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2026 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

One also would wonder (yeah, guess maybe only me?) which school might include graduate admission (medical, legal, business, ?) as an incentive? A well-paying job for mom and/or dad certainly, especially to the tweener in playing ability might move the needle one way or another. For a player truly looking to the future, this grad school incentive would be special.
 
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One also would wonder (yeah, guess maybe only me?) which school might include graduate admission (medical, legal, business, ?) as an incentive? A well-paying job for mom and/or dad certainly, especially to the tweener in playing ability might move the needle one way or another. For a player truly looking to the future, this grad school incentive would be special.
That offer is really nothing. The girls basketball team has those type of deals. Grad school admission is basically like saying they’re letting the players have free Gatorade. That moves no needles.
What moves needles, private transportation to and from games for family(home and/or away, depending on how good the kid is), housing for family(I mean providing homes for a recruits family), cars for the recruit and family, things like that. Offering free grad school is a big deal for Elon, William & Mary, Liberty, Texas St schools of that size
 
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CalebDownsBetta 20 hours ago
Wonder if 4 star CB Henry Perrymond from Cleveland Heights is on OSU’s radar. 5’11 170 lbs which leaves some to be desired but currently uncommitted without any major teams in pursuit.

TomD 20 hours ago
Antoine Winfield, an all-time great Buckeye CB from 1995 to 1998, was only 5' 9", 180 lbs., albeit an extraordinary talent for his size.
The next game is always the most important game of the season. And then there is The Game.

teeedawg 19 hours ago
AG mentioned that Ohio State is keeping tabs on Henry Perrymond.

He will be a fall evaluation guy.
 
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Just to put OSU recruiting in perspective right now. OSU will more than likely lose Bralan Womack to NIL, but that loss will also be the reason they are able to keep guys like Faheem Delane, McClain and Hartford. Losing Hiter and Cooper, but keeping Bo Jackson and James Peoples and the rest of the room is big. Enough battles going forward will need to be won to ensure a top 5 class. But team preservation will be paramount right now with how OSU is currently constructing their roster. Until they decide to start getting into battles where they could be paying more to HSers than their current team like so many others have been doing. This is the best and only way to ensure success. But Day needs to continue his success of keeping the roster intact.
 
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Just to put OSU recruiting in perspective right now. OSU will more than likely lose Bralan Womack to NIL, but that loss will also be the reason they are able to keep guys like Faheem Delane, McClain and Hartford. Losing Hiter and Cooper, but keeping Bo Jackson and James Peoples and the rest of the room is big. Enough battles going forward will need to be won to ensure a top 5 class. But team preservation will be paramount right now with how OSU is currently constructing their roster. Until they decide to start getting into battles where they could be paying more to HSers than their current team like so many others have been doing. This is the best and only way to ensure success. But Day needs to continue his success of keeping the roster intact.
They need to quit pretending they are poor.
 
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They need to quit pretending they are poor.
So, which is it? Are we pretending to be poor or “buying a national championship,” as the punditocracy tells me we are? If the schools that have true whale alum ever step up, Ohio State will not be able to hang even if we want to, so until being big but judicious spenders and emphasizing character intangibles and development is shown to not be enough, I’m on board. If Stanford’s whales, for example, ever decide that Stanford football team is what they want to bankroll to the tune of a $100m coaching staff, and $250m roster, it will be over for everyone else, and I honestly don’t even know what conference Stanford is currently in.
 
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So, which is it? Are we pretending to be poor or “buying a national championship,” as the punditocracy tells me we are? If the schools that have true whale alum ever step up, Ohio State will not be able to hang even if we want to, so until being big but judicious spenders and emphasizing character intangibles and development is shown to not be enough, I’m on board. If Stanford’s whales, for example, ever decide that Stanford football team is what they want to bankroll to the tune of a $100m coaching staff, and $250m roster, it will be over for everyone else, and I honestly don’t even know what conference Stanford is currently in.
We won’t know for a couple of years if this narrative of “character and intangibles “ wins the NC in 27-28. Ultimately talent wins.
 
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So, which is it? Are we pretending to be poor or “buying a national championship,” as the punditocracy tells me we are? If the schools that have true whale alum ever step up, Ohio State will not be able to hang even if we want to, so until being big but judicious spenders and emphasizing character intangibles and development is shown to not be enough, I’m on board. If Stanford’s whales, for example, ever decide that Stanford football team is what they want to bankroll to the tune of a $100m coaching staff, and $250m roster, it will be over for everyone else, and I honestly don’t even know what conference Stanford is currently in.
OSU like Stanford has big money alum. But those alum just do not prioritize sports. Its been said for a while. Its their money, and If they rather their millions go to cancer research, arts, dance, etc then there's nothing a football fan can say. It just sucks for football fans when you watch an alum from Texas Tech decide to throw billions at their program just for the hell of it. But like @Jaxbuck said, OSU isn't by any means poor. And there are enough donors that really want the football team to win that enough money can be raised to match some of the outrageous amounts being offered if they wanted. There are luxury car dealerships to match Texas', OSU could match more of these offers. But it seems like once they get to their number, they back off. And then team B comes from the top rope with a triple offer. But then OSU has no problem offering 7 figures to guys who prove it on their own roster which i could see happening for guys like McClain, Hartford, Aaron Scott, James Peoples, etc
 
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