02-02-2017, 10:03 AM
Super pleased with this class and excited to cheer for these guys the next 3-5 years. I want to mention a couple misses to make another point.
My other alma mater is Ohio State and the two top prospective stars of its recruiting class (which I hear is the highest average predicted quality of all time of any school) are names familiar to us: Baron Browning (ILB and yes Barry's younger brother) and Jeffrey Okudah (S). I think these two were highly likely to get admitted. Okudah is a Watkins award finalist.
In these two cases, I speculate that the proven national championship credentials were a deciding factor. If we can somehow win one, the potential pool of recruits can get larger and make us an even more perennial contender than we already are.
My other alma mater is Ohio State and the two top prospective stars of its recruiting class (which I hear is the highest average predicted quality of all time of any school) are names familiar to us: Baron Browning (ILB and yes Barry's younger brother) and Jeffrey Okudah (S). I think these two were highly likely to get admitted. Okudah is a Watkins award finalist.
In these two cases, I speculate that the proven national championship credentials were a deciding factor. If we can somehow win one, the potential pool of recruits can get larger and make us an even more perennial contender than we already are.