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04-02-2008, 11:05 PM
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Dionte Johnson arrived with tremendous pedigree (former OSU great and NFL starting LB) & was even awarded the honor of captain, yet was not as effective as the strangely proportioned 'tank' if you ask me.
You're ignoring the larger point, which is more than just one isolated case of hawk-andrea... some of OSU's best players were complete nobodies in terms of recruiting visibility (Laurinaitis, Robiskie, Washington, Russell). Heck even Gholston was thought to be too much of a project by UM.
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Actually, reading it again... I guess you did mean Pepper.. never mind.
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04-02-2008, 11:08 PM
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Dionte Johnson arrived with tremendous pedigree (son of former OSU great and NFL starting LB) & was even awarded the honor of captain, yet was not as effective as the strangely proportioned 'tank' if you ask me.
You're ignoring the larger point, which is more than just one isolated case of hawk-andrea... some of OSU's best players were complete nobodies in terms of recruiting visibility (Laurinaitis, Robiskie, Washington, Russell). Heck even Gholston was thought to be too much of a project by UM.
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04-02-2008, 11:12 PM
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Makes sense to me... although, it could still be true that Jwin did mean Pepper and that Tank was more effective in his opinion.
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