2021 ludicruous recruting thread

[Honestbuckeye]

Not sure if I've ever said this before, but F OSU. PSU too.

And stay the hell out of Wisconsin. There are plenty of other states to throw out your 5,000,000 "offers".

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✔@BlairRIVALS

Tracking the # of Class of 2021 offers from every Power 5 school https://rvls.co/2OIFiET

[Cincydawg]

How are those offers worded?  I imagine they have some kind of contingency language, no?

Would be neat to see a typical offer letter.

[847badgerfan]

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✔@BlairRIVALS

I know. Just venting. Although PSU is up there. Nebraska is ridiculous.

[Honestbuckeye]

I know. Just venting. Although PSU is up there. Nebraska is ridiculous.

Look how smart and tight the Badgers do it.  It supports your point.  I am impressed by Clemson too

[ELA]

Yeah, I get it to an extent, you aren't going to land most of them, but for schools like OSU, Alabama and Clemson?  There's no reason to have that many offers out there at their hit rate.

[847badgerfan]

UW asks for transcripts and test scores before it will offer. 

[Cincydawg]

What is their hit rate?  I imagine 4+ and 5 star players have many offers, including offers from OSU/Bama/Clemson/UGA/UF/Texas/USC ... etc.  Their hit rate might be 10% perhaps.

[847badgerfan]

What is their hit rate?  I imagine 4+ and 5 star players have many offers, including offers from OSU/Bama/Clemson/UGA/UF/Texas/USC ... etc.  Their hit rate might be 10% perhaps.

For UW?

It can't offer very many of the 4/5* players to begin with. This staff (and the one prior to Andersen) will only offer if they believe the kid can get admitted, and after they do a character check (twitter feed, Instagram, etc.).

[ELA]

Case in point re: Dantonio even trying to recruit Detroit by the end.  Straight from the mouth of 4* recruit Rayshaun Benny

[Cincydawg]

I wonder what the accept rate is for the usual top recruiting programs, offers out per accepts, or vice versa.

UGA has been recruiting well according to the numbers, but I'd guess they get maybe 1 accept per 6 offers, something like that.  If they have 155 offers out, that is close to getting 25 accepts, and I imagine the offers are contingent offers.

If they have say 6 offers to RBs, and two accept, I imagine the other 4 are pulled.

[FearlessF]

I know. Just venting. Although PSU is up there. Nebraska is ridiculous.

I smell desperation in the top 12

[Big Beef Tacosupreme]

I know. Just venting. Although PSU is up there. Nebraska is ridiculous.

Franklin casts a wide net and sees what the interest levels are.   If a recruit isn't interested he'll send another offer out.  Paterno was more surgical in his approach.  He would investigate a recruit's interest, and then send out a letter.

Franklin will also select 5-6 players at a position and tell them we can only take 2.  First two to commit will get the scholarship.  Paterno would put all of his chips in one basket and go after his top choice.  Last year Penn State had to turn down a 4 star recruit because he committed to Franklin, then decomitted.  Shortly after his decomit another recruit jumped on board, and the 4 star lost his spot.  The 4 star ended up really regretting his decision and waited until the bitter end for a scholarship to open up.  It never did.

[FearlessF]

PSU is the reason I stopped at the top 12

in the top 30, I would add only LSU as teams that are not desperate

[MaximumSam]

Yeah I don't really see any issue. An "offer" in this sense is really just a letter signifying interest. You could send out lots of letters and see what comes back. You could spend time and send out a few. Recruiting is like dating - you can be good at it or bad at it, but there isn't one magical strategy.