- Tennessee offered Ethan Wolf & Dravon Henry
- Nebraska offered Dravon Henry
- Stanford offered Josh Malone & Sam Mustipher
- Georgia Tech & Cincinnati offered Davonte James
- Wisconsin offered Ian Bunting
- Dontavius Blair & Nick Glass visits Tennessee
- Jeffery Holland visits Florida
- Dominique Booth visits Vanderbilt
- Ian Bunting visits Wisconsin
- Clifton Garrett visits Ole Miss
- Jermaine Eluemunor calls Penn State visit 'a 10 out of 10'
- George Campbell wearing Michigan gear today in Orlando
- Devine Redding has transferred officially to Cleveland Glenville
Scout $ - Orlando NFTC: Recruiting Notes '14 FL QB Zack Darlington
- Says he feels Ohio State is close to offering. Offers from Ole Miss, Nebraska, Minnesota, West Virginia among others.
More Caleb Henderson 2012 Highlights
Stoops not afraid to step on toes to recruit (rivals)
Mark Stoops doesn't view the country the way Rand McNally draws it up.
The Kentucky football coach, who took over on Nov. 27 after Joker Phillips was fired following a winless SEC season, is looking for players in areas Kentucky has not traditionally targeted.
"Ohio is in-state recruiting for us," Stoops said. "The proximity of our campus to Southeast Ohio and my ties into the Northeastern part of the state made it an easy decision to focus efforts there.
"It is also a talent-rich state, so we have to go in and get kids."
The defense-minded coach comes from a defensive-minded family from Youngstown, Ohio -- where his parents and eldest brother still reside. He played football at Youngstown (Ohio) Cardinal Mooney and coached at Macedonia (Ohio) Nordonia.
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Exploring the depths: Ohio State's 2013 linebackers (lghl)
Another point of emphasis this off-season for Urban Meyer and his defensive staff was the linebacking corps, which includes one stud potential future first-rounder – and a lot of question marks. Here's how the depth chart looks heading towards the 2013 season.
Despite the 12-0 record last year, Ohio State still had some major holes. The linebacking corps of 2012 was depleted by injuries, setbacks, recruiting mistakes, and at times, seemingly just a plain old lack of talent. One of the major issues Urban Meyer sought to rectify during the 2012-2013 offseason was that very same linebacker position. As the old saying goes, "Rome wasn't built in a day, but a five-star recruiting class sure helps." Meyer and his defensive staff of the 2013 linebacking corps in an effort to foster competition, and therefore, a high level of play, within the group.
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Stoops' comments aren't surprising given his ties and proximity. Can't understand why the dozen or so UK coaches before him didn't make the (regional) connection.
Recruit Ohio, compete in the SEC......what a concept.
Maryland resident, had the opportunity to see Sam Mustipher in the Maryland 4A title game last fall. Hope we keep tabs on him, he was lights out on defense in that game.
"Success - it's what you do with what you got" - Woody Hayes
just recruit Cincinnati the city is loaded
I'm a friend of thunder is it any wonder lightning strikes me
Most of the problem resides in the fact that Kentucky is not a traditional football powerhouse, but rather a basketball school. FWIW, over the past 4 recruiting periods (2009 - 2012), Kentucky has signed 4 players from the state of Ohio, and 3 of the 4 were from the Cincy area. The vast majority of their recruits have either been from Kentucky or another SEC state (they also have several signees from Louisiana, a difficult state to recruit from.)
In order to compete with the SEC, you need to have top notch recruits. Getting top notch recruits from a state that doesn't compete in the same conference is difficult enough, let alone from a state like Ohio that already has several traditional football powerhouses (especially Ohio State) vying for those same top recruits.
I sure hope George Campbell realizes going to Michigan will only lead to disappointment. Oh and here's to hoping Garrett realizes tOSU is the place for him on his visit to Oxford...
I wouldn't put too much stock into what some kid is wearing.
Yeah I know, I wasn't really referring to his gear but more his heavy interest in Michigan since his teammate Cole committed there. Campbell is regarded by many to be a Michigan lean, but it is very very early for a 2015 guy to be considered a lock or anything. I would just hate to see him go up north is all.
Things have gone well and Michigan is in his head, but he is far from a michigan lock or lean. Michigan recruiting "experts" echoing that today, but think things have gone as well as hoped so far.
Those who stay will be CHAMPIONS!
~Bo Schembechler
Stoops is kidding himself if he thinks he's gonna come into Ohio and pluck our recruits.Kinda laughed at that one.He may get a few out of Cincy,but he can't compete for our big dogs!!
SCOTTC.
Theres enough big dogs to go around. I think him tapping in to recruits that would have gone to other BIG schools would be good for UK and tOSU. He has several big time players from Ohio looking at UK right now.
Stoops poops.
The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.
Good stuff Gene...thanks for the weekend Quick Bits !
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Redding to Glenville? Not familiar where he was at previously - is he from the Cleveland area? Don't know why I was thinking South East Ohio. Guess it gives a chance to see what he does at a bigger deeper school & comp ...
Trotwood-Madison. Once a Ram, Always a Ram.
Not too worried about stoops. He will get a few recruits from ohio, but urban will pretty much get who he wants. I dont see stoops affecting urbans' recruiting.
Wow, hadn't seen much film on Henderson, but I am very impressed with his mechanics. His footwork in the pocket looks much too polished for a high school quarterback. Pretty solid arm from what I can tell and a couple of those passes were great space-targeting reads. Of course Watson is the main target, but anyone else think we should be seriously considering Henderson?
Henderson looks more like a pro-style QB to me and a very good one at that. Unsure about him running the read option or his mobility in general concerning running Urbans offense.
Stoops will put a dent into Hokes recruiting. The fight is for the guys Urban passes on with the very occasional exception.
Fair point. I agree it's crucial for the QB to be a true running threat in our offense
Drew Barker will be very good for whatever school he ends up. IMO he should be our #1 QB target.