truebuckeye99 wrote:

stowfan wrote: Bell may follow his heart to his childhood favorite Tennessee who was 5-7 last year. Included in those 5 wins were huge victories over Akron and Troy. At the moment, Tennessee is to the SEC what Indiana is to the B1G.

Not true. Tennessee is a football school, Indiana is not. Tennessee has a tradition in football including winning a national championship in 1998. Tennessee packs 100,000 into its football games, even though attendance has been down to a recent lack of success. IU hasn't even won the Big Ten since 1967. No coach (or player) would consider IU even remotely close to UT in terms of quality of program, facilities and fan interest, even as down as the Vols have been of late.

stowfan wrote:

truebuckeye99 wrote:

stowfan wrote: Bell may follow his heart to his childhood favorite Tennessee who was 5-7 last year. Included in those 5 wins were huge victories over Akron and Troy. At the moment, Tennessee is to the SEC what Indiana is to the B1G.

Not true. Tennessee is a football school, Indiana is not. Tennessee has a tradition in football including winning a national championship in 1998. Tennessee packs 100,000 into its football games, even though attendance has been down to a recent lack of success. IU hasn't even won the Big Ten since 1967. No coach (or player) would consider IU even remotely close to UT in terms of quality of program, facilities and fan interest, even as down as the Vols have been of late.

You're right from a historical perspective, but this past year UT went 1-7 in the SEC. The coaching situation has been a revolving door for years now. Indiana doesn't have UT's history to brag about, but at least they won 2 Big Ten games last year.

bamabrutus wrote: I think you could also argue Indiana is improving as a program. This years recruiting class is the best I have ever seen at Indiana...just sayin.

BuckinLuck wrote: Unfortunately all Tennessee at this point.  They have some positive momentum and kids will get sucked in.  It is just unfortunate they won't be relevant his entire time there even if they make some progress.

buckeyezfan4life wrote: I still think this DB class is ridiculous, with or without Vonn. Best of luck to the kid should he go elsewhere.

Thenationalchampions wrote: agreed...we are so loaded at DB...Jayme Thompson is the kid I think will be great at S...Darron Lee, Cam Burrows (could be an elite S,) Eli Apple, Gareon Conley at corners...loaded.  Christopher Worley could play Star in the future...Not to mention upcoming guys like Doran Grant, Armani Reeves, Tyvis Powell, and Devan Bogard...Vonn Bell would be great to have, but we should be fine.

buckeyezfan4life wrote: I still think this DB class is ridiculous, with or without Vonn. Best of luck to the kid should he go elsewhere.

BrightonBuck wrote: Dave Biddle from 247sports on with Bill King this morning. Both he and his counterpart from Alabama predicting Bell to Tenn. Biddle has OSU's chances at just 10%.
Also predicted Clark to Florida and Wilson to Oregon.
Also said Elder interested in both football and hoops. UCLA and Purdue offering both. OSU just football.

buckeyezfan4life wrote: I still think this DB class is ridiculous, with or without Vonn. Best of luck to the kid should he go elsewhere.

Maker84 wrote:

BrightonBuck wrote: Dave Biddle from 247sports on with Bill King this morning. Both he and his counterpart from Alabama predicting Bell to Tenn. Biddle has OSU's chances at just 10%.
Also predicted Clark to Florida and Wilson to Oregon.
Also said Elder interested in both football and hoops. UCLA and Purdue offering both. OSU just football.

better than going to Bama but we would have missed on alot of guys at the end of this class if that happens that would have made it a pantheon

BrightonBuck wrote: Dave Biddle from 247sports on with Bill King this morning. Both he and his counterpart from Alabama predicting Bell to Tenn. Biddle has OSU's chances at just 10%.
Also predicted Clark to Florida and Wilson to Oregon.
Also said Elder interested in both football and hoops. UCLA and Purdue offering both. OSU just football.

RipAndRattle wrote: Mike Farrell on rivals thinks Vonn is going to ohio state

RBUCC2008 wrote:

RipAndRattle wrote: Mike Farrell on rivals thinks Vonn is going to ohio state

But he also said that he wasn't all that confident in that prediction.

RBUCC2008 wrote:

BrightonBuck wrote: Dave Biddle from 247sports on with Bill King this morning. Both he and his counterpart from Alabama predicting Bell to Tenn. Biddle has OSU's chances at just 10%.
Also predicted Clark to Florida and Wilson to Oregon.
Also said Elder interested in both football and hoops. UCLA and Purdue offering both. OSU just football.

I agree.  I don't think we end this class strong at all.  There's no buzz in our direction, and none of the insiders have any of these players ===== Buckeye, or heavily favoring the Buckeyes at this point, which seems to be what is needed for us to land recruits on signing day.