Cavs and Celtics: Who Gets Your Gameball?
January 30, 2012Video: Kyrie Irving’s Game-Winner in Boston
January 30, 2012Sunday night, while Cavs fans were still basking in the joy of Kyrie Irving’s game winner over Boston, 4-star defensive back prospect Armani Reeves from West Roxbury, Massachussetts tweeted that he was going to announce his collegiate destination on Twitter.
Reeves, a potential impact player in the secondary, something the Buckeyes desperately needed, was said to be down to OSU and Michigan, with many recruiting insiders feeling like Michigan had gained a slight lead over the Buckeyes for his services. This would have been a bit of a blow to OSU’s recruiting momentum under Urban Meyer. An impact player at a position of need going to the rivals is always a bitter pill. But alas, in the end, Reeves took to Twitter to announce he was joining the Buckeyes.
From Eleven Warriors:
At the end of the day, Reeves (5-10/185) took the opportunity to come play in Columbus, where his skills are needed after the departures of Derjuan Gambrell and Dominic Clarke at the corner back position. He joins Najee Murray as the only two corners in this class, and will likely compete for the final spot in the two deep right away (Travis Howard, Bradley Roby, and Doran Grant likely have the first three).
The commitment of Reeves is a big one for the staff, as it filled a position of need and kept a very good player away from rivals Michigan and Penn State. With corner back depth being an issue these days, expect to see Reeves on the field from day one, either locking down receivers or on special teams. The Buckeyes continue to compile a very good recruiting class under Urban Meyer and only have a few slots left before things fill up.
The Buckeyes are still waiting to hear from Kyle Dodson, Devonte Neal, Stefon Diggs, and Jamal Marcus as we head to National Signing Day this Wednesday. The Buckeyes are currently holding the #3 ranked recruiting class (according to Scout.com) and if they hit on all 4 remaining players, they could move as high as #2.
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Urban Warfare, aka “Military Operations in Urban Terrain,” aka, “MOUT.” Apparently, it’s all Urban terrain.
Sorry, Michigan, but Urban Warfare is a b____.
Yeah baby! O-H
Need to lock up …er…. get one of those WRs to commit to The OSU.
Thought I had heard that Digg’s would be attending an SEC school. I remember some mention of Urban & Co. showing up for a visit with him and finding the Gators still there meeting with him.
I may be confusing him with someone else. But I won’t be surprised at all if he doesn’t land with OSU, despite him being supposedly “impressed” by his visit yesterday. I am very much hoping for Dodson though.
The fact that Diggs showed up for an official visit this weekend was HUGE. Yes, OSU has an uphill battle in getting him for sure, but Urban Meyer is showing us that if he can just get some face to face time with recruits, he can pull off miracles. I won’t be surprised either way with Diggs, whether he commits to OSU or elsewhere.
I feel good about Dodson and Marcus. Neal is a tougher read. Diggs is the long shot.
The scarier piece to Meyer’s recruiting IMO is the slew of rated prospects already making verbals for 2013…..cough, cough Cameron Burrows.
The 2013 class is going to be be better than the 2012 class. How scary is that? What Urban Meyer has done in a couple months of recruiting with sanctions hanging over his head is amazing.
Just think, he’s going to have a whole year and no unknown sanctions to deal with for the 2013 class. Oh, and since the Buckeyes are bowl ineligible, while all the rest of the big teams are dealing with bowl practices and game preparation, Urban and his staff will be tearing up the recruiting path, focused 200% on locking down the final 2013 guys and getting a huge head start on 2014.
It’s ridiculous how luck Ohio State got to have Urban Meyer fall in their laps coming off a scandal. Just ridiculous.
great points on the unknown sanctions being lifted in addition to not having to prep for a bowl game adding even more fuel to the 2013 class.