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WR Ray Small (official thread)

I believe this was Gary's position with a certain TE now at SC and a certain LB now at Tennessee. Not faulting Gary - sometimes things are not what they may seem to be.
Wake me up when the glenville pipeline dies. It will at some point, but sad stories about Fred Davis and Rico McCoy don't have much to do with our JV squad up in cleveland.

It would be hard not to be impressed by USC who has one of the best QBs, RBs, and pretty awesome WRs as well.

Give it time.
 
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What, when, where: Nonleague game, 7:30 p.m. at Mollenkopf Stadium, 860 Elm Road NE, Warren. Call 330-841-2316.

Records: Glenville, 4-0; Harding 1-3.

What to watch: The area's top-ranked team will be out to avenge last season's last- minute 30-26 loss to Harding when Mario Manningham intercepted an Arvell Nelson pass for a 50-yard touchdown. Manningham is now a University of Michigan freshman, but Nelson is back and primed to redeem himself. After all, that loss was the Tarblooders' lone regular-season setback. Glenville has been nothing short of phenomenal and for good reason. The Tarblooders are big on the lines and have some of the state's fastest athletes at the skilled positions like two-way players Raymond Small, Raymond Fisher, Daven Jones and St. Edward transfer Royce Adams. University School transfer Bryant Milligan has given Glenville depth at WR/S, TB Bruce Frieson has fulfilled the role he inherited and another John Marshall transfer, Alex Bonilla, is a dependable placekicker. However, DE Deonte Williams and T Brandon McCray are questionable. Williams has a hip pointer and McCray twisted his knee. Strongsville's victory over Harding proved the Raiders' run defense is suspect. Harding has decent speed on the other side of the ball thanks to athletic QB Avery Qualls, but the offense is built around talented TB Dan Herron.
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Glenville kids have already gone elsewhere. Tim Conner played against Michigan this past weekend for Eastern Michigan as a true freshman...

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Yes, they have gone elsewhere, but keep in mind you are comparing apples to oranges here. Those are kids that were not "hotly" pursued by tOSU. I don't think either one of them had a scholorship offer from us. Regardless, I will almost guarantee there will be a Glenville kid in future, that we will have offered, that will choose another school to attend. If that is Small's choice, so be it, we will still be The Ohio State University and still have a top 5 program nationally.

Opinion side: If we did happen to lose a Glenville player this year, I would hope that it would be Small rather the Rose. No offense to Small, but we currently have a boatload of talent at WR, which I believe we are recruiting him as, while Rose would definetly fill a postion need. Even if Small would be recruited as a DB, I would rather land A.J. Wallace. Again, just my opinion, not to be taken too seriously.
 
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and Daven Jones committed to Wisconsin this year...
... and Donte Cloud to Akron in 2004, and Curtis Smith to Cincinnati in 2005....

The point being that several Glenville kids have gone elsewhere and will continue to do so. However, no Glenville player who has been offered by the Buckeyes during the Tressel era has spurned Ohio State for another school. Whether Small will be the first remains a matter for debate.

BTW (and off topic), I really liked Tim Conner and hoped that the staff could find room for him in last year's class.

EDIT: added "during the Tressel era" (Woods committed to Michigan during the Cooper regime).
 
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