'06 NY DE McKenzie Mathews (Pitt signee, transfer to Div-II Bentley College)

[wadc45]

Originally Posted by OSUBucks22

I think looking at that list, we get four of those guys. I think we get Rose, Mathews, Larimore, and Dublin. Again, JMO.

I don't know that we need too, unless Worthington is really moving to offense. I know there has been a lot of debate about this but I still think that Rose (and Larimore, too) is probably a tackles and Mathews, Dublin and Wesley are DEs. Considering we brought in 3 DEs last year, if Worthington stays on defense, we may only need 1 out of Dublin, Mathews and Wesley to go along with (hopefully) Rose and Larimore on the inside.

Maybe they are looking at a guy like Larimore (big speed) as a potential OT down the road? Then they might have room for Mathews and Dublin/Wesley...

[OSUBucks22]

Originally Posted by wadc45

I don't know that we need too, unless Worthington is really moving to offense. I know there has been a lot of debate about this but I still think that Rose (and Larimore, too) is probably a tackles and Mathews, Dublin and Wesley are DEs. Considering we brought in 3 DEs last year, if Worthington stays on defense, we may only need 1 out of Dublin, Mathews and Wesley to go along with (hopefully) Rose and Larimore on the inside.

That's true. Could be first to commit with Dublin, Wesley, and Mathews. If Larimore were to go up north though, I think they'd still take Dublin, as he can play DT. That or they'd go hard after Johnnie Troutman. Either way I think we'd be set.
I really like Mathews after watching his video again. I think he'd be a great get if we can reel him in.

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by wadc45

I don't know that we need too, unless Worthington is really moving to offense. I know there has been a lot of debate about this but I still think that Rose (and Larimore, too) is probably a tackles and Mathews, Dublin and Wesley are DEs. Considering we brought in 3 DEs last year, if Worthington stays on defense, we may only need 1 out of Dublin, Mathews and Wesley to go along with (hopefully) Rose and Larimore on the inside.

Maybe they are looking at a guy like Larimore (big speed) as a potential OT down the road? Then they might have room for Mathews and Dublin/Wesley...

You can never have enough d-lineman and Wesley could possibly move to TE and Rose could move inside.

[wadc45]

Scout $

10/17/05

From Bucknuts...Mathews, hosted by Lawrence Wilson, had a great time on his visit. He says he will use this visit by which to compare his future ones.

[Oneshot]

Oh man, hosted by Lawrence Wilson? The PT card is in full effect.

[OSUBucks22]

Plus, the timing of his visit was great. A pass-rush DE shows up to see us pressure the QB and get 12 sacks. Great timing!

[LordJeffBuck]

Pitt Rivals - 10/31/05

Matthews says that he is not a "lock" for Ohio State, but that his decision will likely be between OSU and Pitt.

On the season, McKenzie has over 70 tackles and 13 sacks.

[BuckTwenty]

Wow. I knew we were looking good for McKenzie, but I didn't know we were into "lock talk" already! This is good news!

[OSUBucks22]

scUM Rivals $

11/1

McKenzie talks about his favorites. Says that he hasn't narrowed it down yet, despite rumors. He still plans on visiting scUM for "The Game".

It really sounds to me like the boys at The Wolverine read yesterday's article and panicked. So who knows if McKenzie was placating them or not. Time will tell.

[wadc45]

That article is so horribly slanted. I think Mathews will be on board with OSU not long after the season is over. The kid was singing Carmen, Ohio after his visit for the Michigan State game...a game where the team also happened to set a new school record with 12 sacks. Plus the kid is well aware of the success Will Smith had at OSU and the fact that Worthington came over from NY last year. I think he is ours to lose...too many positives to ignore.

[OSUBucks22]

Originally Posted by wadc45

That article is so horribly slanted. I think Mathews will be on board with OSU not long after the season is over. The kid was singing Carmen, Ohio after his visit for the Michigan State game...a game where the team also happened to set a new school record with 12 sacks. Plus the kid is well aware of the success Will Smith had at OSU and the fact that Worthington came over from NY last year. I think he is ours to lose...too many positives to ignore.

Ding-Ding-Ding! What do we have for him Johnny? Nail on the head brother...

[tsteele316]

Originally Posted by wadc45

That article is so horribly slanted. I think Mathews will be on board with OSU not long after the season is over. The kid was singing Carmen, Ohio after his visit for the Michigan State game...a game where the team also happened to set a new school record with 12 sacks. Plus the kid is well aware of the success Will Smith had at OSU and the fact that Worthington came over from NY last year. I think he is ours to lose...too many positives to ignore.

survey says bullseye. this article is a complete 180 from the pitt update. of course then i noticed where it came from. this is the same person, if anyone recalls, that stated they thought hornsby was coming to ttun because he "had the look" in his eye when ttun beat psu.

[OSUBucks22]

Originally Posted by tsteele316

survey says bullseye. this article is a complete 180 from the pitt update. of course then i noticed where it came from. this is the same person, if anyone recalls, that stated they thought hornsby was coming to ttun because he "had the look" in his eye when ttun beat psu.

The Wolverine and Cane Sport are two notorious Rivals sites for spewing one sided articles.

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by wadc45

That article is so horribly slanted. I think Mathews will be on board with OSU not long after the season is over. The kid was singing Carmen, Ohio after his visit for the Michigan State game...a game where the team also happened to set a new school record with 12 sacks. Plus the kid is well aware of the success Will Smith had at OSU and the fact that Worthington came over from NY last year. I think he is ours to lose...too many positives to ignore.

Good points Wad, I think that we are the team to beat and hopefully we can hold on.

[wadc45]

Originally Posted by OSUBucks22

The Wolverine and Cane Sport are two notorious Rivals sites for spewing one sided articles.

Done forget the Nebraska site (of course they are so bad, they have to slant their articles to make people think they have a chance at getting any top players [except Marlon Lucky of course])...