2008 OSU Recruiting

[matcar]

I would appreciate it if you would take this situation seriously. 41 years is long time to wait for a punt to come back down to earth. I say the coaches keep things simple and pull his schollie and forget about the whole cryogenisis stuff. Am I the only one that is concerned about a 41 year hang time. Come on people!

It's also oddly disconcerting that he can punt w/ 41 years of hang time (give or take, and frankly I'm wondering if the auther wasn't exaggerating just a tad -- although WHY he'd have to exaggerate is beyond me since even 20 years of hang time is WTF!!! ridiculous) yet he can only knock a kick in from 55 yards. Does he use some kind of drop kick motion on his kicks? If so, I'm not comfortable with this schollie. Also, can we expect his kickoffs to sail into Ontario or are they simply going to be of the 55 yard variety?

 

[BeanieWells28]

Record setting QB visits Ohio State


Bill Kurelic
BuckeyeGrove.com

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It should come as no surprise to Buckeye fans that Jim Tressel would know about an Ohio quarterback who threw for over 4500 yards and 57 touchdowns during his junior season. That QB was in Columbus over the weekend.




who is this kid that they are talking about in this article. sounds like an amazing quarterback.

 

[goodguy]

It's also oddly disconcerting that he can punt w/ 41 years of hang time (give or take, and frankly I'm wondering if the auther wasn't exaggerating just a tad -- although WHY he'd have to exaggerate is beyond me since even 20 years of hang time is WTF!!! ridiculous) yet he can only knock a kick in from 55 yards. Does he use some kind of drop kick motion on his kicks? If so, I'm not comfortable with this schollie. Also, can we expect his kickoffs to sail into Ontario or are they simply going to be of the 55 yard variety?

Finally someone agrees with me, thank you matcar. Coach Tressel, please yank this schollie.

Regarding his kicks I have a couple of concerns.
1. Because of the power of Buchanon's leg (41 year hang time), the place holder is likely to lose a finger, hand, arm, etc etc. on every kick off, extra point or field goal.
2. In order to protect the fans behind the goal post, it would be wise to hang steel mesh nets rather nylon nets.

Lots of concerns here people, is Buchanon's 41 year hang time worth it?

 

[BGriffBuckeye]

Record setting QB visits Ohio State
who is this kid that they are talking about in this article. sounds like an amazing quarterback.

The kid is Ryan Radcliff from Fairview HS in Northwood, OH.

 

[wadc45]

BG $

4/1

BK's look at how the 2008 class, which he projects to number 15.

 

[wadc45]

To clarify, that is 15 commits, not 15th in the nation...

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

With the recent commits of Brewster and Shugarts to join Adams as 3/4th of our "Block O", the average size of our OL current commits is 6'6"+ and 290+. Imagine how big they'll be after one more year in high school and then a few years under our S&C program. Our starting OL in 2009 and 2010 could average over 6'6" and a solid 320. Holy shiznit...

 

[tlinc]

With the recent commits of Brewster and Shugarts to join Adams as 3/4th of our "Block O", the average size of our OL current commits is 6'6"+ and 290+. Imagine how big they'll be after one more year in high school and then a few years under our S&C program. Our starting OL in 2009 and 2010 could average over 6'6" and a solid 320. Holy shiznit...

I'm too lazy to look up all the heights and weights, but I would have to think that this past year's O Line averaged pretty close to that. I know Boone, Rehring and Barton were all at least 6'6'' 310. This incoming group could really turn into the best O line OSU has had in a long time. The crazy thing is all these guys are so young and near 300 pounds already and none of them look fat at all.

 

[osugrad21]

DDN

Slew of top linemen commit to Buckeyes

OSU gets commitments from top prep juniors in Florida, Texas and Ohio.

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By Doug Harris
Staff Writer

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

COLUMBUS ? The Ohio State football team has landed the top-rated offensive lineman in the nation among current high school juniors, according to Rivals.com, and bolstered a recruiting class that could become one of the program's best ever.

Cont...

 

[osugrad21]

Dispatch

Future Buckeyes at a glance

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:41 AM

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

CPD

OHIO STATE FOOTBALL
Buckeyes bulk up with line recruits

Sunday, April 29, 2007 Doug Lesmerises

Plain Dealer Reporter
The big guys were roaming the sidelines at the Scarlet and Gray game last weekend, and soon enough they will fill up the field at Ohio Stadium. More than 900 pounds worth of offensive linemen already have given oral commitments to Ohio State's 2008 recruiting class, and there should be more to come.
Typically slower to sign recruits than some schools, the Buckeyes already nailed down eight players, including three offensive linemen considered among the best in the nation. Last week, after watching the Buckeyes at their spring game, 305-pound Michael Brewster of Orlando, Fla., and 299-pound J.B Shugarts of Klein, Texas, joined previous commitment Mike Adams, a 308-pounder from Dublin, Ohio.
Ohio State remains in the mix for linemen Josh Jenkins of West Virginia and Kyle Long of Virginia.

Continued......

 

[Taosman]

With 2 WRs taken in the first round of the draft, that has to make a huge impression on the WR recruits! Let's bring in another stud or 2 at WR.
It's hard not to see things falling into place for a super class.
Although these things rarely go as predicted.

 

[Best Buckeye]

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070502/SPORTS16/705020424

Buckeyes line up more football talent
Top recruits for 2008 have already committed
EARLY RECRUITSOhio State football recruiting
class of 2008:


By MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER


COLUMBUS - For a period of time after the humbling loss to Florida in the national championship game, some wondered how long it would take for Ohio State's football program to regain its proud place on the mantel.

But a solid recruiting class for 2007, and some stunning early returns on 2008, indicate that the Buckeyes snapped out of their malaise rather quickly, and went to work on re-tooling and re-arming their prolific gridiron machine.

"I think it's accurate to say they've got the momentum back," said Steve Helwagen, managing editor of Bucknuts, the internet and publishing outlet that makes all things Ohio State its lifeblood.

"There was a period after the game where even the coaching staff would admit that they were a little shell-shocked, but they bounced back, finished off the next recruiting class, and then they got to work on making the future even stronger."

Cont'd.

 

[Taosman]

The Recruiting Conundrum........

Interesting that we could /are in a recruiting conundrum of getting half our
15 schollies taken and trying to balance the rest of the class with high quality/needs/chances.
How much time should be spent on OOS 5-star guys that everybody in the college world are recruiting and will be fighting for till signing day?
It is a very tough situation. I don't envy the coaches.
Should we concentrate more on Ohio kids?

 

[wadc45]

Answering Taos question:

Here is the class I posted, as I saw it potentially playing out:

QB - Pryor (Block O/Posey/Stoney is not going to let him get away)
RB - Torrence
FB - Zordich
WR - Posey
WR - Scott
WR/TE - Stoney
WR/TE - Tate/Fuller/Moore
OT - Adams
OT - Shugarts
C - Brewster
OG - Jenkins
DE - Williams
DT - Goebel/Mobley
DT - Rowell (or Greg Shaw as a OG/DT is he shows well at camp)
LB - Hale
LB - Sweat
DB - McCarthy
K/P - Buchanan

Of that list, roughly half are in-state (McCarthy, Rowell, Moore, Zordich, Scott) and half are out-of-state (Sweat, Hale, Goebel/Mobley, Jenkins, Tate/Fuller, Pryor). The fact is that you have to recruit to fill needs and the staff has targeted one QB in the entire country to recruit and he happens to be in a neighboring state. Same for two of the LBs we are recruiting. And Jenkins might as well live in Ohio. So while I think it is certainly a valid question, I can see both sides. Take QB for example: would I rather see the staff recruiting the best QB in the state (Dysert, Stoudt, Britt, Kelce, Stewart, Oltorick, Reardon or whoever) versus the best QB in the nation when we have a very legit shot at landing that QB (Pryor)? Absolutely not. Those kids are all great QBs and will probably go ont to play in college, but none of them are anywhere near on the same level as Pryor. If we don't get Pryor would I like to see us offer one of them? Probably not. On the other hand, take LB: would I rather have the staff recruiting the best LB in-state (Rippy, Staples, Craig, Schneider, Machen, Jamiihr Williams, Spooner, Beachum or whoever) versus the two we have obviously targeted as a priority out-of-state (Hale and Sweat) even though we have a very legit chance at landing both? That is at least debateable. So what does the staff do? They spend time working the kids in-state (they have been in to see guys like Machen, Beachum and Staples recently) while also spending time working on the OOS kids (inviting Hale and Sweat to the campus, visiting their school, etc.).