Strobel wasn't quite a lock. He was definitely a Buckeye lean but most of what I read even before any of this happened was that he was iffy. Bollman really screwed up on Dodson. I don't blame him at all. He is probably the second best lineman in the state and Bollman was playing games with him. At this point if a really good lineman wants to a Buckeye, offer the kid, take his verbal, and be happy. Now Pittman was pretty close to a lock from what I have read. I still thought he would be a Buckeye but I'm glad he ended up at MSU rather than UM.

I can't understand why they just don't name Fickell the head coach. Take the interim tag off and make a decision. This isn't helping recruiting at all.

I can understand the bind they are in. It's tough to just hand over the reins to a completely unproven guy and give him the permanent job, particularly when there are high-profile guys you may be able to get at end of year (even with decent sanctions). Also, there's an argument that OSU is still trying to clean up everything internally, and until they know the extent of who is involved and they dole out the necessary punishments, it would behoove them to not make anything permanent for any coach.

All that said, one mediocre/bad recruiting class won't sink a program. However, it is quite bad timing for OSU considering the inordinate amount of talent that has stockpiled in the state this year. Bad time for you guys to lose out on homegrown folks.

Kyle Kalis is visiting this weekend. His friend Wormley will be there as well.

Desmond is a pretty good troll

http://sports.ap.org/college-footbal...3456f7cf44ea74

Clearly the Ohio BMV is just trying to make OSU look better. God, is there an entity in Ohio that ISN'T corrupt???

im still recovering from celebrating my birthday, lol you suck ncaa

Funny how that works! The majority of that SI article has also been debunked.

It is crazy to wait till more information comes out before jumping to so many conclusions. I just wish this would get some more press.

Now we just need to focus on the recruiting front.

QFMFT

Oops Kalis just decommitted

heehee

Kalis bring Dunn along with you if you don't mind

i guess we'll be adding a five star tackle this weekend

nice

Ask and ye (may) receive!

GerdOzone Tony Gerdeman
I would be pretty surprised if Kalis is the last five-star recruit to decommit from Ohio State this week.

GerdOzone Tony Gerdeman
I've been told that Brionte Dunn is already gone, but that was told to me more as an inevitability rather than something immediate.

fwiw, Gerdeman writes for the ozone (Buckeye site)

Wow...this is a pretty big blow. I would be a bit surprised if Kalis commits to Michigan right away, but I do think his friendship with Wormley and Strobel, as well as a desire to stay somewhat close to home, will ultimately push him to Michigan.

OSU seriously needs some OL in this class, and if they lose both Kalis and Dodson out of their own backyard, that is just a disaster...

Dunn would obviously be bad as well, but less so than Kalis

The only thing we as OSU fans can hope for is that all this talent we lost out on gets dispersed evenly throughout the big 10 or goes to the SEC or Notre Dame. If one team can stockpile "our" talent then it can really swing things several years down the road.

Meh. The talent is super deep in Ohio this year and there are enough dyed in the wool bucknuts that y'all will have a good class. It just might not be all 4 and 5 stars locked down by September 1 like it could have been.

Also: You guys really need to fire Gee. Seriously. Link

Ohio State has 'no chance' at Dunn or Kalis

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proof plz.

lol yeah, that lawsuit come through yet?

buckeye fan gonna buckeye fan

you guise are completely ****ed, deal with it

in before not a ****ed as having rrod as our coach

Serious question: Does everyone in Columbus drink the same Kool Aid?

After reading that, ~ 0% chance Gee and Smith get fired ... unless the NCAA drops a bomb.

espn is here in columbus investigating possible point shaving in basketball so you never know...

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awesome that we managed to land bogard. really surprised he'd commit now seeing as how he's a glennville kid, they always seem to wait forever.

Sad that he'll never play in a bowl game.