2011 Rivals/Scout/etc. National & Regional Rankings

[BB73]

CFN ranked tOSU's class for 2011 as #2 nationally, behind Florida St.

We might feel better about this ranking if they didn't appear to believe that Ejuan Price was Ryan Shazier's brother. :tongue2:

CFN

The 2011 Class Is Heavy On ? the defensive front seven. All eyes will be on Braxton Miller, who might be the quarterback and the key to the start of the 2011 season, but the Buckeyes will be loaded for years to come thanks to the pickup of several amazing defensive players. The Signing Day coup of Curtis Grant, the nation?s top outside linebacker, was the icing on the cake for a class that came up with NFL talents in Michael Bennett at defensive tackle and Steve Miller on the outside. Ejuan Shazier will be the team?s next great inside linebacker, while brother Ryan Shazier will be a star on the outside.

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[Aviator330]

not sure where to put this but this looks good...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/news/story?id=6104801

Top football recruiters of the year

Luke Fickell, Ohio State
2011 prospects: Curtis Grant, ILB (Richmond, Va./Hermitage), Ryan Shazier, OLB (Plantation, Fla./Plantation)
Although Ohio State is an easy sell and one of the elite programs in college football, recruiting to the Buckeyes is still a difficult chore in today's college football world. It takes hard work and a daily grind. That's what Fickell had to do in landing Grant as well as a trio of other linebackers to Columbus. He also reeled in South Florida standout Jeremy Cash (Plantation, Fla./Plantation).

 

[GeorgiaBuck2]

I would have put it in CrazyBuckFan's 2011 forum but this works.

 

[Aviator330]

I would have but it in CrazyBuckFan's 2011 forum but this works.

I was thinking of that one too. I just decided this one lol.

 

[NastyNatiBuck]

This just in: Notre Dame to convert to a 7,2,1,1 defensive scheme for 2011. God help us all.

Perhaps they saw the effectiveness of Tennessee's 9-4 defense against LSU at the end of the game, and they have decided it to be a defense worth replicating.

 

[stowfan]

Scout rated the recruiting classes by position, we did pretty well.:)


http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&view=3&yr=2011

 

[RB07OSU]

Scout rated the recruiting classes by position, we did pretty well.:)


http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&view=3&yr=2011

That is the biggest strength of this class imo (out of many). There are plenty of commits, but this is a very balanced class...every position (minus RB, which we are set at with the current roster and '12 commits) is stacked with great talent. I think we set such a great foundation in terms of balance, that we can afford to role the dice more in '12 and go after some elite guys we normally may not pursue as much.