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MrWoodson said...
The B10 is not the SEC. We limit the number of LOI's a team can sign to three more than the total number of schollies that team has room for under NCAA rules. And every team has to submit paperwork to the B10 offices to explain any discrepancies. So, Urbie can't have room for 19 on NSD and sign 25 with the plan to run off the extras between NSD and August. The B10 will not allow it. You can deny RS juniors a fifth year, but other than that you are stuck with the numbers you have on NSD. With the three player cushion the B10 permits, maybe you can get above 22 in this class, but it's going to be very difficult unless you are releasing most/all of your fifth year seniors. Good luck.
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MrWoodson said...
The B10 is not the SEC. We limit the number of LOI's a team can sign to three more than the total number of schollies that team has room for under NCAA rules. And every team has to submit paperwork to the B10 offices to explain any discrepancies. So, Urbie can't have room for 19 on NSD and sign 25 with the plan to run off the extras between NSD and August. The B10 will not allow it. You can deny RS juniors a fifth year, but other than that you are stuck with the numbers you have on NSD. With the three player cushion the B10 permits, maybe you can get above 22 in this class, but it's going to be very difficult unless you are releasing most/all of your fifth year seniors. Good luck.
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MrWoodson said...
I've seen tape on our guys and they are all very good. Moreover, Scout and Rivals have Bolden, Ross and RJS ranked higher. Bolden was a standout at the recent Army AA game (and at practices) and might even see a further bump up in his ranking soon. Ross and RJS also played in the game. Also, Williams played in the Semper Fidelis game, which is the newest and least prestigious of the three such games, and that fact also is another data point.
I was clear when giving my opinion that it was based on not having seen tape on Williams. You can ignore it if you wish. But it is very consistent with the opinions/rankings given by all of the professional recruiting services, which presumably have reviewed Williams' tape and even seen him in person. FWIW, even OSU was not recruiting Williams heavily until very recently, so apparently most of your own coaching staff (Luke Fickell, former HC (now co-DC), and Mike Vrabel, former LB coach (now DL coach), did not think highly enough of him to make him a priority earlier.
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MrBuckeyeBenny said...
What you are failing to realize is the 82 scholarship cap doesn't take affect till next year...and by my count with current commits we are at 79 scholarships...that's not even counting attrition before NSD...So we have room for Reeves and Cam along with a few tackles if we so choose!
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The 82 cap that the NCAA has placed on OSU matters beginning on NSD. Why? The way the B10 rule works is each team must calculate on NSD how many players it can sign without going over the 85 max for the next school year. That number is 85 for all of the teams in the B10, but it is 82 for OSU. Each team can then sign up to three more on NSD, but must report to the B10 to the extent that it does so with an explanation of how it plans to get down to the total 85 allowed (82 for OSU) by next fall. And the plan cannot be "we are going to kick X number of kids to the curb". It must be something like "player X is planning to transfer out" or "player Y is leaving early for the NFL" or "player Z is expected to get a medical hardship".
I do not know whether your number of 79 is accurate or not, but it sounds high to me based on the sized of your classes the past four years and the likelihood that you will be asking some number of 5th year seniors to return. Here are your class sizes:
2008: 20 (potential 5th year seniors) 2009: 25 2010: 19 2011: 23 2012: 19 (current verbal commitments)
Total: 106
Now, certain players will not be returning from the 2008 class (e.g., TP), but others likely are (e.g., Sabino, Stoneburner). And I'm sure you have lost a handful from the 2009-2011 classes due to misbehavior, grades, etc., but to get down to 79 with the current number of verbals you have for 2012 would mean that you would have to lose 27 players from the above five classes. It's not impossible, but it's a tall order.
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Buckeye Warrior said...
It's not a tall order at all. We have had a lot of players already leave, like Berry, or have medicals (like McVey and Fellows), and are expecting to lose at least 6 more by the spring game.
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MrWoodson said...
The B10 is not the SEC. We limit the number of LOI's a team can sign to three more than the total number of schollies that team has room for under NCAA rules. And every team has to submit paperwork to the B10 offices to explain any discrepancies. So, Urbie can't have room for 19 on NSD and sign 25 with the plan to run off the extras between NSD and August. The B10 will not allow it. You can deny RS juniors a fifth year, but other than that you are stuck with the numbers you have on NSD. With the three player cushion the B10 permits, maybe you can get above 22 in this class, but it's going to be very difficult unless you are releasing most/all of your fifth year seniors. Good luck.
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pondo171 said...
informative response...have no idea how Meyer expects everything to play out...a lot of offers out there...expect a minimum of 2 OT, 1LB, 1 S or CB and 1 WR added to the current 19 commits...this adds up to 24...I really see another LB and OL included...no idea on how this is going to work but we will know in the next 2-3 weeks...
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Ok. But, just to get technical, you have to lose them by NSD. You at least need to know which players and have a "good" reason for each by NSD so you can report it to the B10. Under the B10 rule, you are not allowed to oversign on NSD with the plan that you are going to weed out enough players later. That is what the SEC does and it is not allowed by the B10.
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I am not sure that there is anything the B1G can do about it. What are they going to do? Kids leave when they want, not on a coaches schedule. Some of the players may stay in school until after the spring game and then leave over the summer. Nothing the B1G can do about it.
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That is a total head in the sand response. The B10 can do a lot. And the proof is in the fact that teams follow the rule. If they didn't, B10 teams would be signing like the SEC for the past 20 years because there would be nothing holding them back. Trust me, the B10 is not going to let Urban Meyer come in and decide he doesn't need to follow the rules because, well, he is Urban Meyer. It just doesn't work that way.
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I am not sure that there is anything the B1G can do about it. What are they going to do? Kids leave when they want, not on a coaches schedule. Some of the players may stay in school until after the spring game and then leave over the summer. Nothing the B1G can do about it.
This is Michigan, fergodsakes.
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MrWoodson said...
I'm pretty sure Urbie will follow the B10 rule. I am sure Gee & Co. and compliance are not going to let him play fast and loose with the rules. Don't take this the wrong way, because it is not meant as a flame, but the last thing OSU needs is some sort of mini-scandal because Urbie is trying to skirt the B10 rules on oversigning. It's not going to happen.
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Ok. But, just to get technical, you have to lose them by NSD. You at least need to know which players and have a "good" reason for each by NSD so you can report it to the B10. Under the B10 rule, you are not allowed to oversign on NSD with the plan that you are going to weed out enough players later. That is what the SEC does and it is not allowed by the B10.
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thebuckeyeguy said...
Fair enough...just wondering what you were using to judge that Williams wasn't as good as Bolden, Ross and RJS.
tOSU didn't offer Bolden, Ross, and RJS either but that doesn't mean they are not worthy of the offer... guessing there prob was not mutual interest until meltdown at PSU in Williams case.
FWIW I watched Bolden in the UA All American game and he looked like a stud, def good pick up there. Haven't seen the other two play.
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I don't think PSU hiring Ted Roof as DC is gonna help keep Reeves (or Williams). Hopefully one of you Penn State guys are still following this thread and can confirm or deny my suspicions.
It almost seems like PSU is just hiring a few placeholders while the Sandusky disaster fades from memory. I bet PSU is involved in another coaching search within 2-3 years.
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