RU's 2 deep Rivals rankings vs PSU's 2 Deep

[BiggyRU]

http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/penn-state/91671
http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/rutgers/91763

I used this website to get both teams 2 deep as of 9/18/15.
I made a list of every player and looked up their star rankings..

I didn't add up for example 5.6 or 5.5 if you were a 3 star.
I counted all stars the same ( ie all 3 stars got 3 points)..

40 of the 44 players on each teams 2 deep signed letters of intent.
The other 4 for each team were either walk on's or transfers... I did not include walk on or transfers..

PSU's two deep averaged out 3.175 stars..
RU's averaged out 2.725 ( 2.8 if you count Carroo and Hamilton).

Based on this, my overall assesment is recruiting matters.
Stars matter in the long run ( stating the obvious).

That said, while PSU has a recruiting advantage some of that needs to be overcome by coaching.
We should not be getting manhandled by PSU. The recruiting gap is not at a 28-3 level.

Flood and staff need to coach and recruit better ASAP.

 

[kjb32812]

http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/penn-state/91671
http://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/depth-chart/rutgers/91763

I used this website to get both teams 2 deep as of 9/18/15.
I made a list of every player and looked up their star rankings..

I didn't add up for example 5.6 or 5.5 if you were a 3 star.
I counted all stars the same ( ie all 3 stars got 3 points)..

40 of the 44 players on each teams 2 deep signed letters of intent.
The other 4 for each team were either walk on's or transfers... I did not include walk on or transfers..

PSU's two deep averaged out 3.175 stars..
RU's averaged out 2.725 ( 2.8 if you count Carroo and Hamilton).

Based on this, my overall assesment is recruiting matters.
Stars matter in the long run ( stating the obvious).

That said, while PSU has a recruiting advantage some of that needs to be overcome by coaching.
We should not be getting manhandled by PSU. The recruiting gap is not at a 28-3 level.

Flood and staff need to coach and recruit better ASAP.

PSU actually has five walk-ons/transfers on that two deep. OL Albert Hall, DE Carl Nassib, LB Von Walker and LB Matthew Baney are all walk-ons and Kevin Reihner is a graduate transfer from Stanford. That's not including the specialists either...they are both WOs.

What is interesting to me is the youth on that two deep and, particularly, amongst the starters where only four are Sr.

 

[BiggyRU]

if you have 5 walk ons or transfers the math actually comes out to 3.25 stars on average for psu

 

[rutgersdave]

What is interesting to me is the youth on that two deep and, particularly, amongst the starters where only four are Sr

There are only 5 senior starters on Rutgers. No big deal.