Julian Fleming Enters Portal

Sad to see Julian Fleming go, and wish him the best. He has been one of the grittiest players on the team, and a great leader by example.

Fleming came in as a highly-rated recruit, but suffered repeated shoulder injuries since the end of his high school career. He’s had so many surgeries on his shoulders now that he often jokes they are held together by duct tape.

Last season, Fleming said he had to just change his mentality about waiting to be fully healthy before stepping onto the field and accept that his shoulders will never be 100%. So now he just plays thru the pain, and when he dislocates his shoulders, he just goes to the sideline, pops them back in and goes back out.

When he’s mostly healthy though, he has WR1 potential and I hope he can show-out for his next program.

As much as I wish this was a sign of OSU imploding, Fleming hitting the portal is entirely logical.

He will be a 5th year senior and needs to show out in order to get a high draft rating.  He is not going to get that at OSU as he is not an MHJ level freak - and they have too many talented receivers to show out.

A move to PSU makes sense as he will get featured with a QB that has the arm to get him some numbers.

I wonder if some of these guys putting their names in the portal are just fishing for the best NIL deal.  If they don’t get better offers then what they currently have they will stay put.  
 

"Well, let's not start sucking each other's dicks just yet." - The Wolf 

Saw this kid play when he was in high school. No doubt why he was labeled as a cant miss player, but just didnt work out for him.

He will most likely transfer to PSU as that is only about 1.5 hours from where he is from. Would be a good pickup for them.

Stars matter!

-Salvatore Quattro 

OSU had 3 of the top 5 WRs in that entire class and JSN is the only one who did much of anything in college.  It's sort of crazy.  roman Wilson down at #38 has been a better WR in college than either Scott and Fleming, and I'd argue he's about as impactful as JSN simply because he could stay healthy.

Weren't they raising 13-15 million? 

Michigan State needs a program overhaul. 

Ohio State is already the most talented team in the B1G and top 3 in the country.  They need a few tweaks and a new play caller on offense, not an overhaul.  If they go the overhaul route, probably good for Michigan.

Day should start wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses like coach Prime.

He had over 500 receiving yards last year with 6 TDs.  Yeah, he had a drop off this year with it becoming the Harrison swan song with a new QB and challenged O line, but damn, looks like the wheels are falling off in Columbus.  

Did they forget it is a 12 team playoff next year?
 

At this point, I hope the B1G gets obliterated (except for Iowa and Minnesota). I want those schools to realize how far the gap is between them and us.

There was/is some smoke that Jeremiah Smith will flip to FSU. 

I agree but he was a starter all season ahead of the next guys up. He would have been a starter next season and would have provided some consistency and leadership. Something isn’t right in Columbus right now. 

Are they though?  If osu was so loaded at WR then why are MHJ and Egbuka the only two main targets? Not counting stover here.  Where are the rest of their 5* WRs where they could have had 3 or 4 wide?  For having so many weapons Mccord sure threw to 2 guys quite a bit.