Ohio State recruiting risks -- What's worth it, what's not?
Diving into the areas where the Ohio State Buckeyes should and shouldn't take risks in recruiting with Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means.
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Show Notes
It's a deep dive into Ohio State recruiting strategy on this Wednesday Buckeye Talk as Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means drop a two-hour episode for the first time in a while.
There's a lot here, talking about the recruitments for players like Dylan Raiola, Quinn Ewers, Terrelle Pryor, Micah Parsons, Bronny James, Tate Martell and times where the Buckeyes did or didn't accept a certain amount of risk in a recruitment.
First (0:30) is a discussion comparing how much risk the Buckeyes should take in football recruiting compared to basketball recruiting.
Then it's on to five areas of potential risk in football recruiting and what Ohio State should do:
- Players with a degree of celebrity (23:31)
- Players who are focused on NIL (41:41)
- Players who are national five-stars with no OSU connections who might easily change their minds (1:02:20)
- Players with potential off-field issues (1;23:39)
- Players who might create NCAA issues (1:38:29)
And last, a wrap up of fan thoughts and if the guys think Ohio State is handling risk correctly right now (1:46:55).
Ohio State text subscribers were surveyed to judge how they feel about each area of risk, and Doug, Nathan and Stephen dug into each one.
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