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High School Cleveland Glenville Tarblooders

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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.
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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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Ohio State Recruiting: Has the Pipeline Dried Up? | Bleacher Report

Dave Thurman (8:02 am)

Under Jim Tressel there has been one constant in recruiting. Every year from 2002 on has included at least one player from Cleveland Glenville High School. For a number of years if there was a Tarblooder player that Ohio State wanted you knew that he would wind up signing with the Buckeyes. it wasn't a matter of if, but when. However, in recent years the pipeline seems to have sprung a small leak as some highly touted Glenville players have chosen to head elsewhere. It all began in 2007 when Cordale Scott chose Illinois over Ohio State (he has since transferred to Toledo). Then last year Latwan Anderson, who may have been the best athlete in the state, opted for Miami (although OSU backed off of him due to either grade problems or off the field issues).

All that brings us to the class of 2011, which may be the first in nearly a decade without a Glenville alum. It isn't that the Tarblooders lack big-time talent, with at least four players that the Buckeyes have either offered or considered offering. But as we draw closer to February 2, 2011, when letters of intent will be signed, it seems incresingly likely that not one of the four winds up donning the scarlet and gray. Before we take a look at the four and the odds on whether they wind up in Columbus, let's go back and examine each of the young men from Glenville who have signed with Tressel's Buckeye squads, and see how they have fared.

Class of 2002:
-Troy Smith - Not offered until late in the process, and recruited as a qb/athlete, Troy merely went on to win the Heisman Trophy in 2006, taking the Buckeyes to the BCS National Championship Game.

Class of 2003:
-Dareus Hiley - "Superman" was expected to be a star at either receiver or defensive back but never saw the field as grades proved to be his kryptonite.
-Donte Whitner - Became a stud at safety at OSU and is having a fine NFL career.

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Split off the stuff from the Walker thread and moved it here (see going back to page 20)...
 
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All of this "package deal" talk from the 2011 Glenville players seems like a pretty transparent last ditch effort to get Ohio State to offer. If they had taken care of business in the classroom they wouldn't need to resort to such methods.

I just hope that the younger players at Glenville and elsewhere take note that one; high school athletes have zero leverage over whether they get an offer or not when their academics are not in order and two; they need to work hard in the classroom and get good grades.
 
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Free Rivals - Weekend Watch: Best of Labor Day

When: Monday, Sept. 5, 12 p.m.
Last Meeting: First-ever meeting.
Rankings: Camden County (1-0), No. 1 in Georgia
Glenville (0-1), No. 11 in Ohio


WHY IT'S BIG: This is the headliner game of the Ohio version of the Herbstreit Classic and will showcase two of the traditionally top-end teams in two football power-states. The last time many saw Glenville was a year ago, when it was stealing a game against West Palm Beach (Fla.) Dwyer on Labor Day weekend. The talent on the Tarblooder team is not what it was last year, but it may be more fundamentally sound. Camden returns almost all of its defense from last year and none of its offense.

BEST MATCHUP: The Glenville offense against the Camden County defense. Glenville was held to 14 points against the Lakewood (Ohio) St. Edward defense in its opener and Camden County shutout its Week Zero opponent. Glenville is not as explosive as it has been in the past and it will need to score more than 14 to win.

CAMDEN COUNTY WINS IF: Quarterback Brice Ramsey has a solid game. The junior Georgia commit does not need to light up the scoreboard or play a perfect game, he just needs to make solid decisions and not put his team in a tough spot. Camden County is the better team entering this game. Ramsey is the focal point of the offense, but he does not need to do anything more than what is asked of him.

GLENVILLE WINS IF: It has become more explosive in the last 10 days. The offense looked pretty easy to defend in the St. Edward game and the youth that was on the field showed. The biggest improvement for most teams comes between games one and two. That is encouraging for a team that has played front-and-center on many nationally-televised games.

PREDICTION: Glenville is playing at Buckeye Stadium, its home away from home in Ohio, and it will be very comfortable in its surroundings. Camden is making a major trip from just north of Jacksonville to Columbus. The two teams played very different opening-week games with Glenville having vastly superior competition. That will play a factor, but not enough to make a difference.
- Camden County 33, Glenville 13.
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86 yard punt return TD by Bentley versus Camden County (Georgia) to open the scoring on ESPN.

Glenville 7, Camden 0

Northern speed! :banger:
 
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These refs have apparently never heard of forward progress. Big third down completion for about 35 yards for Glenville, followed by a bad snap and big loss.

EDIT: And a GREAT run by Henderson!
 
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Glenville up 14-6 but their lack of a kicker is problematic. They've managed their XPs, but it took them four tries to get a kickoff inbounds and by the time they did it from their 25 it ended up being a big return for Camden.

One play later, TD Camden, 14-13.

Glenville has a punt return TD and a fumble return TD. Camden looks like the better offensive team.
 
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Meanwhile, Camden's kickoffs are blasted through the end zone for touchbacks. Big advantage in field position.
 
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stowfan;1982860; said:
Camden County has 2400 (?) students, no high school in Ohio is even remotely close to attendance like that!
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When I was in HS, Westerville South had 1900-2000 kids and Westerville North was slightly north of those numbers. Pretty sure Pickerington (Central) had a HUGE enrollment before they finally built a second school for that district. Granted that was a decade ago, but it wouldn't shock me that there were a number of schools with enrollments as high as Camden County.
 
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As recruiting for this class has been underway for a while now, but also has a ways to go, I wonder if a player such as Bentley already knows his likelihood of an OSU offer. With Glenville being so connected to OSU I just wonder if they encourage such a player to wait it out and see or if they encourage him to look elsewhere.
 
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