If we didn't offer Javon Ringer anything concrete because of academics, there is NO WAY I could accept Ohio State offering Curtis Brinkley.
Duane Long was quoted in the Dayton Daily News about how the Ohio State staff had no doubts about Ringer as a player, but that the academic side of things at OSU are changing dramatically, for the school as well as the program (average ACT score of entrants has gone up 3 points since incoming class of 1995). Ringer did have the knee injury this year, but the hold up on his recruitment had nothing to do with "proving himself" his senior year on the football field. It had to be 100% an academic issue.
That being said, Curtis Brinkley was in even lower academic standing than Ringer was this year. Brinkley seemed as if he was lucky to graduate high school based on his reported scores and his interviews. He is the equivalent of a guy like Greg Packnett was from Dunbar or Paris Long was: Great athlete, but face it....they are not student-athlete material.