A few days ago here on BlockONation.com, we posted part I of Coach Meyer's interview with BTN's Gerry DiNardo.
Here is part II of the interview.
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Nation Front PageWednesday, January 25, 2012
Urban Meyer Interview With BTN's Gerry DiNardo (Part I)
A few days ago here on BlockONation.com, we posted part I of Coach Meyer's interview with BTN's Gerry DiNardo.
Here is part II of the interview.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Ohio's Top Recruit, Cameron Burrows, Becomes First Member of Ohio State's 2013 Recruiting Class
by Nick Weaver - BlockONation Contributor
Buckeye Nation, welcome Cameron Burrows to the class of 2013. He has announced that he is “taking his talents to Ohio State”.Burrows is the No. 1 player in the state of Ohio, and he hails from the city of Trotwood where he plays cornerback plays for Trotwood-Madison H.S. He helped lead the Rams to a state title last season.
Burrows is a solid first recruit, rated as the overall No. 7 junior in the country.
He is 6'1 and a 190lbs. He has good speed, and he has a 3.5 grade point average.
He plans on enrolling early so he can jumpstart his chance to win playing time. He spoke about growing up as a Buckeye fan, and for him to get an offer it was “just an honor”.
The last player offered a scholarship from Trotwood was Will Allen from the class of 2000. He currently plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
This is a good first signing for Urban and the class of 2013. It will show the other potential recruits that Urban isn’t just getting lucky this year, and that he has already started the 2013 campaign.
Burrows bringing his 5-star status to the Buckeyes and announcing early should convince others to follow suit -- and sooner than later -- since OSU is only expecting to sign around 15 players in their 2013 class.
His committment may also open up a renewed pipeline to Trotwood's rich talent pool -- something Jim Tressel did not have, or seem to want during his OSU tenure.
Burrows is a good friend of Trotwood senior safety Bam Bradley.
Bradley holds an OSU offer, but is also seriously considering Pitt and Stanford. Trotwood coach Maurice Douglass wonders if the Buckeyes may already have too many safeties, and his input might lead Bam elsewhere.
Junior linebacker Mike McCray doesn't have an offer from Ohio State yet, but the No. 9 junior in Ohio is hoping for one and said Thursday that the Buckeyes would immediately jump into his top three.
McCray visited Ohio State in December with Burrows and Bradley.
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Nation Front PageWednesday, January 18, 2012
The Urban Effect: LB David Perkins Latest OSU Class of 2012 Commitment
And then there were 22...Ohio State's 2012 recruiting class is nearing capacity fast.
Since coach Urban Meyer began recruiting in late November, Ohio State has received verbal commitments from WR Ricquan Southward, TE Tommy Schutt, DE Se'Von Pittman, DE Noah Spence, OT Taylor Decker, OG Joey O'Connor, and now Perkins (pictured at right).
Ohio State's class — which was barely ranked in the top 20 — is now currently rated as the No. 4 overall class in the Scout.com team rankings.
With the recent dismissals of Dominic Clarke and DerJuan Gambrell, there are approximately four to six slots, max, left before this class is full (remember, this is NOT the SEC where oversigning is the "in thing" to do).
Camren Williams and Armani Reeves could be the next two dominoes to fall, and there's still room (for now, anyway) for a couple more elite O-linemen like Jordan Diamond and Kyle Dodson to join the fold.
Jim Tressel was often criticized in his recruiting efforts for not being able to close as NSD came and went.
As of now with two weeks to go until NSD 2012, Meyer appears to be the anti-Tressel, and as much as Buckeye Nation loved Tressel, finishing his recruiting classes on a high note was his Achilles heel — as much or more as his neglect for being honest with the NCAA when it came to issues of compliance — but those days are in the past, thus, I digress.
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Nation Front PageUrban Meyer Interview With BTN's Gerry DiNardo (Part I)
As you may have read a couple days ago here on BlockONation.com, Coach Meyer gave a tour of his new office and sat for an interview with BTN's Gerry DiNardo.
The tour was aired (and posted here) on the 16th.
Here is part I of the interview.
Meyer's comments on Fickell might surprise you a bit -- but then again, given the 2011 season -- maybe not.
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Nation Front PageMonday, January 16, 2012
Urban Meyer Introduces New Football Coaching Staff During Men's Basketball vs. Indiana (1/15/12)
At halftime of the Ohio State-Indiana basketball game Sunday, Urban Meyer introduced his completed coaching staff to the capacity crowd at a sold out Schottenstein Center.
Check out the video:
One thing was for sure in addition to the excitement over Meyer taking over the program -- the crowd loved them some Luke Fickell!
The 2012 Spring game can't get here fast enough, although, our basketball team is filling the void extremely well.
Let's hope they make a very deep tourney run -- i.e. win it all -- come March and pave the way into a great Spring!
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