Brutus Bounce Back,The Greatest Feeling When scUM Thought We Was Finished:2022 Gawdeyes Thread

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[smitty22]

Train don’t stop

 

[MustafaSTL]

Raiola’s loss.

 

[OSUBaneBrowns]

Raiola’s loss.

Can't get too attached to teenagers commitment levels. We want to get the best but at the same time, get kids who WANT to be at OSU and excel at the highest level.

 

[MustafaSTL]

Can't get too attached to teenagers commitment levels. We want to get the best but at the same time, get kids who WANT to be at OSU and excel at the highest level.

Exactly. We had Ewers until he left, and we’re just fine with Devin and McCord. I’ve been following this too long to get hung up on a HS junior decommitting to go play with his uncle and dad’s old team. But I do know I won’t be going on Eleven Warriors crooting threads until around signing day just knowing how those cacs overreact to everything. Hopefully we get Matayo and make Downs change his mind last minute.

It actually would be worse if he’d go to a direct competitor, but we all know Nebraska isn’t any threat. QB and WR are the two positions I won’t be worried about with Day and Hartline here.

 

[YaThreadTrashB!]

Raiola’s loss.

 

[OSUBaneBrowns]

 

[MustafaSTL]

Oh my bad, I should have said the program is in flames for losing on a high school junior commit. How will we field a competent team in 2025 and 2026? I mean, Day struggles to develop a QB that’s at least somewhat decent.

 

[Trust Me]

Looks like the train stopped.

 

[OSUBaneBrowns]

Looks like the train stopped.

On your mom ? Damn, I know that you have the be embarrassed to see the entire neighborhood in your spot going in and out .

Typical scUM behavior.

 

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[Trav]

Breh from another board spittin'.

These niccas gotta tighten up. Way too much money circulating to not have proper NIL plans in place. nikkas on Twitter begging fans for help when south schools already have subscription plans in place on top of that booster money.

Everything in sports (and life) is about momentum. When things go poorly, it isn't one thing, it is a series of things. Let's look at this what has transpired this season:

1. We started unspectacularly against ND and never really gained any momentum.

2. Our recruiting peaked in the summer and never really gained momentum in the fall.

3. We have failed to put an NIL plan in place to compete against teams that have been unofficially doing NIL for decades.

4. We have an arguably weak transfer portal approach that is almost passive

5. For the 2nd year in a row, we collapsed against our rival and looked weak doing it.

5. All of the above came to a head at the absolute worst time of the year.

I expect things to get worse before they get better. I believe we are going to have a tough day today. In the unlikely event that we battle Georgia to the wire or win in 10 days, that could change some things but what is likely to happen is that we lose by double digits. After the staff takes some time to regroup, we have to change at least 2 things above immediately. We must put in place an attractive NIL approach (without paying outrageous sums to these kids) and, more importantly, we have to have a much more aggressive portal strategy. We are going to be fine. We are still a great program. There will just be a few bumps.

 

[MustafaSTL]

Breh from another board spittin'.

These niccas gotta tighten up. Way too much money circulating to not have proper NIL plans in place. nikkas on Twitter begging fans for help when south schools already have subscription plans in place on top of that booster money.

That post is too dramatic and why I’ve stayed away from the message boards for the most part the last few weeks. shyts been insane on there. We’re in the playoffs. We’re third in average recruiting ranking this cycle. Every school outside of Alabama or Georgia would want a 20 player class with only one 3* signee. We lost Matayo/Keeley/Wilson to up front NIL offers. Gotta adapt to the game or we can’t beat Alabama or Georgia for those type of croots when they’re playing the game.

 

[Trav]

That post is too dramatic and why I’ve stayed away from the message boards for the most part the last few weeks. shyts been insane on there. We’re in the playoffs. We’re third in average recruiting ranking this cycle. Every school outside of Alabama or Georgia would want a 20 player class with only one 3* signee. We lost Matayo/Keeley/Wilson to up front NIL offers. Gotta adapt to the game or we can’t beat Alabama or Georgia for those type of croots when they’re playing the game.

You think we strike out on some of the dudes we've struck out on in years past?

Maybe we missing out on a real DE dog of a gem. Or a DB who flips when that's a spot we've been struggling heavily with.

Train still rolling, don't get me wrong but that bytch starting to sputter a little like we need a tune up at least.

But yeah, win in the playoffs and all will settle.

 

[OSUBaneBrowns]

You think we strike out on some of the dudes we've struck out on in years past?

Maybe we missing out on a real DE dog of a gem. Or a DB who flips when that's a spot we've been struggling heavily with.

Train still rolling, don't get me wrong but that bytch starting to sputter a little like we need a tune up at least.

But yeah, win in the playoffs and all will settle.

Breh, there is always one or two 5 stars that changes their mind during signing day. This will not be the first or last time this shyt happens to the program.

Yes, we all know that the NIL is a work in progress and we are not up to par with the likes of Bama, GA or the Texas schools. This is still new and the school is trying to figure how to navigate it with the collectives. I think that some of the higher ups don't trust the people who are running them, so they are being hesitant with giving the boosters the green light to drop the bags. Hopefully this get resolved over time. Also, it's probably the parents who makes the kids changes their mind when another school promises them more than the actual institution that the kid wants to go to. Moms or pops have to agree to the letter of intent and if another place is going to give them more, the kid may have no other choice and pick plan B or C than go with their preferred location.

There been plenty of 5 stars who came into the program and didn't do shyt while the 3-4 stars took time to developed and ball out. At the end of the day, we want kids who want to be at OSU, put in the work and show out on Saturdays. If a recruit only cares about the money and not going to put in the work to make the team better, let the other schools have him .