OOtners:

A beautiful Tuesday 60 degree—yes I said 60 degree afternoon in Columbus!!

It has been a while since we talked…

As most of you know the Buzz usually does not put a lot of stock in National Signing Day (Which is tomorrow)—All I have to say is that Mike DeAndrea—who most of you have never heard of –was a 5-star recruit—and AJ Hawk and Troy Smith were 3-star recruits…so enough said about how the “experts” can miss.

However…with the fact that OSU cannot attend a bowl game or play for the Big Ten championship this year—added to Ohio State being ranked by the “experts” as having only the 25^th best recruiting class before Urban Meyer took over—what he has done in six weeks is nothing short of INCREDIBLE!

I won’t bore you with all the details…usually the best websites for recruiting are scouts.com and rival.com, but for you out-of-towners Urban has been raking in 4 & 5 star players almost every day!!… He has flipped players who were previously committed to Penn State, Michigan State & Notre Dame—he has beaten out Mi##igan for the top players still undecided—all while we are on a 1-year probation!—

It makes me wonder about next year when we are not on probation—wait…next year’ class 2013…that’s right Urban now has two commitments from Ohio in that class…oh by the way they are the TOP 2 players in the State and BOTH 5 star players!

The fact that Ohio State is even in on some of these players based off last year and next year’s problems—WOW!

And the rumor is we still might be in on a couple HUGE “gets” from players not committed. Most “experts” now have us as the 3^rd best class in the nation and an opportunity to go even higher.

So keep an eye out tomorrow about who WANTS to be a BUCKEYE—and who wants to be a part of this MACHINE in the years to come.

Tress gave us an incredible decade—three times we played for the National Championship and seven times we won the BT Title—guess what IT’S GOING TO GET BETTER!!

 Sit back and enjoy the ride

Proud to be a Buckeye—

Go Bucks!

Butch

OOtners:

A rainy Monday afternoon to you all from Columbus…

But…It’s URBAN TIME in Columbus!!

Yes what the Buzz told you weeks agoit is now official Urban Meyer will be the next coach @ The Ohio State University….the official news conference I’m sure you OOtners can watch on ESPN today @ 5:15P

Urban is meeting with Luke Fickell and he will be offered a place on the staff.

So what does it all mean for the Buckeyes:

First and foremost a man who UNDERSTANDS Ohio State football—you have no idea how big that is, ask Michigan about RichRod—Meyer was born and raised a Buckeye

Two National Championships—and he has won @ Bowling Green, @ Utah and @ Florida

Immediate recruiting…one website reported last night that a star receiver out of Florida who had already committed to Miami, Florida –has rescinded his commitment and now is taking an official visit to Columbus next month. He knows Florida, He knows California (Utah days) and he knows Ohio.

He will assemble a GREATstaff—there is NO arguing as this season has unraveled that Jim Tressel was in total control of the offense—not sure if he just liked some of those guys or he owed them a favor but they were not great coaches

YOU CAN WIN with his offense in the cold—I also challenge those distractors.. for the last ten years how many games have you seen the Buckeyes play in the snow— one?… It doesn’t get cold in Ohio anymore until December.

This is one of only a small handful of places that PLAYERS and COACHES will gladly come, the tradition, the passion, etc.

EXPECTATIONS:

Okay let’s relax…I am only planning on winning a couple National Title’s over the next five years!—Just kidding…You still need some luck, some things to go your way BUTwe will be in the picture every year!…and again after finishing only (6-6) this seasomn everyone is talking about the Buckeye’s… let me share with you something that was already sent to me…

Fellow Buckeyes: 

Urban has been coach for about an hour and already recruits are flipping.  First flip, four star wide receiver Ricquan Southward of Lakeland, Florida flips from Miami to Ohio State at 9:30 this morning.  More to come!! The following have contacted Ohio State and asked for official visits: Lamont Green, RB, Miami, Fla.; Joel Calub, WR, Midlothian, Va., Jordan Diamond, OL, Chicago, Ill., Alex Cozan, OL, Highlands, Colorado, Nick Davidson, OL, Eden Praire, Minn.  By my count Ohio State only has three “scholarships” left.  Some already committed may be asked to gray shirt.  Exciting times!!

He GETS IT!!!!…You understand he gets Ohio State Football!!

Let me show you two more things I think you will like and proves it…(And of course makes the Buzz like him more…Urban’s wife (Shelley)…who although you have heard many times he is from Ohio—and you might have been concerned that she would not like Ohio—she also is from Ohio. …Here’s her answers to two questions she was asked a couple years ago…I have highlighted WHY I LIKE the man already!! (LOL)

Q: When the Meyers are on a car trip, what kind of music will be playing?

A: Urban cues up wall-to-wall Jimmy Buffett. If he has 10 CDs, they are all Jimmy Buffett. We met Jimmy at the Super Bowl this year and I think he roots for the Gators. Our children prefer hip-hop but Urban can’t stand it.

Q: If you and Urban could have dinner with a group of people from all of history, who would you pick to share a table?

A: Wow, that’s an interesting question. I need to think about for a while. (Four days later came the rest of her reply). It would be me and Urban at a table with Woody Hayes, Michael Jordan, Jimmy Buffett, George W. Bush and Florence Nightingale

I’ll leave you with ONE final thought—although I was cheering hard for this year’s Buckeyes to NOT have our streak stopped in Ann Arbor—and we played well (Makes you wonder if Bollman would have been awake all season!)…the streak had to come to an end at some point…and the beauty with today’s announcement…

No matter how many Mi##igan fans you know in the work place—friends of yours…this should be a Day to celebrate their win over the Buckeyes and shove it in our face—this should be their day to shine…and guess what, with our announcement this afternoon we JUST TOOK AWAY THEIR MOMENT AGAIN!!!!

More to come as the info comes in BUT I’ll leave you with another bit of info to tease your neighbors with…how about a Florida vs. Ohio State (Gator Bowl) on January 2^nd???—Urban’s old team vs. his new one?…Humm remember you heard it here forst…

Proud to be a Buckeye—This is going to be fun!!!

Go Bucks!

Butch