Archive 2012 WR Frank Epitropoulos Commits to Ohio State

OneBuckeye

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Apr 26, 2011 8:58am

Frank can punt too. He also had offers from Stanford and Wisconsin.

http://ohiostate.rivals.com/barrier_noentry.asp?ReturnTo=&sid=&script=content.asp&cid=1215800&fid=&tid=&mid=&rid=

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ohiostate/football/recruiting/player-Frank-Epitropoulos-121540

OneBuckeye

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Apr 26, 2011 10:31am

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wkfan

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Apr 26, 2011 10:32am

Wish we could get him to punt in 2011......

sleeper

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Apr 26, 2011 11:15am

This guy will get a ring, no doubt.

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WebFire

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Apr 26, 2011 11:19am

Looks like a good pickup.

Writerbuckeye

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Apr 26, 2011 12:23pm

I wonder if Herbstreit approves of his character.

SportsAndLady

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Apr 26, 2011 12:31pm

Weird to see a commitment right now, given the recent news about OSU and Tressel.

OneBuckeye

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Apr 26, 2011 12:52pm

SportsAndLady;750570 wrote:Weird to see a commitment right now, given the recent news about OSU and Tressel.

Typically you would see some around/after the Spring game. I think you would have seen guys like Tom Strobel and a couple other commit if things were normal.

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vball10set

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Apr 26, 2011 12:54pm

SportsAndLady;750570 wrote:Weird to see a commitment right now, given the recent news about OSU and Tressel.

weird yes, but a welcome diversion

krambman

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Apr 26, 2011 1:23pm

Man, I just learned how to spell Sanzenbacher, now I have to learn to spell Epitropoulos? Dang!

OneBuckeye

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Apr 26, 2011 1:49pm

http://blog.dispatch.com/buckeyesblog/2011/04/epitropoulos_commits_to_buckey.shtml

Smart young man.

Epitropoulos: OSU is 'best football program in the country'
By TIM MAY
Frank Epitropoulos proved this morning that Ohio State is still alive and well in the recruiting world, even as the specter of NCAA sanctions cloud head coach Jim Tressel.

A wide receiver and punter from Upper Arlington, Epitropoulos – his father John and uncle Ernie played for the Buckeyes – said he committed to OSU, becoming the sixth member of the 2012 recruiting class.

“I chose OSU because I believe that is the best football program in the country with a great coaching staff,” Frank Epitropoulos texted to The Dispatch. “I feel like I can help them at wide receiver and occasionally punting.”

At 6 feet 3, 195 pounds, he is adept at both. He is considered an outstanding overall athlete by rivals.com which says, among other things, he has been timed at 4.47 seconds in the 40-yard dash (he runs track for UA, and will be competing today) and has a 41-inch vertical leap.

“He is one of the top 15 prospects in Ohio,” said veteran recruiting analyst Bill Kurelic of billkurelicrecruiting.com. “This gives Ohio State really two players in one, because he is an outstanding receiver and one of the top punters in the state.”

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Steel Valley Football

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Apr 26, 2011 3:00pm

His dad John and uncle Ernie both played for Warren Harding and then Ohio State. I'm told he was an OSU fan his whole life and that the timing of his verbal was to show support for Tressel.

Tobias Fünke

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Apr 26, 2011 7:34pm

His offer list is a bit weak for how good he is, but I'm assuming that's because everyone knew he was heading to Ohio State.

6'3 and 4.5 is definitely usable.

SportsAndLady

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Apr 26, 2011 7:59pm

Offers from 3 teams, all were in a BCS game last year...yeah that's weak, if only ND would have offered him it would make him look a lot better!

karen lotz

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Apr 26, 2011 8:03pm

SportsAndLady;750931 wrote:Offers from 3 teams, all were in a BCS game last year...yeah that's weak, if only ND would have offered him it would make him look a lot better!

SMH.

SportsAndLady

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Apr 26, 2011 8:10pm

SMH @ your SMH

krambman

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Apr 27, 2011 11:36am

SportsAndLady;750931 wrote:Offers from 3 teams, all were in a BCS game last year...yeah that's weak, if only ND would have offered him it would make him look a lot better!

I think he meant weak in the sense that he only had three official offers, not in who they were from.

Tobias Fünke

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Apr 27, 2011 11:41am

SportsAndLady;750931 wrote:Offers from 3 teams, all were in a BCS game last year...yeah that's weak, if only ND would have offered him it would make him look a lot better!

Miss, please calm down.

karen lotz

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Apr 27, 2011 12:18pm

Not sure where people are getting he only had 3 offers from.

OSU
Duke
Kent State
Louisville
Miami OH
Purdue
Stanford
Syracuse
Toledo
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Which is why I was SMH at S&L. He has a pretty weak offer list if you look at the whole thing, not just 3 teams.

SportsAndLady

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Apr 27, 2011 1:29pm

West Virginia, Ohio State, Louisville, Purdue, Stanford, Wisconsin....how is that a weak offer list? Am I missing something here?

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dat dude

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Apr 27, 2011 1:41pm

SportsAndLady;751609 wrote:West Virginia, Ohio State, Louisville, Purdue, Stanford, Wisconsin....how is that a weak offer list? Am I missing something here?

It's not a weak list. Not missing anything.

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vball10set

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Apr 27, 2011 1:44pm

^^^I tend to agree, karen--I know it's not what you said, but just because an SEC or PAC10 team isn't on here doesn't make it weak

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vball10set

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Apr 27, 2011 1:46pm

SportsAndLady;751609 wrote:West Virginia, Ohio State, Louisville, Purdue, Stanford, Wisconsin....how is that a weak offer list? Am I missing something here?

dat dude;751629 wrote:It's not a weak list. Not missing anything.

I agree--IMO just because you don't see an SEC team on here doesn't mean that it's weak

reason for edit: dumbass mistake

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queencitybuckeye

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Apr 27, 2011 1:48pm

vball10set;751635 wrote:I agree--IMO just because you don't see an SEC or PAC10 team on here doesn't mean that it's weak

You don't see a PAC10 team?

SportsAndLady

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Apr 27, 2011 1:50pm

I see a PAC11 team on there