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Ding, Ding, Ding!!!
Gordon Gee's signature is on my diploma. I'm proud of that. Class of 2008
CoverItLive is blocked at work.
Sad face.
Those darned Buckeye Nazi's
can see the scroll but not the chat. also not to be too picky, but spence and southward are out of order... loving this and pantoni's tweets...
Could someone post here too? Chat is blocked and the ticker is about two letters wide.
For the Interweb deficient due to corporate scUM tape.... here's the list of signees from the ticker.
Keep Calm and Ignore the Trolls.
Thanks.
FYI you have Frank Epitropoulos listed twice.
I think you can replace one of the Epitropouli (is that the plural?) with Roger Lewis (WR Pickerington Central - ***)
Not sure if you're being serious or sarcastic.....
but I'll save the spot for Kyle Dodson. :)
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I had done a quick scan & thought u were listing the verbals as a "check off" kind of list & didnt see him on there... Yes, I think there are bigger needs and with the grades issue I dont expect him to be here. My fault for making a hasty post while waiting for an elevator.
@OSUNeedles, man he (Lewis) has some bigger issues than just grades.....
Sweet jumping Jesus... How did I miss that news... I need to stop actually working so much!
Haha, that's why I was so confused. Kid is due in court today... $250k bail...
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Sorry about that Flip. Looks like they killed the "Edit" feature. Rumor that Marcus sent in his LOI... and will make public announcement at 10:30am(?)... Neal and Diggs now both S&G leans.
Pittman now in. per @MarkPantoni.
Only verbal left is O'Connor, who's probably still sleeping.
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Love it. Was slightly paranoid about Pittman and MSU pulling a fast one on us.
Ditto that but then I stalked his twitter feed - he's all Buckeye.
Props again on the mailbag logo. #hot$hit
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Rufus Bobcat decommits, signs with Ohio State (UPDATE: Brutus Speaks) - @Deadspin http://deadspin.com/5642832/mascot-on-mascot-violence-at-ohio-state-upda...
FUqU, e!spin!!
So what's the deal with Neal and Diggs are they really going to announce todayv
So what's the deal with Neal and Diggs are they really going to announce todayv
According to the guys on the live chat, it won't be today, but there is smoke now that they are both tOSU leans...
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I read Diggs is a Florida lean with Maryland making a strong push. But we'll see.
"Without winners, there wouldn't even be civilization." -----------Woody Hayes
Can someone research why open threads compel so many people to try their hand at snarky, sarcastic, 90% not-funny comedy?
Gordon Gee's signature is on my diploma. I'm proud of that. Class of 2008
I was trying to think of a snarky, sarcastic, not-funny comment to your post, but I decided to let it go.
Class of 2008
Snarky is a bodily function for me, apologies.
vacuuming sucks
lol you have some cunning replies maestro
a cunning-linguist at heart to be sure.
vacuuming sucks
If we get Neal and Diggs, our offense will look amazing in 2013 and going forward. An offense with Braxton, Diggs, Neal, Marshall, Dunn and the possibility of someone like Derrick Green, Robert Foster, etc.? That would be absolutely insane. Speed EVERYWHERE.
I wouldn't cheer for Michigan if they were playing the Taliban.
Forget the offence, have you seen some of the films from the defense side of the ball. Holy smoke these kids are fast. Great day to be a Buckeye
Lost Nut in Michigan
Can't see the live chat.
yep - live blog not working here either, just a lot of clicking - enjoying all the hard work though guys!
Jamal Marcus = Buckeye.
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anybody know a good internet radio feed? ESPN radio isn't covering NSD, and neither is the Cleveland station
getting a little frustrated...
the chat above has too many people talking at once, and Twitter is blocked at work so i can't get the 11W updates there
You may have some luck with looking through the feeds @ justin.tv
As far as radio feeds, don't know. Sorry.
thanks
aside from dodson, are we waiting to hear from anyone else today?
Ohio State Alum '10
Go Bucks!
There was a report earlier that one of Neal/Diggs was going to announce today but I think that was from ESPN so it is not credible.
Nope only Dodson
thats kinda a bummer... a little anti climactic haha. still a good day, hopefully we land him
Ohio State Alum '10
Go Bucks!
Here's a link for the Dodson annoucement, via chatter Tom:
http://www.foxsportsohio.com/02/01/12/LIVE-video---Kyle-Dodson-announces...
so many committments!
This school must have won a lot of games
Awwwwwww yeeeaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!
Do you think she'd mind if we got 11W t-shirt swag with her picture on it? Too creepy?
Go Buckeyes!
Dodson a Buckeye, bring it on
Lost Nut in Michigan
That dude can make an entrance.
4-6 seconds from point A to point B and when you get to point B, be pissed off
Meyer, you Voodoo Bitch. You get one of Diggs/Neal and I'm promoting you to Vampire Voodoo Bitch. Both and you'll make Megeladon Vampire Voodoo Bitch.
Megalo-who?
Megalodon= Not only was Megalodon the biggest prehistoric shark that ever lived; it was the biggest predatory marine creature in the history of the planet, outweighing both modern Great White Sharks and ancient reptiles like Liopleurodon and Kronosaurus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Xb4LSFMJk
Probably a stupid question because it is ESPN, but why are they only reporting Michael Thomas as "committed" instead of "signed" like everyone else. Do we have his LOI?
Thanks to the 11W team and all who helped out those of us stuck at work behind filters.
If we can pull of Neal and Diggs we must have the number one class in the nation, no?
October 20th: National Kenneth Guiton Day
That's tough to say. Alabama and Texas have beastly classes signing and at least Alabama will have more recruits than us (seeing as they're already at 28). We should be solid top three.
Gordon Gee's signature is on my diploma. I'm proud of that. Class of 2008
It's hard to say, if they add those 2 they are definitely worthy of the nod. I believe Ohio State's average "star rating" is higher than both Texas and Bama, at least on Rivals. Truth be told, it's hard not to argue the FSU doesn't have the best. It's a smaller class but has 4 rivals 5 stars and has a very high average star rating.
I read somewhere, someone took the averages of the 4 major sites and Texas has the highest average. Alabama actually will only sign 27 at the most, and right now it might just be 26 because they are having problems with one guy. But still they have a very good class. So it really looks like 3 or 4 IMO.
"Without winners, there wouldn't even be civilization." -----------Woody Hayes
It could be, I just don't even factor ESPN's recruiting because they have been so consistenly bad for years. Recruiting coverage really started gaining steam what about 10 years ago, and from the word go, ESPN's rankings have been drastically different than Rivals and Scout. I've never even heard of 247 until this year. I've always been pretty fond of the Rivals ratings myself. It seems like Scout is very liberal in handing out 5 star ratings to people.
As I type that, Rivals' team ratings has FSU at 3, 5 stars now, I guess they lost one along the way somewhere. But it was showing Bama at 28, now they are back to 27 with 3 5 stars and 13 4 stars. So if Ohio State lands both Diggs and Neal, they'll have the same amount of 5 star players, 1 more 4 star and a higher overall star average, plus the same amount of players. I think adding those 2 and at least on the rivals list they could pass Bama.
Of course it really doesn't matter other than just bragging rights, the goal is to land a top 10 class. Seems like teams consistently in the top 10 are consistently in the running for the BCS title and are in the BCS bowls frequently.
I read on eSECpn that Alabam is going to have the number one class regardless of what anyone else does. It would seem they have the same approach to judging recruiting classes as they do in picking the Fake National Title teams.
To err is human. Really sucking requires having yellow stripes on your helmet.
Under ESPN's system they may have it wrapped up. On the other 3 sites Alabama is either one or two. They have a VERY strong class plain and simple. Maybe you can call this past Title fake but the first 5 before it are very much real. Let's move on.
"Without winners, there wouldn't even be civilization." -----------Woody Hayes
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#signingday RT @dennisdoddcbs: Ohio State now saying throw away first signing release. New copies coming. Hmmm.
What does this mean?
vacuuming sucks
A reminder to ppl joining the liveblogs. Please scroll through the scoreboard/news panel to see if a common question is already addressed!
Urban's 4pm presser is incoming now @ http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/allaccess/?media=294963
Also, Shaun was kind enough to find the trimmed down version of the Dodson announcement @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLT6Zh0E8Ag&feature=youtu.be
Just a thank you to the commenters today & all the people involved with the LiveBlog. 90% of the comments were great!
Today totalled around 18,000 readers/commenters (some duplicates so realistically lower). Was by far the most involved.
Thanks!
Found this on a Wisky Blog. I just wanted to see how much whining was going on, and how many people out there are crying foul. This is just a section of the article...
Wisconsin appeared to be on their to a class for the ages early in the process, garnering pledges from the likes of OL Dan Voltz, OLB Vince Biegel, QB Bart Houston and RB Vonte Jackson, all of whom are rated as four-stars by Rivals. This past month has been rough, however. The Badgers lost four-star lineman J.J. Denman to Rutgers, and will likely lose Kyle Dodson back to the Buckeyes because apparently Urban Meyer takes everything he wants.
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WAaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh....WAahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
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"The height of human desire is what wins, whether it's on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium." ~Woody Hayes~