Osei is 10th Football Recruit

Another commit referencing the likelihood of Nova upgrading to the Big East.  Talley doesn’t seem like the type to keep selling this if it’s not gonna happen.

I think I said this before, but sources close to the football program deny any knowledge of what has been going on with the upgrade. They also refuse to comment on what exactly they are telling players about it.

That’s clearly the right public stance to take, but someone is telling these kids otherwise.  It’s not like this kid would be that clueless about the situation with a brother playing at Rutgers.  

WAY TOO MUCH SMOKE!!!!  There a “fire” somewhere here!!

Players at Rutgers don’t know any more than you or me.

It’s also possible that these kids (who all appear smart enough to do their research) googled Villanova football and ended up on VUhoops, VUsports and other sites that have had extensive coverage and discussions about the football issue and made their own conclusions. That is why I was asking those sources about what they are telling the recruits.

Osei is a good wrestler….but not an excellent one in Pennsylvania circles.
If he is to have a big senior year and finally make it to States,  he will have to do so at 275 (heavyweight) which will be a different breed of wrestler for him to face regularly.

49-31 career including 34-7 (23 falls) as a junior with a 5th place at 215lbs in AAA Southeastern Regionals.   He was athletically overpowering his opponents at 215 with all his regular season pins, but appears to to struggle against solid technical wrestlers which is why he suffered several major decision losses by scores of 11-1, 15-0 TF, 17-6.   Although the Pottsgrove wrestler he pinned for 5th place consolations at Regionals that ended his season was an opponent who had beaten him twice previously (4-0, Fall).   

As lean as he was last year,  Talley will clearly want him over 230 lbs as a freshman so he can’t be trying to cut weight back to 215 for wrestling again.  He better get ready to grapple with the beef this season as a quick lean heavyweight trying to toss around some chubby offensive lineman on the mat.   

If anyone was going to call me out on my claims of Osei’s wrestling prowess…

Not saying these kids aren’t smart enough to do their own research, but I’ve seen nothing about a September announcement except from a recent commit and haven’t seen anything about a likely upgrade since the Big East pulled their offer.  Closest thing was Louisville AD saying we were the best expansion candidate but needed to get our stadium situation settled.  If it wasn’t for what our commits are saying, I’d think the upgrade wasn’t looking very good.  

He is making the best of it for his HS team but in Pennsylvania where many start wrestling in kindergarten, he would always have a tough time with technically proficient wrestlers unless he can catch them in a basic headlock or pancake move to pin them in an upset.   He is working with his physical advantages to pin kids. 

I think it’s  more important that he better be listed as a Heavyweight (275 & under weight class) this year if he expects to play Defensive End in college.   Rolling around with the likes of a bunch of bulky chubby types will prepare him for fending off College offensive lineman when he reaches the mainline.   He will be giving up a lot of weight to heavier wrestlers and that’s what he will see as a defensive end at Villanova.  
If he is back at 215 for wrestling, that would probably piss off Talley who might have no choice but to redshirt him as a freshman to get his bulk up.   
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Want to hear an interesting twist….his brother David Osei (rutgers) was 44-0 as an Abington High School senior before losing 3-1 in the 2009 PIAA  AAA State Finals to Evan Craig of Abington Heights. 
Evan being the older brother of current Villanova freshman blocking Tight End Morgan Craig. 

David Osei (132-28 record) was bigger and wrestled Hwt for all 4 years of High School including going to STATES in his last three years.  He was 74-4 in his last 2 years losing zero regular season matches. 
So you can understand why Bryan feels he has been in the long shadow of his older and heavier brother during High School.   

What’s the latest on MLB Corey Majors? 
Will he re-committ to Villanova or is he looking elsewhere?  

Nothing at the moment. We might have to wait and see. If he went to Prep School (presumably) to work on academics, so we probably need to wait until January to find out if he qualified.