Spence sounds real promising as well. The following is a quote from his father from today:

“It could be his first and last official visit. If all goes well and my son feels comfortable with everything…”

SOAP, but hoke will make an in-home with dunn on Thursday. I've been saying for awhile that dunn ends up north and I feel even stronger about it now. My guess is that he makes an official to um this weekend too.

Honestly, id be fine with this. That would give urban another 'ship to use in a position of need or a playmaker. Further, osu is the likely destination for 2013 back derrick green.

dat dude;1003551 wrote:Spence sounds real promising as well. The following is a quote from his father from today:

Spence and Washington on the DL would be a nice haul.

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Ohio State has offered Scout 3-Star and ESPN 4-Star DE/LB recruit Jamal Marcus from Durham, NC.
Not the huge attention a 5-star gets, but has an impressive offer list and this dude's film is pretty nasty. Not sure the competition he is playing against, but his speed off the edge pops.

dat dude;1003921 wrote:SOAP, but hoke will make an in-home with dunn on Thursday. I've been saying for awhile that dunn ends up north and I feel even stronger about it now. My guess is that he makes an official to um this weekend too.

Honestly, id be fine with this. That would give urban another 'ship to use in a position of need or a playmaker. Further, osu is the likely destination for 2013 back derrick green.

I think Hoke needs to nail it Thursday in order for Dunn to go. I can see Meyer telling Dunn what he wants to here and him staying.

Didn't Floyd end up refuting that "dream" story? I remember reading something that said the whole thing simply wasn't true.

In any event...I never agreed with Tressel's approach of not contacting a recruit after he issued a verbal. He boxed himself in by setting a standard nobody else in coaching followed.

I don't think there's anything wrong with recruits hearing from coaches until they sign a letter of intent. OSU has lost more than a few like that through the years, and now I'm hoping with Meyer the trend goes the other way.

Writerbuckeye;1004164 wrote:Didn't Floyd end up refuting that "dream" story? I remember reading something that said the whole thing simply wasn't true.

In any event...I never agreed with Tressel's approach of not contacting a recruit after he issued a verbal. He boxed himself in by setting a standard nobody else in coaching followed.

I don't think there's anything wrong with recruits hearing from coaches until they sign a letter of intent. OSU has lost more than a few like that through the years, and now I'm hoping with Meyer the trend goes the other way.

It's amazing the difference in recruiting between Meyer and Tressel, and both styles were highly successful. Tress was a guy that was going to recruit guys that he felt fit the OSU system. Meyer is going to start at the top of the ratings list, and work his way down, trying to make the guys fit. It's hard to argue with either style, given the success. I think that's why we'll see higher ups, and lower downs with Meyer, as where Tressel didn't deviate far from his yearly success.

I'd be very surprised to see Brionte Dunn end up decommitting. Seems like he was one of the first Meyer contacted after he got the job. If he does end up decommitting and verballing to Michigan, than much like Kalis I believe he was never that serious about Ohio State in the first place.

Y-Town Steelhound;1004182 wrote:I'd be very surprised to see Brionte Dunn end up decommitting. Seems like he was one of the first Meyer contacted after he got the job. If he does end up decommitting and verballing to Michigan, than much like Kalis I believe he was never that serious about Ohio State in the first place.

I think he wants to be a Buckeye or he would've decommitted by now. He's just looking for assurance from Meyer that he will be able to showcase his abilities as a big back. The running game will need to be a bigger part of Meyers offense now than it was when he was at Florida, just for the simple fact that the weather plays a bigger part in northern football.

se-alum;1004196 wrote:I think he wants to be a Buckeye or he would've decommitted by now. He's just looking for assurance from Meyer that he will be able to showcase his abilities as a big back. The running game will need to be a bigger part of Meyers offense now than it was when he was at Florida, just for the simple fact that the weather plays a bigger part in northern football.

I think Meyer understands that too. He tends to adapt his system to his players instead of the other way around, and though Miller is fast he simply doesn't have the size Tebow does. Meyer is going to need a big back to carry the ball and though he already has one in Hyde, Dunn has some great talent. Again, I would be very surprised to see him decommit at this point.

se-alum;1004196 wrote:I think he wants to be a Buckeye or he would've decommitted by now. He's just looking for assurance from Meyer that he will be able to showcase his abilities as a big back. The running game will need to be a bigger part of Meyers offense now than it was when he was at Florida, just for the simple fact that the weather plays a bigger part in northern football.

I don't necessarily disagree that he wants to be a Buckeye, but I don't believe that's why he wouldn't have decommitted. He's no dummy, and he saw the shit Kalis had to go through. I think he'll wait until the last possible moment to decommit and recommit, if that's what he does.

I believe his heart wants to be at OSU, but he may think Michigan is better for him (better fit on offense, likes the staff, no sanctions, etc). I really think he is torn. It's hard for us to imagine as fans, but it' a big life decision.

WebFire;1004511 wrote:I don't necessarily disagree that he wants to be a Buckeye, but I don't believe that's why he wouldn't have decommitted. He's no dummy, and he saw the **** Kalis had to go through. I think he'll wait until the last possible moment to decommit and recommit, if that's what he does.

I believe his heart wants to be at OSU, but he may think Michigan is better for him (better fit on offense, likes the staff, no sanctions, etc). I really think he is torn. It's hard for us to imagine as fans, but it' a big life decision.

Agreed.. I think he is just looking for an out to leave without pissing off all the fans who would be mad at an 18 year old for changing his mind. He was one of the first people urban called and he still remains undecided and wants to ask urban questions, etc. Maybe im wrong, but this has flip written all over it to me..

I'll say it again, I'd love to have Dunn.. But I think Ball will be the better back anyway.

Y-Town Steelhound;1004199 wrote:I think Meyer understands that too. He tends to adapt his system to his players instead of the other way around, and though Miller is fast he simply doesn't have the size Tebow does. Meyer is going to need a big back to carry the ball and though he already has one in Hyde, Dunn has some great talent. Again, I would be very surprised to see him decommit at this point.

I think he'll stay a Buckeye. Meyer has already said that he's still going to line-up in the "I-formation" and that Ohio State would still play "some" Big 10 football, didn't he? I think Meyer is fully aware that he'll need to have a tough, grind it out offense come November playing in the Big Ten, but he'll still stay true to who he is and use the spread, obviously. Just my opinion, of course, but I think Meyer will be even more dangerous with a "big back" in his offense. He'll probably use those big backs like Dunn and Hyde to run some of the running plays that Tebow did, just in a more traditional fashion.

I think if Meyer wants to secure Dunn, hook, line, and sinker, all he has to do is tell him that he had a dream that he became the first 1,000 yard rusher he's ever coached, and it just happened to be for THE Ohio State University.

WebFire;1004511 wrote:I don't necessarily disagree that he wants to be a Buckeye, but I don't believe that's why he wouldn't have decommitted. He's no dummy, and he saw the shit Kalis had to go through. I think he'll wait until the last possible moment to decommit and recommit, if that's what he does.

I believe his heart wants to be at OSU, but he may think Michigan is better for him (better fit on offense, likes the staff, no sanctions, etc). I really think he is torn. It's hard for us to imagine as fans, but it' a big life decision.

Definitely a big life decision, and I won't chastise Dunn if he goes to UM. I'll certainly hope he loses to OSU everytime they play though, as I do w/ Kalis!

dat dude;1004603 wrote:I think he is just looking for an out to leave without pissing off all the fans who would be mad at an 18 year old for changing his mind.

This is what kind of irks me about recruiting coverage. With all this exposure, which is great for the kids, comes at the expense of some people who lose sight of the fact that these are 18 year olds that are choosing where to go to college and say really incredulous things about them for changing their mind.

Personally I don't think a player should commit to a school unless they are 100% certain they are going to go there. It's not like other schools stop recruiting them once they commit and it makes them look bad when they decommit and end up elsewhere (particularly if it's a rival school). I'm baffled when these kids commit in their junior or even sophomore years. Go to all the schools, weigh your options, then make a decision and stick to it. It really isn't that difficult. It's called a commitment for a reason. Then again we live in a world where pro athletes bounce from team to team and divorce rates are the highest ever so commitments don't mean as much as they used to.

I was never convinced Kalis ever really wanted to go to OSU. I think he made his commitment out of pressure from those around him and when the Tressel thing happened it gave him an out to not only go to what was at the time a better situation at Michigan but the place he always wanted to go from the start. The fact that he said Urban's hire had no effect on his decision to go to Michigan pretty much confirms this.

With that said I think Dunn wants to be at OSU and was just skeptical of what was going to happen with the coaching situation. The fact that he was one of the first Meyer called leads me to believe he is committed to making him a large part of this offense. I would be very surprised if Dunn doesn't end up at OSU at this point and even more surprised if he ends up at Michigan.

Looks like Cyrus Jones, Jordan Diamond and Noah Spence are visiting on December 17th. Talk about an early Christmas.

Edit: My bad it looks like Diamond is coming on the 10th.

I read through this thread talking about playing styles and I still see people talking about Urban's offense like it's a true spread'em out scheme. It's not.

Watch tape from Florida, Utah, and BGSU. It's a traditional offense with a variety of formations/different looks. He still runs the ball quite a bit.

Diamond, Dunn, and possibly Diggs will be in Columbus this weekend.

With Spence and I think Cyrus Jones next weekend

Meyer will also be having a in-home w/ Dunn in the next couple days.

se-alum;1004940 wrote:Meyer will also be having a in-home w/ Dunn in the next couple days.

Why would he do in home this week? Hoke is there Thursday night, and then Dunn is at OSU this weekend. I'd save my in home.

WebFire;1004954 wrote:Why would he do in home this week? Hoke is there Thursday night, and then Dunn is at OSU this weekend. I'd save my in home.

I'd say he wants in Dunn's ear right before or right after Hoke.

se-alum;1004959 wrote:I'd say he wants in Dunn's ear right before or right after Hoke.

Perhaps, but I figured he could do that this weekend.