Devin Gardner Recruitment
I was looking at recruits, and somehow made it over to buckeyeplanet.com. There is a huge thread related to the recruitment of Gardner, and I had no idea how badly they wanted him. For a long time, they believed he was an OSU lock. It seemed like they were ready to have a meltdown once he committed to UofM. Apparently this is a picture of him burning his OSU offer. I'll also post the thread, because the mood swings are hilarious.
http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/2010-football-recruiting/607335-10-m…
February 12th, 2010 at 9:47 PM ^
That is sweet. Good to know he already has a passion against the buckeyes!
February 12th, 2010 at 9:48 PM ^
Gardner has history of arson/ destroying documents.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:50 PM ^
Plus one to you.
Freep: Michigan recruit burns letter: damages ozone layer.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:59 PM ^
This continues a dangerous trend of document destruction by those involved with the Michigan athletic department. One might recall Rich Rodriguez shredding every single piece of paper in West Virginia on his way out two years ago. So many trees have been destroyed by them it's just sickening.
In other news Mark Dantonio is being considered for Sainthood by the Catholic church. I have to wonder why it took so long.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:00 PM ^
I heard that Winston and Dantonio were nominated for good samaritan of coach and colligate players.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:00 PM ^
...and never hesitate to edit
February 13th, 2010 at 7:58 AM ^
Sorry about spelling collegiate wrong. I was going to edit this, but the edit button was only coming up on the first post I had in this thread. Sorry.
February 13th, 2010 at 1:04 PM ^
...I was just joking...I only know from experience with my own numerous typos and grammatical errors
February 13th, 2010 at 11:17 AM ^
Luckily, no actual books were damaged.
February 13th, 2010 at 10:41 AM ^
Yeah, I think the Buckeyes slow-played Gardner because they wanted Montana. What would be great is if they miss out on Braxton Miller.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:12 PM ^
This... is... awesome.
It is also my new desktop background. Thank you sir!
February 12th, 2010 at 10:15 PM ^
I kept reading but failed to relate after I read "somehow made it over to buckeyeplanet." Please explain how one "somehow" makes it over there because my computer avoids the Buckeyes like the plague.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:32 PM ^
If you can put up with seeing the word "scUM" every sentence, there is a lot of inside info on recruits from Ohio there.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:23 PM ^
I think the use of that *tired* insult is directly proportional to the intelligence of the opposing team's fans. Why else would we see it so much by Sparty and tOSU? I highly doubt Northwestern and Illinois fans would use it as often.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:18 AM ^
You evidently haven't been to Chambana too many times.
February 13th, 2010 at 1:06 AM ^
My father-in-law went to Illinois and he likes to use this term all the time.
Me: "Yeah, scUM. I get it, because you added an "sc" in front of UM. That's awesome. I've never heard that before."
Despite this, he's a very intelligent guy. He just suffers from having to root for a team with little to no tradition that envies ours.
February 13th, 2010 at 1:49 AM ^
I grew up in Illinois, so I'm more than used to it. I am no longer shocked when I'm at some U of I bar and I hear "You went to Michigan? Booo, you suck" or something of a similar creative nature. Apparently, when your chief rivals are Northwestern and Mizzou (ha), you really try to go and make up rivalries to make yourself feel better.
February 13th, 2010 at 7:06 PM ^
Actually, Illinois has a long and rich tradition of envying Michigan's tradition and success. It's really the only reason I know UI @ Champaign-Urbana exists.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:54 AM ^
You must mean inversely proportional.
February 13th, 2010 at 2:19 AM ^
If NW fans were pissed, they would probably just post variations of the best cheer I've ever heard of:
That's alright
That's OK
You'll all work
For us someday.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:04 AM ^
Kind of like how Michigan fans use "O$U"?
February 13th, 2010 at 10:13 AM ^
assuming they can even get a job with that O$U degree
February 13th, 2010 at 10:15 AM ^
I prefer the term "suckeyes," but then I live in Columbus and have to deal with them more...
February 13th, 2010 at 1:59 PM ^
i also like using 'suckeys' or buck(s)nuts
February 13th, 2010 at 11:20 AM ^
Actually, it's "THE" O$U.
February 13th, 2010 at 5:35 PM ^
The University of Ohio State, per Terrelle Pryor
February 14th, 2010 at 11:30 AM ^
I'm not a big fan of cutesy misspellings of schools' names, but I did chuckle at a Northwestern site that refers to them as "d'OSU".
February 13th, 2010 at 1:33 PM ^
Excuse me, The Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:59 AM ^
unless a post like this comes up. 'Buckeye' anything I sort of relate to the USSR, which isn't too much of a reach seeing all that red. Still, it's good to know your enemy, you know? Here's to hoping we have more threads about OSU angst after recruits choose us over them.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:15 PM ^
"really impressed with him today, however he's a little behind Pryor in the passing department. He really needs to learn the basic stuff on how to throw. However, a big time playmaker at QB."
I don't even think I'm behind Pryor in the passing department.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:32 PM ^
"Sounds like Nick Montana has let the OSU staff know where he wants to go, and our staff shared the information with Devin. Good luck to him wherever he ends up."
I guess Nick Montana wanting to go to Washington somehow swayed DG from going to osu?
February 13th, 2010 at 9:42 AM ^
(This was after somebody posted the picture of DG burning the letter)
"Looks like we dodged a bullet by not going after this kid. I'm not sure he'd ever be eligible considering he's not to keen on 'class.'"
I don't think I need to explain why this is so funny.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:15 PM ^
I think it's hilarious how he goes from being the next Vince Young to a "backup option" as his interest in the Buckeyes goes from existent to none.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:27 PM ^
Funny how a schools interest can affect your ability to play football so much.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:30 PM ^
Because he favored OSU, and they didn't recruit him hard, and by the time he blew up at camps, Michigan had already just about wrapped him up. It doesn't only happen to us.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:43 PM ^
Is the letter being burnt in that picture even an offer? It says "Buckeye Sports Camps" at the top, which I'd imagine is an invitation to a summer football camp and not a scholarship offer.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:52 PM ^
Does it matter?
February 12th, 2010 at 10:55 PM ^
I mean, I thought about lighting up stuff I got in the mail for college from OSU, MSU, and ND, but even I wasn't that dedicated in my hate. Gardner has some serious dedication.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:36 AM ^
My (friend) who is a Buckeye fan decided it would be funny to give me a Buckeye hat as a gift for being the best man in his wedding. I have since peed on said hat.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:21 AM ^
a really hilarious relative got him a little buckeye outfit, and as soon as we opened it, I said, "Hey thanks, now we have something to put him in when he has diarrhea."
February 12th, 2010 at 11:02 PM ^
it's a burning OSU logo...good stuff
February 12th, 2010 at 10:55 PM ^
Calm down, killer. I was just pointing it out.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:44 AM ^
Calm down, bro. I think you missed the humorous aspect of the post.
February 13th, 2010 at 2:13 AM ^
No, YOU calm down, brah. I think you missed the point of my post, which was to ask whether the picture was really of his offer being burned or was merely an invitation to a sports camp being burned.
Your asking "does it matter" implies that a lot of the content on this board matters. (It doesn't.) Of course it doesn't matter whether it's an offer letter or a piece of junk mail. I was just throwing it out there as a point of discussion when you had to go and ruin the fun.
February 13th, 2010 at 3:02 AM ^
Teh interwebz - itz seriouz biznass. Rarrrrrrr!
February 13th, 2010 at 9:26 AM ^
Meltdown
February 13th, 2010 at 9:59 AM ^
Someone spent the night going through the board negging all my previous posts. I figured it was a friend of mine screwing with me at first... now I have another lead. :)
February 13th, 2010 at 10:06 AM ^
to you also... and here i was thinking that i was the only one a certain poster didn't like...
February 13th, 2010 at 10:08 AM ^
I belive it may have been Marlon Wayans JGB. Just a hunch. I watch a lot of CSI so I am quasi-certified to make that kind of judgment call.
February 13th, 2010 at 10:21 AM ^
you stay at a holiday inn last night??? :)...