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24/7 Sports now has OSU the #3 class in the nation. Ahead of scUM.
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[b] OSU football recruiting class up to No. 3[/b]

[b] [color=#999999][size=1]January 21, 2012[/size][/color][/b]
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[color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]Ohio State's football recruiting commitments sure have soared since Urban Meyer took over the program, and so has the Buckeyes' national recruiting status, which has jumped all the way up to No. 3 on the Rivals.com team recruiting rankings as of 5 p.m. Thursday.[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]That comes after two more major commitments this week. Offensive lineman Jerry O'Connor from Colorado decommitted to Penn State two months ago in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, and David Perkins, classified as an athlete or multi-position player from South Bend, Ind., who's seen as a linebacker in college was plucked right out from under Notre Dame's nose. Both are rated four-star recruits by Rivals.com[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]With National Signing Day only 11 days away on Feb. 1, the Buckeyes' oral commitments have ballooned to 22 as Meyer literally ''hit the ground running'' trying to salvage a 2012 recruiting class that was expected to be small after the NCAA socked OSU with a post-season ban for next season.[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]But despite that obstacle, Meyer - who one Buckeye fan referred to in a blog as the Pied Piper of recruiting for his uncanny ability to gather a following in a short time - has been able to convince quite a few previously-committed blue-chippers to switch their allegiance to the Buckeyes.[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]Just listen to O'Connor, an Under Armour All-American, the most-sought-after prep lineman in Colorado and judged to be the overall second-best player in the state by the Denver Post. ''I had to do what was best for me," he said, "and going to Ohio State is what's best."[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]"It's just because we all love what coach Meyer is all about, and we want to win a national championship.''[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]Another Notre Dame recruit -offensive lineman Taylor Decker from Vandalia, Ohio, near Dayton - recently opted out of his verbal to join Meyer in Columbus.[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]That came on the heels of Meyer hiring two former Notre Dame assistants, Ed Warinner and Tim Hinton, for his staff as co-offensive coordinator/line coach and tight ends/fullbacks coach, respectively. The duo in turn persuaded Decker to turn to the Buckeyes.[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]From outside the top 20 to No. 3 now, behind only No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Texas, in just a month and a half since Meyer's hiring is nothing if not mighty impressive.[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]Other notable current team recruiting rankings are Florida, Meyer's last school, at No. 4 with Michigan fifth, Notre Dame 13th, LSU 17th, WVU 23rd, wisconsin 36th, Penn State 39th, Pitt 40th and Michigan State 49th.[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]So far, Ohio State has apparently landed - remember, nothing is binding until Feb. 1 - only a pair of five-star recruits, but 12 players rated as four-star and eight as three-star. And all but six of the 22 recruits are from inside the state of Ohio, a necessity at Ohio State - like at any other largest state university in any state - where you have to try and recruit the best players in your home state first and foremost.[/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1]Contact Steve Hemmelgarn at[email="shemmelgarn@newsandsentinel.com"]shemmelgarn@newsandsentinel.com[/email][/size][/font][/color][/indent][color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][indent=1][url="http://newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/556502/OSU-football-recruiting-class-up-to-No--3.html?nav=5064"]http://newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/556502/OSU-football-recruiting-class-up-to-No--3.html?nav=5064[/url][/size][/font][/color][/indent]
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24/7 Sports now has OSU the #3 class in the nation. Ahead of scUM.
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on that note, Michigan just pulled a scholarship from some kid who I guess got in some hot water on something he said on twitter. Another kid tonight on twitter said he was decommitting from Michigan and staying at home to go to UC.
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at ~3:33 in part two of the Urban Meyer interview there is a Bengals helmet and jersey, can anyone identify the number? Caldwell, Dunlap, Nelson? Personalized? Pretty neat stuff. I'd like to imagine Marv will have UFM come to talk to the team at some point this year with some reciprication on Marvs part as well. Would be pretty neat to be a fly on the wall. UFM... Bengals fan?
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at ~3:33 in part two of the Urban Meyer interview there is a Bengals helmet and jersey, can anyone identify the number? Caldwell, Dunlap, Nelson? Personalized? Pretty neat stuff. I'd like to imagine Marv will have UFM come to talk to the team at some point this year with some reciprication on Marvs part as well. Would be pretty neat to be a fly on the wall. UFM... Bengals fan?
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can't see the number from that angle.

I'd imagine he's a Browns fan considering where he grew up.
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[url="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-08-09/sports/os-bianchi-janoris-jenkins-0819-20110809_1_muschamp-janoris-jenkins-urban-meyer"]http://articles.orla...ins-urban-meyer[/url]

Sounds like Muschamp did....
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Yeah. Meyer stepped down a couple of months before. But from what he has already done at OSU, Meyer would have kicked him out had he been there. Meyer has certain things he won't tolerate and a second drug offense is one of them.
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Urban Meyer adds to his staff, Bill Sheridan newest Buckeye [url="http://t.co/Z2u0uFRd"]http://bit.ly/xMptRC[/url]
[url="https://twitter.com/#!/TheLantern/status/162535360977580032"]13 minutes ago[/url]
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[url="https://twitter.com/#!/TheLantern"]TheLantern[/url]The Lantern


Urban Meyer adds to his staff, Bill Sheridan newest Buckeye [url="http://t.co/Z2u0uFRd"]http://bit.ly/xMptRC[/url]
[url="https://twitter.com/#!/TheLantern/status/162535360977580032"]13 minutes ago[/url]
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"Interesting" hire. The guy has 30 years of experience as a LB coach, but not much at DB.
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[b] [size=6]Meyer flipping recruits at alarming pace[/size][/b]



COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer stepped away from football for a year — kind of — to make sure he had his health and priorities in order. In what became one of 2011's worst-kept secrets, Meyer resurfaced in late November in what he called his dream job as head coach at Ohio State.

There's reason to believe he's stopped for dinner at some point in the last eight weeks. There's more direct proof that Meyer's been going as close to non-stop as possible, crisscrossing states and burning up phone batteries in a recruiting push that's raised eyebrows nationally with everyone from opposing coaches to even casual Buckeye fans.

Making people take notice is apparently his specialty.

The rejuvenated, remade Meyer is a lot like the old Meyer, who had two recruiting classes at Florida (2007 and 2010) rank No. 1 nationally by Scout.com. His 2006 class, which included Tim Tebow, Brandon Spikes and Percy Harvin, was rated second. With 23 commitments heading into Signing Day this Wednesday, Scout.com ranks Ohio State's class as the third best nationally with four five-star recruits and 10 four-star players.

That's a brand new ranking for Ohio State, as are many of the names expected to officially sign on Wednesday's National Signing Day to play for Meyer. Since taking over on Nov. 28, Meyer has convinced at least five highly-touted players previously verbally committed to other programs to choose Ohio State. There are still at least two more targets on his radar who could choose the Buckeyes.

Meyer has done it despite the December news that Ohio State faces a bowl ban for 2012 and scholarship reductions over the next three years, three in each year. He said he explained the NCAA sanctions to each recruit, and apparently that's just another part of his pitch that prospects and their families immediately buy.

"Just saying Ohio State University, that speaks for itself," said Catholic Memorial (Mass.) High School coach Alex Campea, who's had two players previously committed to Penn State change their minds and commit to Meyer over the last two weeks. "A new coach always brings energy, and Urban Meyer's history says that he's going to have success. He's done it everywhere he's gone and he's brought great players along.

"(Meyer) got them interested to go out and take a visit. He talks a lot about family, and in speaking for those kids I know that's important to them. They played in a program (in high school) that values a family atmosphere and they feel they're going to a place where people care about them and want them to succeed."

Armani Reeves of Catholic Memorial is rated as the sixth best cornerback nationally in the class of 2012 by Scout.com. His high school teammate, linebacker Camren Williams, is the 16th rated linebacker in his class.

Meyer built his coaching staff carefully and with recruiting prowess in mind, starting with keeping last season's head coach, Luke Fickell. Even before finalizing his staff earlier this month, Meyer and Fickell were on the recruiting trail and Meyer was ready to pounce, both on prospects and prospective coaches, as soon as both were allowed to talk.

In Fickell, Meyer kept not only someone with deep ties to and a deep passion for Ohio State, he kept a longtime, respected recruiter with relationships all over the Midwest. In keeping Mike Vrabel, he got a new but energetic recruiter who owns what most recruits really want: Super Bowl rings. In bringing Everett Withers from North Carolina, he added a coach who's helped mold multiple early-round NFL draft picks in recent years and has ties to the South.

"If you're not a good recruiter," Meyer said earlier this month, "you have no value on our staff."

Meyer was spotted at Sunday's Ohio State-Michigan basketball game in Columbus in what's become his trademark white pullover. Two weeks earlier he introduced the entire staff at an OSU basketball game, and that staff has been busy on the road recruiting since.

Meyer is so good at this part of the game that top recruit Adolphus Washington pledged to Ohio State a week before Meyer was officially hired and said he hoped to play for Meyer, who also recently received commitments for 2013 from four-star prospect Cameron Burrows and highly-touted quarterback Jalin Marshall.

"Before Meyer came on, Ohio State's (2012) class was just viewed as a solid workman-like class built on guys that didn't have a ton of hype," Scout.com Midwest recruiting analyst Allen Trieu said. "Then all of a sudden Meyer comes in and it is a star-studded, top-five class.

"What he is doing is fairly unprecedented from what we've seen even from some of the best recruiting coaches in college football."

New Ohio State tight ends coach Tim Hinton, a former high school coach in Ohio who joined Meyer's staff from Brian Kelly's Notre Dame staff, said that in Meyer, Ohio State "probably hired the best recruiter in America."

"He has a plan," Hinton said. "He's relentless in his ability to reach out to players and get those players reach back to you."

He has a lot to sell, a tradition-rich program in a major city, top-notch facilities, as many resources as NCAA laws allow and an anticipated long-term answer at quarterback in Braxton Miller. Next year's bowl ban is pitched as just a bump in the road. Meyer is making sure the premium seats on future team buses are filling up fast.

A look at some of the recruits Meyer has reeled in over the last eight weeks:

[b]Noah Spence, DE, Harrisburg, PA[/b]

Also a former Penn State pledge, Spence is a five-star recruit, a gifted pass rusher and at 6-3, 240, has a college-ready body. Meyer, Fickell and Vrabel went to see Spence play in the state championship football game in Hershey, Pa., in December. Two days later, Spence announced he was planning to attend Ohio State.

Se'Von Pittman, DE, Canton, OH

Another player who figures to be in line for playing time sooner rather than later, Pittman pledged to Michigan State last summer. He comes from a high school that's known for producing top talent and has history with both the Spartans and the Buckeyes. He remained firmly committed to Michigan State throughout the fall but switched not long after Meyer's hiring.

[b]Taylor Decker, OL, Vandalia, OH[/b]

A four-star offensive lineman previously committed to Notre Dame, Decker switched his commitment earlier this month after Meyer took over and hired two former Notre Dame assistants on the offensive side of the ball. He's listed at 6-8, 288, and represents the kind of long, athletic offensive tackle prospect Ohio State figures to seek under Meyer. Like Miller and Burrows, Decker comes from the Dayton area, only about an hour or so from Columbus and a traditional recruiting hotbed.

[b]Reeves and Williams, Boston, MA[/b]

Both were previously committed to Penn State, but they weren't considered a package deal. The son of former NFL player Brent Williams took a visit to Columbus and committed earlier this month, while the speedy Reeves is Ohio State's most recent commit after also considering Michigan.

[b]Tommy Schutt, DT, Glen Ellyn, IL[/b]

A five-star defensive tackle, Schutt listed Ohio State as a favorite early in his recruiting process, but was uncomfortable with Jim Tressel's exit and the uncertainty surrounding the NCAA sanctions. When Meyer was hired, the Glenbard West High School star was quick to start thinking about scarlet and gray again, and gave his pledge to Ohio State in December.

Ohio State is also after offensive tackle prospect Kyle Dodson of Cleveland Heights, Scout.com's 11th best overall prospect in Ohio in the 2012 class. Dodson verbally committed to Wisconsin last June in what was considered an upset and also a move tied to the uncertainty and turmoil at Ohio State. He said Monday he will make his decision on Wednesday after taking official visits to Wisconsin, Ohio State, Auburn, USC and Michigan State.




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Someone said he was already oversigning although I can't find any evidence of it and I believe the Big 10 has some rules against it. Just a non fan angry at how many guys they are getting or is their merit to it? Certainly seem to be hearing about a ton of guys. By my count they had like 19 seniors leave?
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Someone said he was already oversigning although I can't find any evidence of it and I believe the Big 10 has some rules against it. Just a non fan angry at how many guys they are getting or is their merit to it? Certainly seem to be hearing about a ton of guys. By my count they had like 19 seniors leave?
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Big 10 doesn't permit oversigning.
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Someone said he was already oversigning although I can't find any evidence of it and I believe the Big 10 has some rules against it. Just a non fan angry at how many guys they are getting or is their merit to it? Certainly seem to be hearing about a ton of guys. By my count they had like 19 seniors leave?
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In addition to the seniors, a few players have been kicked off the team and a couple are transferring.

From what I understand with the current class of 24 they are at the 82 limit. But there are rumors that 1 or 2 more guys may be leaving and they are trying to add 2 more to the class.
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In addition to the seniors, a few players have been kicked off the team and a couple are transferring.

From what I understand with the current class of 24 they are at the 82 limit. But there are rumors that 1 or 2 more guys may be leaving and they are trying to add 2 more to the class.
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I would not be surprised i they are trying to push guys out from the previous regime, and I dont really blame them. Put your own stamp on the team.
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I would not be surprised i they are trying to push guys out from the previous regime, and I dont really blame them. Put your own stamp on the team.
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Some guys (for example Taylor Graham) are obvious non-fits in the system. A couple guys lost their scholarships due to legal run ins.

There are also "rumors" among insiders that there is a "hell week" coming up in the conditioning phase and some guys won't be able to handle it and will leave.
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Michigan St coach not happy about Urban Meyer stealing its commit. Understandable, but seems a bit naive. [url="http://t.co/9K09kWrJ"]http://bit.ly/AzQF8Z[/url]
[url="https://twitter.com/#!/slmandel/status/164551645219397632"]6 minutes ago[/url]
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Ricquan Southward to OSU. Was some doubt he would sign with Buckeyes. He signed.
[url="https://twitter.com/#!/BillBankGreene/status/164690236625010689"]6 minutes ago[/url]








[url="https://twitter.com/#!/BillBankGreene"]BillBankGreene[/url]Bill Greene




Warren Ball to Ohio State. 4-star tailback. 7-star person. FUTURE CAPTAIN. Bank THAT!!!!!!
[url="https://twitter.com/#!/BillBankGreene/status/164690548190478336"]5 minutes ago[/url]







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Taylor Decker to Ohio State. The sound you heard was Brian Kelly punching Urban's picture on the wall. Major poach.
[url="https://twitter.com/#!/BillBankGreene/status/164691349935894529"]1 minute ago[/url]
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Noah Spence to Ohio State. "Beep-Beep" [url="https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23Signingday"][s]#[/s][b]Signingday[/b][/url]
[url="https://twitter.com/#!/BillBankGreene/status/164692437657325568"]33 seconds ago[/url]
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Se'Von Pittman to Ohio State. The sound you hear is Mark Dantonio cussing out Urban. [url="https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23SigningDay"][s]#[/s][b]SigningDay[/b][/url]
[url="https://twitter.com/#!/BillBankGreene/status/164709205784272896"]7 minutes ago[/url]
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