Comments on: tBBC Roundtable: Ohio State Recruiting 2013

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:30:11 +0000

Mike, to be honest, I haven’t followed the recruiting enough to make any comparisons. If you’re even remotely close with these, this is a very nice class, indeed. Thanks for your thoughts on this.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:18:22 +0000

from what i’ve seen bosa, baugh, bell, lewis, apple, johnson, clark, worley, price, marshall and mitchell all look like 5 star recruits – these so called “scouting websites” are a complete joke.

1. bosa (jj watt)
2. bell (rod woodson)
3. apple (antoine winfield)
4. baugh (jermichael finley)
5. lewis (robert quinn)
———–
6. clark (mike wallace)
7. worley (brian dawkins)
8. johnson (derrick brooks)
———–
9. price (john simon)
10. marshall (percy harvin)
11. mitchell (katzenmoyer when he gets to 250 – he’ll get there quick)
12. burroughs <- deion sanders said burroughs was flat out amazing. so although i didn't see it on film, i'll take his word for it.

everyone else is a 4 star recruit except for sprinkle (a 3 star imo)

+elliot looks like the real deal if he can get his pads low and pump his feet between the tackles, a 5 star then. and when running, he looks a little bit like o.j. simpson.

+smith is an amazing route runner and quick off the line.

+wilson is really small but looks like he could be awesome. after thinking about it awhile, i liked cornelius elder a little better

anyone agree or disagree??

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:57:11 +0000

I’d run through a brick wall for Kerry Coombs. That’s no figure of speech either, I mean it literally. We have great days ahead of us, fella’s. Great days.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:24:43 +0000

Jim, you are spot on, your last paragraph expresses it perfectly. I know that I’ll need to recalibrate my NLOID expectations. Upwards.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:19:32 +0000

Uh-huh, I don’t blame you Mali. My wife & I saw that and commented that ‘Surely/Shirley that can’t be Boyd Crowder!’. Indeed it was.

So, now you know what we deem as quality entertainment in our household.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:57:32 +0000

Biggest impact- there are about 15 possible correct answers here and that is a nice problem to have.

Playing time- rather than go with a specific player I’ll just go by position: all of the receivers are candidates to play, probably a few in the d-line rotation, Mitchell and Johnson at LB almost certainly, and the DBs will be hard pressed to find time in the secondary but they certainly have the talent to make a push.

Guy that got away- Jaylon Smith (LB), Mike Heuerman (TE), Derrick Green (RB), James Quick (WR), about 10 offensive tackles.

Fan favorite- I like everyone’s choices: Munger, Thompson, Lee, Price, Houston and Gardner are all good choices. You could basically pick any of the underrated/less hyped players here. Another good problem to have.

Surprises- going 3/3 on signing day was certainly a pleasant surprise. I have a lot of confidence in this staff and their ability to recruit but it is still hard to get over the Tressel years and signing day disappointment. A few more years like this and I might just get over it, though.

By: MaliBuckeye

MaliBuckeye — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:14:16 +0000

I noticed that too- and Boyd did a stint on SoA that I’m still trying to erase with gallons of mind-bleach.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:08:59 +0000

Also, too. I wonder how well The Anointed One’s sermonizing would have played with hill people in Harlan County?

Speaking of ‘Justified’, the one big-guy-with-eyeglasses hill person also plays one of the newly patched Sons of Anarchy.