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And because of the alleged staff commitment to Torrence that, if he came on board, tOSU would not recruit other RBs in this class.

The way recruiting is going for tOSU these days -- between JT and Thad -- my guess would be that two-sport phenom from Smallville H.S., Clark Kent. They say the kid can fly.

Savor this amazing recruiting run, boys. I'm an old-timer and I've never seen anything like it -- in basketball or football. The list of 'stickys' that lead off the B-ball and football boards is truly amazing. Thank you, Andy Geiger, wherever you are. You brought this University the...

Ding..ding..ding. We have a winner! IMHO this is the most important point in this entire thread. There is one school, just a comfy car ride from home, that competed this year for the National Championship in both his favorite sports. The guy who plays his position on their football team...

I'd be honored to get trod upon if it would bring McCarthy to tOSU. He's a terrific player and, evidently, a great kid. But I believe that blood really is thicker than water. On that basis alone, I think it's likely that the young man leaves parochial school, Irish blood coursing through...

If a kid named "McCarthy" ...who attends a high school named for an Irish-American Cardinal from Youngstown's southside ...whose big brother is already headed to South Bend ...goes anywhere but Notre Dame, the earth's poles will reverse their magnetic fields and the Apocalypse will be upon us...

If Josh were inclined to head to Columbus, I would expect him not to announce it until the last possible minute -- to avoid the tremendous home-state pressure an early de-commit would bring down on him. I have no idea what the young man is really thinking, but I'd bet JT has a pretty good...

I'm coming to this thread a little late in the process, but after reading Ben's Straight 6 comments, I am really blown away. This young man 'Gets It'. Every word he spoke -- about tOSU, its coaches, players and traditions -- was dead solid perfect. I'm pretty sure his kicks will be too...

Yikes! This guy's highlight reel is berserk! He hits the hole like he was shot out of a cannon. And that hurdle move is beyond belief. Good thing we have Shugarts whispering in his ear down there in Texas. You can only imagine what he could do running behind the Block O, giving Beanie a breather.

Good thinking...

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner. This quote says everything we need to know about Dane 'the back-breaker' Sanzenbacher.

The old Chief is just using some trickeration on you, boys. If tOSU wins, he wants to be considered gracious and magnanimous in defeat. If ND pulls off the win, he will be all over this board like stink on poo-poo. I don't blame you Chief. I'd do the same on your board. (If I ever went...

Penn State looms very large in the Maryland/DC area. It's why they landed Derrick Williams last year. They're thought of as the East Coast's most storied college program. That won't change when Joe Pa leaves either. It's like what scUM South, Florida and FSU are for Florida kids. Every...

I like what I hear from Smith ...and am glad Charles Babb did such a thorough piece justifying a major salary boost (and extension) for JT. I too am a Woody-worshipper, but think JT has the 'right stuff' to equal or surpass the great man. JT is the near-perfect coach for OSU football in the...

I live near Washington DC and JoePa State is very popular in this area. So I would guess that Nevada is right to predict that JoePa gets Navarro. He's tight with Derrick Williams and it's a little closer to home than tOSU. But re-reading the young man's quotes -- "grew up watching the...

Absolutely! This is the spread offense as Woody would have run it, not the way its inventors envisioned it. Woody's teams always struggled to come from behind too. Fortunately they were very rarely behind. There is no spread in this spread offense. No play takes place further than four...

Penn is one of the finest schools in the country. As an Ivy League institution, it offers no athletic scholarships at all. So for this young man to be able to get into Penn, carry the course load there and still find time to play football indicates that he was an exceptional kid. "The perfect...

In lieu of four separate rants, here are four quick opinions, packaged conveniently in a single, easy-to-digest post (no name-calling or 'bad humor' anywhere here): 1. Somehow, Mich St. and NW have found ways to deploy their two stellar Ohio-bred Freshman RBs, Javon Ringer (Dayton) and...

Don't get so defensive. I didn't mean that their ratings as Elite 11 were not meaningful because they're from Ohio. I'm from Ohio and am quite proud of the fact. My point is that they all naturally went to their big in-state school; they clearly weren't attracted to tOSU because of its great...

The three are all Ohio kids and none has as yet proved a thing in the Horseshoe. And under the current 'over-the-hill gang' of offensive staff, not one of them will, I'm afraid. But the main point is this: The OSU quarterback with the most successful NFL career is a punter! That's not...