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Ohio State 2027 Quarterback Recruiting Update · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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Speaker 1: Welcome to buck Eyes Tomorrow morning for Tuesday May twelfth,
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Speaker 1: bunch of news right now in the Ohio State football sphere.
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Speaker 1: The Buckeyes rolled out some new uniforms on Monday. We're
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Speaker 1: gonna be talking about that on tomorrow's show with Tony Gerderman. Also,
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Speaker 1: some news dropped about some kickoff times and TV networks,
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Speaker 1: and we can maybe sort of start to put some
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Speaker 1: pieces together on when and where you'll be able to
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Speaker 1: watch some of Ohio State's games this fall. We'd be
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Speaker 1: talking about that on an episode of the Buckeye Weekly podcast.
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Speaker 1: It's going to come out in just a little bit,
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Speaker 1: but on today's show you're going to get a little
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Speaker 1: bit of a bonus episode. This is an episode hosted
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Speaker 1: by Jack of the Buckeye Huddle Prime Time podcast. He
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Speaker 1: had a great show looking at where things stand with
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Speaker 1: the Ohio State quarterback recruiting class in twenty twenty seven.
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Speaker 1: They've got Brady Edmonds already in the class, but they
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Speaker 1: are certainly actively looking for someone else to join him.
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Speaker 1: So where does all of that stand? And they look
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Speaker 1: back at a very busy recruiting week for the Buckeyes
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Speaker 1: as well. That's all on the special bonus presentation of
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Speaker 1: the Buckeye Huddle primetime podcast with Juck.
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Speaker 2: Hey, it's Chuck. We are not bemoaning the noon kickoff.
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Speaker 2: We're now owning it. It's a badge of honor. We're
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Speaker 2: the lunatic fringe that defines our coaches legacy when it
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Speaker 2: comes to this game. They don't get to define that
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Speaker 2: outside the family who were cut from a different cloth.
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Speaker 2: Bro hioans he's got it all, man. He's even got
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Speaker 2: the jaw. You know the jaw. You see that jaw
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Speaker 2: and you're just like, yeah, man, that's a dude. Do
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Speaker 2: I want Michigan to beat Oklahoma? No way in hell.
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Speaker 2: I don't know what world I'm living in. This is
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Speaker 2: insane to me. And if you saw my outburst, I apologize.
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Speaker 2: It's showtime now and welcome in a bucket Huddle, Prime Time.
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Speaker 2: Appreciate you so much for join us me on a
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Speaker 2: Thursday night, Another week in the books, a big week
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Speaker 2: for the Buckeye staff, hitting the trail. And hey, I
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Speaker 2: didn't get a whole lot of voters on our poll
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Speaker 2: we did on Monday. We did a poll on Monday.
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Speaker 2: We're going to try a new one tonight. I need
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Speaker 2: you guys to pop in and put your answer in.
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Speaker 2: You don't got to comment, you don't got to comment
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Speaker 2: in the in the comment section, but you got away
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Speaker 2: in on the poll. But tonight we start with a
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Speaker 2: little recruiting chat, starting at quarterback. And last week we
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Speaker 2: had talked about Champmonds and he committed a Notre Dame.
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Speaker 2: And the question that I posed was Ohio State trying
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Speaker 2: to get a second quarterback because Champmonds had reclassified from
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Speaker 2: twenty eight to twenty seven. They already had a relationship
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Speaker 2: with him. Why waste the time? Why don't we just
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Speaker 2: go get another one? And if we end up skipping
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Speaker 2: twenty eight, whatever we got to that we like, was
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Speaker 2: it that? Was it just about him? Or did they
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Speaker 2: really just want a second quarterback? And we were gonna
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Speaker 2: find out now that he had committed a Notre Dame
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Speaker 2: what they were going to do now, they were in
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Speaker 2: on Peter Byorke, but you know that could have just
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Speaker 2: been a one off as well. So was it all
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Speaker 2: about that? Was it that they want a second quarterback?
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Speaker 2: Or maybe could it potentially be option number three? And
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Speaker 2: that is do they want a different quarterback? Do they
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Speaker 2: want a different quarterback altogether? Brady Edmund's been in the
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Speaker 2: class for a long long time and it's a recruitment
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Speaker 2: that you know, he's been looking forward to his entire life.
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Speaker 2: But I think it just might be option number three.
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Speaker 2: I think they might just want a different quarterback in
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Speaker 2: this class. You know, the Buckeyes have been out on
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Speaker 2: the trail a lot this week and when it comes
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Speaker 2: to quarterback. An article dropped today from Tom Loy that
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Speaker 2: really highlighted that Tom Loy of two four seven, And
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Speaker 2: then we saw another one drop from Steve Wiltfong highlighting
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Speaker 2: exactly what the Buckeye's crew has been up to so
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Speaker 2: particularly Billy Fessler, quarterback coach. And then we had some
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Speaker 2: quotes from Nebraska quarterback commit Trey Taylor's father, and the
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Speaker 2: Buckeyes went and saw Trey Taylor. He is the Nebraska quarterback.
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Speaker 2: They went and saw John Hershey. He is a top
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Speaker 2: one hundred kid that's uncommitted. They went and saw Kentucky
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Speaker 2: commit Jack Nawrat. They went to Monastery Catholic up in
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Speaker 2: Chicago and saw Miami commit Israel Abrams. They went and
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Speaker 2: saw Keegan Crouches Old Missus quarterback commit. That's David Gabriel,
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Speaker 2: George's teammate. You're catching my tune here. They went and
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Speaker 2: saw Colton nuss Meyer out of Texas. They went and
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Speaker 2: saw everybody. They went and saw everybody. It looks like
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Speaker 2: a furious, furious crew out to find a quarterback that
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Speaker 2: they like. As it stands, the most traction has been
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Speaker 2: made with Trey Taylor. That is the quarterback that has
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Speaker 2: committed to Nebraska right now. He's from Illinois and he
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Speaker 2: is moving in the process of moving here real soon
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Speaker 2: to Nebraska. His dad said that he was very clear
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Speaker 2: with Ohio State that they won't be taking any visits.
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Speaker 2: The kid that's committed to Old miss said that he
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Speaker 2: was very clear with him that he's not really interested
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Speaker 2: in talking, not getting much, not getting much of many
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Speaker 2: nibbles back from these guys. The Peter Byork situation sounds
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Speaker 2: like it's over as Peter Byorke has announced his top
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Speaker 2: three and he'll be making his decision next week. Buckuy's
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Speaker 2: not in that top three, so that one's pretty cooked.
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Speaker 2: But it looks like a furious, furious action to find
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Speaker 2: an additional quarterback. And if you're just bringing in a
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Speaker 2: second quarterback, not usually the way that would go. Not
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Speaker 2: usually the way that would go. And to be honest,
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Speaker 2: and I've been talking about it for over a month now,
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Speaker 2: the entire thing about bringing in a second quarterback in
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Speaker 2: this class didn't really make sense. So what's it all
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Speaker 2: mean for Brady Edmunds. Brady Edmunds who posted this picture today,
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Speaker 2: Brady Edmunds, who, like I said the other day, would
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Speaker 2: never have visited UCLA twice in the spring if Ohio
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Speaker 2: State wasn't public according Champmonds, and he for darn sure
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Speaker 2: would not be posting this picture. Absolutely not if everything
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Speaker 2: was hunky dory in the world of Brady Edmunds in
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Speaker 2: Ohio State's relationship UCLA. By the way, because some people
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Speaker 2: will scoff at that top ten class right now, sixteen commits,
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Speaker 2: they got like nine blue chippers, which is really wild
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Speaker 2: they're notoriously cheap, particularly this latest regime, but it sounds
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Speaker 2: like since they've hired Bob Chesney and James Madison, guy
6:50
Speaker 2: that I think is a really, really great hire for them,
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Speaker 2: they are pumping in some funds and going to potentially
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Speaker 2: allow him to be successful. Well, if Brady is really
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Speaker 2: the guy they still want, it would be a pretty
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Speaker 2: awkward I don't know, the whole thing just would feel
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Speaker 2: pretty awkward. And it seems to me like, look, I
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Speaker 2: don't think they would not take his commit I absolutely
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Speaker 2: think they would take Brady Edmonds commit, but it almost
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Speaker 2: feels at this point like they would take it out
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Speaker 2: of just honoring their commitment. It doesn't feel like they
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Speaker 2: want him. It just doesn't feel like they want him
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Speaker 2: too much. And I don't think it has to do
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Speaker 2: with Brady's rankings dropped, and I don't think it has
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Speaker 2: to do with what a lot of people are talking about.
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Speaker 2: Brady peaked early and has hit his ceiling. I think
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Speaker 2: he has a long way to go and the tools
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Speaker 2: to get there. I think this has to do with
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Speaker 2: one very very specific thing, and I think that thing
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Speaker 2: is the X factor. When Ryan Day talked several times
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Speaker 2: this spring about Julian saying in his X factor him
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Speaker 2: running the ball, he was not just talking about him
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Speaker 2: in terms of scrambling. He was talking about designed runs.
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Speaker 2: He specifically talked about designed runs. Now, do I think
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Speaker 2: they're going to be running a lot of designed runs
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Speaker 2: with Julian saying no? But I do think that Ryan
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Speaker 2: Day wants to make sure that moving forward, he's only
8:16
Speaker 2: bringing in quarterbacks who allow him that opportunity. And I
8:21
Speaker 2: believe that is the reason for the change. I think
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Speaker 2: he has had a philosophical change. We know he's changed
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Speaker 2: the offense, and I think the next step of this
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Speaker 2: was I think I need to embrace a more running quarterback,
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Speaker 2: a guy who when he sees ten yards of grass,
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Speaker 2: pull it and run it, Go get it, go take it.
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Speaker 2: And as we know, that's not Brady's game, not at all.
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Speaker 2: And what Brady does perfectly fine with what Ryan Day
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Speaker 2: has historically done in Ohio State with quarterbacks perfectly fine.
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Speaker 2: Which you know, it's a really it's a great thing
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Speaker 2: if that's all you do. Because if that's all you do,
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Speaker 2: and you're a guy that you know doesn't really like
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Speaker 2: your quarterback to run, then you can really, you know,
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Speaker 2: the whole bore is open to you as far as quarterbacks.
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Speaker 2: If you're an offense that runs your quarterback, you limit it.
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Speaker 2: You got to have a guy that's a great athlete.
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Speaker 2: So that has certainly assisted Ohio State with quarterback recruiting
9:18
Speaker 2: because you can take a guy like Brady if you
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Speaker 2: run an offense like that. But if you decide that
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Speaker 2: what you're gonna do moving forward is have an offense
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Speaker 2: that includes a lot of running, Brady's not your guy.
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Speaker 2: He's not your guy. So how does this go? I
9:36
Speaker 2: don't know, man, I don't know how this goes. But
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Speaker 2: I would anticipate now and I would have said I
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Speaker 2: was ninety nine percent sure like six weeks ago that
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Speaker 2: Brady Evans was in this class. I think I'm probably
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Speaker 2: fifty one percent the other way now. You know, still
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Speaker 2: could happen, Still could happen. It's it just doesn't. It
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Speaker 2: doesn't feel right. But who are they gonna get because
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Speaker 2: they're not getting a lot of nibble here, and the
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Speaker 2: trade Taylor thing seems like a pipe dream. He's a
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Speaker 2: top five quarterback in the class and his dad's out
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Speaker 2: here publicly saying things that almost sound like he's leveraging
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Speaker 2: Ohio State with Nebraska for more money for Nebraska. I
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Speaker 2: find it hard to believe that Ohio State went to
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Speaker 2: see this kid, and the dad's comments are like, you know,
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Speaker 2: we told them straight up, we're not gonna go visit
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Speaker 2: Ohio State. We're not taking any visits. We're not interested.
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Speaker 2: We're all we're all big red, not scarlet, scarlet and gray.
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Speaker 2: We're big red. And I was very open with Nebraska
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Speaker 2: through this entire thing. So that's where we stand. Man.
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Speaker 2: Looking at some of the comments here, Alan says, hard
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Speaker 2: to find another quarterback so late in the game. They're
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Speaker 2: all committed already, and they are. They're definitely gonna have
10:50
Speaker 2: to be catching a flip here somewhere for sure. As really,
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Speaker 2: Peter Dork was the only one who was unc There's
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Speaker 2: the one more kid that they went and saw, a
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Speaker 2: top one hundred kid. I'm not familiar with this game,
11:06
Speaker 2: but one thing that all these guys have in common
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Speaker 2: that Israel Abrams and this dude they went and visited
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Speaker 2: saw throw the Oklahoma commit and I watched his film today.
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Speaker 2: He is He's an athlete, athlete and a half Easy says,
11:24
Speaker 2: Nico isn't as bad as everyone thinks Nico's got some
11:27
Speaker 2: game to him. Nico's definitely got some game to him sometimes.
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Speaker 2: That Penn State game last year was awesome. I felt
11:33
Speaker 2: like the game against Ohio State, he was the only
11:37
Speaker 2: player on the Tennessee field that showed any heart, and
11:40
Speaker 2: he showed a ton of heart. Mc drew, what's up, brother,
11:43
Speaker 2: mc drew says, I like Brady about him all for
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Speaker 2: the adjustment, TSC would be an evolution. I think you're
11:48
Speaker 2: totally right. If you are rolling into TSC, it's a
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Speaker 2: perfect I mean, it's perfect for the adjustment you're making.
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Speaker 2: If you add it in a little bit this year
11:58
Speaker 2: with Julian and then you can really embrace it with Tavian.
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Speaker 2: You would certainly hate to see them embrace that and
12:04
Speaker 2: have to go backwards, you know what I mean, Like,
12:06
Speaker 2: all right, now, we got to take this all out
12:07
Speaker 2: of the offense because now we've got a guy who
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Speaker 2: can't do that. So I'm with you. I'm with you totally,
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Speaker 2: And you know this. I love Brady. I hate this
12:15
Speaker 2: for him if this is in fact the way this
12:19
Speaker 2: is really going, because he has it's kind of embarrassing too.
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Speaker 2: He's been out here recruiting for the class since think
12:27
Speaker 2: about long this has gone on, guys. He committed the
12:29
Speaker 2: day after the twenty twenty four game. It's been a
12:35
Speaker 2: long time. He has been so very public in his
12:38
Speaker 2: support of Ohio State, in his fandom of Ohio State,
12:42
Speaker 2: been on so many shows talking about it, and tried
12:46
Speaker 2: his best to recruit everybody in this class. So it's
12:49
Speaker 2: just really a bummer the way it's shaken out. But
12:50
Speaker 2: you know, that's life. He's gonna go kick but at
12:54
Speaker 2: the Lee eleven man, and I'll always be a fan
12:57
Speaker 2: of him no matter where he goes. But it doesn't
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Speaker 2: seem like it's the right fit at this time. That's
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Speaker 2: the way I'm feeling about it. Could be wrong, could
13:07
Speaker 2: be wrong, and they really do want to. They had
13:09
Speaker 2: There was a quote from one of these quarterbacks that
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Speaker 2: Derek Baker, remember Derek Baker, So they had offered Derek Baker.
13:16
Speaker 2: Derek Baker came into camp over the summer and he
13:19
Speaker 2: was one of the few quarterbacks that they offered. Derek
13:23
Speaker 2: Baker committed to who'd he commit to? He committed Jordan No,
13:30
Speaker 2: he committed to Tennessee. Derek Baker committed to Tennessee and
13:33
Speaker 2: they talked to Derek Baker saw him throw recently and
13:37
Speaker 2: told him, well, Derek said, he that they want to
13:40
Speaker 2: take two quarterbacks, but of course he's going to say that.
13:43
Speaker 2: They're not going to say like, yeah, we're trying to,
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Speaker 2: you know, distance ourselves from guy number one. But that's
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Speaker 2: the situation at quarterback. How about offensive line? Art Smith
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Speaker 2: was with Tyler Bowen this week, and I think that's
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Speaker 2: a great combo, as Art Smith is the offensive coordinator
14:02
Speaker 2: and we've seen how this offensive line for the Buckeyes
14:06
Speaker 2: has reacted to Art Smith. They love him. In fact,
14:11
Speaker 2: when we were catching the interviews this spring, I don't
14:14
Speaker 2: think I heard a single one of those offensive linemen
14:16
Speaker 2: talk about Tyler Bowen. But almost to a man, they
14:20
Speaker 2: brought up Art Smith, and not every time prompted by
14:23
Speaker 2: a question, and they were really excited. And I was
14:28
Speaker 2: thinking about this the other day, but it felt to
14:32
Speaker 2: me this is what it felt like this just being
14:35
Speaker 2: around there this spring and listening to all these guys.
14:38
Speaker 2: It felt like when Chip was installing the offense and
14:43
Speaker 2: bits and pieces of install in spring in twenty twenty four,
14:48
Speaker 2: and these guys were being asked about the run game
14:51
Speaker 2: in the offense and this was just like this, this
14:54
Speaker 2: kind of this kind of ry smile and like confidence
14:59
Speaker 2: of like way to you see this. It wasn't quite
15:02
Speaker 2: to that level, but there was definitely some of that.
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Speaker 2: And maybe I'm looking into that too much because I
15:09
Speaker 2: want to believe that, but I'm telling you, I think
15:13
Speaker 2: I picked up on some of that from Artie Smith
15:15
Speaker 2: and the crew. But anyway, Mississippi is where they were headed.
15:20
Speaker 2: Those two together headed down to Mississippi to go see
15:22
Speaker 2: Caden Moss. Cayden Moss a five star by one of
15:27
Speaker 2: the major services, and that's all you got to be
15:29
Speaker 2: for us to call you a five star, six four
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Speaker 2: and a half, three hundred and thirty pound interior, right,
15:35
Speaker 2: So he doesn't meet that magic six' five where you
15:38
Speaker 2: would like him to be to swing both. Ways some
15:40
Speaker 2: places even got him listed about six three and a.
15:42
Speaker 2: Half so he is an interior, guy but at three
15:45
Speaker 2: point thirty a total road. Grader and this is the
15:48
Speaker 2: last guy on their wish, list the last guy on
15:50
Speaker 2: their wish. List now they're going to add another. Guy
15:52
Speaker 2: they're gonna add a sixth guy to this, class but
15:55
Speaker 2: they would love it to be this, guy and it's
15:59
Speaker 2: gonna be a tough. One, obviously he's In, Mississippi Old
16:02
Speaker 2: miss coming, hard good relationship. There but this offensive line
16:08
Speaker 2: class and drivens is the scouting director at two four.
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Speaker 2: Seven he called it the best offensive line hall so
16:15
Speaker 2: far in the, country and that may change because they're
16:18
Speaker 2: early to be having five. Guys but it wasn't just
16:22
Speaker 2: him talking about the ohisted offensive line class this. Week Charles,
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Speaker 2: power that is the top scout For, rivals said that
16:29
Speaker 2: in his, Opinion Kellen, weimer that's the buck guy's number thirty.
16:34
Speaker 2: OVERALL i believe going to be a, tackle but an
16:37
Speaker 2: interior is where they got him. Listed he said he
16:40
Speaker 2: thinks he's the best lineman in the, country and he
16:43
Speaker 2: cited WHAT i always cite WHEN i look at this.
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Speaker 2: Guy his athleticism is. Ridiculous he looks like a tight
16:48
Speaker 2: end out, there AND i WAS i was down with
16:53
Speaker 2: that crew down at the spring game on the, field
16:55
Speaker 2: and he's ever been a six foot five long Arms,
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Speaker 2: Now Jimmy pancakes makes everybody look a little, shorter But
17:03
Speaker 2: kellen was absolutely six or, Five SO i think he
17:06
Speaker 2: eventually grows into a tackle and those feet are something
17:10
Speaker 2: but pretty exciting. Class if you can Add Caden moss
17:14
Speaker 2: to that, class it would be the best offensive line
17:17
Speaker 2: class since The Brew. Crew matter of, fact it probably already.
17:22
Speaker 2: Is i'd have to look. Back but an unbelievable job
17:27
Speaker 2: by the state Of ohio for producing some serious talent
17:30
Speaker 2: For Tyler bowen In ohio state these last couple of cycles.
17:34
Speaker 2: Here and a great job By bowen locking those guys
17:38
Speaker 2: down going and Getting brody McNeil out Of, virginia WHO
17:41
Speaker 2: i really, like and really Like Jimmy kayalis as well
17:44
Speaker 2: out Of. Pittsburgh but, boy this one would really be
17:46
Speaker 2: the cherry on the. Top as For James, Laurnidis James
17:51
Speaker 2: laurniitis got a lot of guys And i'll pull up
17:54
Speaker 2: the pull up the big board at. Linebacker when we
17:58
Speaker 2: talk About James Aiden henderson all the way to your,
18:01
Speaker 2: left top left there is the number one in the.
18:04
Speaker 2: Country and you know that's trended on and off for
18:07
Speaker 2: the Buck eyes throughout the. Cycle he loves the Buck.
18:10
Speaker 2: EYES i don't know if they're going to end up
18:11
Speaker 2: making the money play that it's going to take to get.
18:14
Speaker 2: Him Aj randall they loved as a three star and
18:18
Speaker 2: then he boomed and now he's got big dogs rolling
18:22
Speaker 2: in with big MONEY aj six foot, Four cayden about
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Speaker 2: six' TO one aj six. 'y four the body frame,
18:29
Speaker 2: they want the body frame they're looking for duplicate that,
18:32
Speaker 2: rvill style and that would, Be FANTASTIC but i. Don't
18:38
Speaker 2: know he's certainly coming in for an official and he
18:41
Speaker 2: wanted to be A buck eye from the time he
18:42
Speaker 2: was a, little kid and He knows quintin's side. For
18:44
Speaker 2: well but it feels like it's kind of inching off the.
18:47
Speaker 2: Wrong Direction, braydon feaster that one's totally dead now in,
18:50
Speaker 2: my opinion so Is Romaan. Igua bouque by, The way
18:54
Speaker 2: Braydon And brighton feast are transferred Out of hobin Going,
18:58
Speaker 2: to massalin but we can talk more about. That later
19:02
Speaker 2: sticking with the, linebackers here where he was this week
19:05
Speaker 2: Was In saint Louis Visiting, prince Goldsby And prince goldsby
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Speaker 2: is a linebacker Out Of saint louis that is new
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Speaker 2: to the Board and prince is now a top ten
19:21
Speaker 2: linebacker in the country at six' four. About two ten
19:26
Speaker 2: he's got, this long frame, he's super QUICK Just. Like
19:29
Speaker 2: aj randall he's a more natural running back or Linebacker,
19:32
Speaker 2: than aj randall who. Plays different positions he plays quarterback
19:37
Speaker 2: on top of the different defensive position he PLAYS because,
19:40
Speaker 2: he's i mean he's just an. All around athlete but
19:42
Speaker 2: he's new, to The spot so prince a. Little more advanced,
19:47
Speaker 2: Great closing speed i'm talking just, lightning fast kid and
19:51
Speaker 2: this one moving fast as he has already scheduled an
19:55
Speaker 2: official after that First visit, that james made so buck
20:00
Speaker 2: guy's in. It for him And Then today james loriniis
20:05
Speaker 2: Was up at glenville checking, Out Our, guy kayln bailey
20:10
Speaker 2: who he's an, edge, right now right but he's Being
20:14
Speaker 2: recruited by james. As a linebacker he's a three star
20:18
Speaker 2: only ranked. By one. Service he is, MATTER of fact
20:21
Speaker 2: i got some. Of his film let me throw This
20:23
Speaker 2: up while i'm. Talking, about him uh he's a pretty.
20:25
Speaker 2: Electric mover man this is a kid that's got. Some
20:28
Speaker 2: legit juice the number twelve hundred and thirteen overall player
20:34
Speaker 2: in the country at six foot two, about two ten he's.
20:39
Speaker 2: A tackling machine i think that we're going to see
20:42
Speaker 2: this guy kind of rock it up in. The rankings
20:43
Speaker 2: here we'll see. A huge jump look him take it
20:45
Speaker 2: on a block from a. TACKLE like, that i mean clearly,
20:48
Speaker 2: a Strong kid and i've seen him play in person a.
20:50
Speaker 2: Couple times now usually usually the eyes Are Focused on
20:55
Speaker 2: Sincere Johnson and jamiir perez the last few years when,
20:57
Speaker 2: you're watching uh When. You're watching glenville but definitely he
21:01
Speaker 2: is flashed and he's got the. Real DEAL speed so
21:05
Speaker 2: i think it's a target that they're really. Really SERIOUS
21:08
Speaker 2: about and i think he's. ALL buck, eye i mean
21:12
Speaker 2: you could probably put him in pen, in THIS class
21:15
Speaker 2: and i think that's a really great thing because it's
21:19
Speaker 2: Another stud from glenville. And this one this one's gonna come,
21:23
Speaker 2: up pretty inexpensive and you. Always like that. That's always
21:26
Speaker 2: good the more they can stretch their. Money the, better
21:29
Speaker 2: of course we Know We got quentin cipher already, in
21:32
Speaker 2: this class and if You could Add Bailey and prince
21:36
Speaker 2: goldsby another, total Home run or Bailey, And, Aj Randall,
21:42
Speaker 2: bailey caden henderson any combination like that is. A huge
21:45
Speaker 2: win i mean probably a huge win if You Had
21:48
Speaker 2: A quintin's cipher bailey and then had to drop down
21:51
Speaker 2: the board even a little bit because the linebacker room
21:54
Speaker 2: is so dog on. Deep right now you almost don't
21:57
Speaker 2: want guys who are ready to play right now. Or
22:00
Speaker 2: year two you kind of want a little a couple
22:03
Speaker 2: more developmental pieces to make sure you can keep some
22:06
Speaker 2: of these. Guys in there as for Cornerback, and mister
22:10
Speaker 2: walt he was visiting one of the top targets in
22:15
Speaker 2: The State, In. Monsanta torbert montanta Torbert is. An indiana
22:19
Speaker 2: commit he is now borderline top one hundred kid top
22:23
Speaker 2: one hundred by rivals and at just five ten and
22:26
Speaker 2: a half. One seventy three it's pretty interesting as we've
22:29
Speaker 2: now seen the top two cornerbacks in The state of
22:32
Speaker 2: ohio leave the state two years. In a Row Last,
22:36
Speaker 2: Year vic, Hill I'm, Sorry Rock, hill vic Singleton This
22:40
Speaker 2: year Ace Alston, and keishaun telfair all of them top.
22:46
Speaker 2: One hundred cornerbacks imagine that four top one hundred cornerbacks
22:50
Speaker 2: and Now five total ohio state quality cornerbacks out of
22:56
Speaker 2: The state of ohio and two cycles. Is pretty amazing
22:59
Speaker 2: we go back to twenty twenty five where we had a,
23:01
Speaker 2: couple as well depending on. How You, count dorian brew
23:05
Speaker 2: who Considers himself an ohio high, school football player even
23:07
Speaker 2: though he finished His career in texas for, his final
23:10
Speaker 2: year But This Year Ace alston keishaan. Telfair head out
23:15
Speaker 2: now they were both, under SIX foot and i did
23:19
Speaker 2: not get the feeling throughout Their Recruitment that ohio state
23:22
Speaker 2: pushed very. Hard FOR them and i just kind, of
23:25
Speaker 2: deduced that, by the way all four of those guys
23:28
Speaker 2: that we're talking about, Under six foot walt is now used,
23:32
Speaker 2: to a taller LONGER corner and i think he wants to,
23:35
Speaker 2: stick WITH that and i Think Bringing in dominic kelly kind.
23:38
Speaker 2: OF shows that I Think moving jay timmins Almost immediately
23:42
Speaker 2: to nickel kind of shows that number one cornerback. In
23:45
Speaker 2: The Country but montana torbert about the Same Size. As
23:48
Speaker 2: jay timmins so what Is it about Jay Out Of
23:51
Speaker 2: Cincinnati princeton high school that he likes so much more
23:56
Speaker 2: than these other two that he did not. RECRUIT very hard,
23:59
Speaker 2: i don't know but he seems to, really like him
24:02
Speaker 2: and it might not. Just be him it Might be
24:05
Speaker 2: another Ohio Cornerback in deontay malone that ends up. In
24:09
Speaker 2: This class deontay Malone out of maslin that is a top.
24:13
Speaker 2: Three hundred kid now he's finally a six, footer six
24:16
Speaker 2: foot one hundred and, seventy five pounds and when we
24:19
Speaker 2: LOOK at the, bia big board let's pull this, Puppy Up.
24:24
Speaker 2: Here john meredith as a, matter of fact this, entire
24:29
Speaker 2: top row like this is. ALL washed out i was
24:33
Speaker 2: thinking that this class was Going To be deontay malone
24:36
Speaker 2: and they're. In Blue there Deontay Malone and bryce woods
24:40
Speaker 2: is what this class was going to. End up with
24:42
Speaker 2: but now with the sudden big Time Interest, in montanna
24:46
Speaker 2: torbert It Might Be Deontay malone montana Torbert being all,
24:51
Speaker 2: ohio CORNER class which i would be COOL with because
24:54
Speaker 2: i really like both. Of These Prospects so montanna torbert Is.
25:00
Speaker 2: Out of maslin Talking about, the feaster brothers they Are
25:05
Speaker 2: transferring From hobin to massaline and there was not much
25:09
Speaker 2: movement at all With. Older brother brayton it took a
25:14
Speaker 2: real long time to. Get that offer and in between
25:16
Speaker 2: the First Contact with james lernettes to the time he,
25:19
Speaker 2: got that offer a year passed and there was like
25:21
Speaker 2: NO contact and i was surprised he got the offer
25:25
Speaker 2: and he gets to the Offer And then oha, state
25:27
Speaker 2: wasn't pushing so he was already most Likely, going to
25:30
Speaker 2: oregon OR sc and i wasn't high on the. Situation
25:35
Speaker 2: at all but it was LITTLE brother that i was.
25:38
Speaker 2: More high on is he's, now six, four two sixty
25:42
Speaker 2: moving down to edge this year and just won his
25:46
Speaker 2: second straight state title in. The heavyweight division and then
25:50
Speaker 2: after he won, that, state title, look the crowd the
25:54
Speaker 2: wrestling crowds. Hate these guys they hate him because they.
25:59
Speaker 2: Reclassed right there they're old. For their grade they're old,
26:02
Speaker 2: for their grade and the wrestling community is a tight
26:05
Speaker 2: knit community and. They hate that so. They boo them
26:08
Speaker 2: they boo them, whenever they win and of, Course they
26:10
Speaker 2: talk oh they take steroids and. Jealousy, Like that well
26:14
Speaker 2: bridon the younger brother squeak as, he goes by it
26:18
Speaker 2: was was not happy with the treatment, from the crowd
26:20
Speaker 2: and he. Let him know and he didn't just let
26:23
Speaker 2: him know on. On one side he turned and let
26:25
Speaker 2: let him know, on this side and, then this side and,
26:27
Speaker 2: then this side like he was in the MIDDLE of. A,
26:29
Speaker 2: wwe ring WELL from, what i hear, And you know.
26:33
Speaker 2: I'm an acron the hope and brass did, not like
26:36
Speaker 2: this and then he might have gotten in some more
26:38
Speaker 2: trouble at school and that might have facilitated the move
26:41
Speaker 2: To uh to masuline for. Both of them but you know.
26:45
Speaker 2: That local, Rumor of course i'm gonna let you, in,
26:48
Speaker 2: on it though because. It's hilarious, anyway at safety we
26:56
Speaker 2: already got. Two SAFETIES in but i don't know how
26:58
Speaker 2: much you can. Count to you you're in such an
27:00
Speaker 2: awkward spot if You're McCary. With Angelo smith angelo smith
27:06
Speaker 2: can't Ever Play at ohio state if he doesn't hit.
27:08
Speaker 2: A gross spurt but, IF he does i think he
27:10
Speaker 2: can totally. BE a baller i love what he brings on,
27:13
Speaker 2: the football field but he's. Five foot eight forget what.
27:16
Speaker 2: He's listed at whatever you see. Him listed at there's
27:19
Speaker 2: some places m. Five to eleven, he's five eight and
27:24
Speaker 2: it's not ridiculous to think he will hit. A gross
27:26
Speaker 2: spur As we saw jeremiah continue to grow all the
27:30
Speaker 2: WAY up until i mean even from the time He Got,
27:32
Speaker 2: to ohio state he's probably grown a, half an inch
27:35
Speaker 2: so not ridiculous. To think that but if, he doesn't
27:40
Speaker 2: grow he's never Gonna Play. At ohio state you, can't
27:43
Speaker 2: play safe can't play in the secondary five eight at a.
27:46
Speaker 2: BLUE blood program i mean maybe you could forty years
27:49
Speaker 2: ago if you were. Just that good it's just they're
27:51
Speaker 2: not going to allow. It to happen it's not gonna
27:54
Speaker 2: happen this, day and age and it's just an awkward
27:58
Speaker 2: spot to be in being that it's, JJ's brother now
28:00
Speaker 2: heartline's still. Pushing for him he's going to take His
28:03
Speaker 2: Official to south florida and one of the we were
28:07
Speaker 2: just talking about This on the bucke. Huddle board today
28:09
Speaker 2: one of the ONLY guys that i can think of
28:11
Speaker 2: this cycle that's that's going to be committed and then taking.
28:16
Speaker 2: An official elsewhere we can go back. To twenty six
28:19
Speaker 2: the ONLY guys that i can recall who Were Committed
28:23
Speaker 2: to ohio state that then took A Visit Elsewhere. Chris
28:26
Speaker 2: henry jr but you cut him slack because he committed when,
28:29
Speaker 2: he was fifteen and Then you're quading guildford and we
28:32
Speaker 2: know that that one was kind of on the outs there,
28:36
Speaker 2: Towards the end so can't really fault. Either Of Them
28:40
Speaker 2: but ohio state really shut. That crap down man. Shut
28:43
Speaker 2: it down. Not, having it however maybe you're looking definitely
28:48
Speaker 2: you're your. Lowest Rated. Recruit angelo smith he's just allowed.
28:52
Speaker 2: TO do it i don't know if there's not, some
28:55
Speaker 2: you know You know, what i'm saying but You Do
28:59
Speaker 2: got eli johnson. In the class eli is a stud at,
29:02
Speaker 2: six foot three ready to go get out, Of a
29:05
Speaker 2: Chibolo texas and gerary with his number one target on the,
29:11
Speaker 2: board this week And that is Jaden A Rap, apparacio
29:18
Speaker 2: apparasio bailey let me pull up this safety? Big board
29:21
Speaker 2: here where? Is THAT puppy did i? Not load, IT
29:27
Speaker 2: apologize guys i, didn't LOAD it and i. REALLY wanted
29:30
Speaker 2: to i really wanted to because there's quite a few
29:33
Speaker 2: safety prospects for that for. That Final, Spot Canna, sullivan
29:37
Speaker 2: CALEB elkins and I really like Elkins. Out Of indiana
29:42
Speaker 2: apparacio bailey is a guy that just didn't feel like there.
29:46
Speaker 2: Was much momentum but after, this visit here it's sounding
29:50
Speaker 2: like maybe there is. A little more maybe there is
29:52
Speaker 2: a LITTLE more than. I WAS thinking do i got
29:55
Speaker 2: his player? CARD loaded up i don't. Even got, that
29:57
Speaker 2: Well anyway uh gar doing his thing and HE'S been,
30:02
Speaker 2: An ace recruiter so if his mind's really made up
30:05
Speaker 2: that He Really, wants apparassio bailey who's the highest rated
30:08
Speaker 2: of all THOSE guys that, i just mentioned to pair
30:11
Speaker 2: Him Up with Eli Johnson, AND angelo. SMITH i wouldn't
30:16
Speaker 2: i wouldn't count it out because he's just been. A
30:17
Speaker 2: total dude Moving On, to larry, Johnson of course larry
30:22
Speaker 2: got the number one player in the country and two,
30:25
Speaker 2: four sevens Ranking And. That's David jacobs david jacobs has,
30:29
Speaker 2: taken visits elsewhere but under the guys Of these. Are dawson's.
30:32
Speaker 2: Visits little brother dawson is a high level four star
30:36
Speaker 2: interior DEFENSIVE tackle who i certainly like With Love. At
30:40
Speaker 2: ohio state top. Three hundred kid, matter OF fact he's
30:44
Speaker 2: i think he's up to maybe like a top one
30:45
Speaker 2: fifty kid in his class and. Just next year so
30:48
Speaker 2: to have those two guys, back to back and they've
30:51
Speaker 2: mentioned wanting, to play together but how bad do you want?
30:54
Speaker 2: To play together now we know Wants to keep david.
30:56
Speaker 2: A whole lot they made, a you know a sw
31:00
Speaker 2: we'd offer to get him in the class at the
31:02
Speaker 2: last minute before he. Made HIS decision so i think that,
31:06
Speaker 2: it's you know it's pretty likely that they could End
31:10
Speaker 2: up getting. Dawson As, well but, dawson of course being
31:13
Speaker 2: courted by everybody because everybody wants to Try to pick
31:16
Speaker 2: david off And. THEY like dawson i don't want to
31:18
Speaker 2: take anything away from him on, his own right he's,
31:20
Speaker 2: great football player top. One Fifty kid but david going
31:23
Speaker 2: on The, Visits With dawson so, david's visited everywhere and,
31:28
Speaker 2: As of yet, david hasn't waivered which is a Great
31:32
Speaker 2: sign for larry because there's not a lot Of, movement
31:36
Speaker 2: at edge not a. Lot at all when We, talk
31:39
Speaker 2: about edge there's a there's a couple dudes that are
31:43
Speaker 2: that are standing OUT that that. I really like One Would.
31:45
Speaker 2: Be wyatt Smith That is. Justin Smith's, son justin Smith,
31:50
Speaker 2: formerly of missouri then Drafted, by the bengals played for Them,
31:55
Speaker 2: in THE niners and i. Just love him but his
32:00
Speaker 2: son six foot six already up to about, two thirty
32:03
Speaker 2: five and he's just a total dude Out, of a
32:06
Speaker 2: quintas which Is where the. Boses came from and He
32:09
Speaker 2: Has mentioned ohio state that once he, got that offer
32:11
Speaker 2: he knew it was. The real deal. He was legit so.
32:16
Speaker 2: Really Like, him chris, whitehead of course would be the
32:20
Speaker 2: prize jewel if you could PAIR, him with dj it
32:24
Speaker 2: would be the most ridiculous edge crew you've had RANKINGS
32:28
Speaker 2: wise Since. Jt and jack but these two new age
32:33
Speaker 2: like true, edge Rusher types and david's strong enough to play,
32:37
Speaker 2: the strong side and it would be an even better
32:40
Speaker 2: Haul THAN the jack jt class in. Twenty twenty one
32:44
Speaker 2: but if you don't End Up, with chris whitehead which
32:47
Speaker 2: at the you know at the moment, training really well
32:48
Speaker 2: it's just about a matter how much money are you
32:50
Speaker 2: going to invest in. To One Spot but WYATT, SMITH
32:55
Speaker 2: with dj i think would be. AN awesome pairing i
32:58
Speaker 2: Really Did like jace Brewer. Out of indiana He's trending towards.
33:03
Speaker 2: MICHIGAN right now I Really like james Pace, out of
33:06
Speaker 2: damanta Which Is obviously Chase Young And Jason. Morris High
33:11
Speaker 2: School two tall weeks came In. Over the falls, matter
33:14
Speaker 2: of fact he was the guy that we. Watched his
33:16
Speaker 2: FILM i'm sorry i came. In over spring he was
33:18
Speaker 2: the guy that we, watched his film and we were
33:21
Speaker 2: watching his film and Comparing it To Monsieur, mair Manir
33:27
Speaker 2: Lewis remember near Lewis out of brush who ended Up
33:29
Speaker 2: committing To Louisville Well An, ohio State stafford because larry
33:35
Speaker 2: was making the Trip, back from california Was up at
33:39
Speaker 2: brush checking. Him out Today So will ohio state try
33:43
Speaker 2: to potentially Flip. Him from louisville they're still In Contact,
33:47
Speaker 2: with NEAR lewis who i thought was clearly, a much
33:50
Speaker 2: better more explosive Athlete Than. Two Tall Weeks two tall weeks.
33:56
Speaker 2: Was just tall. That's about it. It's just tall but
34:01
Speaker 2: when we talk about this class, as a whole there's
34:05
Speaker 2: one area that is Just like when i'm looking at
34:07
Speaker 2: this from, a recruiting stance that is just like what's?
34:11
Speaker 2: Going on here and. Its, Defensive Tackle now larry johnson
34:17
Speaker 2: notoriously is hard to track his movements in. What he's
34:22
Speaker 2: after and this year Is the strangest i've ever seen
34:28
Speaker 2: because when we look at the, Official visits now i'm
34:30
Speaker 2: gonna pull up the defensive tackle big, board FOR you
34:33
Speaker 2: and i want you. To, take note now the guys
34:36
Speaker 2: that are in blue are the guys that are coming in.
34:38
Speaker 2: For official visits? Are you ready? Here it comes do?
34:42
Speaker 2: You see this have you ever seen? Such a thing, I'll,
34:47
Speaker 2: Help you no we've never seen anything like This Out.
34:49
Speaker 2: Of larry johnson there's ten official visits from defensive tackles
34:54
Speaker 2: guys ten and this week He Spent with Marcus Bacatuo,
35:01
Speaker 2: and kazi curry the number two and three defensive tackle,
35:04
Speaker 2: in the country and the fact That the buck eyes
35:07
Speaker 2: are pursuing them so hard, makes, me think man they
35:09
Speaker 2: are ready to invest heavily in defensive tackle to pair
35:14
Speaker 2: a big time DEFENSIVE Tackle. With dj JACOBS i'm sorry
35:17
Speaker 2: i KEEP Calling. Him dj. Jacob he's NOT the nickname
35:21
Speaker 2: Dj Is, from david jacobs So the second jay is, NOT,
35:25
Speaker 2: Necessary THERE dj but i think that they are potentially
35:32
Speaker 2: ready to go to The. Mattresses FOR marcus kazi i
35:36
Speaker 2: think is More of a texas. LEAN right now i
35:39
Speaker 2: think they got a real Good, shot at marcus who
35:40
Speaker 2: Still counts the buckeyes as is number one even after all.
35:45
Speaker 2: Of his visits and that is saying something because he
35:48
Speaker 2: is usually saying that whoever he saw last is. His
35:52
Speaker 2: number one so, level headed, kid good family got. Their
35:57
Speaker 2: priorities straight six foot seven and he really is, six
36:00
Speaker 2: foot seven two hundred and seventy eight two hundred and.
36:03
Speaker 2: Eighty pounds now but when we look, across this board
36:07
Speaker 2: there's just a lot of Dudes We. Got ray perez
36:10
Speaker 2: he's the local Kid. Out Of columbus brayden Parks, out
36:13
Speaker 2: of chicago been Kind Of a notre dame lean for,
36:15
Speaker 2: a LONG time and i don't think that. One's Too,
36:17
Speaker 2: likely nate kamba the number twenty, six interior lineman Is Out.
36:22
Speaker 2: Of where's heta He's out of charlotte and he is,
36:26
Speaker 2: another big one another three hundred, and thirty pounder plays
36:29
Speaker 2: both ways, and he's Excellent Just Like Kazi curry malik Lee.
36:33
Speaker 2: Out of florida there was. Some movement there that's one
36:36
Speaker 2: that is a little undersized but, super twitched, up crazy playmaker.
36:40
Speaker 2: CRAZY stat stuffer i would be very. Happy With that
36:44
Speaker 2: carlos May. Out of alabama another One, out of alabama
36:49
Speaker 2: close To Close to emmanuel Ruffin's. Hometown in alabama and
36:53
Speaker 2: another big one three. Hundred thirty pounds HE'S the one
36:55
Speaker 2: i showed. You running Track who is he's, got the
36:59
Speaker 2: juice so that one would be good and he in
37:01
Speaker 2: Good Standings and waylon wooton is A guy that larry
37:06
Speaker 2: is potentially making a big. Move on here he is
37:10
Speaker 2: not obviously you. See his ranking he's the. Number ninety
37:13
Speaker 2: two he's the one that sticks out like. A sore thumb.
37:15
Speaker 2: Three star kid he would more be the filler kid
37:19
Speaker 2: as he's only about, six Foot one but larry's. Pushed
37:22
Speaker 2: him on he can be, the Next kaitln. Next, Kaid
37:24
Speaker 2: McDonald unfortunately i've watched his foot speed and his twitch
37:29
Speaker 2: and he is not going to Be the, next kaiden
37:30
Speaker 2: McDonald but. A Solid. PLAYER tyler alexander I Really like
37:34
Speaker 2: jamark Thompson. Out of boker ratson is. An absolute dog
37:40
Speaker 2: this one a little a little new to, the discussion
37:43
Speaker 2: here but there are so many options and a lot
37:49
Speaker 2: of them would. Be Massive hits and i'm really really
37:52
Speaker 2: excited about this. Defensive line crew should we should we
37:56
Speaker 2: be able to see this. Come to fruition so is
38:00
Speaker 2: where we're at, at defensive tackle and then we go
38:04
Speaker 2: to our final position, of the night which. Is wide
38:10
Speaker 2: Receiver Wide. RECEIVER cortes hankton i want to talk a Little.
38:15
Speaker 2: Bit about, cortes you know when it, Comes to recruiting i'm.
38:19
Speaker 2: More about process When You're, at ohio state if you got,
38:23
Speaker 2: a good process how many guys do you offer, in
38:25
Speaker 2: a class how many officials do? You set up what
38:29
Speaker 2: do recruits, say about you what kind of juice do
38:31
Speaker 2: they got when they talk About You like keenan, bailey
38:33
Speaker 2: for instance when you talk to the guys that Get Recruited,
38:37
Speaker 2: by keenan bailey the way they talk about him. Is
38:40
Speaker 2: totally different and it's no it's no mystery why he's such.
38:44
Speaker 2: A good recruiter and he is. A great recruiter he's
38:48
Speaker 2: given the fewest resources to recruit with and still has
38:52
Speaker 2: done a damn good. JOB with it i think he's
38:53
Speaker 2: gonna end up doing another damn good job with it
38:56
Speaker 2: this Year And land sean curry, and another Dog Hopefully
39:00
Speaker 2: that's colton Johnson, out OF tennessee who i. Would really
39:02
Speaker 2: love but when we talk, about wide, RECEIVERS so far
39:06
Speaker 2: i have had a hell of a time trying to
39:09
Speaker 2: get any kind of Feel on. WHAT hank's DOING i
39:13
Speaker 2: don't i don't know. WHAT he's doing i don't know who.
39:15
Speaker 2: He's talking to until. Recently we did we did get
39:18
Speaker 2: a prospect that. Popped out recently i'm going to show you.
39:20
Speaker 2: In a minute but when we look, at this, guy
39:25
Speaker 2: you know COMING out of lsu, Four years there georgia,
39:30
Speaker 2: four years there coming in to replace the single greatest
39:36
Speaker 2: position coach in the in the last twenty five years, in,
39:40
Speaker 2: College football right that's. WHAT heart was i kind of
39:43
Speaker 2: Compare it To kaylin de borr Coming In for nick
39:45
Speaker 2: saban in the way that it doesn't matter who was
39:48
Speaker 2: Going To. Replace brian hartline whoever came In To replace
39:52
Speaker 2: brian hartline was never going to be able to duplicate,
39:55
Speaker 2: what he did never going to be able to exceed.
39:58
Speaker 2: What he did the only question is how far of?
40:01
Speaker 2: The drop off how far was it going to? Be
40:03
Speaker 2: dropped off and could you keep it almost in? The
40:06
Speaker 2: same stratosphere, That's the question and that's a crappy situation.
40:10
Speaker 2: TO be, in i mean it's obviously, a great job
40:13
Speaker 2: but to be judged against a guy like that with
40:16
Speaker 2: how far are you going to? Let, it fall pal
40:18
Speaker 2: it's a tough spot. To Be In, But ryan day
40:22
Speaker 2: i'm at the POINT now where i just blindly, trust
40:24
Speaker 2: his hires, blindly trust him and he has, gotten so good,
40:29
Speaker 2: in my opinion at knowing what he wants in, a
40:31
Speaker 2: man first knowing what he wants in a guy to
40:35
Speaker 2: be around the program because, it's a living breathing thing
40:38
Speaker 2: and he's got such a good beat on it and
40:41
Speaker 2: he's bringing in not just a guy, that's a coach
40:43
Speaker 2: but he's bringing in a personality that's going to be
40:45
Speaker 2: an integral part. Of a Team And the carlos laughlin's,
40:49
Speaker 2: of The World the matt patrici's. Of the world we
40:50
Speaker 2: look at. These personality dynamics he's done great at fitting.
40:54
Speaker 2: These all together and some, people, will say Well What.
40:57
Speaker 2: About tyler bowen that was a miss, Of A hire
41:00
Speaker 2: and i don't know that we can say that with
41:03
Speaker 2: any kind. Of real conviction the offensive line played. Good
41:07
Speaker 2: last year they were bad at a specific thing he calls,
41:12
Speaker 2: it elite movement and they were real. Bad at it
41:16
Speaker 2: but he's been. Very good recruiting and some people will
41:18
Speaker 2: knock him, there, and say well most of this has Been,
41:21
Speaker 2: coming FROM ohio and i, Agree With that but i'll,
41:24
Speaker 2: also say This Even if tyler bowen turns out not
41:27
Speaker 2: to be, the RIGHT guy and i do think he's
41:29
Speaker 2: in kind of, A Money year tyler bowen was a
41:32
Speaker 2: real thread the Needle Candidate for ryan day because if
41:36
Speaker 2: he was hiring an offensive line coach Last Year and
41:39
Speaker 2: brian hartline wasn't, THE offensive coordinator I Don't think tyler
41:43
Speaker 2: bowen would have. Been the higher he needed a guy
41:46
Speaker 2: that checked a. Lot of boxes one of those boxes
41:49
Speaker 2: being an experienced, run Game Coordinator and tyler bowen was
41:54
Speaker 2: an Offensive Coordinator at virginia tech who also offensive, line
42:00
Speaker 2: coaching experience who also had. Great recruiting chops that's a
42:05
Speaker 2: whole lot of boxes that needed. To be check it
42:07
Speaker 2: narrowed down the candidates he, could bring in so he
42:12
Speaker 2: didn't just get to go out and hire the best.
42:14
Speaker 2: Offensive line coach he had to check a. Lot of boxes,
42:17
Speaker 2: my point Is even if bone, DOESN'T work out i
42:20
Speaker 2: Don't really knock day for having. A miss there i
42:22
Speaker 2: think that that was a very specific set of circumstances
42:25
Speaker 2: that led. To that hire at Least that's what i'll
42:27
Speaker 2: say if it turns out to, be A miss because
42:30
Speaker 2: i am impressed. By his hires when It Comes, to
42:32
Speaker 2: cortez hankton ten YEARS, in the sec comes from, a
42:39
Speaker 2: small college Grows Up, in new, orleans small college makes
42:45
Speaker 2: IT To, the nfl vanderbilt then He gets to georgia
42:50
Speaker 2: for Four years at georgia and FOUR. Years at lsu
42:52
Speaker 2: we're talking two of the top three PROGRAMS. In the
42:54
Speaker 2: sec that's a great resume and when we look at
42:59
Speaker 2: Those two program, to BE honest when i look at his,
43:03
Speaker 2: recruiting track record it's. Not good enough you would expect.
43:06
Speaker 2: A lot more you would expect, a lot more and
43:10
Speaker 2: very SMART people that i respect Who follow THE georgia
43:14
Speaker 2: and lsu programs or cover them, to a man almost
43:19
Speaker 2: not impressed by him and relatively happy to. See Him go, and,
43:23
Speaker 2: i'll say yeah the room certainly didn't, get any better
43:26
Speaker 2: and most people contend got worse. Under his tutelage but at,
43:30
Speaker 2: THE same Time I trust ryan day more than anybody
43:34
Speaker 2: when it comes to hiring, for his program because he
43:36
Speaker 2: knows exactly. What he wants and is IT fair that
43:41
Speaker 2: i feel like we all kind of judge coaches a
43:43
Speaker 2: little more harsh when they're coming. From our program maybe somebody.
43:46
Speaker 2: Outside looking in obviously certainly at our program and our
43:50
Speaker 2: fan base were very very, rough on. Coaches myself included
43:54
Speaker 2: i'm critical as hell. With these coaches they make a,
43:57
Speaker 2: ton of money the most. In the country you demand excellence.
44:00
Speaker 2: Out of him but when We Talk, ABOUT cortes hankton
44:04
Speaker 2: i expected what we usually see with a coach coming in.
44:08
Speaker 2: Off the street what do we see coach comes In
44:10
Speaker 2: off The Street. To ohio state the first thing this
44:12
Speaker 2: guy does is goes. Bananas with offers you Got so,
44:16
Speaker 2: many spring visitors you can't me keep. Up with them
44:19
Speaker 2: you've got more officials than. You can count we see.
44:22
Speaker 2: It with everybody we Saw, it with lachlan Saw. It
44:24
Speaker 2: with bowen he's making inroads on this guy and this guy,
44:27
Speaker 2: and this guy and my head's spinning here trying to
44:29
Speaker 2: keep up with it. ON the show i haven't talked
44:32
Speaker 2: about this dude at all because there's been next to nothing,
44:35
Speaker 2: to talk about next to nothing in his, recruiting track
44:40
Speaker 2: record far from a dog on. The recruiting trill people
44:45
Speaker 2: want to give Him credit. For lad McConkie those who
44:47
Speaker 2: are close to the situation say that was One Hundred.
44:49
Speaker 2: Percent kirby smart the only other five star he's ever
44:53
Speaker 2: recruited and brought In Successfully, was george pickens the singular
44:57
Speaker 2: five start in eight Years COACHING. At george lsu that's.
45:02
Speaker 2: NOT good, enough i mean let's, be honest here that's.
45:06
Speaker 2: Not good enough top. One HUNDRED guys when i talk about,
45:11
Speaker 2: elite wide receivers, ELITE positions anywhere i don't judge off
45:16
Speaker 2: of five stars that's a feather in the. Cap for
45:18
Speaker 2: sure but it's top one hundred, guys five. Stars two
45:22
Speaker 2: narrow there's thirty two of them. In the country how
45:24
Speaker 2: many top one hundred guys? In eight years how many
45:28
Speaker 2: top one hundred wide receivers did the wide Receiver coach
45:32
Speaker 2: AT georgia and lsu manage? To bring in the answer
45:36
Speaker 2: is four four. In eight, years that's very very unimpressive
45:43
Speaker 2: any way. You slice it that's okay. At some places
45:47
Speaker 2: that's NOT okay At. Lsu and georgia it's certainly not.
45:50
Speaker 2: Okay with us so we need to see it. Before
45:54
Speaker 2: performance upgrade we need to see him do what he's,
45:56
Speaker 2: never done before WHICH is why i expect to see
45:59
Speaker 2: some real apps fireworks when, he came in and we haven't.
46:02
Speaker 2: Seen it yet but he was given a hell of
46:05
Speaker 2: a gift in the form of an excellent freshman. Wide
46:07
Speaker 2: receiver class also Gets To coach jeremiah smith and then
46:12
Speaker 2: starts off This Class with jamir brown Produced by The.
46:16
Speaker 2: State of ohio one Final Gift from Brian Hartline. And
46:20
Speaker 2: jamiir brown he's technically going to get credit for that one, on,
46:23
Speaker 2: his record right and that'll be his second five star
46:26
Speaker 2: in a decade of coaching ten YEARS, in the sec
46:30
Speaker 2: and that's. A huge gift he also was given a
46:33
Speaker 2: room that had the inside track on the number one
46:36
Speaker 2: wide receiver, In The country mindshune sales And five. Star
46:40
Speaker 2: eric McFarlane both are still scheduled, for official visits and
46:45
Speaker 2: neither of them seem to be trending in. The right direction.
46:50
Speaker 2: So that's okay that's. Bound to happen when a, coach
46:55
Speaker 2: takes over top tier guys are going. To fall off
46:57
Speaker 2: you're going to try to replace him with other. Top
46:58
Speaker 2: tier guys but was on a lot of other top
47:01
Speaker 2: tier guys at. The same time and we pull up
47:04
Speaker 2: the zone, SIX board Here I, mean dakota grant the
47:09
Speaker 2: number seven wide receiver. In the country This guy visited.
47:12
Speaker 2: Columbus eight times that recruitment, is now dead. No Action
47:17
Speaker 2: Whatsoever Quentin, burrell matthew burrell his Brother Played at ohio State.
47:24
Speaker 2: Out of chicago he's Likely. Going to michigan having heard
47:29
Speaker 2: a peep Out Of the, Ossani gals Recruitment savior sab
47:33
Speaker 2: if we're looking down here and you want to Look At,
47:35
Speaker 2: the color coast the guys right now that. Are in
47:37
Speaker 2: purple those are the guys that are, coming for officials
47:40
Speaker 2: And The only blake wong was always going to come For,
47:43
Speaker 2: An official technically cortes gets the credit, for scheduling it
47:47
Speaker 2: and he gets the Credit For. Scheduling benny easter but
47:50
Speaker 2: four official visits currently, scheduled right now and two of
47:53
Speaker 2: them were already scheduled before, he came in, WHICH is,
47:57
Speaker 2: LIKE i mean, i, don't know man that's that's just
48:00
Speaker 2: not normal for a guy just walking. In, the door
48:05
Speaker 2: however what might be even more abnormal is the five
48:09
Speaker 2: stars he chose to go after because he went and
48:12
Speaker 2: Chose To offer Benny Easter. And Eastern Royal now Benny
48:19
Speaker 2: Easter and eastern royal are. Both committed prospects now there were,
48:23
Speaker 2: uncommitted five stars but he chose to go offer the
48:25
Speaker 2: two committed ones and where They committed To Texas, and
48:28
Speaker 2: texas tech two places that don't tend to, lose five
48:33
Speaker 2: stars not unless they're going, against Each OTHER or texas
48:38
Speaker 2: a And. M or miami if you, CATCH my drift
48:42
Speaker 2: I Don't, see ohio state despite The Fact that benny
48:45
Speaker 2: easter is coming up for, an official visit going toe
48:48
Speaker 2: To Toe with texas tech for a five. Star wide
48:50
Speaker 2: receiver the one saving grace that We've Seen, is BLAKE
48:55
Speaker 2: wong who i think is an absolute gem of a
48:57
Speaker 2: wide receiver that has been Slept on national and this was.
49:00
Speaker 2: A HEARTLINE special and i was nervous because when you
49:03
Speaker 2: see a new, wide receiver coach any, coach come in
49:06
Speaker 2: he takes the old guy's board and usually you can chop.
49:08
Speaker 2: It in half there'll be half the guys that he's.
49:10
Speaker 2: Not interested In and because wong was such a heartline
49:13
Speaker 2: special who got an Offer At an, OHIO state camp
49:16
Speaker 2: i didn't really think that We would see cortes, go
49:19
Speaker 2: AFTER him AND i was i was bracing, myself For
49:22
Speaker 2: that but blake told me early on he was in
49:25
Speaker 2: contact with him, once a week then it moved to,
49:27
Speaker 2: twice a week and now it's moved to un official,
49:31
Speaker 2: has Been scheduled and cortes was Just out in california visiting.
49:35
Speaker 2: Him this week NOW you got ucla. In ON that,
49:40
Speaker 2: like i said, top ten class a lot of energy organs. IN.
49:42
Speaker 2: On that byu Blake. REALLY likes utah i was just visiting.
49:46
Speaker 2: Him this Week blake The. ASIAN brock boyd i think Is,
49:50
Speaker 2: all BUCK eye and i think he ends up. In
49:52
Speaker 2: this class so let's Say you've got blake And You've.
49:56
Speaker 2: Got jamior, brown all. Right there's two where's the third?
50:01
Speaker 2: One coming from why have we seen any new offers in?
50:05
Speaker 2: Quite A while miguel whitley one. Of the guys he
50:07
Speaker 2: offered from his Home. State of louisiana pretty, dynamic wide receiver,
50:12
Speaker 2: not VERY fast but i would love. To have him
50:14
Speaker 2: he is going to Be. Staying in louisiana he hasn't,
50:17
Speaker 2: announced it yet but it certainly seems LIKE he's all
50:20
Speaker 2: lsu maybe old miss not. Coming up north so this
50:24
Speaker 2: week we got a, new OFFER finally And i just
50:28
Speaker 2: i'm setting this up to, tell, you this right this is.
50:31
Speaker 2: Good news coming i'm setting all this, u being like
50:33
Speaker 2: this was the STATE of mind i WAS in when
50:36
Speaker 2: i see the first offer in a long time come,
50:38
Speaker 2: across the board and That Is that cortes hankton was
50:41
Speaker 2: down visiting at a small Division school in georgia and
50:45
Speaker 2: offered first offer, in a while a three star wide
50:49
Speaker 2: receiver who's barely. Six Foot tall and, i'm just like
50:53
Speaker 2: what are? We? Doing here man what? Are we doing
50:56
Speaker 2: and THEN and then i, watched him now six foot
51:01
Speaker 2: one And Eighty pound Torrion rollins like nolin's. Where He's,
51:07
Speaker 2: from Not Torrian, but cortez hankton four hundred and seventy
51:14
Speaker 2: fifth player in the country wide receiver. Number fifty eight
51:18
Speaker 2: and you know how great OF a job I Feel
51:21
Speaker 2: The Ohio state scouting department has done in the last year.
51:24
Speaker 2: And a half let me cueue, up the, film because
51:29
Speaker 2: man if this is, a three star give me all
51:33
Speaker 2: the three stars. In the go let's Watch A little
51:34
Speaker 2: torrian rollins, sixty three catches sixteen hundred yards. And seventeen
51:39
Speaker 2: scores let's get us a little ninety five yard touchdown
51:42
Speaker 2: to open, this puppy up and we will see a
51:45
Speaker 2: great body. Control right there but when he turns it,
51:47
Speaker 2: on right here that. Is real, speed, right there baby
51:50
Speaker 2: there goes a three star flying. Down the field now
51:53
Speaker 2: not playing in the Highest division, of georgia football one of.
51:55
Speaker 2: The lower, divisions but look you can see it when,
51:59
Speaker 2: you see it and this. Dude's got it. LOOK at,
52:02
Speaker 2: that i mean this guy's, got some moves he's got,
52:04
Speaker 2: some shifty hips but he's got some juice and you're
52:07
Speaker 2: gonna see some incredible catches from a kid who's, only five,
52:10
Speaker 2: ten five eleven listed at six foot, or sixty one
52:13
Speaker 2: but he looks pretty. Long right there. WATCH this catch
52:17
Speaker 2: i don't even know how. He made this? What was
52:20
Speaker 2: that he's, got the ball even. Got the pi let's watch.
52:23
Speaker 2: That once again it's like he catches this. One handed
52:26
Speaker 2: off this. Guy's back here. Look at that that's a,
52:30
Speaker 2: three star man? You Kidding Me The Ohio state scouting
52:34
Speaker 2: department has done. It once again we're gonna have. Another
52:36
Speaker 2: fantastic catch. Excellent, Body control man this dude's just. Look
52:40
Speaker 2: at this this is not a three star alert and
52:44
Speaker 2: let's let's. Do it again that Doesn't Look. Like brandon Innis.
52:47
Speaker 2: Rowlins like, nolins, come, on, no, no, no no no are?
52:51
Speaker 2: You kidding, me all right you. Gotta see this, Here
52:53
Speaker 2: we Go here comes rawlins and we're, gonna, go, one, Two, three,
52:59
Speaker 2: four no sir you can't. Hit the edge if he,
53:04
Speaker 2: housed that one it might be the catch. Of the
53:05
Speaker 2: year give. Me, that yack quarterback gonna Go long for
53:08
Speaker 2: rowlins here at the end. Of the game just. Launch
53:10
Speaker 2: it up our man's down there somewhere. Here We go
53:13
Speaker 2: future buckeyes are always gonna, Catch that ball. Kenny house
53:17
Speaker 2: it he's got three dudes there all the way into
53:21
Speaker 2: the end zone for The. Score goes rowlands so there.
53:24
Speaker 2: We have. It TOTAL dude was i? LYING to you.
53:26
Speaker 2: I wasn't lying. I wasn't lying, he's a. Total Total
53:30
Speaker 2: dude and i'm pretty obsessed with him. At this point.
53:35
Speaker 2: God again him gotta, have him now you gotta. Have
53:37
Speaker 2: Him now now georgia is. In on him but he
53:40
Speaker 2: did say before He Got his, ohio state offer that's
53:45
Speaker 2: and this, is, the thing man it. Just takes one
53:47
Speaker 2: it just takes one to. Turn everything. Around you know
53:51
Speaker 2: you hear, All my PESSIMISM that's how i was. Feeling
53:53
Speaker 2: all WEEK and then i see This guy, and i'm,
53:57
Speaker 2: like oh yeah him and jamiir bro primo. Stuff right
54:02
Speaker 2: there and he Said That if ohio state, were to
54:06
Speaker 2: offer they would be right Up there with georgia. On
54:08
Speaker 2: His board and cortes did offer and did go spend
54:12
Speaker 2: the evening, in his home got to, know the family
54:16
Speaker 2: and that's. All good stuff so a little late, to
54:20
Speaker 2: the party as he already has. Four officials scheduled In,
54:23
Speaker 2: addition to Georgia, He's got CLEMSON arkansas And i think
54:27
Speaker 2: auburn an official not Officially Scheduled with, ohio STATE yet
54:31
Speaker 2: but i think we'll see one. Coming for sure and
54:36
Speaker 2: that's a. Dog right there, so right now there's really
54:40
Speaker 2: nothing to report on the recruitment other than he seems
54:44
Speaker 2: like one of these guys. That's number one he feels,
54:47
Speaker 2: he's the best right like, many many do but calls. Himself,
54:50
Speaker 2: the prodigy right you call. Yourself the prodigy you feel,
54:53
Speaker 2: you're pretty good and guys like that want To Play.
54:56
Speaker 2: At ohio state so when we look look, at the
55:00
Speaker 2: guys when We Look, at blake wong when we look at, Our,
55:05
Speaker 2: guy here rollins when We Look, at jamior brown. There's
55:09
Speaker 2: no size you. Need some size you need at, least,
55:11
Speaker 2: one guy right because when we look at the wide receiver,
55:13
Speaker 2: room next YEAR, you lose Jj You lose david adolph who's.
55:17
Speaker 2: Six foot six You Still Got, chris henry junior, who's
55:20
Speaker 2: A Monster chrack quaydon gilford who's. Six foot three brock is,
55:24
Speaker 2: six foot one. And that's it so you want to
55:28
Speaker 2: get at least one more bigger. Bodied wide receiver you
55:32
Speaker 2: were hoping that was going. To be mine shun sales
55:34
Speaker 2: this year don't think that's going, To be it so
55:37
Speaker 2: could It Potentially, be Deshan hall who cortes also went And,
55:42
Speaker 2: Visited in prattville. Alabama this week he is a top
55:45
Speaker 2: two hundred overall player, six foot four one hundred, and
55:48
Speaker 2: ninety pounds and He is the alabama basketball player, of
55:54
Speaker 2: the year scoring over twenty points a game on the
55:57
Speaker 2: football field six hundred and sixty yards in forty receptions
56:01
Speaker 2: with five. Touchdowns last year, good looking player. Good looking
56:06
Speaker 2: Player but the buckeyes come in late. To the party
56:09
Speaker 2: he fits the bill as. The Big guy but tennessee
56:11
Speaker 2: with a major. Lead right now they've been recruiting him
56:14
Speaker 2: since before anybody even knew, who he. Was he says alabama.
56:18
Speaker 2: Also pushing hard he's got officials with, both Of them
56:21
Speaker 2: And Auburn. And penn state that's four officials now good.
56:24
Speaker 2: News for us he did come Up to the woody,
56:28
Speaker 2: over the spring so. He is familiar He also Includes
56:32
Speaker 2: clemson in michigan in his schools that, He's interested in,
56:36
Speaker 2: so Four Officials, Then ohio State clemson in michigan all.
56:39
Speaker 2: In the mix still is it worth it to keep
56:43
Speaker 2: our eye? ON this guy i. THINK it is i.
56:45
Speaker 2: Think it is and if you could stack a body
56:48
Speaker 2: like That In, With Blake wong Jamir, brown and rawlins
56:52
Speaker 2: we could come out of this thing looking PRETTY good
56:56
Speaker 2: because i don't think anything is Happening With, On shun
57:00
Speaker 2: sales Eric McFarlane. Or benny easter so that is where
57:05
Speaker 2: we stand With our man Cortes at. WIDE receiver currently
57:10
Speaker 2: i guess not a ton of news to SHARE other
57:12
Speaker 2: than i really love. This new offer but that. Is
57:16
Speaker 2: the rap that is the rap right now with the
57:18
Speaker 2: coaches out traveling, over the weekend over the week and they, will,
57:23
Speaker 2: be uh, yes, He Is buddy david adolph is six
57:26
Speaker 2: foot six and he is all of, six foot six
57:29
Speaker 2: and not just that he's got. Arms like this, i'm,
57:33
Speaker 2: TELLING you man i don't know how that guy isn't
57:36
Speaker 2: something something because. He's a dog he could seriously play,
57:39
Speaker 2: somewhere for, sure could Have could have richie, does? What's up?
57:49
Speaker 2: Buddy What's? Up, Blee berg, oh Blieberg says when Juck Talks,
58:02
Speaker 2: about cortez hankton he has the same face that he
58:04
Speaker 2: gives someone when they, Call Sauce gravy david. Folorunshu committing
58:12
Speaker 2: him basically A Week. To Notre dame notre dame will get.
58:17
Speaker 2: Another absolute dog he is. The Real deal, holy field,
58:22
Speaker 2: buddy love him. Absolutely love. Him so oh some More,
58:31
Speaker 2: insight from axel who was apparently. A wrestling fan he
58:35
Speaker 2: said they boot him because he was stalling and then
58:36
Speaker 2: shoved the kid. After he won thank. You for that thank. You.
58:40
Speaker 2: For That nugget brother bow and better have. An Engaging
58:46
Speaker 2: personality And Brown knows art smith or he's going to
58:48
Speaker 2: be An Analyst for james, franklin very well. COULD be
58:53
Speaker 2: anyway i appreciate you. Guys as always check us Out
58:58
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59:01
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59:06
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59:11
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59:12
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