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West Virginia/JUCO/C.W. Post/Kean RB Jason Gwaltney (official thread)

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all that I will say is that unless "wstripes" has spoken to Mr Gwaltney in the last 8 hours then his info is old.....

that is UNLESS Pete Carroll and Jason are conspiring to make the OSU nation, internet community and coaching staff appear foolish--that is always another possibility---all in a sick attempt to build the drama for a Wednesday announcement.

And with all due respect to Wstripes....calling Davis and Sanchez was no big feat. I was surprised by Jarrett(as he had verbaled to JT personally).

Im still not calling Gwaltney as a Buckeye....just so that I'm clear.....what I'm saying is that there is a lot of "contact" being made--and OSU certainly has the momentum....
 
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NevadaBuck said:
And with all due respect to Wstripes....calling Davis and Sanchez was no big feat. I was surprised by Jarrett(as he had verbaled to JT personally).
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True...but calling them weeks and months in advance of any announcement, regardless of numerous rumors to the contrary is. I won't give out anything Stripes tells me in PMs, but he has nailed things on consistent basis and it has not been limited to tOSU/USC recruiting battles.

NV, I know you have solid info also...I hope you are right on this one.
 
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I'm surprised that everybody seemed to have forgotten that a while ago, Stripes stated that in his opinion MoWells would choose G-Tech over Ohio State at that time. Whenever Stripes has the word "IMO" in his language, there is always room for interpretation.
 
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I take everyone's info with a grain of salt. Sure, stripes has been right, but it's really hard not to be considering how much butt USC has been kicking in recruiting. So you never really know, you know? This isn't a diss on you, stripes, I'm just saying, you never know for sure. Even if your info is from Petey himself, kids say things they don't mean all the time. I could have had JT as my source and been sure they were getting DJ, and then be shocked when they didn't, you know? So while I take stripes word probably better than any of the so-called gurus, I still believe we have a chance with Gwaltney. He could be telling everyone in the world USC and still be unsure, especially since he verballed to everyone on his trips. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked at all to find out every coaching staff still thinks Jason is a verbal to their school.

Actually, I have a question, stripes -- if this kid knows where he's going, why hasn't he announced? I know that people like the spotlight, but why not announce at the AA bowl, or this week on ESPN? I just don't really understand that if he's been a silent to USC for the last two months, or whatever, he hasn't announced. I know that you've said kids are asked to stay silent to help recruiting at their position, but it doesn't look like SC is in on any other backs, right? So why's he waiting so long?
 
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fwiw......right now i strongly believe both stripes and nevada are correct and you are getting a first hand look at what is really going on in the recruitment of JG....this is so much inside info it is scary....
 
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I the only input I can add to this thread is just some common sense. I put icons next to the guys that JG would probably have to compete with for playing time. The class ranks are as of next year.

OHIO STATE
Erik Haw Sophomore :osu:
Height: 6-1
Weight: 210 lbs.


Dionte Johnson Sophomore
Height: 6-0
Weight: 220 lbs.

Antonio Pittman Sophomore :osu:
Height: 5-11
Weight: 190 lbs.

Anderson Russell Freshman
Height: 6-0
Weight: 205 lbs.

Brandon Schnittker Senior
Height: 6-2
Weight: 250 lbs.


Maurice Wells Freshman:osu:
Height: 5-9
Weight: 185 lbs.

USC
Reggie Bush Junior :smash:
Height: 6-0
Weight: 200 lbs.

Hershel Dennis Senior :smash:
Height: 5-11
Weight: 200 lbs.

LenDale White Junior :smash:
Height: 6-2
Weight: 235 lbs.


If you were a RB coming out of high school and wanted to make an immediate impact on a team. Get immediate playing time and put up numbers like Adrien Peterson did his freshman year. (All statements made by Jason Gwaltney.) Where would you want to try and crack into the starting line-up? No brainer to me. I mean no disrespect to my beloved Buckeyes but each list has 3 or 4 realistic choices for RB next year. 1 for tOSU has any experience and/or gametime. 3 for USC could start for any team in the nation. (I wonder why Petey can tell all these RB recruits that they would be the only RB they would take if he commited.) Also another thing about the choice JG hopefully understands is, in the Big Ten (and especially at tOSU), we like to run run run. I can't imagine a more perfect fit.
 
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The line that would be "honest" that Petey could feed Gwaltney is that Chris Wells is one of the best junior RBs in the nation and seems primed to join tOSU next year. He would admit that they will probably take Chane Moline but he will be moved to FB.

So I could see a way to convince JG that tOSU actually will have less playing time for him in 06.
 
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