Former 5-star LB Mike Mitchell to transfer from OSU
According to the 11W article, Mitchell is leaving to be closer to his ailing father. Obviously, it's a tough time for the Mitchell family, and I wish them the best.
February 9th, 2014 at 6:15 PM ^
February 9th, 2014 at 6:16 PM ^
February 9th, 2014 at 6:19 PM ^
February 9th, 2014 at 6:21 PM ^
Not to let the truth get in the way of a good story, but there is talk in that article that Mitchell will be taking time off from football for a while.
February 9th, 2014 at 6:25 PM ^
Can't blame him if that is the case. Hard decision either way you look at it.
Wish the best for his family.
February 9th, 2014 at 7:18 PM ^
Yep, hate to hear about that for the young man. Hope things with his family go well, no matter what happens with his football career.
February 9th, 2014 at 6:29 PM ^
February 10th, 2014 at 12:48 AM ^
There is talks that Mitchell will just take a full year away from football completely, and re-enroll into Ohio State next year.
February 10th, 2014 at 8:09 AM ^
Ask Eddie Vanderdoes how that works. He got out of his LOI and played his first year at UCLA.
February 9th, 2014 at 6:32 PM ^
February 9th, 2014 at 6:36 PM ^
hope his dad's situation improves
February 9th, 2014 at 6:37 PM ^
Thoughts and good vibes to the Mitchell family in a difficult time. That cannot be an easy thing to give up, but it is family, and hopefully all goes as well as possible.
I remember reading a while back about Ken Mitchell actually, and the sort of rarified air he is actually in - not only is he one of the relatively few people to play in the NFL, but he was apparently the first person whose response to knee replacement surgery was to climb Mount Everest, which he did in 2006 as I recall. Very awesome.
February 9th, 2014 at 6:41 PM ^
February 9th, 2014 at 6:45 PM ^
He is committed already. 4/5 star
February 9th, 2014 at 6:50 PM ^
OSU having NFL teams provides excellent insight as to the attraction of OSU and a powerful recruiting tool.
February 9th, 2014 at 7:01 PM ^
I hadn't been to 11W in a while and, is it just me or is the new web design trend of "OMG pictures everywhere" incredibly annoying? I value sites like mgoblog, google news, and reddit precisely *because* there isn't a bunch of superfluous crap all over the place.
February 9th, 2014 at 7:57 PM ^
It's funny, I hate the new design too, but they had a thread about the new site a few days ago and 95% of the posts were praising the new design as being amazing.
February 9th, 2014 at 8:48 PM ^
More sites are optimizing to new form factors like tablets and phones. When done right, it's quite effective.
February 10th, 2014 at 8:15 AM ^
Count me among those that hate it. Peter Kings MMQB site comes to mind and (at a glance) I have no fucking clue when an article is posted because its a 3 x forever grid of random articles with content constantly being pushed down the page.
I feel like grid formats with large headers are for drive-by browsing and not "power" users. I like my stories to be posted in a vertical chronological order so I can quickly see new content and decide if I want to read it or not.
February 10th, 2014 at 10:07 AM ^
are doing it wrong. I've stopped visiting NBCNews.com. You hit the front page and can see 3 friggin stories (on my 22" monitor). Do they think people have lost the ability to read words?!
Honestly, I almost don't want Brian to redo MGoBlog because of this trend of designing for tablets. It's completely different than responsive design and must be easier to implement or something.
February 9th, 2014 at 7:09 PM ^
February 9th, 2014 at 7:20 PM ^
Sad to see a young man's father is sick, glad to see a very talented player leave OSU.
February 9th, 2014 at 8:42 PM ^
February 9th, 2014 at 9:13 PM ^
I remember seeing him at the opening and thinking about what an athletic freak he was. It's hard to second guess a kid that is making a tough decision with his family in mind. I wish him and his family the best of luck.
February 9th, 2014 at 9:23 PM ^
February 9th, 2014 at 9:33 PM ^
He's originally from the Plano, TX area, and will likely be headed to that area. However, there's no word of a potential new destination.
February 10th, 2014 at 6:12 AM ^
February 10th, 2014 at 8:27 AM ^
My money's on Baylor.
February 9th, 2014 at 9:38 PM ^
Prayers to that family. Sometimes life isn't very fair at all.
February 10th, 2014 at 12:25 PM ^
WHO WOULD NEG THIS?
February 9th, 2014 at 9:45 PM ^
February 9th, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^
Very mature act for a young man, especially a star D1 athlete.
February 9th, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^
February 10th, 2014 at 12:19 AM ^
February 10th, 2014 at 12:59 AM ^
Hopefully his dad's health improves, and now that hes not at OSU I wish him the best in his football career.
February 10th, 2014 at 5:37 AM ^
We had a running back from Texas leave for simular reasons during the RR days of doom. Can't remember his name with my oldtimers disease getting worse. IIRC He had a video on You Tube showing him jump over a would be tackler in high school.
February 10th, 2014 at 6:10 AM ^
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February 10th, 2014 at 7:34 AM ^
As someone that shares his name, this pleases me.
February 10th, 2014 at 9:40 AM ^
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February 10th, 2014 at 12:39 PM ^
seems like every team has some
February 10th, 2014 at 8:36 AM ^
Damn it, I was so happy about this news until I heard about his dad. Hope he gets to spend some much needed time with his family. Sad news.
February 10th, 2014 at 9:40 AM ^
February 10th, 2014 at 8:25 PM ^
good luck to him; that is awful. puts things in perspective
February 10th, 2014 at 11:03 PM ^