I was looking at recruiting this morning on D1 College Wrestling and what I found was disturbing, to say the least, and I have a few questions. Here's what I found for the last five recruiting years:
Penn State; 9 top ten recruits; 1,2,3,3,3,4,5,7,8
Ohio State; 8 top tens; 1,1,1,6,6,7,9,10
OSU; 4 top tens; 2,4,8,10 (this includes Austin Ormsbee who bugged out on us)
Cornel; 4 top tens; 3,5,6,7
Illinois; 4 top tens; 5,7,9,9
Michigan; 3 top tens; 2,2,4
Northwestern; 3 top tens; 1,3,6
There are a couple with 2s and a bunch with 1s including Iowa, Iowa State and Minnesota. OU didn't make the cut. If you throw out Ormsbee that would put us 7th for the last for the last 5 years in recruiting (2,4,10).
The questions I have are: #1; How can Penn State and Ohio State keep these wrestlers in scholarships? #2; Why has Ohio State not done better at the NCAA? #3; How are we ever going to compete if Penn State continues to get all of the best from Penn and Ohio gets the best from Ohio.
13 PA, 6 NJ, 5 CA, 4 OH, 4 MI, 2 IL, 2 MA, 2 WI, 2 NY, 1 SD, 1 ID, 1 IN, 1 WA, 1 IA, 1 FL, 1 VA, 1 MO, 1 TX
In these five years there have been 13 top ten recruits from PA and PSU has gotten 7 of them and all the top recruits from PA except Marstellar. There have been 5 top tens Ohio recruits and Ohio State has gotten all of them. The 6 NJs and 5 CAs were spread out fairly well but 3 of 4 MIs when to Michigan (seems like they should be doing better). There has been only one from Iowa (going to Iowa) and none from Oklahoma with one the lone Texan going to Penn State.
This post was edited on 5/19 10:07 AM by Old Number Nine
Penn State; 9 top ten recruits; 1,2,3,3,3,4,5,7,8
Ohio State; 8 top tens; 1,1,1,6,6,7,9,10
OSU; 4 top tens; 2,4,8,10 (this includes Austin Ormsbee who bugged out on us)
Cornel; 4 top tens; 3,5,6,7
Illinois; 4 top tens; 5,7,9,9
Michigan; 3 top tens; 2,2,4
Northwestern; 3 top tens; 1,3,6
There are a couple with 2s and a bunch with 1s including Iowa, Iowa State and Minnesota. OU didn't make the cut. If you throw out Ormsbee that would put us 7th for the last for the last 5 years in recruiting (2,4,10).
The questions I have are: #1; How can Penn State and Ohio State keep these wrestlers in scholarships? #2; Why has Ohio State not done better at the NCAA? #3; How are we ever going to compete if Penn State continues to get all of the best from Penn and Ohio gets the best from Ohio.
13 PA, 6 NJ, 5 CA, 4 OH, 4 MI, 2 IL, 2 MA, 2 WI, 2 NY, 1 SD, 1 ID, 1 IN, 1 WA, 1 IA, 1 FL, 1 VA, 1 MO, 1 TX
In these five years there have been 13 top ten recruits from PA and PSU has gotten 7 of them and all the top recruits from PA except Marstellar. There have been 5 top tens Ohio recruits and Ohio State has gotten all of them. The 6 NJs and 5 CAs were spread out fairly well but 3 of 4 MIs when to Michigan (seems like they should be doing better). There has been only one from Iowa (going to Iowa) and none from Oklahoma with one the lone Texan going to Penn State.
This post was edited on 5/19 10:07 AM by Old Number Nine