Ohio State insider makes big claim about Buckeyes' NIL offer to 5-star OL David Sanders

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Scot Harvath said:
From the sound of this article it seems the offensive line coach is on the hot seat. Could also have been a factor. Possible coaching change coming and lack of staff continuity

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Justin Frye’s Seat Gets Hotter Entering 2024 Season After Ohio State Loses Recruiting Battle for David Sanders Jr.

Justin Frye must get championship-caliber play out of Ohio State’s 2024 offensive line to prove himself as a coach after David Sanders Jr. becomes his latest recruiting miss.
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Ellarbee will do a better job of getting Sanders ready for the NFL.
 
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It wasn't just close to home and NIL mattered. But most of these kids are going to consider multiple things when choosing their school. A big part and maybe the biggest is the relationships they develop with coaches, staff members, players, and other commits.
 
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David told everyone why he came. They just didn’t want to hear it. He said:

“I knew Tennessee was going to be the one after my official visit in June,” Sanders said. “It was just that family atmosphere. When people say, I go and got that feel, it was one of those moments. I was sitting in Coach Heupel’s office, we had a good conversation, me, my mom, my dad, and my grandparents just sitting in there. I was like, “yeah, this is it.” Obviously, I took the rest of my officials just to see and hear everybody else out, but I knew from then I was going to be a Tennessee Vol.”
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Didn’t Dabo do the “Jump on board or lose your spot.” tactic on this recruitment?
 
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butchna said:
Didn’t Dabo do the “Jump on board or lose your spot.” tactic on this recruitment?
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Yeah, I’m pretty sure he did and it was a huge turn off because at that point, he hadn’t taken all his visits yet.

Pretty sure they were the favorite at that point too. He did us a favor by being his usual dimwitted shortsighted Self.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
I so hope we end up playing Oh As You in either the playoffs or championship, and stomp them 1995 Citrus Bowl style so it hurts even worse than a 40pt beating. Then all attending Vols fan shout, "History Repeats! We got the Sand Man, go to sleep!"
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'96 Citrus Bowl. It was the 95 season but was on Jan 1. If there are degrees of wetness that's the most wet I've ever been at a game. Ponchos were useless. They had the same mentality then. No way we could beat the vaunted Eddie George after having just come off the Heisman Trophy award. Yet, all we did was hold them to a season low in rushing yards. Don't remember the number but it was way below their average.

If not for Steve Spurrier we could have played for a national title that year. Don't think we could have beaten Nebraska that year though. That team was sick.
 
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UT97Vol said:
'96 Citrus Bowl. It was the 95 season but was on Jan 1. If there are degrees of wetness that's the most wet I've ever been at a game. Ponchos were useless. They had the same mentality then. No way we could beat the vaunted Eddie George after having just come off the Heisman Trophy award. Yet, all we did was hold them to a season low in rushing yards. Don't remember the number but it was way below their average.

If not for Steve Spurrier we could have played for a national title that year. Don't think we could have beaten Nebraska that year though. That team was sick.
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Eddie George got Jay Grahamed. Loved it. Bill Duff pulled a Sam Huff on Eddie too. Good times.
 
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As a lowly fan with no insider access to the behind the scenes activities, I get the impression that we may be in a golden age of The Real UT athletics. Tony and Rick seem to have it together and from my outsider view looking in, it would seem the football program is in great hands. Top notch admin, great NIL program and booster support, great coaching and support staff and organized, competitive, smart, hard working and relentless recruiting head coach and assistants. We may finally have the whole package in place to do some great things. I think the fact that the assistants seem to be happy and aren’t looking to leave unless a big move up comes along says a lot about the state of the football program. The only thing left is to prove they can consistently win games against the big boys and return to big boy status again where we belong.
My suppressed BVS says keep my head on a swivel to watch for something awful to happen, but daily prayer seems to help. Having the world’s best message board and world’s best fans makes it easy to be a fan of the Large Orange. GBO.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Eddie George got Jay Grahamed. Loved it. Bill Duff pulled a Sam Huff on Eddie too. Good times.
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Ha. Duff was the business. He was around some of the activities when we started (or restarted) FCA on campus in the 90s. Good times indeed. Really enjoyed his History channel show.
 
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That was actually a very complementary article about CJH and the Vols. And a great attestment to Sanders character.
 
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The fact that OSU was willing to pay a freshman more than the rest of the OL already on campus should cause some problems for the coaching staff. "Where's my money?" is a question that will need to be answered.
 
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UT97Vol said:
'96 Citrus Bowl. It was the 95 season but was on Jan 1. If there are degrees of wetness that's the most wet I've ever been at a game. Ponchos were useless. They had the same mentality then. No way we could beat the vaunted Eddie George after having just come off the Heisman Trophy award. Yet, all we did was hold them to a season low in rushing yards. Don't remember the number but it was way below their average.

If not for Steve Spurrier we could have played for a national title that year. Don't think we could have beaten Nebraska that year though. That team was sick.
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Was that the year they b*t**ed about our cleats being too long and giving an advantage on the sloppy field? LOL
 
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YankeeVol said:
Only one program has never lost 8 games. There used to be 2...
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I've always thought that was/is an irrelevant stat because it focusses on losing vs. winning. No one sits around bragging that they've "only" lost 7 games but never 8.
 
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