There have been a number of questions that I have not gotten to and a couple of comments I wanted to addresss. I am going to pull them off the last couple of blogs and answer them here:

[quote]Get past it !
written by pussysoprano, January 21, 2010
OL numbers debate continues every year. ITs not news ..they have different philosophy on the numbers of scholarship OL. It makes sense when they get the right people.

ANyways - I thought Duane promised Buckeye Nation that Boles was retiring this year and if he didn't he would jump in Mirror Lake with a speedo. [/quote]

You offering me a deal if Bolls comes back? Instead of going silent for a month I go speedo in Mirror Lake? What month?

Get the right people. That is something I see from those who want to maintain the status quo. That is not accurate. You can look up the rankings and the offer lists for the offensive linemen who have come into the program, especially the class that included Mitchum, Person, Rehring

MurrDawg on Bucknuts asked me about how I thought the Buckeyes would fill out this class. He has seen it somewhere that we have three scholarships left and there are five players out there that nobody would say not to, Jordan Hicks, Seantrell Henderson, Christian Bryant, Dominique Brown and Matt James. I would add a sixth player. There is news that coach Tressel has had an in-home with 2009 class super OL prospect Morgan Moses who ended up at Fork Union last year.. JT is not going to do an in-home with a player who is not going to qualify.

I think we can forget about James. Despite James saying Ohio State leads, we were his first visit. He will see Notre Dame. That is where it falls apart. He has family connections to Cincinnati. His dad played there. Brian Kelly bought that school national recognition and

My intention is to get over here at least every other day. I had no idea that so much would be going on. It seemed like every time I was about to do a blog post that something else would pop up and I would want to see where that was going before I posted. As soon as I was ready to post about that something else would come across my radar.What a week.

The coaching changes have had an impact on the Buckeyes. I don't know if any program was more impacted by the Notre Dame, USC and Florida madness than the Buckeyes. I regret not having more scholarships. Fans are asking, are the Buckeyes going after these recruits? I think they would love to. Don't have the scholarships. I bet there are ten kids, ten elite kids,

The amount of hand wringing and finger pointing around Buckeye Nation is ridiculous. The staff didn't "lose" anyone. They fought as hard as the could for Floyd. He didn't come this way. As far as Andersons is concerned, how did the staff lose a kid with academic issues? What were they supposed to do about the fact that Anderson either could not get in or a conclusion was reached that he was going to have a hard time staying in? Did you see him make his commitment yesterday? All the other kids were smiling and saluting their new school. He looked like there was a gun to his head. I get accused of being negative. I am a realist and you get it from me straight no chaser. Forget about Ohio State. Georgia offered. Miami offered. Anderson "chose" WVa over Miami and Georgia in addition to Ohio State? If you believe that you are just choosing to be negative. Lets not forget the concerns about this

No explanation needed. Here are highlights from the big game.

What a day. Especially coming off the biggest win in a couple of years. We get news today that Cam Heyward has made it official. He will return. Chimdi Chekwa announced he was returning. I would have called it a great day just with those two announcements but we got a huge verbal. Jon Hankins has issued a verbal to the Buckeyes.

Heyward coming back is huge. I would argue he is the most important recruit in the class. Getting a first round caliber DL back is always a good thing but in this case it sets the stage for the future. It allows the Buckeyes to keep Simon at defensive tackle. It allows Fellows to find his game without the pressure of having to perform as the starter. It allows J.T. Moore to redshirt. It allows us to keep our two best tackles on the field in Larimore and Simon. It allows Bellamy to find his way at tackle.

Hankins is a huge get in my mind. I was always impressed with this kid. He did not have a

Yesterday I said this would come down to the coaches. I think we were the better team going in. Oregon having the better athletes was absurd. The staff deserves all the credit for letting this team play. We got after it. Masoli had game stats that looked like his quarter stats versus Pac-10 defenses. The Big Ten gets hammered by the college football press. When are they going to call out the Pac-10 for the lack of good defenses? I want to ask another question of the college football press. Where dat 50? Several of you said Oregon was going to have half a century on us. Those that did that showed a very anti-Big Ten or an anti-Ohio State bias, or you just don't know what you are talking about. Like I said yesterday, you are not a serious person if you actually believed this defense was going to give up 50.

The buck stops at the head coaches desk. He has to take the crap so he must also get the praise. JT took the shackles off Pryor and it showed. I have been one of Terrelle Pryors biggest defenders. I don't think I am going to have to defend him anymore. 27 of 37 for 266 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was mechanically sound all night and seemed to feel comfortable in a way I can't say I have seen him before.

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,