Josh Shaw is sticking with his commitment to Florida and it is for the right reasons. He pick the school and the city as much as the coach. That is the way it should be done. The NCAA argues that players are committing to a school, not a coach, when the discussion about whether players should be let out of their LOIs should a coaching change occur. Good luck to him.

Other verbals that we would be concerned with are not so ready to see what happens in Gainesville. Matt Elam has been hard to track down. If anyone has a report on him I am unaware of it. I have learned since all this started that Elam likely yielded to family pressure to commit to Urban Meyer more than Florida. There was some chatter about his brother wanting him to visit Ohio State all through the year. He did not take an official though. Yes, he could take an unofficial but as time goes on I think more about the fact that he did not take an official. Why would he now come back and take an unofficial? We will see. Great player. No sense in not calling him. Several other verbals have said they will wait and see what happens.

Of the players the Buckeyes targeted, as the dust settles it seems like most is really good news. This bizarre situation seems to have put some distance between the Buckeyes and the Gators for Sharif Floyd. What a huge get he would be. Seantrell Hendersons father seems put off by all this. I remain unconvinced that Florida was the Buckeyes biggest competition but putting another big time program on the sideline is a good thing. The biggest story right now is Jordan Hicks. I am one who believed Florida was the team to beat. As soon as the Meyer story broke it started to come out that Hicks had soured on Florida when Charlie Strong left. This one could be a very interesting stretch run. Hicks is worth the effort.

The next couple of verbals could be Jon Hankins and a kid the Buckeyes have come back on, Bradley Roby, a Vanderbilt verbal.

Despite the rumormill saying the family wants him at Michigan, Hankins most recent comments lead you to believe that Florida was very much in there and now it is just a matter of pulling the trigger. I don't get his rankings. The kid is a beast. He had a bad camp over the summer. He was overweight and his grades were not in order. He came back with a great senior year. Here is the thing that stands out to me. Offers from Alabama, Florida and Oklahoma, all defensive lineman factories. Floyd and Hankins would be the best DT combination we have landed in all the time I have been doing this.

Roby. There is much more film out there of him on offense than on defense. The Buckeyes are offering him as a corner after he impressed at camp. The offensive film does show us some things that would give us a picture of what he what be able to do on defense. He has great hands. He tracks the ball so well and always seems to be the player who makes a move on it first. He never runs out of bounds. He breaks tackles. When asked to block, he does so with the kind of nasty you hope all receivers would have. The point I am trying to make is he shows himself to be physical in a position where you do not exxpect a player to be physical. The little film out there of him on defense shows a very aggressive player. He is not playing corner though. He is playing safety. I like to see projected corners have some time in coverage. The other thing I do not like is no offers from home state Georgia or Georgia Tech. It always bothers me when a home state school does not offer. No offers from any of the Florida schools, the Carolinas schools. The only offer from the SEC is Auburn. I really like that he is a 6-0 and the staff liked what they saw at camp. Can't say I get excited about this staff going off the board with safeties but they have a great record with corners.

Carlos Hyde has announced that he is packed and ready to head to Columbus.

A friend got a glimpse of practice out in California. He only got to see about a half hour before being run off. He saw a team that looked really sharp and the coaches had them going at it hard. Brandon Saine really impressed. That is the second report I have received about Saine jumping out in practices since the season ended.

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