better than all new guys.
That is an amazing recruiting class though.
On the other hand they are going to have to recruit their butts off EVERY YEAR because most of them guys are one and done. It will be worst than Junior college recruiting. That is one of the reasons why the "Mid Majors" are starting to beat Big schools so much anymore. A team with 5 Seniors that know everything they are suppose to be doing work better than all new guys.
That is an amazing recruiting class though.
The answer is simply money, combined with recent success. Any team reaching the championship game is going to be big with recruits. Doesn't hurt that they probably have great recruiters and coaches. But at the end of the day, the answer is simply dollars and cents. I'm not talking about boosters paying their athletes (although it might be happening - Troy Smith was suspended for two games, the 2004 Alamo Bowl and the 2005 season opener for accepting $500 from a booster), my main point is they simply have a larger athletic budget than other schools. When you have $104.7 million in annual revenue and can spend over $100 million of that for facilities, equipment, etc., it's going to be a huge draw for athletes. They can afford to build arenas comparable to NBA or NHL venues, and have the student body and alumni base to fill them on an every-game basis. JP has said it over and over, college athletics is more and more like a business, and you need to have CEO's running everything.
My source, and an all-around excellent article done by USA Today on OSU athletics:
Why Bigger is Better at Ohio State
My source, and an all-around excellent article done by USA Today on OSU athletics:
Why Bigger is Better at Ohio State
it helps that 2 of them are right there from ohio, with another two being from indiana and mich...leaving the only real surprise i guess to be the kid from nevada.
what gets me is that 4 of the 5 are hs kids...not academy players.
what gets me is that 4 of the 5 are hs kids...not academy players.
