On ESPN at 3pm: Trotwood-Madison ('13 recruit Mike McCray) vs. University (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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August 26th, 2012 at 12:49 PM
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On ESPN at 3pm: Trotwood-Madison ('13 recruit Mike McCray) vs. University (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Players of interest (all ratings from Scout because I happen to have it open):

TROTWOOD-MADISON

class of '13:

  • OLB Mike McCray, 4-star, Michigan commit
  • S Cam Burrows, 4-star, Ohio St. commit
  • DT Jarrod Clements, 3-star, Illinois commit, recovering from ACL injury and I don't know if he's playing
  • CB Reon Dawson, 3-star, Illinois commit
  • DE/LB Tre Williams-Brown, 3-star, offers from Arizona and 4 MAC schools
  • RB Israel Green, who's unrated and has no offers but I'm tossing him on here because he ran for 326 and 6 in the state championship game last year

class of '14:

  • RB Ashton Jackson, offers from Illinois, Purdue, Cincinnati
  • WR Kendric Mallory, Illinois offer
  • DT Ryan Reese, Illinois offer
  • DE Verondtae Wilkinson, offers from Illinois and 3 MAC schools

class of '15:

  • CB Kei Beckham, Illinois offer
  • S Harrison Johnson, Illinois offer

T-M is coached by former Chicago Bear Maurice Douglass, which maybe explains why Illinois has offered ten players on the squad.

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL

class of '13:

  • WR Jordan Cunningham, 3-star, offers include Alabama and Ohio St
  • DT Maquedias Bain, 4-star, offers include Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma
  • S Jalen Battle, 2-star, Kentucky commit
  • DE Nick Internicola, 3-star, Rutgers commit
  • LB Skai Moore, 3-star, deciding among offers from Rutgers, Vandy, Wake Forest
  • CB Wesley Smith, 2-star, Toledo commit
  • WR DJ Taylor, 2-star, offers from Duke and B.C.

class of '14:.

  • S Quincy Wilson, offers from Ohio St., Florida, LSU among many others

class of '15:

  • RB Jordan Scarlett, offers from Alabama, LSU, Michigan St. and Wisconsin among others

That's an awful lot of D1 talent on the field, considering these schools aren't particularly big.

I can see why T-M's home field wouldn't be the greatest place to televise a game but I don't know why they moved the game all the way to Kings, about 50 miles from Trotwood, if they were just going to use a nicer high school field. If there's no crowd at the game, that's why.

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August 26th, 2012 at 12:53 PM | Also of note, Poggi's team (Score:4 Normal)
FreddieMercuryHayes
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Also of note, Poggi's team plays afterward at 7 on ESPNU I believe.

August 26th, 2012 at 1:02 PM | The fact Beckman coached at (Score:2)
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The fact Beckman coached at Toledo might also have something to do with all the offers.

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August 26th, 2012 at 1:14 PM | Was there a Toledo/Trotwood connection? (Score:2)
Yeoman
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I don't remember anyone going there but I'm probably forgetting someone. There was Antwan Gilbert, who didn't qualify and went to JC. Can't think of anyone else.

August 26th, 2012 at 1:39 PM | I don't think T-M is a Toledo (Score:3 Normal)
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I don't think T-M is a Toledo pipeline as much as it is that Beckman is extremely familiar with Ohio prospects and is notorious for throwing out early offers to generate interest. It's a small-conference tactic, but it could pay off with his move to Illinois.

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August 26th, 2012 at 1:21 PM | I'm assuming a lot of that (Score:4 Normal)
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I'm assuming a lot of that has to do with Beckman. It's smart to keep as many recruiting ties as possible in Ohio. Another reason why I think he was a solid hire for the Illini.

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August 26th, 2012 at 1:27 PM | Beckman had an eye for talent (Score:2 Normal)
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Beckman had an eye for talent at Toledo. He was always throwing offers 2/3 years ahead of time and those guys would blow up. It's just his style to scout early and offer early.

 

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August 26th, 2012 at 1:08 PM | Trotwood has Action Jackson? (Score:1 Overrated)
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Oh I misread that, it's Ashton Jackson.

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August 26th, 2012 at 1:10 PM | That's a lot of Illinois on (Score:2)
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That's a lot of Illinois on that list...

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August 26th, 2012 at 1:23 PM | Why would high school teams (Score:2 Normal)
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Why would high school teams from different states being playing against each other?

August 26th, 2012 at 1:38 PM | really ? (Score:-1 Normal)
August 26th, 2012 at 1:53 PM | Yes, really.  I haven't (Score:5 Normal)
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Yes, really.  I haven't followed high school football since I was in high school (25 years ago).  Granted, I didn't go to a school who had any kind of national profile, but the only thing important then was the state championship.

Is there a national high school football championship or tournament?  It surprises me that a high school could have a budget to travel halfway across the country to play a football game when so many schools can't even afford to have sports without pay-to-play, let alone classes in music or art.

I may be out of touch, but you don't have to be a dick about it.

 

August 26th, 2012 at 2:09 PM | Before ESPN (Score:2)
Yeoman
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these cross-country matchups were rare. When I was in school Moeller HS used to invite a Texas or Florida school to Cincinnati for a game each year (this was in Gerry Faust's heyday) and it was a novelty here.

August 26th, 2012 at 2:07 PM | Times, they have a'changed. I (Score:5 Normal)
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Times, they have a'changed.

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August 26th, 2012 at 2:58 PM | This should be a nice (Score:2)
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This should be a nice slurpfest for Cam and Ohio today. I'll set the over/under at 5 mentions when it comes to McCray and Michigan.

I'm taking the under.

August 26th, 2012 at 3:03 PM | No he has to actually cover (Score:2)
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No he has to actually cover someone today. He's in for a long day.

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August 26th, 2012 at 3:18 PM | Wow....McCray looks small to (Score:2)
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Wow....McCray looks small to be honest.

August 26th, 2012 at 3:23 PM | Haven't heard much from (Score:1)
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Haven't heard much from him...yet. That missed tackle early looked bad.

August 26th, 2012 at 3:26 PM | McCray hurt? (Score:2)
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I saw him holding his stomach as he came off the field and haven't seen him since.

August 26th, 2012 at 3:36 PM | I didn't see him out there on (Score:2)
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I didn't see him out there on that long run. 

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August 26th, 2012 at 3:56 PM | He looked like he was moving (Score:1)
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He looked like he was moving around gingerly right from the start of the game.

August 26th, 2012 at 3:37 PM | wow. burrows with a awful try (Score:2)
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wow. burrows with a awful try at a tackle.

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August 26th, 2012 at 3:38 PM | But at the same time, decent (Score:4 Normal)
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But at the same time, decent strength to actually hold onto the back with an arm tackle.

August 26th, 2012 at 3:37 PM | hate to say it...but that (Score:3 Normal)
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hate to say it...but that Scarlett kid has Bama written all over him in a few yrs. Scary he is only a sophmore.

August 26th, 2012 at 3:40 PM | What number is McCray? (Score:2)
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What number is McCray?

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August 26th, 2012 at 3:41 PM | 9 (Score:2)
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9

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August 26th, 2012 at 3:43 PM | Burrows cost his team 10 more (Score:3 Normal)
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Burrows cost his team 10 more yards by fielding that ball...

August 26th, 2012 at 3:47 PM | I don't think we'll ever have (Score:3 Normal)
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I don't think we'll ever have to worry about Burrows at Ohio State. He struggled all summer in camps trying to cover real talent and doesn't really look to interested in coming up and providing run support now that they're playing actual football. I'd take #8 over Burrows if I needed a defensive back today. 

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August 26th, 2012 at 3:58 PM | #8 (Score:2)
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Winchester would be the best player on the field if his body matched his brain. He always makes the right read but when you're 5'6" 150 sometimes you get blown up anyway.

August 26th, 2012 at 3:46 PM | Trotwood's o line is (Score:1)
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Trotwood's o line is horrible. Before that long completion they had-1 total yards.

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August 26th, 2012 at 3:53 PM | Trotwoods FB just got stoned (Score:2)
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Trotwoods FB just got stoned twice attempting a kick-out blocks.



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August 26th, 2012 at 3:55 PM | Yeah this is going to get (Score:2)
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Yeah this is going to get uglier and uglier. Trotwood is really out of their league in this one. 

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August 26th, 2012 at 3:59 PM | As a Moeller grad, I am (Score:1)
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As a Moeller grad, I am excited to see Poggi play tonight, but of course hope he doesn't do enough to disrupt a Moeller victory. 

August 26th, 2012 at 4:34 PM | Shane Jones looks fantastic, (Score:2)
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Shane Jones looks fantastic, I'm pretty excited to see how he fairs against a top level team. I wish Michigan State wasn't getting him. 

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August 26th, 2012 at 4:02 PM | Is McCray playing or not? (Score:2)
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 commit Mike McCray is not in the game or even on the sidelines. Will keep you posted as I find out details.

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August 26th, 2012 at 4:15 PM | I haven't seen him in a (Score:2)
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I haven't seen him in a while. Another poster earlier in the thread saw him clutching his stomach before he dissapeared. No mention from the announcers though.

EDIT: I think he's back in now. 

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August 26th, 2012 at 4:18 PM | Yep, Newkirk thinks it was cramps (Score:2)
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August 26th, 2012 at 4:22 PM | Maybe McCray's hurt, but... (Score:1)
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I havent been impressed by anything so far. He's kinda small, seems

to have about average speed an tackling ability and he's playing with a low motor. However, an abdominal injury can cause all of those things with the exception of his size.

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August 26th, 2012 at 4:30 PM | Are you looking at the (Score:2)
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Are you looking at the correct person? I thought he hasn't been in since the first series.

August 26th, 2012 at 4:32 PM | He's back in. He was the A (Score:2)
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He's back in. He was the A gap blitzing line backer on that touch down run.

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August 26th, 2012 at 4:35 PM | Ah, I stopped watching after (Score:2)
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Ah, I stopped watching after he wasn't even on the sidelines. Looks like I got to watch the second half now.

August 26th, 2012 at 4:48 PM | I see Trotwood a play a few times each year (Score:4 Insightful)
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McCray's not himself. He's an explosive player--today everything seems like it's at three-quarters speed at best.

Tackling is a weakness, relatively, but his speed and his motor are usually strengths.

More than once I've seen him sort of doubled over after a play. Abdominal injury? Illness? Something's not right.

August 26th, 2012 at 4:41 PM | Oh is he a true sophomore Tom (Score:5 Normal)
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Oh is he a true sophomore Tom Luginbill? Good to hear he didn't redshirt in highschool.

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August 26th, 2012 at 4:44 PM | McCray looks ok. Nothing (Score:2 Normal)
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McCray looks ok. Nothing special. No Jon Reschke.

August 26th, 2012 at 4:52 PM | Even before his injury, or (Score:1 Normal)
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Even before his injury, or whatever, he didnt look too good. I understand its one half though...

August 26th, 2012 at 4:54 PM | Yeah, Shane Morris didn't (Score:2)
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Yeah, Shane Morris didn't look very good either. That first quarter was terrible.

August 26th, 2012 at 4:58 PM | I'm considering setting up a (Score:2)
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I'm considering setting up a Cam Burrows scholarship/tatoo fund to ensure he goes to Ohio State. That tackle attempt was just pitiful. He has no interest in contact. 

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August 26th, 2012 at 5:15 PM | It looks like he has been (Score:1)
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It looks like he has been 50/50 throughought the game.  Some times he has come up and given a good pop others he really looked to be taking the play off.  He seems to be doing pretty well on Cunningham when he has been manned up though. 

August 26th, 2012 at 5:30 PM | Yeah, after that last play (Score:2)
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Yeah, after that last play (hit on the screen pass) I guess I can't keep saying that. He's still spotty at best, as you alluded to. 

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August 26th, 2012 at 5:05 PM | Double Header (Score:1)
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Per google maps, trotwood has a great stadium. I believe they are playing at Kings Mills because of ESPN. This is game 1 of a doubleheader featuring Gilman & Moeller. Despite having a spacious campus with top of the line facilities, Moeller doesn't have a big on campus stadium.

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August 26th, 2012 at 5:05 PM | Double Header (Score:1)
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Per google maps, trotwood has a great stadium. I believe they are playing at Kings Mills because of ESPN. This is game 1 of a doubleheader featuring Gilman & Moeller. Despite having a spacious campus with top of the line facilities, Moeller doesn't have a big on campus stadium.

The only thing worse than an ignorant Buckeye fan? A delusional Penn State fan. 

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