'07 OH DE Ben Martin (Tennessee signee)

[Moose]

Thanks for the re assurance. I will wait for the announcement. I must be off!

 

[wadc45]

BG $

12/15

By BK...OSU coaches visited both Ben and his mother (in Indiana) recently. He will likely announce some time after Christmas.

 

[tsteele316]

a poster on the rivals free board is stataing that a teammate's father has been telling folks that he's going to commit to UF soon.

 

[wadc45]

insert "my mailman saw Ben wearing..." joke here.

I don't see Ben anywhere besides OSU. I will also make my thinly veiled reference to what we have been told the staff thinks about where Ben is headed again. Ben brought his mom on his official visit so she could get a feel for OSU and the staff is going out of their way to make her comfortable with the situation...so she obviously is a big part of the process. I don't see her being too happy if he baby goes down to Florida.

 

[schwab]

a poster on the rivals free board is stataing that a teammate's father has been telling folks that he's going to commit to UF soon.

UF= Undisputed Front-runners

We have been #1 all season, so I guess we would qualify...

 

[Alex Boone fan]

I will believe it when I see it. Until he announces Ohio State I wouldn't be so quick to put him in you're back pocket. Some of the certainities turn out to stunners.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Some of the certainities turn out to stunners.

And just as many end up committing to us as expected...

 

[Alex Boone fan]

And just as many end up committing to us as expected...

That's true but my response was a reaction to some prior posts which almost guarantees Martin to us. No such guarantee can be a certainty until he announces and makes it a reality. To count out other colleges such as ND is foolish. You can obviously say he is swaying to us but to say he's in our back pocket is crazy to me. Don't get me wrong I really want Martin and I hope we get him but to be so confident that he is committing and it won't go south is nuts

 

[jwinslow]

So this is just a generic warning to not count our chickens before their hatched? I guess we should also not count our verbals, since nothing is final until they sign an LOI.

 

[Alex Boone fan]

So this is just a generic warning to not count our chickens before their hatched? I guess we should also not count our verbals, since nothing is final until they sign an LOI.

You're missing the point. To be so confident and almost guarantee that a recruit who HAS NOT given a verbal is coming to Ohio State and to discount recruiting staffs from other colleges especially ND is completely foolish.

 

[HotMic]

ND is not even one of his final choices Boone, sorry. It will be UF or OSU with OSU looking VERY good.

 

[starBUCKS]

tick tick tick tick tick tick :2004:

 

[ShakerBuck]

And just as many end up committing to us as expected...

that would maker it a coin flip....:)

but i like our chances

 

[Alex Boone fan]

ND is not even one of his final choices Boone, sorry. It will be UF or OSU with OSU looking VERY good.

Says who? That's not what I am reading from his interviews. I think its moreso ND and OSU but don't rule out FL.

In the end, it better be Ohio State.

 

[HotMic]

ND is not out of the running 100%, but they are not in his top 2....and that is from people close to the situation. I'm not saying that to be rude to you man, just trying to give you a heads up!!