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Written by Duane Long   
Friday, 12 June 2009 12:26
I bet the people in Kentucky want to bury John Caliparis body behind a horse barn. He comes into one the crown jewels of college basketball at Kentucky, one that has to live with one of the biggest scandals in the history of college sports marring its legacy, looking like he is as dirty as they come. For a program trying to get itself back to the elite level that was once just a given, this is the worst possible news. It seems like there is so much more cheating at the highest levels of basketball than in football. There is so much pressure to produce early. You can change the game with one recruiting class. Matta proved that here. It takes awhile to rebuild a football program. People accept that it could take a few years, well, everyone but Notre Dame.

I am going to be 50 in August. I have a love of this game that borders on obsession, and have it since I was in the 3rd grade. I have never seen a worst trade than the Denver Broncos made when they gave away Jay Cutler. He is a franchise quarterback. You don't give away a franchise quarterback. They are a very rare commodity. Ideally there are 64 of them, 2 for each team. One franchise quarterback per team would change the game. Forget about 32. If there were ever 20 at one time in the NFL we would see a different league. Has there ever been a time when there was more than maybe 10 in the league at the same time? The Broncos just gave one away. Got a player in his place who once had about every other element you would want in a championship team, and single handedly blew the Super Bowl. I wish Ohio boy Josh McDaniels all the best but he is off to a very bad start.

Speaking of McDaniels, doesn't it seem Belichek proteges have a bad history with alienating their players? He did it himself at Cleveland. No New York Jet players shed a tear when Eric Mangini left. Now we have McDaniels alienating his franchise quarterback before he ever puts on his jock.

Jamal Berry got caught with a small amount of weed. Yawn.

If someone came in and evaluated the NCAA as a governing body the final report would be fit on a post-it note. It would read, LOL!!!!!!!! The NCAA is a joke. It gets worked up to a frenzy over nothing then does nothing over something. Look at the SEC. Has any SEC school never been on probation? Right now Alabama and Tennessee are both being investigated. Cheating is so much a part of doing business down there that they take the toothless NCAA penalties in stride. Where is the death penalty? SMU got the death penalty. The NCAA has never since had the guts it takes to do what is necessary to stop cheating in the most elite programs. When they do punish, it is the current coaches and the current team that suffer. That is just plain stupid. That is like having 2 sons, Billy and Bobby. Billy does something wrong but you spank Bobby. There is an easy fix. Football coach is a job. Put the offenders out of a job for a long time. Cheat once and you are banned from coaching at any NCAA school for 5 years. Second offense, 10 years. Third offense, banned for life. Head coaches would be held responsible for their assistants so they would be more vigilant.


The ESPN top 150 is laughable. It is smoke and mirrors. They need to put the resources into it to make it state of the art. There are always going to be disagreements about players and who is the best but any top 150 list that includes Christian Pace and O'Neal Brown cannot be taken seriously.


I am at a loss about what the Buckeyes are going to do with quarterback recruiting and tight end recruiting. The problem at quarterback is obvious. The Franchise is only a sophmore and if you think these kids do not know about Braxton Miller, I have some magical 5-leaf clovers I would give you a great price on. One quarterback plays at a time. They know that too. At tight end they know they are going to do alot of blocking and very little pass catching. The vast majority of tight ends don't want to play in this offense. At both positions we need to start thinking about whether we are reaching with the next players on the board more than who we should offer.

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written by marvin schrager, June 12, 2009
Duane: So why can USC stack up 5* quartebacks like chordwood and Fla. is starting to do the same?. LSU(Perriloux let them down) and Ga have also had success. Why is it that OSU is having the problem?
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written by dbuckeye44, June 12, 2009
Don't fret about Kentucky. They knew exactly what they were hiring when they hired Calipari. He has always walked the line with the rules and been undetectable when he crossed it. Kentucky has always been one of the leaders in cheating in basketball. This goes back to the Rupp years. Calipari and Kentucky represent a perfect marriage. Neither cares about the rules it's just "Win Baby, Win!"

In regard to Cutler I somewhat disagree with you that he is a franchise QB. I think he is on the cusp of being one and in a couple of more years could be one. However, his leadership qualities and mental toughness need to be stepped up first.
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written by Fifty, June 12, 2009
Duane,

Don't think it was a small amount of weed!

Also, don't think Vanderbilt (speaking of Jay Cutler) has ever been on probation, but they are the exception and probably don't belong in that conference for athletic and academic reasons. Although the Bears seem to love their football players, I think they have 5 right now (some recently drafted)!

kentucky fans are still happy with the hire, they will flip quickly if he leaves the program on probation!

Also, didn't you say before that Braxton was so good that you would pass on a QB this year if it would help bring him here? I'm assuming you don't think a QB this year will have any impact on his decision? A while back he said tOSU and florida were his favorite two. Not sure if anything has changed, you gotta like our chances being the home state and the fact that Dee went here and was so popular! Oh what could have been with the '98 team!!! BTW, Dee is an insurance agent leveraging his Buckeye popularity! Every recruit should know about the success he found after football didn't work out. Very few schools have such a concentrated fan base!

Great blog, totally agree that the ncaa is a joke and probably will be until they can get some real power.
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written by bigdog3300, June 12, 2009
Kentucky is stacked with talent though, easily a Final 4 favorite.

I 100% agree about ESPN's rankings.....they are worse than a joke.

The SEC in general has the shadiest recruiting issues and they never get in trouble. Tenn. should prob. be banned from athletics for all of theirs.

Lastly, the reason basketball has sooooo many more problems is because of AAU basketball. Which is great for the sport, but too many agents/shoe companies get their greedy paws in there. It's nothing like watching two great teams like the D1 Greyhounds or All-Ohio Red playing when you are watching 10 guys on a court that will be going to big time D1 schools when they are allowed to play in a free system and display their athleticism.....100x better than normal HS ball.
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written by DHOS, June 12, 2009
The ESPN top 150 is laughable. It is smoke and mirrors. They need to put the resources into it to make it state of the art. There are always going to be disagreements about players and who is the best but any top 150 list that includes Christian Pace and O'Neal Brown cannot be taken seriously.

So true. Did you know they just copy and past evals from their NFL division after watching five minutes of tape?
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written by DHOS, June 12, 2009
Duane: So why can USC stack up 5* quartebacks like chordwood and Fla. is
starting to do the same?. LSU(Perriloux let them down) and Ga have also had
success. Why is it that OSU is having the problem?

How many quarterbacks a year does California produce? And Florida? And Texas?

All these schoools have a multitude of QB's to choose from in-state or nearby every single year. OSU needs to go national for QB recruiting most years which makes the hit/miss ratio worse.
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written by Duane Long, June 12, 2009

Also, didn't you say before that Braxton was so good that you would pass on a QB this year if it would help bring him here? I'm assuming you don't think a QB this year will have any impact on his decision? A while back he said tOSU and florida were his favorite two. Not sure if anything has changed, you gotta like our chances being the home state and the fact that Dee went here and was so popular! Oh what could have been with the '98 team!!! BTW, Dee is an insurance agent leveraging his Buckeye popularity! Every recruit should know about the success he found after football didn't work out. Very few schools have such a concentrated fan base!

Great blog, totally agree that the ncaa is a joke and probably will be until they can get some real power.



I love Miller. I would not do anything to jeopardize our situation with him. I would like to get another quarterback in here though. We are so thin. Even if Bauserman does stay we are looking at two players at quarterback who belong on the field at this level.
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written by Doobie Brother, June 13, 2009
Great Points here ....... often message seems mixed about musts/ and wants. I agree with Duane that QB position in one that we must depth and talent available. However - As Duane mentioned in earlier post this is year we could go without.

Also, didn't you say before that Braxton was so good that you would pass on a QB this year if it would help bring him here? I'm assuming you don't think a QB this year will have any impact on his decision? A while back he said tOSU and florida were his favorite two. Not sure if anything has changed, you gotta like our chances being the home state and the fact that Dee went here and was so popular! Oh what could have been with the '98 team!!! BTW, Dee is an insurance agent leveraging his Buckeye popularity! Every recruit should know about the success he found after football didn't work out. Very few schools have such a concentrated fan base!

Great blog, totally agree that the ncaa is a joke and probably will be until they can get some real power.



I love Miller. I would not do anything to jeopardize our situation with him. I would like to get another quarterback in here though. We are so thin. Even if Bauserman does stay we are looking at two players at quarterback who belong on the field at this level.
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written by Kasino Royale, June 13, 2009

How many quarterbacks a year does California produce? And Florida? And Texas?
All these schoools have a multitude of QB's to choose from in-state or nearby every single year. OSU needs to go national for QB recruiting most years which makes the hit/miss ratio worse.

I'm not sure thats the reason. There have been some pretty good QB's in the surrounding states the past few years we just really didn't go after too strong. Some would of been perfect to sit behind TP and and not be rushed into action for three years.

I think we just arent' bringing in proper numbers every year. Other schools can handle transfers and injuries because they're 5 and 6 deep at the spot. Its the most important spot on the field and we go into some seasons with 3 guys. Remember way back when Zwick had to hop around on one leg and Todd B almost had to lose a redshirt. That scenario would never play out at USC or Florida.

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