No fluff here. Big Ten rankings 1. Ohio State 3. Penn State 4. Michigan State 10.
Impact players abound.
Kelly Baraka was the top running back recruit in the Midwest. Ernest Shazor was the No. 1 defensive back. Both are from Michigan. Moreover, they hurt Penn State by taking two of the top five in Pennsylvania. At Penn State, for a while, it looked as though Joe Paterno had gotten too old for this job.