Surprise Surprise. Dorian Bell to make it 10.
While commitment no. 9 was a total surprise on this end, the most recent commitment in the 2009 class was probably the worst kept secret. Alas, it’s now basically official: Bucknuts is reporting Dorian Bell will commit on Monday.
Granted, Bell will have to formally make this announcement and stick with it until signing day, but Dorian Bell — linebacker/rush end from Gateway HS in Monroeville, PA — has been unofficially a Buckeye for some time now. Indeed, as I noted earlier, Dorian Bell was less concerned with where he was going and more concerned with getting a teammate of his an offer to Ohio State. I’m a little in the dark as to why specifically he became such a Buckeye lean, but I do know he loved his unofficial visit in February. Where he did volunteer information about other schools, he would offer some contrarian viewpoints on them but say nothing but positive things about Ohio State. Depth chart seemed appealing to him since all 3 starting linebackers will be graduating. Where the Buckeyes bring in Sweat, Sabino, Klein and Whiting (Homan may be a FB), he apparently saw no issue.
Whatever the case, Bell was sold early. As one observer noted in a conversation at the Spring Game between Storm Klein (a current Buckeye commit) and Bell after the Spring Game:
Storm Klein: “So how many schools are you looking at on your list?”
Dorian Bell: “None.”
For anyone unfamiliar with the Dorian Bell story, I think you can infer much of it from this highlight clip on the YouTubes. Simply put, Dorian Bell was manufactured in a Pennsylvania factory by a team of the state’s finest engineers whose task was to create a machine built solely for TFLs.
Enjoy. :beer:
Written by: Vico |
I see too much mayhem in those highlight clips to think that TFLs are his sole function. I think those engineers installed a carnage chip and pain processor to increase his killing power.
Holy smokes. I think a few of those tackles qualify as aggravated battery.
Jordan Hall may commit soon as well. Pennsylvania represent.
http://bucknuts.com/news/story.php?article=3486
full scoop on Hall. Free, too.
Dear lord. After seeing Sabino hunt down a feer deer in the Spring Game, I’m starting to think this current group (Freeman, James, X) will be bested by the next one (Sabino, Bell, Sweat). There is some fast mofo’s up in there.
I’m very keen on Whiting (Louisville, KY) too. The Buckeyes are really loading up at linebacker, and indeed loading up on depth in the front four as well. As injuries to the O-line show, depth is a good thing. Especially when the guy waiting in line to crack the linebacker rotation can rip your head off.
The Penn State faithful can’t be happy about OSU taking recruits right out of the Happy Valley back yard. We all know the real Linebacker U is The Ohio State University.
Yep. Was thinkng about today. Our three deep on D is better than our 2 deep on O. And when the 2 deep D gets a crack at some 4th deep O, well, the Spring Game is what you get.
Looks like Dorian Bell knows who the REAL Linebacker U is.
It’s official now. Barring no defections, this recruiting class could be all finished before too long. So if Newsome wants in, he should jump in before too long.
I’m hoping some of the skill players sign on shortly. I really want Carter, Hall and Hyde.
came across this article, regarding Dorian Bell’s recruitment (and the Buckeyes’ presence in Western PA in general). First he visited Michigan as a sophomore, and then Michigan. His thoughts on the two?
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08113/875492-49.stm