Nice piece from Matt Brown who FOIA'd Miami and other programs to detail a list of teams they TRIED to schedule but either got no response or a rejection.

As much as I love Latin music, food and Latinas the one thing that really grinds my gears is their lack of punctuality and yes, it's a Latin thing. If you arrive at a business staffed by them and it's supposed to open at 9 you're lucky if the person who's opening arrives by 9:15.

11W Forums

KYBuck4858 27 Feb 2026, 6:52 pm
It’s clear that Patricia and Laurinaitis want to continue keeping that Arvell OLB role going. Another offer went out today. Prince Goldsby. Freak athlete, Rivals just ranked #80 overall. His recruiting process is relatively fresh, so we’re not late.

MrBuck24 27 Feb 2026, 6:57 pm
I'm a fan of him based on his name alone. Obviously if coach Patricia and coach Laurinaitis want someone, then I'm good with it.

Double Nickels 27 Feb 2026, 7:12 pm
Offers from Bama, Miami, Tenn, Penn State, Ole Miss, Oregon among others.
Long and rangy looks like he's got a frame like Sonny and Arvell

KYBuck4858 28 Feb 2026, 12:14 pm
He’s said recently he’s 6’4 210lbs. Has been clocked at 22 mph. Some schools recruiting as an Edge, some OLB.

TDunk said:

Keeles is always lowkey. Old school and not the fanatic that some on air people are nowadays. Plus, they're used to doing OSU basketball games in recent years.

Click to expand...

I liked the play-by-play guy who subbed for Paul in the Pittsburgh game. He said interesting things and didn't sound like he was on autopilot. Some people prefer autopilot I suppose; to each everyone's own. Ron sounded like it was his bedtime in the 2nd half.

11W Forums

KYBuck4858 3 Mar 2026, 9:52 am
All the big Rivals national guys did a roundtable and called their shots on big recruits. Ones that we're in on:
- 5* RB David Gabriel-Georges: Unanimous for OSU. One said it would be a stunner if it's not OSU.
- 5* WR Eric McFarland: Split. Some feel A&M, some think OSU still has the lead.
- 5* CB John Meredith: Unanimous for A&M
- 5* WR Monshun Sales: Unanimous for Bama
- 4* DT Marcus Fakatou: Unanimous for Michigan

11W Forums

KYBuck4858 1 Mar 2026, 12:34 pm
Also, OSU is in the Top2 (along with FL) for CB Jaden Carey. He’s visited us a ton already and visits again in April. I’m pretty sure he’s our top target at Field CB.

11W Forums

KYBuck4858 1 Mar 2026, 12:34 pm
Per Simmons, OSU leads for S Adryan Cole. Will be a battle, as he’ll visit a ton of SEC schools along with us. But this is big. Ranked #145 overall on Rivals.

11W Forums

KYBuck4858 2 Mar 2026, 11:27 am
Some big TE news today:
Per Wiltfong, TE Mason Oglesby sets an OV to OSU for 5/29. This will come down to an IU vs OSU battle. We're pushing hard. He dominated The Opening Regional in Indy yesterday.

11W Forums

KYBuck4858 2 Mar 2026, 11:27 am
Some big TE news today:
A guy that we've thought was a long-time target, Columbus TE Jordan Karhoff, doesn't sound like we're recruiting at all. He's got a top2 of VaTech and A&M. UGA and Miami two other programs he wants to visit.

Use the sad emoje as would prefer tOSU be ranked about 8 or 9, and let them surge toward the end. At #1, there's only one place to go.....so now we're on an 0-2 record.

Was in the stands for the 1968 Rose Bowl. Didn't see it happening of course, but read later, when OJ ran for 80 yard TD, Woody grabbed Lou, and asked him how did OJ get 80? Lou responded, 'because that's all he needed'. Much faster than I have, and also read that Woody chuckled. He was a force in coaching. Also read that when he went to coach for a program, his contract read that he could be excused if the HC job became available, at ND or tOSU. So was very surprised when he ranted and railed against tOSU later in his life. Anyway, RIP Lou.

11W Forums

KYBuck4858 2 Mar 2026, 10:22 pm
Long time priority S target Kenaz Sullivan locks in a spring visit for March 24, and an OV on June 12.

11W Forums

KYBuck4858 3 Mar 2026, 5:48 am
Bryce Woods is probably our top realistic target at Boundary CB. Ranked #130 overall by Rivals.

Login to view embedded media

Lou had issues, but who doesn't. A lot of people would run through a brick wall for the guy (Jerome Bettis had a very nice tweet tribute today) so he had to have done some things right. RIP, he was certainly one of those larger-than-life figures that impacted a lot of people.

11W Forums

Jamesgandle 20 hours ago
Kelsey Adams schedules an OV to OSU. Interesting.

11W Forums

KYBuck4858 23 hours ago
Massive visits set up for priority DT Kasi Currie.
He will visit OSU on April 4, as well as an OV set up for May 29th.
This recruitment is purely going to come down to $. He’s the top DT on the board at both Oregon and Texas and other SEC schools are also pushing. As I noted in an earlier post, it certainly seems like we are willing to spend big at DT this cycle, and it’ll be fascinating to see which guy we decide to push our chips in on (similar to DJ Jacobs at Edge).

11W Forums

MrBuck24 22 hours ago
Kellen Wymer is now the #44 overall recruit in the 24/7 rankings. He's the #5 IOL. He's also now the #82 recruit in the 24/7 composite rankings.

11W Forums

Double Nickels 15 hours ago
McFarland fonged to Texas A&M. Hoping we can get Bowman and Benny Easter

Not gonna get too excited until see some dancing nanners....

Coaches like Mick do the same things that HCs do. They visit other programs, and see what's what. If they pick up one little thing, it's money well spent. Remember that tOSU had RBs etc run down a ramp with a parachute on their back, to increase footspeed. Novel, not even certain they do that anymore. Would bet that some of the Ohio schools send their S&C coaches to Columbus-town to learn at the feet of Coach Mick, and that he's happy to share what he does. Anyway, just my thought of the day.