Brian Bobek To Transfer?

There are some rumors floating around the interwebs that sophomore center Brian Bobek intends to transfer from Ohio State following the spring academic quarter. There's also a rumored announcement to come, but that hasn't been given a real timeline as to when that's supposed to occur.

Bobek, a native of Inverness, Ill., played sparingly as a true freshman in 2011 as Michael Brewster’s backup. The 6'2", 275-pound Bobek was expected to take over as the starting center in 2012, but the Buckeyes are going with fourth-year junior Corey Linsley.

In addition, Bobek was passed on the depth chart by true freshman Jacoby Boren, who ended up missing the vast majority of spring following shoulder surgery. Boren was the second-team center by the end of the first week of practice, pushing Bobek to the third-team.

Bobek ended up being a four-star recruit and was by far the highest ranked offensive line recruit in OSU’s 2011 class.

There is no word yet on where Bobek might be headed.

Stay tuned for the latest on Bobek and news on Ohio State athletics

Ohio State Basketball Player J.D. Weatherspoon To Transfer

Weatherspoon has chosen to transfer

According to Jeff Goodman of CBS, Ohio State basketball player J.D. Weatherspoon is transferring from Ohio State to a yet to be determined school.

Clay Hall of ABC-6, has also confirmed the Weatherspoon transfer, citing that the official announcement should be coming Monday.

The 6'6'' 215-pound sophomore had tremendous athleticism and many fans were hoping that he could have a bright future with the Buckeyes. Now it appears that dream won't continue, at least, not with Thad Matta's squad.

As Goodman pointed out in his tweet, Weatherspoon did not receive a lot of playing time and one has to wonder if this is the main reason as to why. I can't see any other way that 'Spoon would want to transfer unless he felt he wasn't getting his fair share of minutes.

The really bad news? Matta now has a team of 8 or 9 guys. This really hurts the depth and the team for next season unless Matta can pull in a great recruiting class. If someone goes down with an injury, that team is going to be really thin.

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