Yeah, im pretty sure Grant Hill and Penny Hardaway retired mid contract(due to injury) and were still paid in full
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A Rivals analyst believes Ohio State still leads for Tywone Malone
Back in early April, Rivals recruiting analyst Adam Friedman released a "Ranking the Contenders" edition for elite defensive tackle Tywone Malone.
On Wednesday, Friedman published an updated version called "Re-Ranking the Contenders" as a couple of other programs have been able to enter the mix.
The one similarity between both of these pieces?
Ohio State continues to be the favorite for the fourth-ranked DT in the country.
As Dave Lackford noted in a previous "Skull Session," it appears as if baseball is going to be an important factor for Malone in his decision. Friedman mentioned this in his article as well, and says the Rivals100 prospect is laser-focused on taking visits before a commitment is announced.
The Buckeyes are seemingly the school to beat here, but Malone is still in the process of collecting information about what they would provide for him in the diamond.
"Ohio State has been one of the schools that Malone has developed a great relationship with, and learning under defensive line coach Larry Johnson is a very intriguing option," Freidman wrote. "The Buckeyes have an outstanding defensive line class already and adding Malone to the group would be a huge win.
"Learning more about the baseball team is something that Malone is interested in doing and that could be what ends up determining whether or not Malone is in this class."
Following Ohio State for Malone's services, according to Friedman, are Texas A&M, then Ole Miss, then Rutgers. Newcomers Florida State and USC, which have not yet hosted him for a visit, hold the No. 5 and No. 6 spots, respectively.
We know that baseball is a sport he wants to play in college, and Malone could potentially explore pursuing it as a career. This dinger he hit this week was impressive, so he definitely has some pop in his bat.
I've argued that football is probably the better option professionally because you don't have to go through the grind of the minor leagues, but Malone and his family could decide that a less contact-heavy sport with a fully guaranteed salary at the major league level is more worth it.
If Malone was primarily focused on football, I would have already put in a FutureCast for him to Ohio State, but Greg Beals and his program will most likely play a key role in this recruitment.
Entire article: https://ohiostate.rivals.com/news/3-2-1-some-good-news
Back in early April, Rivals recruiting analyst Adam Friedman released a "Ranking the Contenders" edition for elite defensive tackle Tywone Malone.
On Wednesday, Friedman published an updated version called "Re-Ranking the Contenders" as a couple of other programs have been able to enter the mix.
The one similarity between both of these pieces?
Ohio State continues to be the favorite for the fourth-ranked DT in the country.
As Dave Lackford noted in a previous "Skull Session," it appears as if baseball is going to be an important factor for Malone in his decision. Friedman mentioned this in his article as well, and says the Rivals100 prospect is laser-focused on taking visits before a commitment is announced.
The Buckeyes are seemingly the school to beat here, but Malone is still in the process of collecting information about what they would provide for him in the diamond.
"Ohio State has been one of the schools that Malone has developed a great relationship with, and learning under defensive line coach Larry Johnson is a very intriguing option," Freidman wrote. "The Buckeyes have an outstanding defensive line class already and adding Malone to the group would be a huge win.
"Learning more about the baseball team is something that Malone is interested in doing and that could be what ends up determining whether or not Malone is in this class."
Following Ohio State for Malone's services, according to Friedman, are Texas A&M, then Ole Miss, then Rutgers. Newcomers Florida State and USC, which have not yet hosted him for a visit, hold the No. 5 and No. 6 spots, respectively.
We know that baseball is a sport he wants to play in college, and Malone could potentially explore pursuing it as a career. This dinger he hit this week was impressive, so he definitely has some pop in his bat.
I've argued that football is probably the better option professionally because you don't have to go through the grind of the minor leagues, but Malone and his family could decide that a less contact-heavy sport with a fully guaranteed salary at the major league level is more worth it.
If Malone was primarily focused on football, I would have already put in a FutureCast for him to Ohio State, but Greg Beals and his program will most likely play a key role in this recruitment.
Entire article: https://ohiostate.rivals.com/news/3-2-1-some-good-news
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Akron Rick
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Announcing at the UA All-American game. The finalists are A+M, FSU, Nits, and THE Ohio State University.
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-He also noted Baseball will play a big role, as well as his comfort with the school and being in a safe environment.
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Akron Rick
Heisman
Iowa has started the domino roll inre: cancelling sports due to the massive financial hit from no football. Will OSU follow their lead and will baseball be on the chopping block? If so, Malone will most definitely wind up in the south (he probably will anyway,but I tend to love the drama).
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sparcboxbuck
What happened to my ¤cash?
Baseball, and frankly, everything else is fine at tOSU. Few programs have the luxury of forgoing a year of revenue from the two biggest revenue generating sports... but if they want to, tOSU can do it.
Ultimately, the costs for other sports is a flee on an elephant compared to football. Being without the revenue also means that a good portion of the variable costs are also not on the table either.
tOSU will weather this storm just fine.
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Dohn says he thinks baseball will play a major role, and has Ohio State running behind multiple schools.
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Akron Rick
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And yet Lackford from Rivals likes Ohio St.'s chances, saying the Buckeyes "are in good shape". If you consider the track records of the dueling gurus I would think "Ohio State running behind" is more believable.
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starBUCKS
BPCFFB League #2 League Champion 2008 & 2010
I honestly think Lackford makes up some of the stuff he writes. He dug in right when he arrived, saying his sources with Hancock, were that he was not leaving Clemson, and that other writers were preaching false hope. I have no idea who his sources would have been, as he worked the Louisville beat, and I'm pretty sure they had zero chance of getting in the Hancock sweepstakes.
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A future at DT of Hall, Williams AND Malone would be insane! Not to mention going with DEs of Sawyer and (hopefully) JTT
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ShowMeBuck
You know what? Chicken butt.
Yes PLEASEA future at DT of Hall, Williams AND Malone would be insane! Not to mention going with DEs of Sawyer and (hopefully) JTT
PLEASE
PLEASE
Pretty PLEASE
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