Kerry Coombs Recruiting Pitch Remastered

By 11W Staff - 14 January 2013
36 Comments
- OSU
- Football
- Recruiting

Ezekiel Elliott's father took the time to rework this and the audio of the speech pops a little better in this version. (youtube.com)

Source youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MH8RHiYgkHg

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Comments

Poison nuts on 14 Jan 2013 - 2:33pm #

Dammit - I have chills all over again!! Does OSU have the best staff in the country? It's a great staff. Is Kerry Coombs the best assistant in the country? F*CK YEAH!

The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.

BuckNutInAnnArbor on 14 Jan 2013 - 2:36pm #

Kerry Coombs is the friggin' man!

"...but then again 'Michigan' and 'huge mistake' are synonymous so that shouldn't have been much of a surprise to anybody." - Mark Titus

LouGroza on 14 Jan 2013 - 2:37pm #

Can't imagine a better speech than that.

AndyVance on 14 Jan 2013 - 2:41pm #

Where do I sign, Coach?

Killer nuts on 14 Jan 2013 - 2:43pm #

Wall, I need to tell you something and you're not gonna like it... I'm about to run through you

Killer nuts on 14 Jan 2013 - 2:46pm #

VintonCountyBuck on 14 Jan 2013 - 2:58pm #

Lovin' me some Coach Coombs!!

“Right now, Michigan is not at the pinnacle of college football, and that’s all Urban Meyer cares about...He’s been there and knows what it takes to get there.”

dubjayfootball90 on 14 Jan 2013 - 3:22pm #

had chills the entire time, I want to break something

cinserious on 14 Jan 2013 - 3:26pm #

Kudos to E-Z-E's dad. Thats the kind of parent that helps bring in top recruiting classes!

"Get him a body bag, Yeah!"

Doc on 14 Jan 2013 - 3:33pm #

Boy-o-boy that guy has the Juice! Bring it Coach Coombs!

Dougger on 14 Jan 2013 - 3:33pm #

i can't get enough of this. when im on my death bed someone play this for me. #juice

I like football

cal3713 on 14 Jan 2013 - 3:39pm #

Fun stuff. I want to be able to give that pitch to whoever's coming to work for me...

And P.S.; OSU has 52k students with an average ACT of 28??? Wow.

AndyVance on 14 Jan 2013 - 3:43pm #

I used to joke and say we were becoming the Ivy League of the Midwest, and to some measure of seriousness you realize our President was the former President of Brown and Vanderbilt, so top-tier academics is pretty important.

Buckeyeneer on 14 Jan 2013 - 7:43pm #

They have been getting better every year. When I was a freshman in 1998 we were the best incoming freshman class and our average ACT was something like 23.5 or 24. I kept reading that it was increasing almost yearly which each freshman class being better than the one before. I think where they are now is about as good as you can get with a population that large.

"Because the rules won't let you go for three." - Woody Hayes
THE Ohio State University

AndyVance on 14 Jan 2013 - 10:14pm #

I'd say you're right about the trendline flattening at this point - my college roommates and I often ponder who would or would not have been able to get in today versus then (2000).

My friend Gordon Gee will tell you that any student in Ohio can go to Ohio State, but the caveat is that if you don't have the academic chops, you'll spend your first year in Newark, Marion, Lima or ATI (Ag Technical Institute, in Wooster), and if you do well there, you'll be able to transfer to main campus. For some, I'm betting that is a frustration, but the net effect, it seems, is positive, as Ohio State has indeed improved over the past quarter-century as a leading academic and research institution.

southbymidwest on 14 Jan 2013 - 11:19pm #

i read in some of my alumni stuff that the average ACT score for the Columbus campus was a 28.5 last year, and they expect it to come close to 29 this year. A 28-29 ACT score is in the roughly top 10% of scores. Pretty impressive indeed for a school of this size. Yet another reason to say, "Go Bucks!"

And I love Coach Coombs.

OSUStu on 14 Jan 2013 - 4:03pm #

We HAVE to keep this coach around long term.

OurHonorDefend09 on 15 Jan 2013 - 4:03pm #

Exactly what I was thinking. I'm going to be extremely sad when this guy leaves for a head coaching job. Can't fault him though, we just need to enjoy his time and the rest of the staff's tenure here.

Don't give up... Don't ever give up.

ktownbuckeye20 on 14 Jan 2013 - 5:04pm #

I just listened to this in my schools library and almost tackled the first lady that walked past my computer.

Roger on 14 Jan 2013 - 5:30pm #

Last of the Mohicans theme is a nice touch!

Nick on 14 Jan 2013 - 6:46pm #

Excellent

Phillips.449 on 14 Jan 2013 - 7:23pm #

I love coach Coombs!

Brutus Greyshield on 14 Jan 2013 - 8:16pm #

Oh, hell yeah!

741 on 14 Jan 2013 - 8:18pm #

I'm pretty sure I would pass out if I attempted to yell for 5:24 minutes straight - let alone be able to maintain a semi coherent one-way stream of consciousness verbal assault of this magnitude.

#respect