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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)

buckeyemania11
pnuts34 said:
I honestly wouldn't even want OSU to over bid for Derrick Henry either. Like @jwinslow said:

You can still find very good RBs that can win you an NC in the Portal, and heck, OSU has about 6 RBs to choose from
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Oh I wouldn't either. This is the type of money you'd expect a truly undisputed generational player to get though. DGG doesn't even crack the top 5 overall in his class on any recruiting ranking service and he's pretty much unanimously not even the #1 RB in his own class either.

This is almost uniquely a Tennessee thing. They zero in on one "must have" guy in the class and will go comically overboard to get him. It's best to just not even get in these battles with them
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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)

Jaxbuck said:
Concerning UT:

The market just told them that their product, head to head with OSU, has to pay a 100% premium to overcome it's deficiencies.

Swap places and just imagine we found that out at OSU (shudder).

How many victory laps are you taking when you know your program is so middle of the pack it would have to pay double to get elite players away from competitors? How could you ever hope to actually compete at the highest level under that kind of a handicap?
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Have you actually met any UT fans ?
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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)

pnuts34
buckeyemania11 said:
Exactly, what Tennessee is doing in these situations goes far beyond just simply "outbidding". Ohio State would basically have to come close to probably tripling what was already a pretty good offer in terms of market value to be able to possibly win this one. That then sets a precedent for players already on the roster and future recruits we may go after.

DGG is not Derek Henry who a lot consider to be the greatest HS RB of all time. He's a good prospect but he's not so undisputed generational freak at the position.
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I honestly wouldn't even want OSU to over bid for Derrick Henry either. Like @jwinslow said:
Rb is too accessible of a position: it's the easiest with regard to scouting, acclimation and finding them.
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You can still find very good RBs that can win you an NC in the Portal, and heck, OSU has about 6 RBs to choose from
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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)

buckeyemania11
Jaxbuck said:
Concerning UT:

The market just told them that their product, head to head with OSU, has to pay a 100% premium to overcome it's deficiencies.

Swap places and just imagine we found that out at OSU (shudder).

How many victory laps are you taking when you know your program is so middle of the pack it would have to pay double to get elite players away from competitors? How could you ever hope to actually compete at the highest level under that kind of a handicap?
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It's the only type of wins they are going to get since they can't actually get the on the field. A RB especially is relatively a waste if you don't have comparable talent all around to the true competitors.

Bijan at Texas is a perfect example.

He had very good SO and JR years and Texas still only went a combined 13-12 in those seasons.
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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)

RhodeIslandBuck
Jaxbuck said:
Concerning UT:

The market just told them that their product, head to head with OSU, has to pay a 100% premium to overcome it's deficiencies.

Swap places and just imagine we found that out at OSU (shudder).

How many victory laps are you taking when you know your program is so middle of the pack it would have to pay double to get elite players away from competitors? How could you ever hope to actually compete at the highest level under that kind of a handicap?
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Tennessee has OSU exactly where they want them
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2028 OH WR Lorenzo McMullen Jr. (Verbal Offer)

calibuck
Has anyone else noticed that Cincinnati schools are producing more, and better recruits than Cleveland (and nearby environs), and certainly more than Columbus? And drilling a bit deeper, more recruits from Watterson than the entirety of the Columbus Public Schools? (Could add DeSales in there as well). What sort of secret sauce does Cincy have?
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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)

Jaxbuck
buckeyemania11 said:
Exactly, what Tennessee is doing in these situations goes far beyond just simply "outbidding". Ohio State would basically have to come close to probably tripling what was already a pretty good offer in terms of market value to be able to possibly win this one. That then sets a precedent for players already on the roster and future recruits we may go after.

DGG is not Derek Henry who a lot consider to be the greatest HS RB of all time. He's a good prospect but he's not so undisputed generational freak at the position.
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Concerning UT:

The market just told them that their product, head to head with OSU, has to pay a 100% premium to overcome it's deficiencies.

Swap places and just imagine we found that out at OSU (shudder).

How many victory laps are you taking when you know your program is so middle of the pack it would have to pay double to get elite players away from competitors? How could you ever hope to actually compete at the highest level under that kind of a handicap?
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2027 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

calibuck
WOW! How can one compare two DL's, when one produced on the field, and played such an important part in winning a National Championship, versus one that has a shit-ton of promise, but hasn't seen one down on a collegiate football game? Maybe the point I missed, but just tapping the breaks a tad here. Would be more than happy to compare statistics, win/loss/# of Nati's etc AFTER three years. Hope the results are comparable, I really do. Comparing accomplishments made to potential, but yet unproven can be a slippery slope.
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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)

calibuck
Agree with the above. I'll opine that tOSU doesn't win in 2024 with only Trevion at RB, and NEEDED Quinshon as well. Two NFL future players at RB. Getting the tough yards etc. Maybe DGG is the 'missing' piece of the puzzle. Hard telling until you're in the middle of it. Also agree that tOSU has a good and deep RB room. Heck, our twos and threes could/would be starters at other D1 schools. And yeah, RB is the most easily replaced position on the field, so tOSU would most certainly find the next Quinshon in the portal. Go Bucks!
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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)

buckeyemania11
Buckeye86 said:
I’m seeing a lot of discourse and complaining in Ohio State circles about whether we will be “outbid” for a player or not.

First, do we really want to walk down the “locker-room-chemistry-disrupting” road where unproven high schoolers are making significantly more than current starters on the roster? I personally do not.

Second, the Legend Bey situation highlighted pretty clearly that Tennessee also (illegally) throws money and benefits at the family of players in these recruitments, which is something Ohio State isn’t going to do.

I mean, can we take a moment to remember how insane the Legend Bey situation was from just a few months ago?

Tennessee makes things stupid. You just have to shrug and move on. With the transfer portal and the nature (easy to plug and play without much lead time) of running back in mind, Ohio State will be fine at the position.
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Exactly, what Tennessee is doing in these situations goes far beyond just simply "outbidding". Ohio State would basically have to come close to probably tripling what was already a pretty good offer in terms of market value to be able to possibly win this one. That then sets a precedent for players already on the roster and future recruits we may go after.

DGG is not Derek Henry who a lot consider to be the greatest HS RB of all time. He's a good prospect but he's not so undisputed generational freak at the position.
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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)

jwinslow
Buckeye86 said:
I’m seeing a lot of discourse and complaining in Ohio State circles about whether we will be “outbid” for a player or not.

First, do we really want to walk down the “locker-room-chemistry-disrupting” road where unproven high schoolers are making significantly more than current starters on the roster? I personally do not.

Second, the Legend Bey situation highlighted pretty clearly that Tennessee also (illegally) throws money and benefits at the family of players in these recruitments, which is something Ohio State isn’t going to do.

I mean, can we take a moment to remember how insane the Legend Bey situation was from just a few months ago?

Tennessee makes things stupid. You just have to shrug and move on. With the transfer portal and the nature (easy to plug and play without much lead time) of running back in mind, Ohio State will be fine at the position.
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QB is a dire need.
CB might be.
Trenches always define osu's championships or failures (and often from the Josh Fryar and Darryl Baldwin types).

Rb is too accessible of a position: it's the easiest with regard to scouting, acclimation and finding them.

DGG is special, and he deserves to earn. TN requires double the investment to be a consideration. The kid deserves to benefit from his talent and their desperation.

The next Judkins will cost what they offered DGG. There is also likely to be another competition for DGG after Heupel moves on, and at that point they can either offer a similar package with a more stable program, or he can prove to actually be Bijan 2.0 and be a more sound investment at that price point
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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)

pnuts34
buckeyemania11 said:
Probably going to be a similar result as when Bijan went to 2 Texas for DGG at Tennessee

Texas was 13-12 in the 2 non-COVID seasons they had with Bijan. And Bijan was pretty good in both of those seasons.

Our overall RB situation though is currently better than it was back then I'd say.

I've never gotten the "generational" talk some seem to tag DGG with. He's not even the #1 RB in his own class, or a top 5 player overall. I think to even be considered "generational" it starts with you being the #1 overall player in your own HS class.
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buckeyemania11 said:
It's not "known known for sure" but we've seen how Tennessee will pretty much go over the top and do anything to get a single recruit they have zeroed in on. Desperate programs do desperate program things and there's no need for Ohio State to play that game.
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cough cough David Sanders
osuvictory1 said:
B. Robinson may have been the difference in 22 and 23. That loss was actually felt.
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My point was that Robinson won little at Tejas and OSU still won an NC with Henderson who arrived the year after him. And getting Robinson would mean OSU wouldn't have gotten Henderson.
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