From our friends at WOSN:

A lot of great video of the new look offense in action:

Football Moment Bracket (Round Two): #4 Evan Spencer’s One Handed Grab (Akron) vs. #5 Posey’s One Handed Catch (PSU)

We’ve finally made it to the last matchup of round two, and we’ve got two one handed grabs going at each other. These catches are pretty stark in contrast to each other. You have, on one hand, Evan Spencer’s grab. It was during the Akron game, at the beginning of the season when everything was new a fresh. A new QB, a new coach, a new season. We hoped that this was the start of something great. On the other hand, you have Posey’s catch during the Penn State game. The season was still hanging in the balance and this most important game was still in the balance. But Posey, fresh off his suspension, gives us a glimpse of what could (and should) have been.

#4 Evan Spencer’s One Handed Grab (Akron)

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#5 Posey’s One Handed Catch (PSU)

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To say that recruiting under Urban Meyer has changed drastically from the previous regime would be a huge understatement. Since Coach Meyer took over he has gotten commitments from 18 players. 8 are from the Great State of Ohio and 10 from 9 other states. While this isn’t such a huge change the states they are coming from is. Getting kids from Missouri and New Jersey and Massachusetts and now California is adding to our traditional hotbeds of Ohio and Georgia and Pennsylvania. Recruiting has also become much more of a numbers game and not in the traditional sense of how many kids we recruit but rather what their number ranking is in the eyes of recruiting services. No longer will the classes be full of marginal Ohio kids mixed in with top ranked Ohio kids and a few national kids. These days if you aren’t highly ranked at a need position you wont be a part of that years class. This will no doubt send kids that normally are the ones OSU recruits to other schools like TTUN and MSU and Notre Dame.

This leads us to todays verbal commitment from a Tight End out of California. A surprise pick up for a lot of casual recruiting fans but to those who follow it closely this should be no surprise at all. Ohio State is going to take 2 TEs in this years class. Most people expected those 2 guys to be Josh McNeil and Mike Heuerman but due to todays commitment one of those guys is on the outside looking in.

Marcus Baugh a 6’4″ 225 lbs 4 star TE from Riverside, CA committed to Ohio State this morning and became the 8th member of this years class. Marcus is ranked as the 3rd best TE in the nation and the 93rd overall best recruit in the nation according to 247sports. He is an ESPNU 150 member and a top 150 player according to both Scouts and Rivals. Marcus is a 2 way pure athlete and could play TE or DE or even LB in college. Some compare his talents to Kellen Winslow with better hands and better speed and hopefully a better personality. He has great speed and hands and will be a huge down field threat but needs to improve on his route running. This is a huge pickup for OSU and Meyer as Baugh had offers from schools like USC and Florida and Miami Fl. There is and should be no doubt that this years class will be full of stars just need to put them in a good position to succeed and OSU will be set for the next 4 years.

Highlights:

Football Moment Bracket (Round Two): #3 Goal Line Stand (PSU) vs. #11 Shazier’s Punt Block (Wisc)

A defensive showdown (sort of!)!

#3 Ohio State’s Defensive Goal Line Stand against Penn State

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#11 Shazier’s Punt Block (Wisc)

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Football Moment Bracket (Round Two): #2 Braxton’s 81 YD Run (Indiana) vs. #10 Boom’s Long Run (Wisc)

This first upset of round one, Boom’s scamper against Wisconsin, goes up against Braxton Miller against Indiana in his, in the immortal words of Shang Tsung, “… now for a taste of things to come.”

#2 Braxton’s 81 YD Run (Indiana)

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#10 Boom’s Long Run (Wisc)

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We’re back with the 2011 Football Moment Bracket with the Round Two match-ups. This was going to go up earlier to coincide with the basketball tournament, but I had a surgery to prepare for and ran out of time. Now that I’m recovering, I have time to get the second round voting under way.

Although there were a couple upsets in the first round, most of the higher seeded moments have made it through

Round Two: #1 Braxton’s TD Throw (Wisc) vs. #8 Urban Meyer Announced as Head Coach

Our first round basically matches up two of the more popular moments from 2011. Urban Meyer’s announcement may have been underrated but now it goes up against the juggernaut that is Braxton Miller’s amazing time-wizard throw for the ages.

#1 Braxton Miller’s Touchdown Throw against Wisconsin:

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#8 Urban Meyer Announced as Head Coach:

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To the surprise of no one today at a press conference, Jared Sullinger decided to forego any remaining eligibility and enter the NBA draft. The press conference also featured his current head coach, Thad Matta, who was very proud of Sully and supportive. There is no doubt this decision was made a long time ago and that he has full support of Team Sully, i.e. his family. Sullinger had two great years at Ohio State and helped lead the team to two B1G titles and one Final Four appearance. He is a two-time All American and All-B1G member.

While we here at MOTSAG wish him nothing but the greatest career in the NBA and hope all his dreams come true, I for one am worried that his game will struggle at the next level. He needs to toughen up mentally and mature in his game. He will be a great second option but I can’t see him being the team’s best player and go to guy in order for his team to succeed. I hope he continues to develop his game and it works out for him but he won’t succeed as a jump shooter in the NBA. I have said all year losing the weight hurt his game and I stand by that claim. I just think he lost a lot of toughness with the weight. He needs to add muscle to replace the weight. He will no doubt find that the NBA is much less aggressive then the B1G and will find going in the post a lot easier and much less painful. If he can get healthy and gain some inches in his vertical jumping ability that will help with the blocking of his shots. I just hope he lands on a team that will help him become the PRO he has always wanted to be. I hope Sully becomes everything Greg Oden couldn’t because of his injuries. He is a class act and a really great guy and I am proud to say he is a huge part of Buckeye Nation.

It just wouldn’t be normal at this point if Coach Meyer didn’t have at least one if not a few flips to his recruiting class. After all we are still 10 months away from signing day and most recruits at this point are still easily flipped if he really wants them. The No. 7 recruit from the 2013 class comes to us via a brief stint as a member of the 2013 West Virginia Mountaineers class so if you know any fans of that team thank them for holding this recruit for Meyer just long enough until he could gauge if he wanted him or not :).

Jayme Thompson is a 6’2″ 185 lbs 4 star Safety from Toledo Central Catholic. Rivals has Jayme ranked as the 13th best Safety in the country and the 146th best overall recruit. Jayme brings an athletic ability to the safety position as he is also a highly touted WR recruit as well but does expect to play safety at OSU. His speed and toughness will work well for him and being a WR will give him an advantage when going up against WRs.

It seems like it has been FOREVER since the last recruiting update but it really has only been a month since Evan Lisle became a member of the 2013 class. This weekend was a huge recruiting weekend for Coach Meyer and his staff as they hosted several top recruits as well as most of their current commits and members of the 2012 class for spring practice this weekend. It didn’t hurt that OSU basketball was also in the Final Four although that didn’t out as well as hoped it did show OSU as a Championship caliber athletic school. I wouldn’t be surprised if this update is the first of a few over the next month as OSU has spring practices and the Spring Game. As it is though this update goes to….

Ezekiel Elliot a 6’0″ 200 lbs RB from St. Louis, Missouri. Ezekiel is a speed back who is also a star in Track and Field. He is a RB who has true speed and shiftiness that excels in Coach Meyer’s offense. Scouts has Ezekiel rated a 4 star and the 9th best RB in the country. He certainly fits the mold of the kind of player Urban wants and needs to make his offense work. Welcome to Buckeye Nation Ezekiel.