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Ohio State Recruiting + Basketball LiveBlog: Army AA Bowl + Illinois

Eric — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:50:59 +0000

We’ve got an overlapping double header for you today!

The liveblog will start at 12:45 PM EST this afternoon. At 1 PM, the Army All-American Bowl will kick-off. There are three recruiting targets of interest in this one – WR Shelton Gibson, WR James Quick, LB Mike Mitchell. We’ll also be watching the following Ohio State commits throughout:

At 2:15 PM EST on the Big Ten Network, the Buckeyes Shooty Hoops team will take on the Illinois Fighting Illini. This same liveblog will cover both events.

Go Bucks!

Live chat – Army All-American Bowl / Ohio State-Illinois shootyhoops game… [Read More]

Michigan Recruiting Weekend Roundup

Joe Laing — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:51:59 +0000

The weekend was just another building block for Urban Meyer. There were 50+ recruits in town that got to see a great environment, the coaches and players at an all time high in terms of excitement, and how close knit the team is. In addition all the coaches and players showing respect for the seniors that will be leaving and the field littered with underclassmen making impacts all over the field. So lets just say that all recruits were excited, they had a great time, enjoyed the game atmosphere, got to see Urban Meyer’s championship rings, and loved how everyone felt like it was a family atmosphere.

Now that we got that out of the way way we can talk about the information that really matters:

The Glenville 3 (’13 Chris Worley, ’14 Marshon Lattimore and Marcelys Jones) were in town and will all be Bucks when the time is

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Huge Recruiting Weekend Preview

Joe Laing — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:32:59 +0000

As if The Game weren’t already primed to be an incredible event, it will be the highlight of Ohio State recruiting for the fall as well.

The names and stars speak for themselves and not to mention the sheer number of high level recruits planning to be in town is unlike any recruiting weekend we have seen in the past. Keep in mind it is only Tuesday so plan for some minor changes throughout the week. Also this is the first step in what will be like a NASCAR speed couple of months following recruiting as things will change and we will get in on some of the top kids in the country.

The “official visits” scheduled at this point are:

WR Marquez North (Charlotte, NC)
WR Tony Stevens (Orlando, FL)
LB Auston Johnson (Torrance, CA)
LB Daniel McMillan (Jacksonville, FL)
LB Trey Johnson (Lawrenceville, GA)

Trey Johnson may be … [Read More]

Bye Week Recruiting Special Part 1: 2013 Class

Joe Laing — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:04:58 +0000

With the season winding down and it being a bye week, we figured it would be a good time to preview the targets for the next 3 months leading up to signing day, as well as look into our magic 8 ball for 2014. In the first part of this 2 part series we will take a look at 2013 class.

With 17 verbals already in the bag already we will take a look at the guys that we will likely finish with to get to a top 5 class. WR, OL, LB, and DB appear to be the positions we are targeting- Keeping in mind as we sift through the rest of this article that recruiting is very fluid so the most likely targets could change even by the time this article is published.

At the WR position James Quick and Shelton Gibson are the two most likely targets at this point; they are very … [Read More]