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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Drew Taylor added to this discussion on June 13, 2024
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Saturday is the first day college coaches can contact prospects in the 2026 class.
The Buckeyes are gonna be hitting up Bo Bassett, Jax Forrest, and Domenic Munaretto. Hopefully Michael Mocco as well. He’s gonna be a star.
Ohio has no recruits ranked in the top 25. The highest is Alex Taylor of Mount Vernon at No. 27 (Flo). Frankly, it’s a bad class and if the Bucks take anyone it’ll be for little money.
Pennsylvania has five prospects in the top 15, including three from the same school, Bishop McCourt.
Bucks don’t know how much scholarship money is available because they’re still waiting on Marcus Blaze to finalize 2025 class.
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Mark Niemann added to this discussion on June 13, 2024
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Nick Lecklider added to this discussion on June 13, 2024
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Drew scholarship money means nothing anymore. Literally nothing. Tom Ryan even stated it’s no longer 9.9 scholarships. It’s unlimited. Nil let’s anyone on major d1 programs get full rides and then some. Ohio state have 21 kids getting partial of the 9.9 the university ( shown on their financial statement)is allotted but guys like blaze could get a 1/2 a scholarship or no scholarship plus 400k a year. I’m sure if Starrocci is getting 400k this year he might not even be getting a scholarship because Penn state has an unbelievable amount of talent on that team and need to distribute scholarships elsewhere. When kids make hundreds of thousands of dollars they can pay their own way of 20k a year or whatever it amounts to now. If a team has no scholarship money to offer they will just give nil to compensate for their tuition and living.
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Drew Taylor added to this discussion on June 13, 2024
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Nick, of course scholarship money is still meaningful.
Tuition for a non-Ohio student is $40k a year. That covers every top prospect in the 2026 class.
Simple math: the fewer scholarships available the more NIL money must be raised. And as we’ve noted, Ohio State wrestling isn’t swimming in NIL money the way many of its rivals are.
Allocation of scholarships is still very important.
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Nick Lecklider added to this discussion on June 14, 2024
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The point is Ohio state will be able to give any top prospect full ride regardless of scholarship money. Ohio state does have more money than most just not the big four and they give their money to kids in recruiting not kids in the portal.
And there are creative ways to get around in state and out of state. You can give out of state guys the majority of scholarships and pay the in state guys like paddy, Carson, Geog, mccrone, demilio to save nil money.
Out of the prospects you mentioned Bo Bassett is by far the priority. Jax Forrest is almost certainly going to Oklahoma state everyone thinks and Oklahoma state has a billionaire backing its team. Munaretto I am not entirely sold on. Not quite even sure how he’s ranked number one at 113. He got 7th at Ironman losing to Ohio seacrist and placing behind Burnett. And lost an Illinois state final. Maybe his freestyle accolades?? His two biggest tournies in folk style he didn’t preform well enough this year imo. He is teammates with davino however so that should help if he is a priority to the staff.
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Drew Taylor added to this discussion on June 14, 2024
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Nick, if Anthony Ralph ever moves on I recommend you to take over as recruiting coordinator. You’ve got instincts for this.
The Mocco recruitment is fascinating. His pops is an Olympian who competed in college for two blue blood programs, Iowa and Oklahoma State. The family lives in Florida, geographically far from the nearest D1 program.
Tough read.
Another Mocco brother isn’t far behind in age but like the older one he projects to 285 in college. Would they attend the same school? One might be on the bench.
Bucks need to prepare for heavyweight in the post Feldman era. Carter Neves arrives in the fall and is very good. Does Mocco also make sense? He won’t come cheap.
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Brian Mathews added to this discussion on June 14, 2024
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On top of the 9.9 not being a true 9.9 with NIL, scholarship limits may be going away altogether by the time this class is incoming (replaced by a roster limit).
I have no idea how many scholarships wrestling will be able to offer under that scenario. I would imagine if they can fundraise it they can spend it, but still remains to be seen.
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Hank Kornblut added to this discussion on June 15, 2024
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Quote from Brian Mathews's post:
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"On top of the 9.9 not being a true 9.9 with NIL, scholarship limits may be going away altogether by the time this class is incoming (replaced by a roster limit).
I have no idea how many scholarships wrestling will be able to offer under that scenario. I would imagine if they can fundraise it they can spend it, but still remains to be seen."
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My concern is that programs be told their scholarships are getting reduced so they have to fundraise to afford talent as the pressure for NIL money increases. The programs with funds will be in better position to compete (duh). But how many programs have significant outside funding? Or even have the potential to attain it?
The sport may get rocked.
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Jim Kessen added to this discussion on June 16, 2024
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Ohio state was 2nd team to call Bo behind Rutgers. Per X TR and Logan called and notes said talked a lot. Not sure if that means TR talked a lot or they had a long conversation .
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Hank Kornblut added to this discussion on June 16, 2024
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Quote from Jim Kessen's post:
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"Ohio state was 2nd team to call Bo behind Rutgers. Per X TR and Logan called and notes said talked a lot. Not sure if that means TR talked a lot or they had a long conversation ."
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Where did you find this info on X?
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Mark Niemann added to this discussion on June 16, 2024
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Quote from Hank Kornblut's post:
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Quote from Brian Mathews's post:
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"On top of the 9.9 not being a true 9.9 with NIL, scholarship limits may be going away altogether by the time this class is incoming (replaced by a roster limit).
I have no idea how many scholarships wrestling will be able to offer under that scenario. I would imagine if they can fundraise it they can spend it, but still remains to be seen."
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My concern is that programs be told their scholarships are getting reduced so they have to fundraise to afford talent as the pressure for NIL money increases. The programs with funds will be in better position to compete (duh). But how many programs have significant outside funding? Or even have the potential to attain it?
The sport may get rocked."
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Wisdom shouts on the #DotNet
It lifts its voice in the square!
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Jim Kessen added to this discussion on June 16, 2024
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Brian Mathews added to this discussion on June 17, 2024
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Quote from Jim Kessen's post:
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"https://x.com/mrpatmineo/status/1802329170074079283?s=46"
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Just... why? Social media was a terrible mistake.
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Pat Costilow added to this discussion on June 17, 2024
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A note on Mocco, Steve is one of the head coaches at American Top Team, probably the biggest/most successful gym in MMA. It's also the franchise that worked with Bo Nickal to open a facility in Happy Valley, so there would appear to be a connection to Penn State.
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Discussion Topic: Saturday is a big day in recruiting
Hank Kornblut added to this discussion on June 17, 2024
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Quote from Pat Costilow's post:
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"A note on Mocco, Steve is one of the head coaches at American Top Team, probably the biggest/most successful gym in MMA. It's also the franchise that worked with Bo Nickal to open a facility in Happy Valley, so there would appear to be a connection to Penn State."
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Mocco and Tom Rowlands are besties. His son will be a buckeye....
I kind of like making up nonsense and pretending it's real.
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