Can anyone explaining what if any difference there may be between two schools offers? A couple of times I've read a recruit might be waiting to see what a schools offer is. I was under the impression that all schools offers were basically the same ie tuition, books, etc.
Scholarships are all the same in D-I (FBS or FCS). D-II has the ability to split scholarships and D-III has no scholarships.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
And by no scholarships, you mean as soon as they find out you're an athlete, they mysteriously come up with some extra "academic" scholarships.
Yep, that's how I got half off my tuition when I played.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
Yeah had I not gone to OSU, I would've benefitted from an additional "political science scholar grant" that was conveniently offered the day after I met with the baseball coach. Hmmm
By waiting to see "what an offer is" usually means waiting to see if a soft offer turns into a committable offer. As you are well aware, Urban's philosophy on offers differs quite a bit from what we were used to under Tressel. Urban issues a lot of "soft" offers - letting recruits know that OSU will be interested in them if the circumstance turn out in their favor. Others get a committable offer - one that can be accepted at anytime until it is rescinded (you may actually find out that you do not want a particular recruit for any number of reasons - law problems, grade problems, etc). Tressel used more of the rifle concept, focusing in on fewer recruits overall, with a higher percentage of "committable" offers.
Timmons is probably the best example to throw out there on a recruit waiting to see "what the offer is." He may be getting a committable offer if all the right straws fall in place (other players committing elsewhere), or he may have an offer for "preferred walk on". Most likely if the latter happened he would take a full ride someplace else.