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By FailtotheVictors -04 January 2012
27 Comments
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Recruiting buzz has died down a bit since the holidays started. I have been following some of the OSU targets for 2012 and it doesn't seem like anyone is an OSU lean right now. Diamond hasnt shown much indication of being a "silent" commitment. Who is going to fill out this class? Are we going to land any of the top athletes?

aplumb100 on 4 Jan 2012 - 11:09am #

Patience my friend. Lots of these targets are osu leans. It looks like we will have to wait a little longer than we want, but guaranteed, Urban Meyer is doing his best to reel in some big fish. Oh how happy I would be if we stole Taylor Decker from the Irish because of Warriner jumping ship.....Screw 2011 and let the good times roll!

O-H-I-O

Orlando Buckeye on 4 Jan 2012 - 11:30am #

I am bored at home today. MOAR RECRUITING NEWS PLZ! Seriously though I'd jump for joy if we got a big recruiting/coaching update today.

Alex on 4 Jan 2012 - 1:19pm #

Yeah easyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....it was holiday season, as well as the middle of the dead period...visits aren't being taken as recruits spend time with their families on winter break etc........not the hottest time for recruiting although things should start to pick back up here in the next few weeks....

Also, I would say OSU trails nobody for Diamond and Dodson, with Decker now possibly coming on board thanks to Hinton and Warinner......Good shots with Cam Williams and Davonte' Neal as well...and if Winston and Diggs visit, you never know....Jamal Marcus may visit and David Perkins is visiting....lots to come

recruiting notebook tomorrow will feature Decker, the visits coming up in January, and the Bowl practice notes.

Dr. Kenneth Noi... on 4 Jan 2012 - 1:53pm #

Thanks Alex. I really look forward to your updates. I thought the last couple of weeks were a "dead period", is that an official dead period, or just dead in the sense that teams are in bowl prep and everyone is spending some family time?

dancorona5 on 4 Jan 2012 - 1:58pm #

hopefully this helps explain things...its on espn's website with explanations of each period.

Dr. Kenneth Noi... on 4 Jan 2012 - 2:01pm #

Dan is the man, thanks....now I know why I didn't see it - it's on ESPN's site!

BuddhaBuck on 4 Jan 2012 - 2:22pm #

Dan/Dr. Ken - I think that calendar is one the rest of the conferences use, because I found (made) this alternative one....

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flipbuckeye on 4 Jan 2012 - 2:29pm #

Well played, sir.

Dr. Kenneth Noi... on 4 Jan 2012 - 2:36pm #

Love it Buddha....

Seth4Bucks on 4 Jan 2012 - 4:38pm #

Alex, for those of us, like myself, who aren't up on all the terminology . . . what exactly is the difference between a quiet period and a dead period? I'm assuming it has to do with official and/or maybe in home visits?

Alex on 4 Jan 2012 - 4:42pm #

Quiet Period - Recruits can visit with coaches but only on those coaches' campuses.

Dead Period - No in-person contact is allowed, coaches may make 1 call per week per recruit.

Alex on 4 Jan 2012 - 4:43pm #

also recruits can call coaches as much as they want during either of those so there's always ways to talk to these kids somehow (3rd party tells so and so to call Urban etc)

Bj Mullens over... on 4 Jan 2012 - 4:50pm #

Heard somewhere that Kyle Dodson said he was 80% committed to Wisky, people are now worried he'll be stay in Wisky. However didn't he always say he was still committed to Wisky? If so this is a good sign because it is the first time he is saying he's not completely Wisky still.

Favorite Buckeye: Obviously BJ Mullens

Seth4Bucks on 4 Jan 2012 - 4:51pm #

Awesome, thanks for the clarification Alex. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's article.

Dr. Kenneth Noi... on 4 Jan 2012 - 5:01pm #

BJ - if that remaining 20% is leaning to OSU, I'll take our chances with Urban and Warriner (if he is indeed the guy) turning that 20% into 100%.....

BuddhaBuck on 4 Jan 2012 - 5:13pm #

Happy to oblige. I should have taken greater creative freedoms with Oversigning periods.... In hindsight, one oversigning period seems light... was 2 pay periods enough?

Always looking forward to more recruiting articles.

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Alex on 4 Jan 2012 - 7:08pm #

I am not worried about Dodson staying with Wisky...in fact, I will be surprised if that happens

rdubs on 4 Jan 2012 - 7:50pm #

With all of the coaches leaving Wisky, are there any others we might want to (or be able to) snipe if we don't fill out our class with the names currently out there?

johnblairgobucks on 4 Jan 2012 - 8:08pm #

Hearing from Scout's site that LB Dalton Santos , a soft Tennessee verbal, is down for visiting OSU Jan. 27th

http://ohiostate.scout.com/a.z?s=145&p=8&c=1&nid=5222489

4 star, Under Armor All American

BuddhaBuck on 4 Jan 2012 - 8:26pm #

Room for Improvement: Lateral Movement.

Not guud.

Where is Jordan Whiting?...

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johnblairgobucks on 4 Jan 2012 - 8:35pm #

Yeah I believe we have an older version of Santos on the team already in Storm Klien

Though, it would be funny to view AJ Hawk's improvement list in the early days of 2002.

Bj Mullens over... on 4 Jan 2012 - 11:58pm #

Saw on a 247 sports message board about a visit Mike Vrabel was making tonight, its a vip thread so I can't see who it is he is visiting. Anyone happen to know what recruit he is taking a visit too?

Favorite Buckeye: Obviously BJ Mullens