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Column: Ohio State should be recruiting ‘90s pop stars
Why settle for just four and five star recruits? Ryan Day should be adding these ‘90s stars to the OSU roster ASAP!
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Column: Ohio State should be recruiting ‘90s pop stars
Why settle for just four and five star recruits? Ryan Day should be adding these ‘90s stars to the OSU roster ASAP!
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FOOTBALL: DESPITE ISOLATION, DAY AND PANTONI ASSEMBLING ELITE RECRUITING CLASS
When Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day was tabbed as Urban Meyer’s replacement in December 2018, a few key retentions fell out of view from the public eye.
With assistant coaching decisions, two signing days, the Rose Bowl and the transfer of then-sophomore quarterback Justin Fields from Georgia all happening within a few short months, news about Meyer’s support staff — strength and conditioning coaches, recruiting staffers and quality control — staying on with Day took a backseat.
One name from the carryover that’s been critical in these past few months of COVID-19 isolation is Ohio State assistant athletic director for player personnel Mark Pantoni, now entering his ninth season as the football team’s recruiting director.
“We got ahead of this thing. Even in the last year, Mark Pantoni, our staff, has done a great job of staying in touch with this class,” Day said. “From this time last year, we’re working so far ahead, those relationships are really, really strong.”
There’s been no stopping the train of Ohio State commitments rolling through the first months of spring.
Since the Big Ten halted all on- and off-campus in-person recruiting activities March 13, the Buckeyes have landed one three-star commitment, three four-stars and one five-star for the class of 2021.
That doesn’t include a key pickup from the transfer portal in senior running back Trey Sermon, a player with more than 2,000 career rushing yards, to fill out a position room that was down to just one scholarship player in spring practice.
“I think there’s a lot of excitement around the program and what we’re building on both sides of the ball,” Day said. “We’ve been doing this for a while now with this class. There’s been a lot built up. This is not something we just started a few months ago.”
Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2020/04/...nd-pantoni-assembling-elite-recruiting-class/
When Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day was tabbed as Urban Meyer’s replacement in December 2018, a few key retentions fell out of view from the public eye.
With assistant coaching decisions, two signing days, the Rose Bowl and the transfer of then-sophomore quarterback Justin Fields from Georgia all happening within a few short months, news about Meyer’s support staff — strength and conditioning coaches, recruiting staffers and quality control — staying on with Day took a backseat.
One name from the carryover that’s been critical in these past few months of COVID-19 isolation is Ohio State assistant athletic director for player personnel Mark Pantoni, now entering his ninth season as the football team’s recruiting director.
“We got ahead of this thing. Even in the last year, Mark Pantoni, our staff, has done a great job of staying in touch with this class,” Day said. “From this time last year, we’re working so far ahead, those relationships are really, really strong.”
There’s been no stopping the train of Ohio State commitments rolling through the first months of spring.
Since the Big Ten halted all on- and off-campus in-person recruiting activities March 13, the Buckeyes have landed one three-star commitment, three four-stars and one five-star for the class of 2021.
That doesn’t include a key pickup from the transfer portal in senior running back Trey Sermon, a player with more than 2,000 career rushing yards, to fill out a position room that was down to just one scholarship player in spring practice.
“I think there’s a lot of excitement around the program and what we’re building on both sides of the ball,” Day said. “We’ve been doing this for a while now with this class. There’s been a lot built up. This is not something we just started a few months ago.”
Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2020/04/...nd-pantoni-assembling-elite-recruiting-class/
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Column: Ohio State should be recruiting ‘90s pop stars
Why settle for just four and five star recruits? Ryan Day should be adding these ‘90s stars to the OSU roster ASAP!
This offseason is brutal
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ScriptOhio
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Rewind: OSU's 1999 class provided key stars for championship run
* Ranking: Ranked second nationally (behind Texas) in a consensus poll of top recruiting experts; ranked second by SuperPrep’s Allen Wallace and by Bobby Burton of The National Recruiting Advisor; ranked third by PrepStar; ranked fourth by Tom Lemming and Phil Grosz of G&W Recruiting Report.
* Number Of Signees: 24
* Top Signees: Players considered All-Americans by a majority of the top services included DL Tim Anderson, OL Bryce Bishop, OL Adrien Clarke, DB Curtis Crosby, DB Mike Doss, WR Maurice Harris, RB Kelton Lindsay, DB Richard McNutt, QB Scott McMullen, LB Fred Pagac Jr.
* Other Signees: WR Ricky Bryant, WR Drew Carter, RB Richard Hall, TE Ben Hartsock, RB Jesse Kline, QB Craig Krenzel, WR Maurice Lee, LB Pat O’Neill, K-P B.J. Sander, FB Nate Stead, DL Fred Sturrup, DB Ziyier Walker, LB Matt Wilhelm, OL Matt Zahn.
FOUR-YEAR RECORD
Here is how the class fared over its four-year run at Ohio State:
* 1999: 6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten (tied for sixth), unranked
* 2000: 8-4 overall, 5-3 Big Ten (fourth), unranked
* 2001: 7-5 overall, 5-3 Big Ten (third), unranked
* 2002: 14-0 overall, 8-0 Big Ten (tied for first), won national championship
* Ranking: Ranked second nationally (behind Texas) in a consensus poll of top recruiting experts; ranked second by SuperPrep’s Allen Wallace and by Bobby Burton of The National Recruiting Advisor; ranked third by PrepStar; ranked fourth by Tom Lemming and Phil Grosz of G&W Recruiting Report.
* Number Of Signees: 24
* Top Signees: Players considered All-Americans by a majority of the top services included DL Tim Anderson, OL Bryce Bishop, OL Adrien Clarke, DB Curtis Crosby, DB Mike Doss, WR Maurice Harris, RB Kelton Lindsay, DB Richard McNutt, QB Scott McMullen, LB Fred Pagac Jr.
* Other Signees: WR Ricky Bryant, WR Drew Carter, RB Richard Hall, TE Ben Hartsock, RB Jesse Kline, QB Craig Krenzel, WR Maurice Lee, LB Pat O’Neill, K-P B.J. Sander, FB Nate Stead, DL Fred Sturrup, DB Ziyier Walker, LB Matt Wilhelm, OL Matt Zahn.
FOUR-YEAR RECORD
Here is how the class fared over its four-year run at Ohio State:
* 1999: 6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten (tied for sixth), unranked
* 2000: 8-4 overall, 5-3 Big Ten (fourth), unranked
* 2001: 7-5 overall, 5-3 Big Ten (third), unranked
* 2002: 14-0 overall, 8-0 Big Ten (tied for first), won national championship
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Akron Rick
Heisman
Cleveland PD online today says Jordan Hancock will visit on June 12th, which if true may be huge because Clemson recruits don't normally go against Dabo's wishes. That's shaping up to be quite the recruiting weekend.
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Akron Rick
Heisman
My bad I guess for believing one of their reporters knew what he was saying today was actually "yesterday's news". No wonder the CPD is in financial straits.
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Found this quote from Day interesting:
When recruiting this should help sell the school to players from both sides of the ball - both with receivers/DBs and with OL/DL. A smart receiver wants to go to DBU and vice versa.
When recruiting this should help sell the school to players from both sides of the ball - both with receivers/DBs and with OL/DL. A smart receiver wants to go to DBU and vice versa.
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bucknut502
Hall of Fame
Currently 8 of the top 17 in the recruiting rankings are BigTen schools.
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