Duffy Daugherty Forum

It was more that the one program, criminal justice, is good. Glenview kids are a strange lot; they play up their recruitinment and 99% of the time end up at tOSU.

tOSU has 21 schollies, 4 OL already (walker) and 3 DEs (Sturdivant). The consensus is that if tOSU offers Sturdivant, he goes there, otherwise he's Green. Walker has been a WTF recruitment from day 1, and now that he's Rivals #1 OG, it's gotten even more convoluted.

We have room for a talent like Walker, but I don't like getting jerked around. Still, it's the game you play for the elite players.

I don't see how their behavior is strange. They're 18 year olds being treated like kings for a brief period of their life. If a kid just commits to tOSU, he doesn't get all of the attention, and trappings that go along with big time football recruitment.

This kid can go all over the country....Get a free trip to California in the middle of winter in Ohio. There are worse things in the world...

Break into Ohio? Look at how many Ohio kids there are on the roster. You're dreaming if you think MSU is going to be able to go into Ohio and have their pick.

Chris Borland Wisky 3 star recruit- don't think he was in the top 60 in Ohio rival rankings that year. 2- star by Scout and unranked in Ohio.

He was Big Ten Defensive Freshman of the year 2009

Luke Kuechly 3 star recruit by rivals led the nation in tackles for BC and first team all American

Sorry dont mean to hijack the thread here, but there are a lot of great players who are not ranked as high in rivals or scout or for that matter the OSU staffs evaluatons. Coach D just needs to evaluate better than Tressel and rivals/scout is really just for show -matters more to pull the player who performs in the system and on the field. Top player in Ohio last yr by rivals was Justin turner. Where is he now???

I trust in Coach D

Hopefully Walker starts the ball rolling.

forgot Javon, just to add insult to injury

"Breaking into" Ohio =/= stealing kids from Ohio State. We've already broken into Ohio. We've gotten highly-touted guys like Schofner, Ringer and Klatt because Ohio State didn't have room for them. We've also got scores of lower-rated Ohio kids who didn't get OSU offers.

We'll never steal an Ohio kid from Ohio State. Elite national programs can do that, but we can't.

The state of Ohio averages about 77 players per year that sign with BCS schools and Michigan averages about 30 per year. OSU will continue to sign about 75% of the top 15 in Ohio and then pick up another 8-10 of the top players around the country. MSU needs to be the top backup school for talent out of Ohio, take about 60 % of top kids from in-state & continue to pick up key recruits from around the country.

I just upvoted you because I like your passion.

Walker announces tonight at 7:30PM. Yet he stated it's between USC and Ohio State. Thread will be locked soon. Sorry, no link. Comes from a premium article, and no idea if I can relay that info.