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robbothehut;1830586; said:Never met the man, but from what I've seen Ginn Sr. is a remarkable guy and has turned a lot of kids lives around and a fine educator. I suspect a guy like that will use a no offer year as a teaching tool and suggest to his super athletes that struggle with academics to button their ass down and get the grades so they can go to the proper school, the one they really really want to get into tOSU. Look forward to many more stud Tarblooders...but they have to make the grades and test scores.
I don't want to go too far off topic here, but there is only so much Ginn can do. The foundation for getting a good education and working hard to get good grades starts at home.
It should also be pointed out that Bryant Browning was, what, valedictorian at Glenville but still got a very pedestrian ACT score (17, IIRC). Yet, he showed that it was indeed a bright young man by consistently earning Academic All-Big Ten at OSU, and even was a regional Academic All-American this season. Clearly, struggling to gain a good ACT score does not necessarily translate to struggling academically in college.
OSU needs to do what they appear to be doing-- looking at Glenville kids on a case by case basis to see whether they can contribute on the field and in the classroom.
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