You gotta remember, the NCAA stands for No Consistency At All. And thus it was shown. Bjork had better be getting his ass in front of this tribunal and demanding (!) that they restore the 'tatoogate' vacated wins back to the Buckeyes. PS, am still waiting for them to hammer North Carolina (basketball) for having grad assistants doing papers (proven) for the players. That seems more serious than what MSU did.

Ohio State will also host a pair of top prospects from Pennsylvania: Defensive end Abraham Sesay, the No. 79 overall prospect in 247Sports’ composite rankings for the 2027 class, and Gabriel Jenkins, a linebacker/safety ranked 261st overall who decommitted from Penn State after James Franklin’s firing in October.

2026 Flip Targets, 2027 Prospects on Commitment Watch Among Ohio State’s Recruiting Visitors for UCLA

Ohio State looks to keep its recruiting momentum going this weekend as it hosts four flip targets in the 2026 class as well as multiple 2027 prospects on commitment watch.

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Am more impressed with Caleb this year than last. He's not really getting the lion's share of publicity, but on every play, his nose is in or around what's going down. Believe he's #3 in tackles this year, and ahead in solo's, as he's the roamer, and his instincts are extraordinary. I'm like the opposing QB, always look to see where he lines up. Cannot see any scenario where Caleb (and Reese) hang around, their NFL slots will both be in single digits.

Was very much thinking along these lines. Sony is running out of eligibility, and Reese is being touted as #1 draft pick (!?), so Payton and Pettijohn (?), and/or CJ Hicks, TJ Alford are going to be LB1, 2, 3, 4 in the 2026 edition. Pettijohn and Alford are both freshmen, so any minutes they get will be bonus. Have seen both 'in there', so JL is getting them blooded. CJ of course being on the pine as he's redshirting this year. At this writing, still some LBs out there for JL to snag in this year's class, so summing up, the LB room is in a good place (certainly this year), but next year and the next.

dragurd said:

I just wonder what happened from the first game to now. Is he just easily has his confidence in what he See's shot? Cause the first game he was playing on time for what seemed to be the first time in his career. Since then he has seemed to revert to can't read a D and needs to see someone open to throw it

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That wasn’t a 3 day gameplan. The on script plays were more. They scored on first drive last night. On script…

Haven't kept up, so my bad. Thought Porter and Graham needed/deserved more minutes at WR. Not entirely certain why Bryson has been receiving prominent minutes over these two. What am I missing? Any of our lurkers Brian Hartline?

Mike80 said:

Let's go nerds!!

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Don't really know what led to his 'benching' earlier this year, and at this point don't really much care. Saying that, whatever was said/done, seems to have lit a fire under Eddrick, and yeah, he's playing with much more enthusiasm than previously. Hopefully this continues, and he takes a more prominent place on the DL. PS, am impressed with the young talent making their presence known this year, as IMHO, the DL has 'belonged' to seniors and grad seniors in the past. Looking forward to the 2026 draft class, believe that tOSU has the makings of a great DL in future editions.

Avell's huuuuge growth this year has overshadowed Sony's continued improvement. IMHO. Yes, the two are the best LB tandem in college football. Both are Big Kat huge, but are more nimble sideline-to-sideline, and keeping one home to spy on the QB has paid immense dividends, which I expect them to repeat this weekend against UCLA. Sony is more instinctive this year, and when a play is over, am amazed to see "0" in on the tackle/play. Am afraid they will split the LB award votes this year, and letting some lesser talent steal the spotlight. Am a subscriber to BSB, and a stat guy, so look at the numbs, and in the tackles column, see the two of them at the top. Usually, when you see the S/DBs, means that the runners have gotten to the second/third line of defense, IOW, not good. Would expect both players to be first rounders in the NFL draft, but hey. All us Buckeyes expect the first 32 players selected to be from tOSU....

Kennard Davis, whom OSU recruited this past offseason, has been arrested in Provo, UT based on suspicion of DUI. This is a big deal at a program like BYU, as they seem to take the honor code seriously. Not sure if Davis will return to BYU after this.

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Get him on the expansion Aviators who would be a draw and less skilled defenders may help him,

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I just wonder what happened from the first game to now. Is he just easily has his confidence in what he See's shot? Cause the first game he was playing on time for what seemed to be the first time in his career. Since then he has seemed to revert to can't read a D and needs to see someone open to throw it

Get him on the expansion Aviators who would be a draw and less skilled defenders may help him,

Yuk! Yuk! Some good thoughts all. We'll see if the NBC announcers get confused, and start calling one or the other of the teams, Notre Dame. Routinized behavior can be a negative thing. Go Bucks, cover the spread (or the Committee will remove the Buckeyes from #1). Can the Buckeyes host recruits to an away game? Would be awesome given the number of recruits from West Coast that we're in on...

All this talk of back-to-back still pisses me off about the 1968 Buckeyes. Losing to Xichigan kept the Buckeyes from #2, and then Stanford, with Jim Plunket and Randy Vataha kept them from #3. Was in the stands for all three. Dinner just didn't taste as well those two nights....

Glad to see OL guys getting some pub, rather than from missing a block or two, and getting the QB splattered on the turf.

So now guess we're going to see a HS kid driving a Ferrari to school. Only time saw that (not a Ferrari however), was the kid whose father owned a car dealership. That was a more modest Corvette....Probably more expressive than several pairs of Jordans.....

This young man has stayed true to his commitment, as above said, to Brian Hartline. Truly have never seen/experienced a coach putting receivers in the league AND having them so well in the NFL from the jump. Silly question, has Hartline ever won the Asst Coach of the year award? Not certain, but don't think he has.

Remarkably pleased to see so many recruits flocking to tOSU so late in the recruiting season (for 2026 signings). This usually doesn't happen, since the Urban days, but probably must because of the apple-cart upsets on major coaching positions. Seems like the only coaching positions that are solid are those on the Buckeye staff, and will become even more solid after tOSU waxes Xichigan. We all see that the WR room is going to be solid, as long as Hartline is running the show, but am thinking that losing 14 draft choices (plus 3-4 UDFAs) to the pros, AND doing better on D (allegedly) than last year's edition, indicates that the Buckeyes have got something going for them. Nothing new here, just putting down what most of us are thinking. Plus the easing of the 85 recruiting slots seems to have helped as well. Firing one coach leads to 5+ rumors about who is going to fill the spot, whether true or not, and the ripple effect is causing recruits to take pause. Won't know from experience, but if one is making $12million per year, what's another 2-3 million or so?

Could there be a milestone this week end? Pulling two DTs out of the south in one recruiting period? Stay tuned....