Ryan, recruiting isn't done yet. Michigan has been ranked higher than MSU every year I can remember. Where has it gotten UM? A step up from Indiana and Minnesota? RichRod had a top ten recruiting class his 2nd year and the cream from that crop has spoiled.
Again, as the only large school in the state of Ohio, OSU will get most of the players they want. One guy going to Wisconsin isn't a stampede. I noticed you mentioned nothing about the DB they received a commetment from a couple days after Tressel resigned.
No, I don't think OSU will get slammed as hard as USC. No one bought Pryor a house for his family, unlike Reggie Bush. You could add up all the perks that OSU players may have received, at it won't equal the cost of the house. Yeah, the NCAA could hammer them, but who really knows?
You look at this with corn colored glasses. This recruiting class that Hoke is putting together won't see the field until 2012. And even then, half of them will most likely be redshirted. Hope none of the newer recruits haven't been paling around with Daryl Stonum.