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Tennessee offers every good Ohio prospect

Has anyone else noticed that every decent Ohio prospect has a Tennessee offer? Shaun Crawford, St. Ed 2015 CB just received his offer the other day and all of 2014 has one already. It lends Ohio high school football credibility when an SEC team is scouring the state for talent, but science help me is they end up poaching any top-tier talent from us. After Vonn Bell, and now Jalen Hurd committing to OSU, I expect an even bigger Tennessee presence up here to spite us.

dancorona5 on 21 Feb 2013 - 1:57pm #

um...the coach for Tennessee (Butch Jones) coached at Cincinnati. He is familiar with Ohio High Schools and their players...i'll let you do the math here.

AngryWoody on 21 Feb 2013 - 2:42pm #

I don't think we have to worry about him. He couldn't recruit when he was in-state, he wont fare any better in the land of Mountain Dew and banjos.

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WoodyTresselUrban on 21 Feb 2013 - 3:22pm #

um... he took over in December. All of these offers had already been extended. I was looking for someone with insight more along the lines of "they have positions coaches and coordinators with Ohio high school coaching roots" and/or "geographically speaking, their recruiting pitch is that they offer SEC football much closer to home for Ohio recruits." More advanced math, not basic.

CincyOSU on 21 Feb 2013 - 1:58pm #

Colleges don't recruit others areas out of "spite", they recruit because there is talent. Take it as a compliment.

WoodyTresselUrban on 21 Feb 2013 - 2:53pm #

+1 I agree, but I meant more in terms of recruiting future OSU targets before we discovered or offered, not just peppering random recruits in the state with scholarships.

xFactor11 on 21 Feb 2013 - 2:04pm #

Just be glad you don't live in Florida then.

buckguyfan1 on 21 Feb 2013 - 2:13pm #

They OFFER all our top players and we SIGN their best is a good strategy

~Naples Buckeye - "May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't." - General George S. Patton, Jr.

osubuck57 on 21 Feb 2013 - 2:22pm #

We do the same thing in other states,all fair in love and football!!

SCOTTC.

corveyer on 21 Feb 2013 - 2:23pm #

And as Urban said on signing day in regard to not taking as many Ohio kids as he would like, and I am paraphrasing "we just didn't know the kids." Pretty much the inverse situation, at UC Butch had to kill Ohio and get as many quality kids out of the state he could after some of the bigger programs got the guys they wanted. So as of now the all of the Ohio kids he is offering are likely the ones he knows the most about.

Alex on 21 Feb 2013 - 2:58pm #

Yeah to the points of Butch Jones, that is exactly why......

Also, fwiw, I guarantee every Urban Meyer OSU class will have around 10 (give or take 1-2) Ohio kids

MN Buckeye on 21 Feb 2013 - 2:59pm #

Speaking of Cincinnati and from a quick glance at 247, the recruiting progress does not look so great for the Tubes.

Poison nuts on 21 Feb 2013 - 3:34pm #

Jalen Hurd committed?!

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

rcbirk21 on 21 Feb 2013 - 3:59pm #

im wondering the same thing...i definitely did not hear about that

IBLEEDSCARLETANDGRAY on 21 Feb 2013 - 3:59pm #

Dont think we would've missed that gray box.

"Sherman ran an option play right through the south" - Greatest.Civil.War.Analogy.Ever

bucknasty13 on 21 Feb 2013 - 4:00pm #

I think I missed something here as well??

WoodyTresselUrban on 21 Feb 2013 - 4:09pm #

Sorry, that was just speculative optimism.

otrain2416 on 21 Feb 2013 - 5:12pm #

I was optimistic about Diggs Neal Green Pocic and Johnson too lol

Buckeyevstheworld on 21 Feb 2013 - 6:25pm #

I was only optimistic about Neal. With Diggs, I just wanted him badly.

I barely knew who Green was until late November. By then Ohio State wasn't recruiting him anymore.

"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.

Poison nuts on 21 Feb 2013 - 6:05pm #

Ah, Ok - didn't think I could have missed that one, but wasn't sure...

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

Ahh Saturday on 21 Feb 2013 - 4:40pm #

It makes sense for both Tennessee and Kentucky to recruit Ohio as, unlike other SEC schools, the in-state talent is not particularly deep. Also, both states are relatively accessible from Ohio compared to places like LSU or Ole Miss.

Brutus1972 on 21 Feb 2013 - 5:02pm #

I don't know why that would surprise anyone. Ohio usually has the 4th or 5th most talented HS football players in the nation behind Florida, Texas, California and flip flopping with Georgia. If I'm Tennessee then I am offering all of the GA and OH kids I can. I wouldnt call it spite, I would call it smart.

I dont think coming from Cincy has anything to do with it but it couldn't hurt. The OSU doesn't do a lot of damage in SW Ohio and I think ND and a certain 5 star safety whose initials are "Eugene Clifford" have something to do with that. I do think that Colerain puts out some talent but they've been in bed with UC since Kelly's days. I think that LB Bolden at scUM has a chance to play on Sundays. I wouldn't be worried about Urban missing on any Ohio kids he really wants.