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Alex makes it sound like a wet kiss, but from my sister.....

Two thumbs up Alex for pulling a double shift tonight.

Happy to hear UFM is being pro-active and made contact with all the 2013 recruits.  That puts my mind at ease a bit about this whole situation.

You know who I feel sorry for Alex....you. Today. I'm sleepless & zipping around the site & I see all these questions people are asking you. Wow - Have fun!

On a serious note - I don't have much knowledge about recruiting as I don't pay much attention until after the football season is over - but I did see Joey Bosas highlight video & was glad to hear when he commited. Not only way talented but seems like a pretty solid, tough kid. I don't see this scaring him. From the little I've read on here - the kid wants to be a Buckeye...

In all reality, seems like a very very creepy guy stalked some people & got some photos with them. It's happened before it'll happen again. Could happen anywhere, anytime.

Alex, Thanks for all you do partner. Regardless if how this swings man you are always putting in the hours. Does it ever get old listening to the appreciation?

I don't even know if we know the whole story yet....but my comment to the Anzalones would be....when you are at any university there is potential of this to happen.....OSU had no knowledge of this and when they did, they did what they needed to do and that was to get the word out.  I saw a report on the news last night that OSU did everything right in this case.

If the story is as simple as it currently appears, Anzalone might come back. And the good thing is that it is early in the recruiting year. The timing could have been worse and this guy could have caused much greater problems. So, unless it gets murkier, good thing it happened now rather than later. 

Did the guy do anything illegal? Can they actually keep him off campus? Of course, he would be crazy to come back to OH. but just wondering what the legal situation is. 

I heard he lived in KY. Hopefully he violated his probation by going to OH and they can lock him up. Otherwise, would he dare come back? Strange situation. Thanks for the info. 

He violated probation by being on a social media website that individuals under the age of 18 can access. It was in a link from the icy-cold gray box last night...

This obviously can't be an ADVANTAGE...but I hope that Ohio State follows the legal proceedings that are about to happen and pressures the judge to sentence this guy to the maximum sentence.

I think people are going to unfairly jump on compliance and the staff for "letting this happen". The truth of it is, the sensed something wasn't right, found out who this creep was and protected our student athletes.

I applaud the department for working swiftly. I don't fault Anzalone, I would be creeped out too but his father's reaction was bogus and I think the relationship has been damaged. You don't make public comments about Ohio State with Urban (ask Bielema how that's going).  I wish AA the best wherever he lands.

I hope Bosa stays. I hope he realizes this can happen anywhere and we have a great family in place to protect our students and student athletes.

Finally, as much as I love the more open access to the team under Urban, I hope the coaching staff has realized that tOSU is a monster, and not every fan is a great person.  Tress had those wrought-iron fences put around the WHAC for a reason...For the betterment of the program, I'm OK if we lock it down for awhile

What I am hoping is that Urban pursuades the Anzalone family to visit (Dad, Mom, whoever else).  I think after a few days to cool down and then come realize that Urban's building a family program.  He may still be creeped out, but I think that would give us a fighting chance for him to remember why he fell in love with OSU in the first place and help his dad realize that this has nothing to do with the program.

Thank you Alex. This this is alil more reassuring...and yes im sure Urban was calling all players

Don't count on it Dizzle. It's more than likely between Stanford, PSU, Florida, & ND. Good luck to him & no hard feelings. His family (father) was looking for a way out & they found it, used it, & here we are. Time to move forward.

Lamplighter, probably right. Lamplighters see more than most.

Can we get back to Bosa now?  Anzalone already has like 5 threads being discusssed about him.

Oops, wrong thread

I have a feeling that Alex Anzalone is going to come back to the Buckeyes in time. 

It's the best university, best coaching staff, best team and best opportunity he'll have.   

I think he'll end up at Florida because didn't he want to take honors classes? OSU and Florida are the two schools where he qualified for that.

To the previous comment...Spot on bud. No reason to overreact because a pervo..they are everywhere, use your judgment and don't be drawn in to a pervo wanting to take pics with you out a club when you are 17 years old. Pryor couldn't bring this program down and I don't think B Dub's trivia pedo can either.

Oh jeez. Now we all are having jilted lover syndrome. The kid hasn't played a snap of his senior year yet. Lets see where he lands for good come Feb.

The best thing is for Anzalone to forgo college and be homeschooled. Go on Megans Law (is that he correct site?) and check out all rgeistered sx offenders in a 10 mile radius of each school he is planning on attending... THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! at least at home daddy can have full control of his sons life....

Oh well, if this crap with this perverted @@@hole was the icing on the cake, then I am real pissed, but its this kids choice. I probably won't like him as a player, but I respect his choice because it is, afterall his education (or his dad's, judging by how everything is going down.) Daddy needs to let go.

Hope this kid finds what he is looking for wherever he goes. Hopefully its with tOSU, if not, i wish him personal success, but I will be rooting for a loss everytime he steps on the field if its not in S&G.

Ahh,

I understand what you are saying and as a newer father I get it. But that said, I would've gotten the facts before disparaging an entire academic institution on the news. Had he done that, he wouldn't have had to offer a retraction or backpedel the next day.

In anycase, good luck to Alex.

When I asked Joey Bosa about Waugh thing Fri night, he said "I’m not going to let a stupid little weirdo like that define Ohio State to me."

— Tim May (@TIM_MAYsports) May 8, 2012

^ That's what I'm talking about right there!

And that's what I call a "MAN TALK"

Urban is definitely going after high-class, intelligent individuals in his classes. Guys like David Perkins, Cam Williams, Armani Reeves, etc. and now Bosa, Marshall, Burrows, Elliot, Price, etc. all seem much more mature than the average prospect.

Well played buckI...well played. I do not, however, play trivia at bdubs. Or have any desire to actually hug a 16 year old boy.

Luckynutz, perhaps a high five instead of a hug? 

That is a great quote from Joey.

think I will just settle with proudly sporting my 97 jersey on game days in his honor. Sure, I got it to honor cam heyward...and it looks like bosa will be more than capable of keeping the tradition of stellar d line play while wearing that number alive. He has the right attitude obviously. Only hope that the friendship he formed with anzalone can help bring young alex back into the fold. Because no matter what anyone says, anzalone saw something that made him feel osu was the place for him. Let's hope bosa and coach meyer can remind him of that.