Visit with coach Warner and coach Combs>>>>> #BuckeyeNation #Buckeyes
— David Dawson (@D3_FutureLegend) November 28, 2012
I RECEIVED MY 14th OFFER TODAY FROM ONE OF MY CHILDHOOD FAVORITES THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES!!!! #BLESSED #BuckeyeNation
— The Jacques Patrick™ (@jacques_patrick) November 28, 2012
#OhioState DC Luke Fickell is in Gwinnett, Georgia as we speak visiting with 13' LB target Trey Johnson #Buckeyes #Recruiting
— Miles 11W (@Miles11W) November 28, 2012
#OhioState will be in to see 2015 ATH Jalen Christian @thatblasiankiddon Thursday or Friday
— 11W Recruiting (@11WRecruiting) November 28, 2012
- Kerry Coombs visits Lawrence Marshall
- Virginia Tech offers Jalen Christian
- Florida offers Nyles Morgan
- Cornelius Elder has set an OV at Ohio State for the weekend of January 11th.
- David Dawson will OV for the weekend of December 7th.
BN$--Buckeyes Go For Florida LB Commit '13 FL LB James Hearns
- Coaches Fickell and Hinton visited James at school, watched his practice, and then spent a few hours at his home. He has scheduled his official visit to Columbus for January 11.
BN $ - Meyer vs Hoke For 4-Star WR? '14 TN WR Josh Malone
- By BK...could see himself in either offense after being at The Game...no leaders but likes Ohio State.
Scout $ - Snodgrass Makes Return Visit To Ohio State '14 OH WR Thaddeus Snodgrass
- By Berk...enjoyed The Game and spoke to Coach Smith but has slowed his recruiting down.
Rivals$--Muschamp checks in on 2014 four-star '14 FL LB Dillon Bates
- Dillon says he has a long list of schools in which he would be most interested. No mention of tOSU
Scout $ - Barker Talks Ohio State Visit '14 KY QB Drew Barker
- By Berk.....Had a great time on his visit for The Game. Expecting Coach Herman to attend one of his basketball practices this week. Feels that he would fit in very well with OSU's offense.
Player Of The Week: Tyquan Lewis (video)
Tarboro High School defensive end Tyquan Lewis is headed to Ohio State next fall to begin his collegiate career, but he has one last goal to achieve before leaving his hometown.
Lewis wants to add a fourth state championship to his resume.
The 6'4", 230 lb. senior has already been a driving forced behind a Tarboro team that has won three consecutive 2A state titles and this Saturday the Vikings could add a fourth championship banner as they take on East Lincoln in the state finals.
Saturday's game is set for 11am at BB&T Field in Winston-Salem.
The Vikings are 15-0 and will face a 14-0 team in East Lincoln.
Big East Recruiting: Louisville leads for top receiver
The Louisville Cardinals have had a rough couple of weeks -- losses to Syracuse and Connecticut in consecutive games -- but coach Charlie Strong and company just got some good news from one of their top targets, Louisville Trinity (Ky.) WR James Quick. Widely considered one of the nation's best receiver prospects, Quick told Jody Demling of Cardinal Authority that, despite having just taken an official visit to Ohio State, Louisville remains his leader.
As good as the news seems for Louisville, Quick told ESPN.com he was impressed by the OSU visit.
"I had a few times where I thought it was the place for me," Quick said Monday. "But I have to look at other places to make sure I'm making the right decision for me."
Quick has official visits scheduled for Louisville and Oregon
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Cleveland Heights' Shelton Gibson to play in U.S. Army All-American Bowl: High School Newswatch
Cleveland Heights wide receiver Shelton Gibson has been selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
He will be presented with a jersey Thursday during an assembly at the school.
The game, featuring 90 of the top players in the country, will be held Jan. 5 in San Antonio and televised live on NBC at 1 p.m.
Gibson has not yet selected which college program he will play for.
Chardon's Elswick advances to national meet: Chardon junior Nicholas Elswick placed 10th at the Foot Locker Cross Country Midwest Region Championships on Saturday in Kenosha, Wis., qualifying for the national race.
Elswick received the final berth, finishing in 15 minutes, 12 seconds. The winner was Jake Leingang of Bismark, N.D., in 14:56. The national meet is Dec. 8 in San Diego, Calif. Independence's Kyle Polman placed 46th (15:45).
Four local girls placed in the top 50, though nobody advanced to San Diego. The top local was Solon's Therese Haiss (29th, 18:19), followed by Chardon's Corinne Kule (34th, 18:27); Hawken's Alexandra Markovich (40th, 18:34); and Bay's Maddie Britton (42nd, 18:36).
ESPN 150 CB Gareon Conley, who expressed strong interest in Oregon while being committed to Michigan, decommitted from the Wolverines on Tuesday.
"Coach [Greg] Mattison was at my school today and we told him [I was decommitting]," Conley told WolverineNation's Tom VanHaaren. "I felt like I did it too early and didn't wait to see what else would come. I like Michigan, but I like other schools too, and I want to visit them."
Whether that opens the door for Oregon is another story. On Monday night, Conley wrote on his Twitter account that the Ducks weren't going to offer him because they wanted a safety.
Meyer Expects Calls, Plans to Keep Staff Intact
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer knows the phone calls are coming. If they weren’t, he wouldn’t be doing his job.
Maybe they’re coming soon; maybe not until next year, but at some point Meyer knows there will be another team, another despondent program, another ambitious athletic director, on the other end of the line.
They won’t be calling for Meyer, who is back where he began his collegiate coaching career 25 years ago, at a place that has made him one of the highest-paid coaches in the country.
No, Meyer isn’t going anywhere. At least not for a while. Meyer is just starting to settle in. For once, he’s happy, at least for the time being, and he’s got a darn good football team coming back next season.
The Buckeyes were a perfect 12-0 in Meyer’s first season as the head football coach in Columbus, and while there is no real downside to perfection in year one for someone as established and successful as the two-time BCS national champion, there could be a small price to pay for this team’s instantaneous success.
“The one negative thing about success and hiring good coaches is they’re hot items,” Meyer said Monday.
“If I have guys that people never call and want to hire them, it probably means I got bad coaches. I had a turnstile down at Florida of guys leaving to become head coaches.”
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If "The Game" didn't do it for Quick,then I say go for Timmons.Some guys just want to stay at home and thats fine,but we need serious help at wide receiver and if he's gonna keep going back and forth between Louisville and OSU,I say go with the kid that wants that OSU offer bad!! Hope Gibson qualifies,and gets his stuff together,and we snatch up Conley too!! Can never have enough of a good thing.
SCOTTC.
I always take interviews with home town reporters with a grain of salt. They're pretty detached from the recruiting-sphere, and I think there's some appeasement that goes on there
Isn't Barker getting a visit from Herman today? Do you think he gets offered?
What Buckeye In Sec said,Timmons still fills a role and need on the team!!
SCOTTC.
Tired of OSU being a bridesmaid for a lot of these recruits. Frankly, I'm glad I'm not a recruiter I don't understand kids these days. A lot of dynamics going on for these H.S. players...
It's more than "what is the highest ranked team who's offered me." Not every situation is the same nor are everyones top reasons the same. It is easy for us as fans to thing there is no reason for each recruit not to pick us. Why would anyone pick Auburn over Alabama? Why would anyone pick UCLA over USC? MSU over UM? etc.
I can't believe that we can wait much longer before Timmons goes somewhere else or feels slighted because of the lack of an offer. I'd hate to miss on this guy.
But at the same time, wouldn't you love to hit on the guys that the staff has higher on their board? I certainly would. If Quick selects Louisville and Gibson can't qualify it would definitely suck to have lost your backup plan, but that's just a risk that must be taken when holding out for these top prospects.
Louisville CJ tweeted Timmons is getting a visit from OSU on Friday. Havent seen anything in here about that so I am apprehensive. I do think Quick is Louisville bound No way do you attend The game on Sat, return home on Monday and tell all friends and family Louisville is your pick. As time passes his experience with OSU will fade. I believe family and friends and hometown wins this kid over. Same thing might happen with Timmons now.
I was just about ready to reply to GeneStar no downvote has ever come from me I was also going to ask him why he would WISH for Timmons not to come. If he was a weed head or a dirty player or a Diva or someone with poor character I could possibly see someone wishing against a recruit that our coaches want. I do not downvote but I certainly wouldnt upvote either.
I gave tweet info above and I got downvoted and I really dont care I-8.
I also enjoy GeneStars hard work and I am responsible for 20 or so upvotes of his.
I have to suck up to get upvotes and that's not me.
But I'd be happy to answer you. He's not my first choice obviously, but everyone knows that. It's just a gut feeling I have that Timmons won't get much PT, to where I think he would get more at Kentucky or even Arkansas, seein they had a bad year. But it's my opinion, and how I feel personally, nothing more. I'd like to see him succeed no doubt, but I just feel he has a better chance where he'll get a lot of PT aka Stefon Diggs.
Well said
I have to assume that Diggs would have seen the field for us this season. Maybe not to the extent that he did with Maryland, but he put up better numbers than Philly Brown while playing for a garbage team. I know comparing the two is a little like apples and oranges due to our different offensive philosophy, but any freshman who gets 50+ catches for over 800 yards and 6 TDs for a BCS team would have seen the field for us.
When told OSU set school record for 50+ games this year, UFM said "That's good. We're gonna break that next year."
There's no debating that, Michael Thomas saw the field, Stefon would have seen more. But he wouldn't have put up numbers like that if he was at OSU right now.
That's because we run the ball more and Braxton isn't complete passer yet.
Exactly. JT Barrett may be a more complete passer.
I personally think Drew Barker beats JT Barrett out if Barker is offered. Barker is a complete passer and runs the read option well. Plus he has a big body and can take the hits.
I agree... I like Barker more than Barrett. But I would feel good with both, they seem like potentially solid QB's at the next level.
I wouldn't disagree with you there. It will be interesting to see.
To further solidify your statement, it's not set in stone, all I know is that OSU could stop by to see him on Friday, that could be the day whether he gets an offer or not. Kentucky are players now right with Arkansas, Ohio State I'm guessing his 3rd choice, an offer changes things. We shall see if they visit him. Either that or when he takes his OV in January to see if they wanna offer him.
According to 247 team rakning for recruits were on Scum heals just 2 points away from #4.
Dawson decommitting dropped them to 2. Conley decommitting dropped them to #4. We are not done, they are not done. Looks like we would have the upper hand in player quality which in terms of 247 which uses a Gaussian distibution, which I think is the best way of doing it. The rest just add up total points, so a lot of medium quality recruits can be ranked higher than a few less but higher quality commits. On other sites we are farther behind because of quantity... but I would rather have quality.
"2 points" is likely getting a 94+ star recruit I think though to displace some of our lower ranked recruits in the distribution. We have a few of those lined up.
Is it too much to ask to have both? :)
No ;)
next time i'm throwin' dice its gonna be (shakes dice losely in right hand while looking down the craps table) "C'MON lucky # Timmons!"
theDuke
Just think realistically,we have better chance to reel in Timmons,a kid that seems to really want to join us,than plan A.Quick.And plan B.Gibson,is no sure thing with his academic situation either,thats why I say instead of losing out,go with what you can get,and THEN,if Quick and or Gibson want or are able to commit,more icing on our cake.But if you strike out on all 3 for whatever reason,then we are in BIG TROUBLE!!! Competition breeds champions!!If they're not afraid of competition,they will come!!
SCOTTC.
This whole team ranking is good and all, but what matters is the final product during these recruits junior and senior years. You can have a #1 class yet be 8-4 or a solid #5-#15 with Urban Meyer as the coach and win National Titles.
Same with the star ratings, look at what Tracy Sprinkle is doing, everyone was like "What the!?!?!" at them getting offered and verbal, yet now we see what the staff saw in him with his fantastic senior year.
I'll take a #1-2 class and Urban Meyer... you have to have the coaches... luckily we do.
True dat.
We probably won't pass USC and Bama, but I'll take the 3rd ranked class and a subsequent BCS bowl
i say offer timmons before stoops gets to uk sunday. thinking timmons is staying home now. timmons will look hard at uk now, imo. home is 20 miles from uk. new staff, probably an oc which will use a high potent offense scheme. quick seems to be dragging his feet, who knows if gibson can qualify academically. timmons wants to be a buckeye. urban , get er done.
Ohio State just offered '15 FL RB Jacques Patrick
I know its very early to be worrying about the '15 kids, but as Meyer puts out offers, does anybody know when '15 ATH Eric Glover-Williams from Canton McKinley will get his offer?
Will he be the first '15 Ohio kid to get an offer? Will he even get it?
Id imagine he will be the first ohio kid. Kid seems like he is smaller, skinnier version of Jalin Marshall the way he can move and fly.
Just curious. thanks
#Buckeyes
Oh, well another kid I scratch my head about myself.
Kid could play the RB/WR/CB role in the college level. Not sure if he will get an offer right away. He'll get offers later down the road, but not at this time. Currently holds no offers.
I don't know much from Eric. I need to see this kid play more next year.
I think egw will be the first 15 in state offer. I've seen him play all yr n is easily the best player in stark county over gareon conley n dymonte thomas. Kid is electricity in a bottles
Set several mckinley rushing records as 15 yr old soph. When mckinley scrimmaged iggy he had 3 picks 6s 3 vs st iggy only points mckinley scored he wasn't at qb yet. I know his family well n he talks to bama a lot n osu a lot. He's the best runner I've seen in the last 15 yrs in hs. Runs thru n around guys. Pryor top end speed brax cuts n jukes. I can't say enough how impressive this kidis.
As waycracken is to timmons I am to egw. Check out the forum I started about him posted a few articles abt him from the canton rep.
O'Deez330
stark county football
My guess for first Ohio offer for the '15 class is between
Glover-Williams
Darrin Hall
Shaun Crawford
Kei Beckham
Thanks guys. I think he will be 1 of the first kids in Ohio to be offered. Maybe not right now but if OSU offers, I can only see him being OSU bound
#Buckeyes
What does Alex and the other staff members think about EGW?
#Buckeyes
if timmons grew up an ohio st fan which i imagine he did. he wont be that hard to flip after a commit... think about it, if osu and urbs put you on the backburner (under limited schollies) but invited you to the game, came to your school to meet with you etc. would it be that hard to get you to flip close to nloi?
mark may wins douchebag of the year... again
Sometimes it is, Kyle Kalis and Demetrious Knox are nice examples.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you don't
Dang. Jacques Patrick is only a sophomore and already has offers from: OSU, Bama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, FSU, LSU, Miami, Tennessee, Southern Cal, & Vandy (among others).
Yeah, watch his highlights and you'll see why :D
Wow. I took your advice. This kid is something. Hard to believe he's just in 10th grade.
Final
I'm not liking what Quick's saying...he's going to follow Strong where ever he goes IMHO. If it's not Louisville, then it will be where Strong ends up. I'd rather Quick over Timmons as I've said all along...however...whoever wants to be a Buckeye more...is the one I personally want(e.g. Timmons at this point...GO WAYCRAKEN;-)
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987
Where did you get Quick's comments about following Strong from? If he is saying that, I say the staff needs to focus on Gibson, Timmons, and try to get Stevens. Apparently Stevens isn't commiitted to FSU, so Urban could steal this one.
GREY BOXES PLEASE!!! lol
Trotwood-Madison. Once a Ram, Always a Ram.
it would stink if we missed out on both Quick and Timmons. Of all the recruits these two are the ones I've heard the most about (as I have family all over KY). We need gamebreakers.
"Sherman ran an option play right through the south" - Greatest.Civil.War.Analogy.Ever
3 Year Totals
172 Carries 3146 Rushing Yards 51 TD
101 Receptions 2679 Yards 51 TD
3 KO Return TD
1 INT Return TD
277 Touches 6268 Yards and 106 TD 22.6 yards per touch
Career Points Scored- 618 (missing Freshman Year Statistics)