Bill Greene just posted an article, with quotes from Lewis, stating that Lewis will visit Ohio and BG. Greene has stated in the past, however, that recruiting articles are mostly BS because kids know how to manipulate the message.

Days before posting the article, Bill Greene said, "I was told minutes ago by someone who should know that Roger is being encouraged to attend prep school and OSU will honor his commitment next year."

Yesterday, Greene suddenly wrote, "Hello Ohio University..............................."

Then, right after the above post, he released the article with the Lewis quotes.

It says a lot that both Ohio State "insiders" on the Scout network are still saying Lewis is a stud and was a legitimate player in Ohio State's class. Both have mentioned previously that a handful of Ohio State's commitments (unnamed) are only in the class because they committed to Fickell during the turmoil.

Not a bad high school to continue pulling players from either, especially since Meyer is likely to do more national recruiting in the future.

Scout is reporting that CB Diamonte Wiggins will visit this weekend. He's a 6-3, 175-pounder out of Lynwood (CA) High School. He's showing offers from Washington St., Boise St., New Mexico and Eastern Washington. But it looks like his only two visits will be Eastern Washington and Ohio. 

Lewis had just gotten that '4 star' 1-2 weeks ago from Rivals. He isn't one of those guys that are being kept on because he comitted during the turmoil, he has legit talent. So he would be a HUGE get. On the Ohio State boards I read (not Scout) Lewis has been rumored to be a question mark for grades for the longest time.

His teammate who is supposedly visiting with him (Smith-DB) also has the same rumors.

In the seven years I have been tracking Ohio recruits, usually 4-6 recruits a year are rated up after verballing to Ohio, and I can't ever document a case of a recruit having their rating lowered. I haven't been tracking it as closely the last couple years, though. I attribute the rating changes to updates related to their Senior year performance, not who they signed with, and since Ohio generally identifies under-rated players, it perhaps isn't surprising that many put in strong Senior years.

That's what it seems to be shaping up to be......however strange things happen and the mystery of the number of schollies might damper it just a tad.....but it already looks huge.....I'm waiting for humongous.

So what is the deal here? If we land the big fish from Pickerington, will he be able to play or does he have to sit out a year?

Paul, my guess is that he will take the SAT again. If he passes, he plays. In not, he can't.

Nice progress for us to be seen as a viable option for the top players.  Even if we don't land a 'fish,' this says a lot about who we are now.