4 * 2019 LB Tommy Eichenberg commits to OSU
December 6th, 2018 at 9:07 PM ^
Didn’t his brother go to OSU? Or was that Notre Dame?
December 6th, 2018 at 9:08 PM ^
Meant to put it in the OP but his brother Liam started at LT for ND this year.
December 6th, 2018 at 9:18 PM ^
I’m sorry
December 6th, 2018 at 9:19 PM ^
Here we go, OSU going down-market for a BC commit. Hometown kid was hoping for the OSU offer and likely is a totally meh add given recruiting issues. Urban was blocking this as he wants speed at LB and this kid is old school slow.
December 6th, 2018 at 9:33 PM ^
...and also would have been a 100% take for Michigan.
December 7th, 2018 at 9:27 AM ^
Really? How do you know?
December 7th, 2018 at 9:29 AM ^
Hard disagree. They were recruiting him but hes after Crouch, Deloach and Solomon in that order.
December 6th, 2018 at 9:45 PM ^
He has slow feet and not very agile but when he gets a head of steam going, he's moving pretty good at times. A quick halfback will shred him with a move or two but he tackles really well. He hits with good impact, wraps up and very strongly alligator twists and brings you to the ground. That's textbook. His tackling is better than most college kids.
December 7th, 2018 at 3:47 AM ^
So he is like a Tiger tank. OSU hopes he doesn't run into a bunch of T-34s.
December 7th, 2018 at 7:59 AM ^
Fairly certain the same things were said about Jake Ryan, but I think things turned out well for him.
December 7th, 2018 at 9:29 AM ^
Really ? They said he was slow ? I doubt that. I recall Ryan's take after the fact, was that he was a very late bloomer. What a great LB he was....
December 7th, 2018 at 12:53 PM ^
If Jake was that slow he wouldn't be playing in the NFL.
December 6th, 2018 at 9:27 PM ^
Yeah, I imagine they will immediately re-focus on in-state recruiting since Meyer fumbled it.
December 6th, 2018 at 9:35 PM ^
He just went 82-9 total and 7-0 against us. Define “fumbled”
December 6th, 2018 at 9:39 PM ^
After you define "in-state recruiting" : )
December 6th, 2018 at 10:09 PM ^
2018: signed 4 of top 5 in state
2017: 4 of 5
2016: 3 of 5
2015: 4 of 5
2014: 4 of 5
And signed perennial top five national classes. You’re talking out your ass. There are many things to give Urban Meyer shit about. Recruiting is not one of them.
December 6th, 2018 at 10:24 PM ^
Seems my ass is smarter than you!
Urban at OSU could get the top 3 or 4 from almost ANY state other than Alabama.
What they did is stop giving a lot of offers to in-state kids after "the Danny Clark Situation" and only give committable offers to the highest rated kids.
It's the exact reason Nolan Rumbler is a Wolverine and why he has so passionately recruited other Ohio kids to UofM.
Maybe you should find out more about the Ohio recruits we have rather than slupin and burpin on Urbzies nob.
December 6th, 2018 at 11:17 PM ^
Rumler has wanted to be a Wolverine since he was 14.
December 6th, 2018 at 11:20 PM ^
Yep, just about the time Urban "processed" Danny Clark, who was from Hoban, from OSU.
December 6th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
And OSU’s best players are not from Ohio. Urban understood that to compete for a national championship,he needed to get out of the Midwest for recruits.
December 6th, 2018 at 11:49 PM ^
And no one has a problem with any program taking the best of the best from around the country when they can sign them.
The real question is: why did they give out 43% less offers to Ohio players between '17-'19 than between '14-'16?
And do you think the state of Ohio players didn't notice?
December 6th, 2018 at 9:42 PM ^
Yeah there really isn’t much to bitch about, but I heard more than a few grumbles about not taking enough Ohio kids.... 1st world problems and stuff.
December 6th, 2018 at 9:45 PM ^
They're refocused on in state recruiting because they won't be able to recruit at the same level nationally.
Meyer "fumbled" his way to the highest rated string of classes OSU ever had.
December 6th, 2018 at 10:12 PM ^
And hopefully most Ohio kids aren't so easy to forgive as Tommy Boy was.
Glad Nolan Rumbler, Zach Carpenter, Eric All, Gabe Newberg, Quintel Kent and Joey Velazquez probably hold more of a grudge for getting no buck love when Urban was off chasing 5*s in Texas.
And hopefully their buddy Zach feels the same :)
December 7th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^
And as I thought, they're even trying to grab an early commitment from a 2021 WR Lorenzo Styles, who isn't even ranked in the top Ohio players yet; probably because UofM offered him recently and has had success in Pickerington.
December 6th, 2018 at 10:08 PM ^
Best of luck to the kid. Too bad he didn’t follow in the footsteps of fellow St. Ignatius Wildcat linebacker Jake Ryan and head north. I’d say that decision worked out well for him.
December 6th, 2018 at 10:20 PM ^
December 7th, 2018 at 12:03 AM ^
But OSU people are probably saying things like, "If he's good enough for (OSU defensive coordinator who just thrashed Michigan), he's good enough for me! Trust the coaches! Trust the process!"
December 7th, 2018 at 8:14 AM ^
Not sure why this on the MGoBoard, but good for them.
December 7th, 2018 at 8:59 AM ^
It disappoints me to see people dissing on a kid like this. This kid has decent talent and is a heeluva football player-who really brings it. Sure, he is a very different type of LB relative to Bush but I can see a kid like him doing very well at MLB for Coach Brown. Having said that, here's hoping that Rumler trucks the snot out of him repeatedly over the next several years!!!
December 7th, 2018 at 12:25 PM ^
This should come as a surprise to absolutely no one.
December 7th, 2018 at 4:53 PM ^
Yeah, Ohio native should go to OSU - big deal
December 8th, 2018 at 8:15 AM ^
Actually they offered him a gray shirt, he declined and signed with UK. Harbaugh has processed early commits as late as november.