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HERE IS THE SITUATION

 

- HE LIKED EVERYWHERE HE VISITED.  NO ONE KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING. STOP ASKING.  YOU'LL FIND OUT WHEN HE COMMITS.

Agree with buckeyejim. Did your dog just die? Calm down. Recruiting is all football fans have until the spring game. Let them talk.

speculation here, but I think it bodes well that OSU's visit was more recent than Auburn's and Florida's. yes, Maryland's was last...but...in the end --- OSU's tradition and Urban win out over Maryland and any other school. It's just too tough a combination to beat.

I think that Maryland MAY hold a slight lead after that visit. It's a very interesting commitment to watch. OSU is the program with the legendary, established coach, electric quarterback and a system that will utilize him. Maryland is his home, and he'd immediately be one of their best players in a relatively weak conference. And he'd been a Florida lean for a while early on in his recruitment.

Right now, I think that they're all even. I won't be surprised with his decision, although I think it's more likely for him to end up here or at Maryland than Florida at this point. But I don't want to read too much into a high school senior's biggest life decision.

THEBADOWL, given OSU's recent success (or lack thereof), Diggs would become one of the best players on the team that has a chance to win a national championship while he is there. I understand what you're trying to say but I feel like if he thinks he is as good as he is (which I do), he will be confident he can take over whatever conference he plays in. Therefore, all Maryland has is proximity to home, which honestly, OSU isn't too far from Maryland. Obviously, not in comparison to Maryland, but certainly a lot closer than UF. 

Maybe I'm just being optimistic right now, but if you are a top 10 player in a recruiting class I can't see someone having the attitude of "Wow, I'm good! I should just play shitty competition to make myself look even better!" Top caliber players want to compete against the best and Diggs would at either OSU or UF.

I too like OSU's chances

In Alex I trust

 

If stefon diggs comes tosu I can't wait to see him and jalin Marshall together

I just don't see how if this kid is good enough to get an offer from Ohio State and Florida that he would choose Maryland.  If he's seriously thinking NFL in his future, then he'll get much better exposure at Ohio State or Florida.  How often does Maryland get nationally televised games?   

Maybe Alex knows something we don't?!? Or perhaps that's just some wishful thinking on my part..

Like everyone has said, February 10th is the day.

(Sorry to double-post, should have just edited my last post but didn't think about it until too late!)

Chris Doherty @KMSDoherty
@Maryland1206 People on rivals claiming inside knowledge say he will be a Terp.

9:05 PM - 5 Feb 12 via Twitter for iPad · Details

^FWIW. No idea if this guy's worth listening to.

Just in case some of you were still confused about where urban stands with devonte Neal while meeting with high school coaches urban says
" Right at the end, we refused to take a kid from out of state. He was a wide receiver. His extra step was out of bounds. I’ve been blessed to coach some guys whose extra step was to drop their shoulder and get that extra two yards" per theozone

OK first Neal was turned away bc the staff saw something they didn't like from the Neal camp---nothing to do w on field or Diggs. Second the info I was given was positive for OSU. That's all I can go off. This kid is a game player and I have said that from day one. I don't buy the UMD stuff but this kid can commit anywhere and it wouldn't surprise me. That being said my prediction is still Buckeye as of now

Haha me being in NYC + Giants winning Super Bowl = Long Night = rough day of work today

The last guy that we recruited that was this big of a diva was Terrelle Pryor.... just sayin. Maybe he should go elsewhere.

In his film Diggs looked like Ted Ginn but with more jukiness and strength

what exactly is the beanie wells type?

Any chance Diggs would play on both sides of the ball? Is that something he's interested in?

{" Right at the end, we refused to take a kid from out of state. He was a wide receiver. His extra step was out of bounds. I’ve been blessed to coach some guys whose extra step was to drop their shoulder and get that extra two yards" per theozone

Player who steps out bounds = beanie wells type }

 

Folks:

Per what Alex said -- it's not anything to do with what Neal does on the field. 

I have no additional knowledge about the situation, but I believe that alot of people are looking at UFM's comment too literally.  I think that the comment was a metaphor.

I think that UFM meant that he was lucky enough to coach kids who didn't try to take the "easy way out" - on the field and off.  The type of kid, who when things got rough, he put is head down and tried to blast through it (rather than looking for a cop-out).  I believe that someone in Neal's camp did/said something that the staff believed that it indicated a pre-disposition not to be that type of person.

I am absolutely not speculating something as oenerous as Neal's dad presenting UFM with "an invoice for future services rendered".  Maybe the family wanted UFM to publicly generatee that Neal would be the starter or ensure that another incomming freshman would redshirt (clearing Neal's way to the two-deep).  Perhaps, the staff was laying out the workout regiment that Marotti expected Neal to start before he came to campus and the family said that that had a routine that THEY were happy with.  Maybe Neal's father was boasting about 'how successful he son was, while taking plays off'.

I have no doubt that Neal will be an electric player whenever he goes, but maybe the staff thinks that he (or the father) is going to be a headcase that they just don't want to deal with.

 

Beanie Wells was the type to step out of bounds?  I don't know, dude flat out crushed people with his stiff arms. There were some guys I actually felt sorry for he Effed them up so bad with the stiff arm of justice. He hurdled an Illinois player in a game.  I never saw Beanie as the type to avoid contact.  He got hurt a lot and I guess that always kind of made people think he was soft, but seemed to me like he was plenty tough.

I expect that there are those outside the staff that have heard the true story. Buy the time it reaches most of us we won't be able to tell it from the rumors.

Beanie ran out of bounds a lot I remember watching the nfl draft and Todd mcshay kept playing the play against scum when beanie ran out of bounds instead Of taking on scum frail cb Trent morgan

Beanie Wells also jumped over a dude or two...

Beanie ran out of bounds a few times...usually it happened not long after injuries. Unfortunately, he had more than his share of injuries. He also stiff armed plenty of people flat to their backs or lowered his shoulder or hurdled them on his way to long yardage. Beanie was - IMO one seriously bad man and I could give a shit what Todd McShay said on draft day...I know we're a tough crowd (buckeye fans) but calling Beanie soft??? Damn.

Urban isn't going to put up with the B$ he had to deal with in the $EC for recruiting...especially under OSU's current circumstances...bye Jordan Diamond and Davonte' Neal

The Auburn Rivals site has a post-Maryland visit update.....but I am not a subscriber. 

I never thought I'd see a day where it was implied Beanie was soft.  I did go after seeing some of these comments to see some of his video highlights and I guess he did step out of bounds a lot, but usually he was still trying to stiff arm or he still lowered the shoulder for a couple of extra yards.  There were also several videos where he just plowed people over or damn near broke their necks with stiff arms or examples where he literally pushed people into the endzone with him on his way in. 

I also agree with the notion that Beanie was a bad man.  I guess, though, you can scan through tape on anyone and find one example where he didn't take on a CB.  However, while looking for that one clip, you'd find about a dozen where he was absolutely destroying guys.

Re: Beanie. I have heard it said that he did/does not know the difference between being hurt and being injured. As far as not seeing any youtube highlights of Beanie being soft, that is because they are highlights not lowlights.

Good to hear Chrome. BCast is pretty reliable no?

Stefon Diggs retweeted "Friday is the big day. My Mom's & Bro's B-Day! Just to resolidify, his decision will come Friday & not before hand.

My experience with BCast info. is that he is pretty reliable and waits until he is positive before he posts some nonsense. Even with Urban's hiring, he didn't post anything until he knew for a fact it was a "done deal".

Perhaps Alex is hearing some of these same things BCast is? I wouldn't put Diggs anywhere near "lock" status because kids change their minds easily (being only 22...I know this to be the case), but if BCast took the time to post it I have reason to believe he truly feels Diggs will be a Buckeye. Outside of Alex and 11W, BCast is the most accurate I've seen.

<fingers crossed>

^This is true but I never get their info. unless it is passed along through free boards. I'm not a Rivals nor a Scout premium member. I do however go from site to site where the free stuff (us college students love hand outs) is and this about as good as it gets. Has Nevada or Bill Greene posted anything new since the UMD visit? Does Diggs====Buckeye hopefully?

I don't ===== anything, but I really like Diggs to OSU and so does OSU's staff as of today.....this kid committing to any school won't surprise me though, but I think you couldn't ask for anything more than for OSU to be in the position they are in currently