LB Austin Spitler (official thread)

[buckhunter]

Austin has his offer - He will pull the trigger soon!

[CriticalSteve]

Hunter,
Where did you hear that the offer came in?

[BuckeyeBK]

Per BSB.. they are reporting he was offered this morning, but did not commit (however, one should be coming soon).

[NewYorkBuck]

Here I come to throw water on the fire again, but I hate late offers, especially instate. It tells me the staff is not that confident about our chances OOS and are going to the second option. If Im sure of one thing, its that the staff has Ohio pretty well scouted for talent. Hence, if he was our first option, why is he now getting an offer after the entire season is now over?

Also - if one more person denotes AJ Hawk as a "reach" or a "sleeper", Im going to go nuts. The fact of the matter is AJ was the bluest of blue chips who was arguably a top 10 player in Ohio during one of the best years ever for the state. Just because he was in a numbers game in the best year ever for LBs in Ohio with DAndrea and Carpenter does not limit his status or talent. In 4 out of every 5 years he would likely have been the best LB propect in Ohio. Hardly a "sleeper".

[ScarletInMyVeins]

If True I am very glad to hear he got the offer he wanted. as mentioned in the "which linebackers do we get" thread, I really like this kid and I think he will be a force to be reckoned with on the field.

[Chewbacca]

Also - if one more person denotes AJ Hawk as a "reach" or a "sleeper", Im going to go nuts.

If one more person denotes AJ Hawk isn't a valid argument as to why you shouldn't whine about certain kids getting offered I'm gonna go nuts.

[ScarletInMyVeins]

Wow Mudvayne... what the heck did you do?! you're a level 10 in warnings

[NewYorkBuck]

If one more person denotes AJ Hawk isn't a valid argument as to why you shouldn't whine about certain kids getting offered I'm gonna go nuts.

Just a guess, but probably more baseless and incoherent posts like this.......


Edit -

Just saw that Spitler benched 225 21 times at Nike. Quite impressive. Still curious why we offered so late though.

[Buckeye737]

Originally Posted by NewYorkBuck

Also - if one more person denotes AJ Hawk as a "reach" or a "sleeper", Im going to go nuts. The fact of the matter is AJ was the bluest of blue chips who was arguably a top 10 player in Ohio during one of the best years ever for the state. Just because he was in a numbers game in the best year ever for LBs in Ohio with DAndrea and Carpenter does not limit his status or talent. In 4 out of every 5 years he would likely have been the best LB propect in Ohio. Hardly a "sleeper".

I agree with you in that Hawk & Spitler are different situations. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Hawk was offered directly after his camp performance at OSU in front of the coaches. If Hawk had been to camp and was then offered at late as November, it would be a completely different story. Hawk was a surprise in that he was rated as a 3 star and at the bottom half of the OSU recruiting class that year.

That being said, I can't imagine that the OSU staff doesn't have good reason to make the offer even this late in the game when injuries/academics have nothing to do with the delayed offer. He could be a sleeper.

[Buckskin86]

Rivals premium

He will still visit Wisky on Dec. 3rd and then make a decision after that.

“Either I like it (at Wisky) or I stay with my gut-feeling and be a Buckeye,” he said.

[Naplesbuckeye]

HE was offered and will visit Wiscy on Dec. 3rd. He still wants to be a Buckeye and they will have to change his mind. He said that he will have a decision shortly after his Wiscy trip!

[BuckNutty]

Originally Posted by ScarletInMyVeins

Wow Mudvayne... what the heck did you do?! you're a level 10 in warnings

I actually gave Mudvayne a test warning and haven't deleted yet. He hasn't done anything wrong, that I know of.

[DaytonBuck]

I watched him play my old high school and he looked great to me. The SWBL is probably about as good a competition for DIII/IV as any league in the state. One of my old high school coaches thought he was one of the best defensive players to come out of the league since Thomas Howard.

[JCOSU86]

Mili could be right. You never know. The one thing I do know is I don't want to lose Taz.

[Bucktastic]

Originally Posted by JCOSU86

The one thing I do know is I don't want to lose Taz.

Amen to that JC!