With the regular season all but over (Army-Navy on Saturday) I want to get a feel for what's going on with recruiting among Big Ten members. Anyone with tidbits or who wants to post a synopsis, please feel free to start us off.

Never been good at the Xs and Os and definitely not recruiting. Ohio State is ranked 8th overall on Scout and will probably move up as they have 17 commits vs. everyone above having more. They're 6th on Rivals.

I'm hoping Rutgers can shore up their class after all the midseason defections. Looks like Hester and Jennings aren't coming back, but I'm hopeful RU may be able to lure Tyler Wiegers back. H's looking to go to medical school (which we have now have) and seems to be a stand-up guys who got spooked by the bullying report. Now that Cohen is gone, maybe he will give RU another shot.

And Rutgers loses another recruit...

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index....llege.html

Damn, you guys are falling apart, what's happening?

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(12-15-2013 02:10 PM)DexterDevil Wrote:  Damn, you guys are falling apart, what's happening?

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Two words... Kyle Flood

(12-15-2013 03:03 PM)brista21 Wrote:  

(12-15-2013 02:10 PM)DexterDevil Wrote:  Damn, you guys are falling apart, what's happening?

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Two words... Kyle Flood

What's he doing to cause it all? how is he not fired?

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He'll be gone after RU goes 3-9 next year. I'm thinking the administration is going to try to put some good assistants around him but I'm not optimistic about next season at all.

As Chris said, I think the administration is trying to do the typical give the guy 3 years bit and put some good assistants around him. That being said I too am not at all optimistic about next season. Its the first time since I was a freshman in 2003 when I started following the team that I'm not hopeful about the next season.

Here's Rivals rankings, once you include RU and UMD

#1 Ohio State 2295
#2 Michigan 1684
#3 Wisconsin 1638
#4 Nebraska 1470
#5 Penn State 1452
#6 Michigan State 1354
#7 Rutgers 1325
#8 Maryland 1052
#9 Iowa 1035
#10 Northwestern 1022
#11 Purdue 960
#12 Illinois 945
#13 Minnesota 874
#14 Indiana 840

(12-16-2013 04:52 PM)brista21 Wrote:  As Chris said, I think the administration is trying to do the typical give the guy 3 years bit and put some good assistants around him. That being said I too am not at all optimistic about next season. Its the first time since I was a freshman in 2003 when I started following the team that I'm not hopeful about the next season.

I wish the administration would do the right thing and pursue Mack Brown.

(12-18-2013 01:27 AM)AntiG Wrote:  

(12-16-2013 04:52 PM)brista21 Wrote:  As Chris said, I think the administration is trying to do the typical give the guy 3 years bit and put some good assistants around him. That being said I too am not at all optimistic about next season. Its the first time since I was a freshman in 2003 when I started following the team that I'm not hopeful about the next season.

I wish the administration would do the right thing and pursue Mack Brown.

I like the idea of a Mack Brown hire.

Jordon Fuchs, a 3-star TE, just dropped.

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/team/1...ordan.html

(12-16-2013 05:49 PM)chrisRU Wrote:  Here's Rivals rankings, once you include RU and UMD

#1 Ohio State 2295
#2 Michigan 1684
#3 Wisconsin 1638
#4 Nebraska 1470
#5 Penn State 1452
#6 Michigan State 1354
#7 Rutgers 1325
#8 Maryland 1052
#9 Iowa 1035
#10 Northwestern 1022
#11 Purdue 960
#12 Illinois 945
#13 Minnesota 874
#14 Indiana 840

Nice post. Here is Scout's for compassion.

1. Ohio State: 3527, 19 commits, 7th nationally
2. Michigan 2638, 16 commits, 19th nationally
3. Wisconsin: 2618, 25 commits, 20th nationally
4. Penn State: 2233, 18 commits, 25th nationally
5. Michigan State: 1951, 17 commits, 32nd nationally
6. Nebraska: 1826, 19 commits, 34 nationally
7. Rutgers: 1795, 23 commits, 36th nationally
8. Iowa: 1590, 17 commits, 42nd nationally
9. Northwestern: 1353, 13 commits, 49th nationally
10. Maryland: 1266, 13 commits, 52nd nationally
11. Indiana: 1137, 15 commits, 58th nationally
12. Purdue: 1057, 18 commits, 61st nationally
13. Minnesota 1023, 13 commits, 64th nationally
14. Illinois: 869, 16 commits, 68th nationally

Random thoughts (based solely on numbers, I don't know enough about individuals being recruited to comment on any team even my own):

1. The east-west split goes like this in Rivals: East: 1,2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, West: 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14. In Scout it's East: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, West: 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13. I was never a big fan of straight east-west split and these numbers definitely don't change my mind.

2. Given the total number of commits thus far vs. the number of those above them (even granted the average Big Ten teams will sign fewer than your average SEC team due to oversigning), I think Ohio State and Michigan will likely be top 10 at least.

3. Given all the issues they've faced, Penn State has held up well. Given scholarship restrictions were reduced and the classes they've had, I think they'll end up not falling back as far as most expected (although they will remain down some for a couple more years).

4. Wisconsin seems to be recruiting better than Nebraska. That might be big in the west. That said, at 25 commitments, it's likely the only place for Wisconsin to go in rankings nationally is down.

5. Illinois sure has fallen down in recruiting. Under Zook they recruited well even if they rarely played like it. Now they are at the bottom?! They are still one of the nation's most under-performing programs in my opinion.