Haha....great vid......the pancakinator......this kid can plow the road.

Hopefully we'll have lots of 3rd and 1 situations where they can just line up and "plow". 

For sure......it depends some on the offense they run in high school.

Murdock should have some experience since they ran a pass happy offense at Dublin.

Also, pass protection is more about technique than brute force (don't get me wrong....brute force certainly helps), and unless you have a high school O-line coach who really knows what he is doing, you're not going to get a lot of focus on good technique.

Yes, I see they did. In all the time I've been watching, that's the first time I've ever seen them do it, though. I have seen them raise kids after committing to Ohio, however. In the end it's all about how he does on the field, not the stars, anyway.

Scout has him a 3 star and the number 17 center. Still a lot of love to get that

I guess he didn't like the idea of the Rice Bowl!

Agreed. I wish him luck. FWIW, the WOUB article has a small error:
[quote=Carter Eckl]Without his commitment the Bobcats’ 2014 class is down to four players: quarterback Joey Duckworth; tight end Connor Brown; tight end Kyle Kuhar; defensive end Kent Berger; and offensive lineman Stephen Langenkamp.[/OUTER_QUOTE]
That's five.

+1,804

"I've got a scholarship for you..."

You will have a strong case for prejudice if he now goes back up to 3 stars, having moved to Purdue.

Recruiting is part art, obviously. Last year they had the class largely filled very early, but people on here complained that they were all 2-star players, and that there weren't enough 3-star players. None of the recruits who accepted last year had any AQ offers.  I have no doubt that they are good players, and that the class was one of the best in Ohio history, but still, with it filling so fast, could they have done even better?

This year they seem to have gone after a slightly higher section of the recruiting spectrum, with the result that a substantial number of the players with offers also have AQ offers. Considering that this will be a smaller recruiting class, I think that was a reasonable decision. If they can land a four or five 3-star players, and then later fill the class with players of the same quality that they normally recruit, this will be an excellent class.

Has Ohio "arrived"? Can they recruit toe-to-toe with AQ schools? No, but with the stratified nature of AQ/non-AQ teams, that isn't surprising. They are certainly recruiting as well as most non-AQ teams, though, which is something that could not be said 8 years ago.