Friday's Buckeye Bits

Welcome to your morning bits. Things are beginning to heat up on the football front as Spring practice continues and the Spring game is only a couple weeks away. It's a welcome change from the constant media attention concerning Urban Meyer and Ohio State.

I'm sure other schools feel the same way but you would be hard pressed to find another that gets drawn through the mud as much as Ohio State. It's just something you have to deal with I guess. Lets get to the links.

Bri'onte Dunn looking good - Dunn is beginning to turn heads this Spring. He is catching the attention of Meyer as well as his fellow teammates with his solid work on the practice field. OSU has a deep backfield and competition will be tough. Dunn looks like he's throwing his hat in the ring early for playing time behind Braxton. Something to watch.

Urban is a little salty - Urban seems to be quite annoyed with this latest "story" to come out about his Florida days. I read the article and it really didn't tell us anything of substance. It was a bunch of speculation and "unnamed sources". I'm no journalism major or anything but that doesn't sound like credible information. The whole article just felt like sour grapes.

4-Star Tight End Marcus Baugh Commits To Ohio State

According to Bucknuts ($) 4-star tight-end Marcus Baugh has committed to Ohio State as of last night.

The decision to play for coach Urban Meyer was heavily influenced by the success of former Gator, Aaron Hernandez, now of the New England Patriots.

Baugh is rated as the No. 3 tight end in the country, the No. 9 player in the state of California and the No. 93 rated prospect overall. His commitment is the 8th verbal pledge in Ohio State’s 2013 class.

Throughout the process, Baugh has been interested in Ohio State and when an offer came, the Buckeyes immediately shot near the top of his list. The 6'4", 225-pounder already has some familiarity with the program due to having a cousin that is enrolled at Ohio State as a student.

Baugh chose the Buckeyes over offers from the likes of Florida, Washington, UCLA, Nebraska, Arizona State, California and more. Despite all of those offers, Baugh claims to be done with his recruitment.

This is a great commitment, as the Buckeyes will try to add 1 more tight-end in the class of 2013, whether it be Mike Heuerman or Josh McNeil. This commitment also shows the recruiting abilit of Meyer, as he was able to lock down a great tight-end from out West, Riverside (Calif.) J.W. North, to be exact.

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