2024 Recruiting Thread

osubuckeye89 said:
Guess our NIL game is still not getting it done, losing guys like this to Miami.
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Damn that's rough. We went 5 for 5 on head to head with guys between OU and Miami this class.
 
Wishbone said:
Damn that's rough. We went 5 for 5 on head to head with guys between OU and Miami this class.
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These shitty underperforming schools who are just throwing NIL money around like crazy hoping they eventually hit the right combo of players are so annoying (Looking at Miami and Texas A&M)
 
Recruiting Rankings on 11/30 by Conference:

ACC:
1. Florida State (3rd nationally)
2. Miami FL (5th nationally)
3. Clemson (16th nationally)
4. North Carolina (26th nationally)
5. Stanford (27th nationally)
6. NC State (31st nationally)
7. Duke (36th nationally)
8. Georgia Tech (37th nationally)
9. Pittsburgh (38th nationally)
10. Virginia Tech (45th nationally)
11. Wake Forest (47th nationally)
12. Syracuse (50th nationally)
13. Louisville (54th nationally)
14. California (63rd nationally)
15. Virginia (73rd nationally)
16. SMU (77th nationally)
17. Boston College (107th nationally)

Big 12:
1. Texas Tech (22nd nationally)
2. UCF (29th nationally)
3. TCU (33rd nationally)
4. Arizona (41st nationally)
5. Cincinnati (44th nationally)
6. Kansas (46th nationally)
7. West Virginia (49th nationally)
8. Oklahoma State (51st nationally)
9. Iowa State (52nd nationally)
10. Arizona State (55th nationally)
11. Baylor (60th nationally)
12. BYU (61st nationally)
13. Colorado (64th nationally)
14. Utah (69th nationally)
15. Kansas State (80th nationally)
16. Houston (102nd nationally)

Big Ten:
1. Ohio State (2nd nationally)
2. Oregon (7th nationally)
3. Penn State (13th nationally)
4. Michigan (15th nationally)
5. USC (18th nationally)
6. Nebraska (23rd nationally)
7. Wisconsin (25th nationally)
8. Purdue (28th nationally)
9. Minnesota (30th nationally)
10. Iowa (32nd nationally)
11. Rutgers (34th nationally)
12. Washington (39th nationally)
13. Maryland (43rd nationally)
14. Illinois (48th nationally)
15. Indiana (53rd nationally)
16. UCLA (56th nationally)
17. Michigan State (93rd nationally)
18. Northwestern (101st nationally)

SEC:
1. Georgia (1st nationally)
2. Alabama (4th nationally)
3. Florida (6th nationally)
4. Oklahoma (8th nationally)
5. Texas (10th nationally)
6. Texas A&M (11th nationally)
7. Tennessee (12th nationally)
8. LSU (14th nationally)
9. Auburn (17th nationally)
10. South Carolina (19th nationally)
11. Ole Miss (20th nationally)
12. Kentucky (21st nationally)
13. Arkansas (24th nationally)
14. Missouri (35th nationally)
15. Vanderbilt (40th nationally)
16. Mississippi State (42nd nationally)

Top 10 Independents/PAC/G5:
1. Notre Dame (9th nationally)
2. ECU (57th nationally)
3. Washington State (58th nationally)
4. USF (59th nationally)
5. UNLV (62nd nationally)
6. Boise State (65th nationally)
7. Colorado State (66th nationally)
8. Oregon State (67th nationally)
9. Appalachian State (68th nationally)
10. FAU (70th nationally)
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Guess our NIL game is still not getting it done, losing guys like this to Miami.
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Nothing about that is upsetting. If we lost him to UGA or Bama, I'd be upset. If he's the type of guy who will flip to Miami, he has bust written all over him.
 
Across The Field said:
Nothing about that is upsetting. If we lost him to UGA or Bama, I'd be upset. If he's the type of guy who will flip to Miami, he has bust written all over him.
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Looks like legit activity for Jeremiah Smith to decommit going on too and rumors that we could lose a couple of more guys as well. If true gotta be something a little more than just NIL going on.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Looks like legit activity for Jeremiah Smith to decommit going on too and rumors that we could lose a couple of more guys as well. If true gotta be something a little more than just NIL going on.
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damn harbaugh broke y'all

lol jk jk

wonder if the rumors of Bowles looking elsewhere are true?
 
Thiefery said:
damn harbaugh broke y'all

lol jk jk

wonder if the rumors of Bowles looking elsewhere are true?
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You mean Knowles?

He has already spoken with Duke about their job opening. Our OL coach is also in the running for the Indiana job, but IMO that wouldn't be a huge loss, he is not a good recruiter.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
You mean Knowles?

He has already spoken with Duke about their job opening. Our OL coach is also in the running for the Indiana job, but IMO that wouldn't be a huge loss, he is not a good recruiter.
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yeah knowles.. my mistake
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Looks like legit activity for Jeremiah Smith to decommit going on too and rumors that we could lose a couple of more guys as well. If true gotta be something a little more than just NIL going on.
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There's been stuff going on about Smith since the summer from different fanbases but I'm not buying it. I haven't heard about anyone else though.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Looks like legit activity for Jeremiah Smith to decommit going on too and rumors that we could lose a couple of more guys as well. If true gotta be something a little more than just NIL going on.
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It's going to be flip-city the week before ESD. It's when people will start putting out final offers. I guess that we will lose 2-3, but also flip 2-3. It's just the way it is.
 
WhosYourDawggy said:
It's going to be flip-city the week before ESD. It's when people will start putting out final offers. I guess that we will lose 2-3, but also flip 2-3. It's just the way it is.
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Yep. The Endless NIL money pits just come out swinging. Ohio State has already made it clear that we aren't going to hand out blank checks to HS recruits so it's open season on our guys for people coming in with crazy high bids. It's very annoying but yea it's how it goes in this new era.

In the end though do you really want a guy who'd rather take a last minute bag to go to some perpetual also ran like Miami or Texas A&M?
 
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flipped from aggy
 
Well we were supposed to flip Amaris Williams from Florida to lessen the blow of losing Scott. But looks like Auburn is swinging in with a blank check at the last second to ruin that. Gonna have to really hit some home runs on DL in the portal.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Well we were supposed to flip Amaris Williams from Florida to lessen the blow of losing Scott. But looks like Auburn is swinging in with a blank check at the last second to ruin that. Gonna have to really hit some home runs on DL in the portal.
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Alot of us trying that. DL and QBs going to get paid.
 
Miami dropping the last minute big NIL bag on us again. 4* RB Jordan Lyle about to flip to them

At least we have another high level RB in this class though, doesn't hurt as much as Scott flipping.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
Miami dropping the last minute big NIL bag on us again. 4* RB Jordan Lyle about to flip to them

At least we have another high level RB in this class though, doesn't hurt as much as Scott flipping.
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I honestly thought that happened like around Halloween. Makes sense for him honestly.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
It's been rumored for awhile.

I just hope we can hang on to Jeremiah Smith at this point from their swinging NIL bag-a-thon theyve got going on.
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Eh, if he takes a bag from Florida or Miami, then he was never really the right fit for OSU anyhow since his priorities are clearly shit.

That said, I'm just not worried about it given our history. Going back to Mike Thomas, Curtis Samuel, Terry, Olave, Marv, even Noah Brown - none of them were higher than 4*. Wilson and JSN were the only 5* kids we've had become big-timers. I hope this is all smoke with him and he comes to OSU, because his film says it's a kid we could develop immediately, but if his priorities are a few extra bucks in NIL while he's a teenager, we'll move on just fine.
 
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