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OSU’s Greatest Recruiting Class

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As fans of Oregon State football celebrate one of the school’s best recruiting classes on Letter of Intent Day 2013, this question  comes to mind – what was the best class ever at OSU?  The online records for today’s major recruiting services extend only back to 2002.  In that period, Rivals.com has the 2004 class – ranked at #31, the highest ranked class in their database.  The 2013 class will likely be the 2nd highest rated class and followed closely on the heels of the previous 2nd highest class – 2012.

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The Alamo Bowl Effect

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Oregon State’s appearance in the biggest bowl game since the 2001 Fiesta Bowl might have had an impact on recruiting rankings of the 2013 class.  The Alamo Bowl pairing of OSU and Texas was announced on December 2nd, 2012 and the national recruiting rankings of OSU’s 2013 class rose immediately thereafter.  This rise in the recruiting rankings was not attributable to the commitment of a specific prospective student athlete or group of student athletes at that time or thereafter.

2013 national recruiting class rankings and commitments for Oregon State University.  Click to enlarge (Data source – Rivals.com)

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Recruiting Expenses in the Pac-12

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The best estimate of football recruiting expenditures right now comes from the US Department of Education’s website on Post-secondary Education.   At that site, recruiting expenses for student athletes are reported by gender – men’s and women’s recruiting.  Since the individual football recruiting expenses have not been reported for the past 7 years, most analysts are now using the men’s recruiting expenses as a proxy for football expenses. This is appropriate since football accounts for the lion share of the men’s scholarships and recruiting expenses at D-1A schools.  In the table below, I’ve compiled the men’s recruiting expenses for the past 3 recruiting classes for the Pac-12 conference. Continue reading →

Size matters

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Stadium size that is.  A Mercer University study of Rivals.com football recruiting data has reported that recruits consider stadium size as one of the factors that rank highly in determining their selection of a university.

Figure 1. Effect of Stadium Size on Football Recruiting Rankings. (Click to enlarge)

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Raising the bar in OSU football recruiting

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Oregon State’s football program hauled in the 38th ranked recruiting class in the nation in 2012 according to Rivals.com.  This was a marked improvement over the unranked class in 2011 and was the second highest ever ranking for an OSU recruiting class (the best was 26th in 2004).  The prize of the 2012 recruiting class was a large group of very high quality offensive linemen.

Figure 1. Conference rankings and average star rating for OSU football recruiting classes (source Rivals.com)

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