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'07 OH DE Ben Martin (Tennessee signee)

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Kinda funny, but I checked out the link on Tennessee's site and my girlfriend came in the room. She said what the heck are you on a Tennessee site for. I said the number one kid in Ohio just choose to go to Tenn over tOSU.

She said doesnt Tennessee suck and we are in the NC game...She doesnt know anything about college football other than tOSU, but she knew that and couldnt figure out why that would happen. I think that is why this is so weird b/c it just doesnt make sense...
 
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WoodyWorshiper;707417; said:
I guess maybe I'm the only one not distressing over this turn of events. For those of you who are, ask yourself this, was was it about Martin that impressed you the most the last time you saw him play?

Following the recruiting process is the fun that it is because its the most inexact science in the world. We get all jacked up about "expert" analysis about these kids, and the bottom line is we wouldn't know them if they knocked on our front door. Lemming rates a Notre Dame verbal as a ***** and we say he's biased toward them, that he knows nothing, then bitch and complain when we land a #15 class based on his "expertise."

I've watched this for years, the first biggie that I remember was in 1979, when Schlichter's High School teammate Glen Cobb was the "must have" recruit in the class. Well, we got him, and he had a decent career here, but nothing like the career that the "other" LB had that we recruited that year who started at MLB his entire 4 seasons (Marcus Marek ring a bell?) Fast Forward to 2002, What if Smith and Hawk signed and Zwick and MD"A went
scUM/ Nebraska respectively? I know Duane Long raves about Martin, he also raved about Irizzary and "Superman" Hiley. James Lauranaitis was an intriguing recruit for us, mostly because his dad was "Animal" and not based anything about what we knew of him as a player. Too many things come into play here, injuries, grades, off the field troubles, and simply being overvalued by the "experts."

Putting a team full of *****'s on the field doesn't necessarily result in success. Unless you slept through the Cooper years, you know that already. So stop "popp'in Prozac" and get yourself jacked for the game on Monday. And keep an eye on the guy in the sweater-vest, and say to yourself that "I'd rather have a GOOD player on this team who's willing to buy into the TEAM concept and really wants to be here than a GREAT player who doesn't." Peace.
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I understand and am not freaking out about it, but that said no way to spin this anyway but a huge disappointment.
 
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I guess I'm surprised at Ben's decision. Good luck to him.

I'll try to console myself with this little event, which is slightly more meaningful in the realm of tOSU football, that's going on in Glendale on Monday. :wink2:
 
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BB73;707451; said:
I guess I'm surprised at Ben's decision. Good luck to him.

I'll try to console myself with this little event, which is slightly more meaningful in the realm of tOSU football, that's going on in Glendale on Monday. :wink2:
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Amen. Seriously, what's losing a couple of recruits worth compared to winning the school's seventh national title?
 
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Hahahha... Wow... I honestly think he just recently chnaged his mind. In a an update a couple of days ago he said he made his mind up but wanted to check with his mom first.

Good Luck Ben, I wish you nothing but great success on and off the field. I hope you get a great education in Tenn.
 
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Tresselbeliever;707456; said:
Amen. Seriously, what's losing a couple of recruits worth compared to winning the school's seventh national title?
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Honestly, and I know it will sound like I'm being a Buckeye homer (which I am), but if these kids don't want to be a part of a program that has been to two championship games (winning one so far), 3 BCS games (winning two so far), had a Heisman trophy winner, and a National Coach of the Year, then it is their loss, not ours...
 
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OSUBucks22;707463; said:
Honestly, and I know it will sound like I'm being a Buckeye homer (which I am), but if these kids don't want to be a part of a program that has been to two championship games (winning one so far), 3 BCS games (winning two so far), had a Heisman trophy winner, and a National Coach of the Year, then it is their loss, not ours...
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Well, kids are motivated by different things. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but early playing time and getting to the NFL is the main motivation of a lot of kids nowdays. And sometimes you need kids like that to succeed, and we fortunately we are getting kids of those caliber of talent and character. Players come and go, it's the memories and the hardware that stay forever. Nothing, and I do mean nothing, compares with an undefeated and a national championship season. Not even a class full of five stars.
 
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Tresselbeliever;707472; said:
Well, kids are motivated by different things. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but early playing time and getting to the NFL is the main motivation of a lot of kids nowdays. And sometimes you need kids like that to succeed, and we fortunately we are getting kids of those caliber of talent and character. Players come and go, it's the memories and the hardware that stay forever. Nothing, and I do mean nothing, compares with an undefeated and a national championship season. Not even a class full of five stars.
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I agree... There are other mitigating factors at play in recruiting... But if someone has enough confidence in their talents, they will believe that they can see the field anywhere...
This is not an indictment on Ben... Moreso just a discussion... The "loss" of Ben stings for sure, as it's always hard to lose an in-state player that you had so much time invested in...
 
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