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unionfutura;798915; said:
The SEC and USC. (now I understand that this should be in the Jonas Gray thread, but I felt this was too important to see what OSU faces each and every day due to perception.)

Apparently you can only get faster if you live in the south or go to USC.



http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=658572
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Actually, I think I just read somewhere that Coach Reynolds helped Tyler Moeller gain 20lbs so he could move from LB to SS... :roll1:
 
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bassbuckeye07;798941; said:
Is there any way we could see a quote from this article ...?
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Yeah, subscribe to Rivals.

I can't give you a quote, because the info is premium, but I can paraphrase: Two 2007 recruits who left the state of Michigan (one went to USC, the other to FSU) told 2008 recruit Jonas Gray that he needed to get out of the Midwest in order to get faster so that he could play in the NFL someday.

It's unbelievable that kids would fall for that nonsense, especially considering the number of Ohio State kids who end up in the NFL, including many at the so-called "speed" positions (RB, WR, CB).
 
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LordJeffBuck;798953; said:
...Two 2007 recruits who left the state of Michigan (one went to USC, the other to FSU) told 2008 recruit Jonas Gray that he needed to get out of the Midwest in order to get faster so that he could play in the NFL someday...
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So this negative recruiting story is actually brought to us by the ACC and USC. Not the SEC and USC, right? I ask, because I'm keeping a log. :tongue2:
 
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IronBuckI;798989; said:
So this negative recruiting story is actually brought to us by the ACC and USC. Not the SEC and USC, right? I ask, because I'm keeping a log. :tongue2:
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The SEC doesn't waste time with subtle stuff like negative recruiting. They just shove the cash across the table and ask if its enough. :wink2:
 
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LordJeffBuck;798953; said:
Two 2007 recruits who left the state of Michigan (one went to USC, the other to FSU) told 2008 recruit Jonas Gray that he needed to get out of the Midwest in order to get faster so that he could play in the NFL someday.
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I think those comments only showed Gray that getting out of the midwest could lower his IQ.
 
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I was their age not too long ago and how can I put this as respectful as possible?........

If a kid is "troubled" enough to hear that and truly BELIEVE it then Ohio State didn't lose much to begin with IMO. There is no way that I would have heard something like that and said to myself "Man, he has a point. I really need to sit down and thinik about that." It would have been dismissed as BS from the start and actually made me look at the person who said it with a bit of discontent for thinking I was really that naive.

It is still sad to see schools trying to use something like that as a way to lure in recruits.
 
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