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scarletngrey11

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All right, all right, all right.
Every Florida fan will say that he wont go to OSU. Its ridiculous how little of a chance we have according to every Gator fan.

Never mind the fact that this guy knows his stuff, and is very reliable. We have almost no chance.
 
This is reminding me of Tebow and Hornsby from last year. I will refrain from butting in and stating my pro-UF statements. I have given my opinion so there is no need for me to carry on. When all is said and done we will see what happens. I wish OSU nothing but the best. If he doesn't go to UF then I guess OSU can have him just as long as he leaves the South. Good luck.
 
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G8erBait said:
How much chance would you give Florida at pulling an OL from the state of Ohio that Ohio State really wanted?
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This is a question that could of borught up with Hornsby last year even know we had a teammate, it was our first time recruiting that school with Wells and the coach ended up hating us after Wells.

With Thompson there are many things that point in our direction that give us a chance.

Also all this is speculation at this point and to say we have no cahnce just b/c our school is not in the state of Florida is a lil off base.
 
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I understand where you are coming from. Maybe I am being naive about OSU's chances with Florida recruits or maybe I am just too confident based off of one good recruiting year for coach Meyer. I think most on here would agree that I have no problem with OSU and I have always been a decent poster over here. I guess sooner or later I will get burned and maybe then I will change my train of thought. I don't think OSU has no chance, but it is more of a "I will believe it when I see it" type of deal. I just heard the same things about Tebow and Hornsby about a year ago.
 
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This is totally different from Hornsby and Tebow.

Tebow had a list of schools as long as who knows and we just thought that if we were to show interest he would show interest in us.

I am sure the staff knew that we didnt have a shot and they took a pass at trying.

As for Hornsby, it was figured out pretty early that he wasnt leaving the state. We thought that we would have a chance since he was listing us early and we had Wells. Well that idea went to burn real fast.

This is different b/c we have a family on our team and Holmes will be a first round pick next year coming from that high school.

All of this is just speculation at this point and IMO this battle will not be over until about 11 months from now at the Army all-star game.
 
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G8erBait said:
What? The guy said he is a Cane. He threw OSU in there as an outside shot but read all of the posts on that page. He said t he kid is a Cane.
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Sorry I misread that. Funny how one poster says that Santonio only got into OSU because our standards are lower than theirs and that OSU will take anyone as long as their breathing. But I think it's far too early to know where Thompson will end up and we need to stop speculating for right now.
 
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Tebow was never offered. Hornsby had us in his top-6 early, but with those grades I'm not sure either side was that interested as time passed.

Ginn has a great shot at being OSU's 2nd straight first round WR after he goes pro in 07 (especially given the depleted 07 draft class thx to the mass exodus by juniors this year).

The coaches have high expectations for Dukes this year. Holmes only had limited chances his freshman year, and he turned out pretty well (tho he did have a breakout game vs UM his frosh year).

Congrats to UF on landing lots of elite WR recruits. OSU's been doing quite well in producing top WRs that make it to the NFL (5 first rounders since 95 after this year...).

There are plenty of reasons that OSU will have an excellent shot at Mr. Thompson.
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The Muck City connection will be a strong pull for OSU

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osugrad21 said:
How many first round draft picks from Ohio has Florida produced?
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That's a bit unfair because Florida produces far more NFL picks, especially first rounders, than Ohio.

Also, Hornsby has already qualified, so grades couldn't have been an issue.

Another thing, Miami does have much higher entrance standards for athletes than OSU, or UF even, for that matter.
 
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That's a bit unfair because Florida produces far more NFL picks, especially first rounders, than Ohio.

Also, Hornsby has already qualified, so grades couldn't have been an issue.

Another thing, Miami does have much higher entrance standards for athletes than OSU, or UF even, for that matter.
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Um...you might want to do a little research when it comes to OSU standards versus Miami and Florida for that matter. OSU has had to turn several good prospects away because they won't get through admissions.

Qualifying with the NCAA and passing OSU admissions is a completely different animal. Word has it that Hornsby would have never gotten into OSU even if he wanted to follow Wells!!
 
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dingyibvs said:
Also, Hornsby has already qualified, so grades couldn't have been an issue.

Another thing, Miami does have much higher entrance standards for athletes than OSU, or UF even, for that matter.
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It has been well documented that just being qualified will not gain admittance to tOSU, no matter how special the athlete. I'd argue that very few people actually know all aspects that are considered when a SA is considered for admitance to tOSU. I don't want to hijack the D. Thompson thread, but what is your basis when you say that Miami has higher entrance standards for athletes than OSU?
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G8erBait said:
I understand where you are coming from. Maybe I am being naive about OSU's chances with Florida recruits or maybe I am just too confident based off of one good recruiting year for coach Meyer. I think most on here would agree that I have no problem with OSU and I have always been a decent poster over here. I guess sooner or later I will get burned and maybe then I will change my train of thought. I don't think OSU has no chance, but it is more of a "I will believe it when I see it" type of deal. I just heard the same things about Tebow and Hornsby about a year ago.
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You have always kept it pretty real (although only when it pertains to recruits UF is in on :)). And I think you have the right to be pretty confident right now. Right now it is impossible to argue with a PSU fan about where any kid is going because they are landing everyone...UF and PSU are two programs that are getting most of the kids they want. And Deonte may not be any different. Be that as it may, it appears (from many different sources) that Deonte is far from making a decision any time soon and will play this process out at least until he takes a few trips, unofficial or official.
 
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briegg said:
It has been well documented that just being qualified will not gain admittance to tOSU, no matter how special the athlete. I'd argue that very few people actually know all aspects that are considered when a SA is considered for admitance to tOSU. I don't want to hijack the D. Thompson thread, but what is your basis when you say that Miami has higher entrance standards for athletes than OSU?
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I didn't say say OSU's standards were low, just that Miami's are high. I'm pretty sure that out of the major programs, only ND has higher standards than Miami. Miami's new president is apparently a fairly ambitious woman who interferes with athletics a lot, she implemented the new rules a few years ago requiring all incoming athletes to make at least 820 on the SATs. This may not sound very high, but it is a LOT higher than most schools since most of us use the sliding scale. You'd be surprised at how big the difference is considering MANY top athletes are in the borderline range. For example, Preston Parker and Jamar Hornsby(2.9 GPA, 720 or so SAT) would not be accepted into Miami, but would be for FSU and UF. It didn't matter for Hornsby, but they lost Parker only because he couldn't make it there.
 
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