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Post by DrTorch on Jun 25, 2021 15:23:28 GMT -5
read that Sawyer is switching numbers, rumor is that it is because JT is coming and Sawyer had his number
altho the timing of JT cancelling his Bama visit was on the heels of meeting Oregon brass so who knows
big thing here is 4UCK BAMA woot
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Post by sportsjock on Jun 25, 2021 15:50:12 GMT -5
read that Sawyer is switching numbers, rumor is that it is because JT is coming and Sawyer had his number altho the timing of JT cancelling his Bama visit was on the heels of meeting Oregon brass so who knows big thing here is 4UCK BAMA woot Good points and add to that, that there is more than a mere coincidence that the specific timing of Jack Sawyer agreeing to surrender his assigned number, that just so happened to be JTT"s high school jersey number. There was an express purpose for this sacrificial offering and there is only one, logical reason that it points to. When it comes to recent history of success at DE at Ohio State, it's the old....'success breeds success'.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Jun 25, 2021 19:29:05 GMT -5
Sawyer agreed to give up the number several days before JTT walked off the plane in Columbus, for his official visit.
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Post by sportsjock on Jun 25, 2021 20:14:26 GMT -5
Sawyer agreed to give up the number several days before JTT walked off the plane in Columbus, for his official visit. So, obviously this ploy was incorporated into their sell job/game plan, in some form or other. Whether it was instrumental in any way, we may never know. Funny, the Quinn Ewers recruiting, perhaps as hostorically significant as it potentially can be, didn't measure up to the JTT drama.
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Post by sportsjock on Jul 2, 2021 7:50:48 GMT -5
Just wondering, is anyone else checking 11 Warriors a couple times per day, in anxious anticipation of the JTT announcement?
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Jul 2, 2021 8:36:52 GMT -5
I figure this will go on as long as possible to reduce the number of days he has to spend in Coach Mick's hell-like workouts.
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Post by ronburgandy on Jul 2, 2021 8:43:58 GMT -5
I gotta think he’s about the only 2021 recruit who isn’t on a college campus right now. Very strange. So much he’s missing out on right now. And summer camp starts about a month from now.
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Post by sportsjock on Jul 2, 2021 10:09:38 GMT -5
Perhaps there are some NIL contractual matters to be cleared up and finalized, prior to his announcement. As WF alluded, it's a no brainer where he should go, if he wants to receive ultimate challenges, both on and off the field.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Jul 2, 2021 13:41:05 GMT -5
Could be right, negotiating back and forth on deals with NIKE and whoever in Columbus, before he decides.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Jul 2, 2021 13:46:33 GMT -5
I gotta think he’s about the only 2021 recruit who isn’t on a college campus right now. Very strange. So much he’s missing out on right now. And summer camp starts about a month from now. Regardless of how good he is, if he comes to Ohio State on the last possible day, I wouldn't start him until mid season. I think I read that students have to be enrolled by July 5th to be eligible for Fall Semester classes.
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Post by sportsjock on Jul 3, 2021 17:41:55 GMT -5
Well, the long wait and anticipation will soon be over. JTT will make his official announcement at 4pm Sunday.
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Post by DrTorch on Jul 4, 2021 10:45:57 GMT -5
i just have a feeling it's Oregon but we shall see
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Jul 4, 2021 11:45:33 GMT -5
At 6-4 280 can he stand up and play outside LB? The only way he can be an edge rusher, his ticket to a 1st round draft choice, in Oregon's 3-4. Don't think he wants to play tackle in college in the 3-4....or maybe Oregon changes its defensive scheme for one player. OR maybe JTT just wants to stay close to home, which is understandable.
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Post by DrTorch on Jul 4, 2021 11:50:59 GMT -5
don't discount the sway a brand like Nike will have via Oregon now (again post Chip Kelly) that kids can sign deals
but i don't have any insight just my sense of the matter
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Jul 4, 2021 12:56:02 GMT -5
I'm wondering how Ohio State will market to it's athletes the uniqueness of Columbus's 2 million metro area and it's many very diversified corporate head quarters located there. AND Ohio State football and basketball are THE NFL and NBA of Central Ohio.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Jul 4, 2021 12:58:28 GMT -5
don't discount the sway a brand like Nike will have via Oregon now (again post Chip Kelly) that kids can sign deals but i don't have any insight just my sense of the matter As I said above, not with a tongue in cheek. That could be why the decision took as long as it did after the Bama cancelation
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Post by sportsjock on Jul 4, 2021 15:25:20 GMT -5
BOOM!!!! JTT's a BUCKEYE! Larry Johnson now has the luxury to design and incorporate some very creative defensive schemes, with Zach Harrison, JTT, Jack Sawyer and an experienced group of DE's., there will be a rotation that is scary good!
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Post by ronburgandy on Jul 4, 2021 16:10:30 GMT -5
I don’t think we have to worry about Ryan Day going to the NFL anytime soon. With all these players here already, and then Ewers coming next year, makes no sense for him to leave anytime soon.
JTT and Sawyer as our bookend DE’s for the next 3-4 years is going to be awesome to watch.
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Post by sportsjock on Jul 4, 2021 16:18:34 GMT -5
Brandon Huffman said: "Landing Tuimoloau and Sawyer is as impressive a duo any program has landed in the 247Sports era."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2021 17:16:55 GMT -5
Now it’s time to win titles. Have at least get 1 in the next 3 years. And 1 may be a bit of a let down
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Jul 4, 2021 17:51:32 GMT -5
I don’t think we have to worry about Ryan Day going to the NFL anytime soon. With all these players here already, and then Ewers coming next year, makes no sense for him to leave anytime soon. JTT and Sawyer as our bookend DE’s for the next 3-4 years is going to be awesome to watch. At the least, this year those 2 should light a fire under DE returners Zach Harrison and Tyreke Smith.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Jul 4, 2021 17:55:46 GMT -5
Brandon Huffman said: "Landing Tuimoloau and Sawyer is as impressive a duo any program has landed in the 247Sports era." AND add to those 2, the #10 D-lineman in the country this year, Mike Hall 6-3 290 at the 3-technique in Larry Johnson's Front Four scheme. Landing 3 of the top 10 D-linemen in the country in one recruiting class is even more unheard of.
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Post by DrTorch on Jul 4, 2021 18:09:13 GMT -5
Unreal.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Jul 4, 2021 18:23:19 GMT -5
Nuggets from 11warriors
List of teams to sign 5 of the Top 10 247composite players in a single class....
2021 - Ohio State
That's it, that's the list. ....................................
Ryan Day has been at Ohio State for 2 1/2 years and has landed FOUR higher rated recruits than Urban has in his career at Florida and Ohio State. AND that's not counting Justin Fields.
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882 days have passed between the first and last commitment in Ohio State's 2021 class. Jack Sawyer Feb 3, 2019 and J.T. Tuimoloau July 4, 2021.
JTT will also play basketball for Ohio State.
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Post by sportsjock on Jul 5, 2021 7:35:15 GMT -5
"JTT will also play basketball for Ohio State."
I can easily see JTT becoming a Charles Barkley type player, with a physically, intimidating presence on the court. It remains to be seen, whether BB will be in his college repertoire, but if it does, it will further enhance his future efforts to maintain footspeed, agility and endurance, while keeping weight and body fat in check. What a great formula for becoming college football's next edge rush sensation. (Jack Sawyer will have something to say about that as well)
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Post by ronburgandy on Jul 5, 2021 8:34:36 GMT -5
I just don’t see how basketball can work. I think we can assume Ohio State will most likely make the playoffs most years that he will be here, meaning they’ll be playing right up until January and even a week or two into it. By that time the basketball team is basically halfway through their season already. They would have their rotations in place and depth chart figured out and now they’re gonna add him in and try to get minutes? I just don’t see it. My guess is we’ll never see him suit up in a basketball uniform.
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Post by sportsjock on Jul 5, 2021 9:43:17 GMT -5
I just don’t see how basketball can work. I think we can assume Ohio State will most likely make the playoffs most years that he will be here, meaning they’ll be playing right up until January and even a week or two into it. By that time the basketball team is basically halfway through their season already. They would have their rotations in place and depth chart figured out and now they’re gonna add him in and try to get minutes? I just don’t see it. My guess is we’ll never see him suit up in a basketball uniform. I totally agree and call me a skeptic on feasability of playing two demanding sports, that overlap one another. A bit off topic, but essentially the same idea that football has evolved into a 12 month conditioning, training and developmental process at the collegiate level, but that has become the case for today's prepsters. Ohio high school football, once the recruiting mecca for major programs across the country, has slipped way down on the list, for developing elite talent. One can immediately point to the states ranked in the upper echelon, have one commonality......Spring Football! It's only a matter of time, the OHSAA will face the reality staring them in the face and get with the 21st century.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2021 10:04:00 GMT -5
I just don’t see how basketball can work. I think we can assume Ohio State will most likely make the playoffs most years that he will be here, meaning they’ll be playing right up until January and even a week or two into it. By that time the basketball team is basically halfway through their season already. They would have their rotations in place and depth chart figured out and now they’re gonna add him in and try to get minutes? I just don’t see it. My guess is we’ll never see him suit up in a basketball uniform. I totally agree and call me a skeptic on feasability of playing two demanding sports, that overlap one another. A bit off topic, but essentially the same idea that football has evolved into a 12 month conditioning, training and developmental process at the collegiate level, but that has become the case for today's prepsters. Ohio high school football, once the recruiting mecca for major programs across the country, has slipped way down on the list, for developing elite talent. One can immediately point to the states ranked in the upper echelon, have one commonality......Spring Football! It's only a matter of time, the OHSAA will face the reality staring them in the face and get with the 21st century. Not sure how spring football would work at the small schools. Most can barely field baseball and track teams as it is. Having spring ball would put the final nail in the coffin to those small school spring programs. With that being said it seems like several states have passed Ohio as arguably 4th best state at producing college players (Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina)
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Post by ronburgandy on Jul 5, 2021 10:16:41 GMT -5
Ohio State just picked up another commitment this morning in Kojo Antwi, a 4* WR from Georgia. Hartline’s WR room for 2022 is absolutely stacked once again.
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Post by sportsjock on Jul 5, 2021 15:23:45 GMT -5
I totally agree and call me a skeptic on feasability of playing two demanding sports, that overlap one another. A bit off topic, but essentially the same idea that football has evolved into a 12 month conditioning, training and developmental process at the collegiate level, but that has become the case for today's prepsters. Ohio high school football, once the recruiting mecca for major programs across the country, has slipped way down on the list, for developing elite talent. One can immediately point to the states ranked in the upper echelon, have one commonality......Spring Football! It's only a matter of time, the OHSAA will face the reality staring them in the face and get with the 21st century. Not sure how spring football would work at the small schools. Most can barely field baseball and track teams as it is. Having spring ball would put the final nail in the coffin to those small school spring programs. With that being said it seems like several states have passed Ohio as arguably 4th best state at producing college players (Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina) I agree once agian. Very legitimate points, but I think the key word that should be left out of the equation, is 'mandatory'. The OHSAA should set the parameters and time frame for spring ball. It should be soley up to the individual school districts if it would be in the best interest of their district to participate in spring ball. I have followed the process in south Florida for a number of years and it works very efficiently. Spring ball gives coaches the opportunity to get through the fundamentals and other preliminaries, so they are well progressed, come opening of the regular season regimen. Spring ball sees the usual scrimmages and culminates with a full, regulation game with a scheduled opponent. These games are fiercely played with great enthusiasm and intensity. The fans are into it as well, just as if it was a playoff game. The net benefit for participating athletes over four years, is rather dramatic, compared to those that are limited to only a fall season. I would imagine you would see, basically full participation of Div. I and II schools and the number of participation percentages dwindling in conjunction of the school size.
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