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jimotis4heisman

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I love Obie, as much or more as any other fan. I remember the horrific team he took over, his first year of 1-15, this haunts me almost as much as the 7 years previous to that, but i love Obie, he was able to take a group of thugs, run them out and turn his 1-15 big ten team into a final four team the very next year, but on thing needs to be stated. WE CANNOT RECRUIT.

For whatever the reason is we cannot get any quality players. I am not referring to the great out of state pheneoms, but here in ohio and even within the city limits. Sure we got Ivan this year. But, look at who we have lost out on guys like lavender, foust, kenny gregory, I cannot remember me the last time we got the best player in Franklin county, no don't give me the Mike Redd argument Kenny was a far superior prep star.

I dont know who the new coach will be but i hope he gives me great quality players (and doesnt have to pay for them for sure) I want guys like Jay Burson, Chris Jent, who willl bust their ass, but we are THE Ohio State University, and should every year be competing for big ten championships and national titles.

Give me a man Karl, Matta, Boyages, whoever it is, that will recruit.
 
The irony is that this sentiment, shared by fans at all schools, is precisely what drives cheating.

(Problem with Obie is that he was apparently even worse at cheating than he was recruiting.)
 
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It is not an uncommon occurrence for walk-ons to get left-over schollies, espeically for one year. There are many circumstances that can lead to an open slot going into the season and where the alternative is to let the schollie lie fallow this is the way to handle it.

Further, while Dials was not chased by Duke he did have some mid-tier offers that indicate he is above the latent level of your average walk-on.
 
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Oh8ch said:
It is not an uncommon occurrence for walk-ons to get left-over schollies, espeically for one year. There are many circumstances that can lead to an open slot going into the season and where the alternative is to let the schollie lie fallow this is the way to handle it.

Further, while Dials was not chased by Duke he did have some mid-tier offers that indicate he is above the latent level of your average walk-on.
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Ok.
I guess a better example is how a very mediocre talent (no matter what that tool Buckaholic says) like Dials actually played significant minutes. A player like that should be riding the bench..which he would done in 98-00. Sad.
 
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I wish I could argue with that point, but the claiber of some of the players we have seen in the past two years harkens back to the later days of Eldon Miller. If you want to challenge schollies I would bring up Matt Marinchek ahead of Nick Dials. Just a shame that this espisode happens in the wake of a change in the caliber of recruiting. Hopefully time will not show a relationship between the two events.
 
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