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Ohio State Recruiting Insider: How Official Visits Changed Key Recruitments · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckeyees tomorrow morning for Tuesday, June twenty third.
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  Speaker 1: on stage show, I'm joined by Juck Maletti, the recruiting
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  Speaker 1: insider at Buckeye Insiders dot com. Very busy weekend of
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  Speaker 1: visits at Ohio State. They had some official visits, they
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  Speaker 1: had an unofficial visitor that we got to talk about.
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  Speaker 1: We also got to talk about someone who made an
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  Speaker 1: official visit to Michigan, who Ohio State is keeping a
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  Speaker 1: close eye on. Juck. Let's start with Jamiir Brown twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven, five star wide receiver out of Big Walnut
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  Speaker 1: suburban Columbus High School. That's where he going to school now.
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  Speaker 1: And this was one of those situations where you sort
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  Speaker 1: of anticipated came into the weekend no problem. So in
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  Speaker 1: the class, I'm assuming no news is good news on
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  Speaker 1: that front.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And they originally scheduled Jamiir Brown and Brady Edmonds,
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  Speaker 2: who will talk about on this weekend right here, as
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  Speaker 2: they were the big name locked in guys from early
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  Speaker 2: and they were gonna come here on the final official
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  Speaker 2: visit weekend, which was originally supposed to be a pretty
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  Speaker 2: big one with a lot of defensive tackle prospects, et cetera.
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  Speaker 2: You end up coming into this dude to guys committing
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  Speaker 2: elsewhere Ohio State knocking guys off the board with the
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  Speaker 2: fewest just three uncommitted official visitors on the weekend as
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  Speaker 2: they went. Now the four weekends four, four, four, and
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  Speaker 2: three so much smaller and more precise than the last
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  Speaker 2: couple of years. But Jamir obviously totally locked in, shut
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  Speaker 2: down his recruitment a while ago, and really had a
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  Speaker 2: great weekend. I had some really sweet pictures coming out
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  Speaker 2: of that one. I know everybody's getting really excited about
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  Speaker 2: him as he just broke some Ohio records in the
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  Speaker 2: one hundred and the two hundred meters on the track.
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  Speaker 2: The guy's just a burner man.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely a player who feels like he committed early
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  Speaker 1: enough that everyone has sort of just sort of factored
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  Speaker 1: him into the class and is not quite as excited
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  Speaker 1: as they might they might be if he had just
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  Speaker 1: committed recently. So yeah, definitely, definitely a big name at
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  Speaker 1: the top of the twenty twenty seven class. Now, another
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  Speaker 1: big name that would be a big addition in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the defensive line is Carlos May. Has a
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  Speaker 1: couple really really good edge prospects, could be adding another one,
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  Speaker 1: but they really don't have anyone in the middle of
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  Speaker 1: that defensive line. Carlos May, three hundred and thirty pound
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  Speaker 1: four star defensive tackle out of Birmingham. He would be
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  Speaker 1: a big addition in several ways to this class. How
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  Speaker 1: was his visit? Where do things stand for him coming
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  Speaker 1: out of it?
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  Speaker 2: Man, it's really interesting Tom this weekend. Originally they had
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  Speaker 2: scheduled defensive tackles Malik Lee Tyler, Alexander Jamar Thompson all
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  Speaker 2: in addition to Carlos May, and Ohio State kind of
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  Speaker 2: passed on all of those guys and turn their focus
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  Speaker 2: just on Carlos May and Kasai Curry. We saw Kasai
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  Speaker 2: Curry commit to Texas and now it's just Carlos. And
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  Speaker 2: Carlos from the State of Alabama has been really tight
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  Speaker 2: with Auburn this entire process. Though we really liked Ohio
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  Speaker 2: State was up for the student appreciation day. We saw
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  Speaker 2: him that day, and now he comes back for his
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  Speaker 2: official but he hit Georgia first, and Georgia I think,
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  Speaker 2: kind of opened his eyes and maybe he's not gonna
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  Speaker 2: go to Auburn. Georgia came out, he said, the leader
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  Speaker 2: out of that official visit. Now he comes to Ohio
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  Speaker 2: State to throw another wrench in the plan. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that the Buckeyes came out of this one almost
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  Speaker 2: on level playing field with these two and it went
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  Speaker 2: really really well. And now that we see, look, you
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  Speaker 2: might be the only defensive tackle in this class when
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  Speaker 2: it's all said and done. That's really appealing to a
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  Speaker 2: guy like big los Man. He fancies himself one of
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  Speaker 2: the best in the country and he is. He's a stud.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, So there you go. So that's that's your interior
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  Speaker 1: the defensive line obviously a spot that they need to
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  Speaker 1: add someone. He would be a very, very big addition,
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  Speaker 1: if they can pull it off, But sounds like that
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  Speaker 1: one may drag on a little longer before there's a decision.
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  Speaker 1: One whether the decision is coming up very soon. Is
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver Blake Wong. He came in from the West
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  Speaker 1: Coast and that was this is one where Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: seemed like they were in one kind of a position
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  Speaker 1: not that long ago, and now things may have shifted
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  Speaker 1: a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Blake Wang offered from camp last year. He
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  Speaker 2: was an absolute nobody and then he kind of explodes
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  Speaker 2: in his senior year. But his identity, you know, he
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  Speaker 2: would do videos and this is star wide receiver from
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  Speaker 2: Norco High School, Blake Wong, and you know, they would
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  Speaker 2: say he's got a big offer, and he was an
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State offered wide receiver. It was part of who
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  Speaker 2: he was. And it looked like for the longest time
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  Speaker 2: he was a lock for this class. And then Byu
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  Speaker 2: entered the picture in Utah and Oregon and UCLA, and
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  Speaker 2: he had taken officials to all those plays, and it
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  Speaker 2: looked like kind of a BYU and Oregon at the
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  Speaker 2: top with Ohio State upon him coming into town and
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  Speaker 2: coming out of it, obviously he had a great time,
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  Speaker 2: and he's always loved Ohio State. Ultimately, I think this
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  Speaker 2: one's going to come down to the modern recruiting era.
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  Speaker 2: What's he going to prioritize here between BYU and Oregon
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  Speaker 2: who've come at him pretty hard in Ohio State and
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  Speaker 2: that decision coming up real quick here, So not a
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  Speaker 2: whole lot of time that we're going to need to
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  Speaker 2: wait by the end of the week here, and we'll
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  Speaker 2: probably talk a little more about this later on this week.
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  Speaker 2: About Blake Wong, who I think would just be a
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  Speaker 2: sensational addition to this class with Jamiir Brown, I think
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  Speaker 2: he comes in a little more polished as a wide
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  Speaker 2: receiver than Jamier and every bit is talented. Really, it
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  Speaker 2: would almost you would say, be a lazy comp but
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  Speaker 2: he is so much like Brock Boyd to me in
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  Speaker 2: every way, just a guy who can kind of do
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  Speaker 2: it all worksmen, you know, a guy that just wins
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  Speaker 2: and puts up huge stats.
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  Speaker 1: So that's a couple of guys who are uncommitted, who
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  Speaker 1: were sort of wondering, Okay, where are things standing as
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  Speaker 1: they come out of the weekend. Now we've got to
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  Speaker 1: go to a guy who is committed but I think
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  Speaker 1: everyone's sort of wondering where things stand with him coming
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  Speaker 1: out of the weekend. And that's quarterback Brady Edmonds. He
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  Speaker 1: has been committed to Ohio States class at twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven for about a year and a half, and I
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  Speaker 1: think everyone was anticipating, Okay, this is the weekend we'll
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  Speaker 1: where everyone will get some clarity about where things stand
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  Speaker 1: for the future. And it sounds like this may be
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  Speaker 1: one of the things where the magic eight ball says
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  Speaker 1: a little cloudy, ask again later.
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  Speaker 2: You know. It's interesting we know that Brady, and Brady
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  Speaker 2: said publicly in a very publicized national article that he
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  Speaker 2: had not been feeling the love from Ohio State before
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  Speaker 2: this official visit. And I think that I and many
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  Speaker 2: other people were thinking, all right, the balls in Ohio
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  Speaker 2: States Court, he's going to come in. They're going to
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  Speaker 2: you know, lay it on and let him know that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, look, we're still dedicated to you. And they did.
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  Speaker 2: They did all that stuff with and Brady comes out
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  Speaker 2: of this almost sounding as though he is making a
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  Speaker 2: decision between Ohio State and UCLA, like he's not really
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  Speaker 2: a committed prospect, as if, like, you know, he's weighing
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  Speaker 2: the options between these two. It's not like I'm shutting
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  Speaker 2: my recruitment down right now. Things went great. It's like
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to decide in a couple of weeks or
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  Speaker 2: you know, pretty soon, is what he told me. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, as well as things went, I was really
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  Speaker 2: hoping and kind of expecting that this would be all
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  Speaker 2: smoothed over and he would be gung ho coming out
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  Speaker 2: of this, and that's not what happened ultimately. You know,
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  Speaker 2: this one's kind of starting to feel like a coin
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  Speaker 2: flip between UCLA and Ohio State for Brady.
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  Speaker 1: Another one where maybe a little bit of a coin
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  Speaker 1: flip is Monsana Torbert. He visited Michigan this week and
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  Speaker 1: not Ohio State. He's an in state prospect out of
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  Speaker 1: Princeton down in Cincinnati, cornerback. Ohio State has added a
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  Speaker 1: couple of cornerbacks recently to the twenty seventh class. Would
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  Speaker 1: love to add him as well, But you know, he
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  Speaker 1: was not at Ohio State. He was at Michigan and
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  Speaker 1: obviously complicates so the picture there. So where do things
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  Speaker 1: stand with him at the moment?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So the buck guys add Jade and carry out
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  Speaker 2: of Saint Thomas Aquinas and then Deontay Malone out of
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  Speaker 2: Massillon and wanted to add in state. Montanna Torbert a
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  Speaker 2: top one hundred overall prospect with him, and Montana was
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  Speaker 2: in at Ohio State for his official with Deontay Malone.
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  Speaker 2: The Buck guys didn't want him to get up to
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  Speaker 2: Michigan for that official. Kerry Combs pushing hard. He's the
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  Speaker 2: lead recruiter here, the Cincinnati Ties, and they get him
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  Speaker 2: up to Michigan. Ohio State as we know this cycle
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  Speaker 2: at cornerback, not spending much money, being a little tight Michigan.
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  Speaker 2: The opposite of that as is Louisville and Vince Marrow,
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  Speaker 2: who we know raids Ohio. Louisville's already got five Ohio
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  Speaker 2: commits in the class. Montanna Torbert would be their number
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  Speaker 2: one ranked committed prospect if they were to pull him.
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  Speaker 2: And it looks like right now he's got pretty substantial
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  Speaker 2: offers coming from both of those programs, not Ohio State
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  Speaker 2: and the Buck guys. You know they're they're climbing up
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  Speaker 2: hill here now in this one with Montanna tour Bird.
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  Speaker 2: From everything I've garnered.
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  Speaker 1: And if you're wondering, Vince Marrow, if you're having trouble
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  Speaker 1: placing that name. He's at Louisville now. He had been
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  Speaker 1: at Kentucky for a long time, longtime assistant there, great
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  Speaker 1: Ohio ties has for years and years when Ohio, when
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  Speaker 1: Kentucky came into Ohio and brought in guys like Lynn
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  Speaker 1: Bowden or you know, some of the guys that you
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  Speaker 1: think and think of over the years. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: that was Vince Merrow.
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  Speaker 2: Here's a little nugget for everybody. Tom, over the past
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  Speaker 2: three years, not a big ten school, Kentucky has had
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  Speaker 2: more Ohio high school players than any other program in
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  Speaker 2: the country.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's and a lot of that as Vince Merrill,
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  Speaker 1: because it is oh yeah, comfort and relationships as we
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  Speaker 1: always say in the recruiting business, and Vince Merril has
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  Speaker 1: a lot of relationships in the state of Ohio. So
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  Speaker 1: there you go. You may maybe watching maybe watching Lincoln
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  Speaker 1: Keenholes at Louisville picking up some more Ohio teammates over
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  Speaker 1: the next few years. One guy we need to talk
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  Speaker 1: about who is sort of the exception to this role.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone we've talked about so far on this show has
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  Speaker 1: been a twenty twenty seven recruit. We got to talk
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  Speaker 1: about a twenty twenty nine recruit Austin Miller, who is
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  Speaker 1: a really really top wide receiver in that twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: nine class. He was also in this weekend. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: this would be an unofficial visit for him. You can
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  Speaker 1: only go on an official in starting the summer or
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  Speaker 1: the spring before your senior year, so this was an
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  Speaker 1: unofficial visit for him. But this is one where it
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  Speaker 1: feels like that this may have moved the need a
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  Speaker 1: little a little bit for him.
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  Speaker 2: This is a power of the block O recruitment. Austin
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  Speaker 2: Miller is going to debut when those rankings come out,
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  Speaker 2: as he's so far ahead there aren't even any as
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  Speaker 2: the number one wide receiver in the country. There's no
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  Speaker 2: doubt about that six foot five, two hundred pounds already jacked,
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  Speaker 2: and this kid is. The stats he put up as
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  Speaker 2: a true freshman in varsity football are ridiculous, not just
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  Speaker 2: on offense, but on defense as well. And in April,
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  Speaker 2: he was talking to high state recruiting guys and ready
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  Speaker 2: to get things rolling for his recruitment. Basically like, guys,
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  Speaker 2: I'm ready, let's get talking. Ohio State's at the top
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  Speaker 2: of the board for me, and sure enough, the Buckeyes
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  Speaker 2: wanted to schedule him in, but they wanted to do
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  Speaker 2: it and have a little bang, so they brought him
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  Speaker 2: in on this official physic weekend. And I talked to
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  Speaker 2: him coming out of the thing, and he was just
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  Speaker 2: amazed that they treated him specifically, you know. He mentioned
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  Speaker 2: with Brady Edmonds and Jamior Brown like he was right
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  Speaker 2: there with him, and they really wowed him. They knocked
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  Speaker 2: his socks off, and of course he wanted it seemed
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  Speaker 2: to me from the very beginning to go to Ohio
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  Speaker 2: State anyway. So things looking really really swell coming out
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  Speaker 2: of this one for Austin Miller. And I know everybody
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  Speaker 2: will roll their eyes, who cares about a twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: nine kid, And I get it, But it is of
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  Speaker 2: note that this is the same time in Chris Henry
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  Speaker 2: Junior's career when he committed to Ohio State at the
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  Speaker 2: same point. In addition to that, the same time Elijah
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  Speaker 2: Newman Hall committed, and we're now a year later and
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  Speaker 2: Elijah Newman Hall is still not visited a single other program,
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  Speaker 2: And I think sometimes there's just a different type of
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  Speaker 2: kid out there that doesn't want to go through all
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  Speaker 2: the other jazz that we're seeing so many of these
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  Speaker 2: other top prospects get involved in. They know what they want.
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State seems to be a good fit for kids
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  Speaker 2: like that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and he is someone else who's he's from Bellfalower, California.
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  Speaker 1: Reminds me a little bit of Wyatt Davis, just in
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  Speaker 1: that sort of personality where it's a little bit no
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  Speaker 1: nonsense and a big, big time player, not kind of
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  Speaker 1: playing the game, just kind of find where you want
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  Speaker 1: to go and that's it. And it's kind of no drama,
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  Speaker 1: no nonsense, no nothing. So there you go. Certainly one
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  Speaker 1: that we will be keeping a close eye on in
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  Speaker 1: the coming days and weeks. And as Juck sort of
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  Speaker 1: mentioned there, there are a bunch of guys with twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven decisions coming up in the next days two
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  Speaker 1: week or so. We're going to do a show a
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  Speaker 1: little later on this week with some final calls on
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  Speaker 1: some of those Are they in? Are they out? We'll
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