scarletngray
Gold Pants
Personally, I'm hoping for a trifecta.https://n.rivals.com/news/west-spotlight-five-intense-recruiting-battles-3
NEED to get 1 of Uiagalelei, Keeley and Wilson
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MATAYO UIAGALELEI
Uiagalelei seems determined to keep a quiet recruitment until his decision, likely to be late in the cycle. It feels like Ohio State has led for Uiagalelei for months, and as it stands, there doesn’t seem to be any reason to think otherwise. We’ll see if anything changes within the next month.
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...p-spot-on-ohio-states-recruiting-board-as-the
Uiagalelei seems determined to keep a quiet recruitment until his decision, likely to be late in the cycle. It feels like Ohio State has led for Uiagalelei for months, and as it stands, there doesn’t seem to be any reason to think otherwise. We’ll see if anything changes within the next month.
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...p-spot-on-ohio-states-recruiting-board-as-the
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...tate-prospect-high-on-the-buckeyes-recruiting
Just sayin': An all expense paid trip to South Bend to see your brother play sounds like a great deal to me. Notre Dame foots the bill and he roots for the other team....
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https://n.rivals.com/news/more-to-consider-four-four-star-de-matayo-uiagalelei
To summarize: OSU still looking good, but Oregon is keeping it tight. MU is the one who reached out to UGA since they are the reigning NCs, but he said he has little to no relationships with their coaches. They stopped recruiting him after his Sophomore season. Wanted to keep an option open(but this will still be a “business decision”
), but still looks positive for OSU, as he said that he has the best relationship with LJsr. And LJsr has also kept a great relationship with his parents (important because mom is going to be the decision maker)
To summarize: OSU still looking good, but Oregon is keeping it tight. MU is the one who reached out to UGA since they are the reigning NCs, but he said he has little to no relationships with their coaches. They stopped recruiting him after his Sophomore season. Wanted to keep an option open(but this will still be a “business decision”
), but still looks positive for OSU, as he said that he has the best relationship with LJsr. And LJsr has also kept a great relationship with his parents (important because mom is going to be the decision maker)
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https://n.rivals.com/news/more-to-consider-four-four-star-de-matayo-uiagalelei
To summarize: OSU still looking good, but Oregon is keeping it tight. MU is the one who reached out to UGA since they are the reigning NCs, but he said he has little to no relationships with their coaches. They stopped recruiting him after his Sophomore season. Wanted to keep an option open(but this will still be a “business decision”
Love it, I always saw Oregon as the primary threat here and we will see what happens, but I maintain that if we somehow snag 2 of MU/Wilson/Keeley that would be an absolute homerun that LJ Sr. would have to be salivating over if he adds a pair to Moore, Smith Jr. and McDonald...interior is loaded in this class, just need ourselves a couple big rushmen on the edge. I have Wilson as my "1a" guy but I would be thrilled with any combination of the aforementioned DE's.
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johnson2443
All-American
I hate the business decision talk changing from I’m gonna go there, compete and get coached, drafted higher than my competitors. Into the business decision talk of “pay be before I’m worth a damn”. Honestly I’d hate this kid in the class but his talent is incredible. DJ isn’t gonna get drafted, so hope that 200k Clemson gave them is worth it
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buckeyeintn
Legend
The "business decision" talk may well be which school/ coaches would best prepare him by maximizing his draft potential (development). Long term money. Or not. I have no idea. I've never met Wilson or his family. I do know Day and the other coaches talk about guys that fit the culture, and they appear to want Wilson. Or maybe the coaches are lying and really just want the best talent regardless of fit. They really don't care about culture. (But I doubt it.) I really believe this comes down to trust the coaches.
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johnson2443
All-American
Sometimes I’d say this, but this doesn’t fit the quotes from his dad and such about the $$$. If it were up to me, and thankfully it’s not, I’d move on but also, I do trust the coaches so we shall see
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Buckeye86
I do not choose to discuss it
Birm says the dad isn’t as involved in the decision as you’d think. It seems somewhat similar to the Keon Keeley situation, where his uncle is pushing him to huge up front money in the SEC, while it seems pretty clear, in Birm’s opinion at least, that Ohio State is the choice if it were entirely up to him. Birm even went so far as to speculate that Keeley is waiting til later in the cycle to announce a decision so that the uncle has less time to be upset and react if Keeley does choose to turn down the massive up front money that the uncle has clearly also been promised.
Funnily enough, Birm has been saying he thinks Matayo ends up at Oregon for awhile, as well.
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This!
Don’t pay attention to Big Dave(MU’s father), he enjoys the attention, but MU is not that close with him. Mom is the gate keeper(I think it’s been mentioned before), and I posted a tweet of her cheering on LJsr and JT. We’re in this until the end, and I like our chances. And MU also seems like a talented, humble kid who doesn’t enjoy the spotlight like his dad. Hence why you’ve seen few interviews or social media posts from him
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TampaBuckeyes
Assistant Coach
Honestly don’t care if we take DJ as long as he knows he has to win it. But I’m guessing they both end up in Oregon. DJ could light up either schedule and win 10-11 games.
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