USA Today had a full page piece in their weekend edition on college FB & BB recruiting costs. Some tidbits looking primarily at the last 6 year period ending..........
* Who does the most (wins) with the least recruiting $.........Wisconsin
* 8 of the top 15 FB spenders were from the SEC. GA, AL, & TN each spent more than 9 million for the 6 yr period
* ISU spent more in 2013-2017 in football recruiting than Texas
* In 2018 only one Power 5 school spent more on BB than FB........Indiana
* tOSU's FB recruiting spending during last 6 year period ranked 24th nationally and 7th in the BIG
* Oregon, the only program to top their conference in both FB & BB recruiting expenditures yet still only ranked 27th overall in BB recruiting expenditures and 16th nationally in FB recruiting expenditures
* Over the 6 year span, biggest FB spender in the BIG......PSU. Biggest BB spender in the BIG ......Indiana
* You'll like this one...... Rivalries with largest differences in FB recruiting expenditures over last 6 year period (2013-2018).......ISU vs Iowa was ranked 5th in expenditure differences with ISU spending $4.99 million vs Iowa's $2.85 million.
* Who does the most (wins) with the least recruiting $.........Wisconsin
* 8 of the top 15 FB spenders were from the SEC. GA, AL, & TN each spent more than 9 million for the 6 yr period
* ISU spent more in 2013-2017 in football recruiting than Texas
* In 2018 only one Power 5 school spent more on BB than FB........Indiana
* tOSU's FB recruiting spending during last 6 year period ranked 24th nationally and 7th in the BIG
* Oregon, the only program to top their conference in both FB & BB recruiting expenditures yet still only ranked 27th overall in BB recruiting expenditures and 16th nationally in FB recruiting expenditures
* Over the 6 year span, biggest FB spender in the BIG......PSU. Biggest BB spender in the BIG ......Indiana
* You'll like this one...... Rivalries with largest differences in FB recruiting expenditures over last 6 year period (2013-2018).......ISU vs Iowa was ranked 5th in expenditure differences with ISU spending $4.99 million vs Iowa's $2.85 million.
