This weekend couldn’t get much better could it? First, OSU lands a commitment from 2013 LB/Safety Christopher Worley. Then the Mens Basketball team defeated previously unbeaten and destined to be no 1 in the country Michigan. Those things in and of them self would make for a great weekend for OSU. Then though Coach Meyer wanted in on some of the beating TTUN action and decided to swoop in and steal a 2014 recruit direct from Detroit Cass Tech the biggest HS pipeline that TTUN and Brady Hoke have at the moment. Cass Tech is sort of like Cleveland Glenville is for OSU only on a lower level and with much less success. With this new recruit OSU now has 2 players in the class with Marcelys Jones being the first.

Damon Webb is a 6’0″ 180 lbs 4 star DB from Detroit, Michigan. Damon is a shutdown corner who isn’t afraid to hit a guy and help on run defense. He comes from a school that has had a lot of success in Michigan. Damon had offers from the likes of LSU, Michigan, Michigan St., and a host of other school. 247sports ranks him a 4 star and the 146th best recruit in 2014. ESPN doesnt have rankings out yet but he is on the 150 watch list. Rivals ranks him a 4 star. Scout ranks him a 4 star and the 7th best CB in the country for 2014. Below you can see his JR year highlights.

Damon Webb confirmed his commitment via his twitter account.

This was going to be a huge recruiting weekend but by most accounts it was going to be biggest for the 2014 class. There are a few guys from 2013 who will be there this weekend though and it didnt even take getting to Friday night to get the first commit out of the weekend.

Christopher Worley is a 6’3″ 190 lbs 4 star LB/Safety from Cleveland, Ohio. Worley is one of many who have come to OSU via the Glenville Pipeline. Christopher Worley becomes recruit no 22 for the 2013 class. By many accounts he is a hybrid player he can play both Safety and LB and may be destined to play the STAR position at OSU. He is a BIG hitter and has a lot of speed. He will need to hit the weight room though and may need a redshirt year to get use to the system but he is primed to be another stud from Da Ville. 247sports ranks him a 4 star and the 28th best athlete in the country. ESPN ranks him a 3 star and the 42nd best OLB in the country. Scout ranks him a 3 star and the 55th best OLB in the country. Rivals ranks him a 3 star and the 52nd best OLB in the country. Below you can see his JR year highlights.

Marc Givler of Buckeye Grove broke the news via Twitter.

Christopher Worley just confirmed the news via his own twitter.
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You will have to bear with me here for a few minutes as most of the people reading this post are B1G fans and have no idea of what “Conference Pride” is or what I am talking about. You see there are 14 teams in the S-E-C and if you know anything about those fans it is that in their mind they truly believe all of them won a National Championship Title last night. Not only that but they also feel like all of them have won 7 straight titles and 9 of the 15 total BCS titles.

For an example, Vanderbilt recently won a bowl game over a 7-6 North Carolina St team from the ACC. Their fans had a chant going for most of the 4th quarter: S-E-C… S-E-C… S-E-C. Could be heard I am sure for miles around the stadium as if this Vanderbilt team had just won a conference title. They hadn’t, by the way, as a matter of fact I don’t think Vanderbilt ever has won one (maybe they have heck I don’t even know if they have won 20 conference games in the last 20 years to be honest). The fact that Vanderbilt is a middle of the road CFB team doesn’t matter to its fans or any of the fans of other SEC teams. They saw it as a victory for the entire conference and proof that the SEC is better then the ACC.

Last night a 12-0 Notre Dame went into the BCS title game against a 12-1 Bama team with possibly the biggest fan base that Bama had ever come up against. Notre Dame fans were on their own though, it was their fans against an entire conference fan base. Things didn’t start off well even before the game started. Johnny Manziel, the Heisman winning TAMU QB, was seen on the Bama sideline yacking it up with the team he beat earlier in the year. For OSU fans this would be like if TTUN was in the game and Braxton Miller was there hanging out with Denard and company — NEVER EVER WILL HAPPEN. In the SEC, though, it is completely normal and accepted I am sure Johnny Football went clubbing last night with Bama players and fans and celebrated like he just won a BCS title.

Finally here is where it starts to matter: The Media/voters. They are the ones who are perpetually pushing this conference superiority crap and not calling it out for the BS that it is. Most B1G fans can’t and don’t look past their own teams to see why rooting for their arch enemies is so important (Myself included). I will use one voter as an example of how conference pride is important.

Jon Wilner is a voter and media member from the San Francisco area. He voted Ohio State 10th in his last AP poll last night. Here are a few of his insane thought processes.

Example 1

* Spent no time filling out the top line with Bama and slotted Oregon into the No. 2 spot almost as quickly.
* I never considered ranking Oregon below Stanford because of the head-to-head result.

Basically he just said I know Stanford beat Oregon but so what that proves nothing!!!

Example 2

* Florida lost by 10 to Louisville in the Sugar Bowl but only dropped four spots from my early-December ballot. The Gators won at Texas A&M and at Florida State, and they beat South Carolina and LSU — those wins served to largely offset what happened in the Sugar.

We will get back to that Sugar bowl win by the BIG EAST team soon!!!

Example 3

* I have been asked on numerous occasions if I’m ranking Ohio State far below its place in the AP poll because of the sanctions.

The answer: Nope. I’m ranking Ohio State far below its position in the AP poll because that’s all the Buckeyes deserve.

They shouldn’t be confused with the undefeated champion of the Big 12 or Pac-12.

The B1G was mediocre this season — closer to the Big East than the SEC — and when given a chance to show its stuff in non-conference play, tOSU struggled to beat Cal.

This is where he goes off the charts in his stupidity. He earlier said Florida which he ranked 6th ahead of Louisville at 14th lost to Louisville and was destroyed the whole game by Louisville no matter the final score. Oh by the way Louisville is the Big East Champions. He clearly thinks the SEC is far superior of a conference to the Big East yet in head to head the Big East won easily. Then he says OSU is comparable to the Big East not the Pac 12 or Big 12 and clearly not the SEC……. HUH???????? Stupidity at its finest.

You can see this hacks final ballot and a plethora of other stupid reasonings behind his final poll.

The SEC ended up having a so-so bowl season but if you believe the fans and media no one can compete with any of them no matter what the score boards say. Sure the SEC (see Bama) has been dominant lately and will continue to be so for many reasons for the forseeable future.

What isn’t true is that B1G fans need to hate each other so much so that we can’t and don’t support each other in the non-conf games. You see the squeaky wheel gets the oil. If B1G fans scream it enough the media/voters will start to believe it they are just that gullible. Still don’t believe me?

Check out this link that lists how all the AP voters voted 12-0 Ohio State in their final polls.

In conclusion for some to most voters facts don’t matter and that if B1G fans can come together and force our opinions that the B1G is better then everyone else maybe we can convince the voters to vote us significantly higher in the polls which will get us more teams in the playoffs. Maybe it wont as well but it does seem worth trying and giving it the old S-E-C try.

All together now…. RAH RAH RAH….. B-1-G…B-1-G…B-1-G….. RAH RAH RAH

THE RICH KEEP GETTING RICHER: In the biggest news to rock the Buckeye Blogosphere since forever, Vico and Michael from Our Honor Defend have defected over to join the Eleventy Warriors Behemoth (while Charles will take his talents over to the BBC). Congrats to Jason and the guys at 11W for landing these two blogging stalwarts (emphasis on the WARTS, of course).

THAT’S COACH HAYES TO YOU: Woody Hayes would have turned an hundred years old next month and even at a hundred, he would put a dent in your rear end and whip you into shape like nobody’s business. Ohio State will be honoring Mr. Hayes with a fund raising dinner. Ironic that Woody was born in Valentines day. In my version of things, he seems like he would be the most unromantic person on earth. The opposite was probably closer to the truth.

YEARRRRGHH!!!! I will be posting a little more about this very soon, but hopefully everyone has had a chance to see Coach Coombs pump everyone up. I wonder how many cube walls were punched and jugs at the water cooler were curled after watching this video.

WHAT IFS: “But the way we finished and the way we started playing defense and being a really good team there’s no doubt by the way we finished we would have been a contender,” Meyer said.

“I’m not bitter at anybody for where we are,” [Tim Hinton] said. “There is some disappointment that we have a group of young men that truly refused to lose and had opportunities to win another game and possibly two more games. It’s obviously been an unbelievable year. I wish for the players’ sake that we had the opportunity to win again, because they certainly earned the opportunity to perform and play at a high level. It is what it is. This was a great group to work with. I’ve been very fortunate to be a part of them.”

COOOOOOP: John Cooper, the only coach to win the Rose Bowl with a Big Ten team and a Pac-10 team was inducted in to the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, which apparently is a thing and is big enough of a thing to have the inductees introduced by Keith Jackson.

WE’RE MOVIN’ ON UP: MotSaG’s recruiting guru SYR has always favored 24/7 Sports recruit rankings, and Ohio State has been bumped up to #2 in their latest refresh of their class rankings, behind only Alabama.

ROLL TRIBE: I’m not exactly sure if this is the first time a Buckeye has ever become an Indian (that seems like a good stub for someone to start on Wikipedia) but Nick Swisher made a lot of Cleveland Buckeye fans happy by signing a four-year deal with the Indians. All it took was a visit from Urban Meyer. And Jim Tressel. And Thad Matta. Excellent recruiters, all of them.

WILLIS McGAHEE, MIAMI RUNNING BACK: We could tell it wasn’t going to be a gimme game like when we whooped on Nebraska [in the previous year’s title matchup]. They came to play. This Oral History of the 2003 Fiesta Bowl game is the greatest thing since… the 2003 Fiesta Bowl.

I don’t say this very often anymore, but: Read The Whole Thing.

AND FINALLY: In the department of no one wants to see this, David Boston was sentenced to six months of jail for assaulting a woman. While not an excuse, it is interesting to note that the article mentions that David Boston had suffered from four concussions. I wonder if this defense is going to become common in the near future.

MISC: We all love Urban Meyer and you’re going to love him even more watching him in this Tostitos Homecoming Party Bowl video. Terrelle Pryor is forever a Buckeye and hopes one day you’ll forgive him. New transfer rules forthcoming from the NCAA? Our Twittering Buckeyes page just keeps getting better and better.

Ohio State already has to replace 7 starters from a 12-0 team for next season luckily for them it won’t be 8 as Star CB Bradley Roby has told Columbus Dispatch Sports Reporter Tim May this evening he will return for his RS JR year which is huge as Roby is a star and a shut down corner who may be the best in the country next year. Below you can a recap of the conversation Tim May had with Bradley Roby via his twitter feed.

Seeming for months it has been rumored that a certain LB was going to commit to OSU. He was a strong lean at the very least and a silent commit at the most. Well that all changed today as he officially became a member of the 2013 class and in doing so brought along his SPARQ National Title and world record.

Mike Mitchell is a 6’4″ 225 lbs 5 star LB from Plano, Texas. Mike is a freak of an athlete as evideced by his highlight reel below and his nickname of “The Abusement Park” and his world record breaking SPARQ national title at last summers The Opening. Mike will most likely play outside LB at OSU and brings a lot of abilities in a complete package of pass rushing and run stopping. He is the kind of athlete you don’t see very often who can play right away at the next level and not be behind in size or speed. Scout ranks him as a 5 star and the no 2 LB in the country. 247sports ranks him as a 4 star and the 100th best recruit in the country. Rivals ranks him as a 4 star and the 30th best recruit in the country. ESPN ranks him a 4 star and the 121st best recruit in the nation. You can see his highlight reel below but it doesnt include his SR year.

For a year OSU has tried and failed to land and also keep LBers for the 2013 class. They have had guys commit and decommit and others flat out choose other schools over OSU. While most of us fans were panicking Coach Meyer and his staff just kept plugging along and staying focused on finding the kind of LBers OSU needs and wants and that will fit in their system. In the end I doubt anyone thought OSU would go 0 for in the LB spot for the class so now that NSD is closing in they are snatching up the guys they want.

Trey Johnson is a 6’2″ 220 lbs 4 star LB from Lawrenceville, GA. Trey is a former Auburn commit who decommitted when the previous coaching staff was fired. He has chosen OSU over Florida, Auburn, Penn St, and Tennessee. Trey is the total package he has the strength, speed, power, and instincts. Trey will most likely play the Middle LB position at OSU and has the run stopping ability and tackling to excel there. As a sophomore in HS he had 152 tackles. As a JR. he had 164 total tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, and 6 sacks. As a Sr. he had 139 tackles and 17 TFL and 4 INTs. ESPN ranks him as a 4 star and the 96th best player in the nation. 247sports ranks him as a 4 star and the 3rd best ILB in the nation. Scout ranks him a 4 star and the 20th best LB in the nation. Rivals ranks him a 4 star and the 86th best recruit in the nation. Below you can see his Sr. year highlights.

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