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Alex Anzalzone

  • appoo said...

    From what I understand, Ohio State had an honors program he would have gotten into, that wasn't availible at Penn State, Florida, USC, or Stanford.

    Hmmmmm, Penn State honors college is(as far as admission standards and a number of undergrad programs) on par with many Ivys, and Stanford and USC speak for themselves. Ohio State, though a great university(and besides the fact you can get a great education anywhere) isn't going to get many recruits using the academic angle against any of those universities. Not sure I am buying any of that.

    stoptothink

  • PSUjosh11 said...

    What's the reasoning behind his de-commitment?

    Obviously because OSU no longer wanted him.

    dpfenny

  • secrocks2000 said...

    And UF! He has ties to UF, its gonna be PSU ND UF battle!

    The more the marrier.biggrin

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  • stoptothink said...

    Hmmmmm, Penn State honors college is(as far as admission standards and a number of undergrad programs) on par with many Ivys, and Stanford and USC speak for themselves. Ohio State, though a great university(and besides the fact you can get a great education anywhere) isn't going to get many recruits using the academic angle against any of those universities. Not sure I am buying any of that.

    I think he's referring to some accelerated MBA 3+2 program.

    PSUfan28

  • Fatarat said...

    Awwww burn! Michigan got all the great players we wanted! Damn it Hoke you master re rioter you! Kahnnnnnnnnnn!!!

    Can't hear you at the top!

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    MaizeandBlue21

  • Sounds like daddy was upset that his HS football recruit was out after sundown. What a joke.

    Wyomissing linebacker Anzalone de-commits from Ohio State

    http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=384313

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    ButchCassidy

  • ButchCassidy said...

    Sounds like daddy was upset that his HS football recruit was out after sundown. What a joke.

    Sounds like he doesn't want his son around a sexual predator or a program that allows a sexual predator to have such easy access to his son.

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    MaizeandBlue21

  • "Something's just not right at Ohio State," Sal Anzalone said.

    buttesnake

  • So the SEC gets in trouble for oversigning... while the B1G has issues with sex offenders... WTF is wrong with you people?

    This post was edited by sf2k4 on 5/4/2012 at 7:41 PM

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  • buttesnake said...

    "Something's just not right at Ohio State," Sal Anzalone said.

    Maybe because he is a Doctor and not some simpleton Urbs can lie to about his ardent beliefs.

    "We don't care about anything but winning. No one cares about ethical standards thats for losers..." BUCKNUTS 21 self trolling.

    highspeed

  • buttesnake said...

    "Something's just not right at Ohio State," Sal Anzalone said.

    Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner.

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    MSU isn't a very good football program.. takes year of consistent winning to get to that level. - copemoney 1/22/13

    Due51

  • maize&blue21 said...

    Sounds like he doesn't want his son around a sexual predator or a program that allows a sexual predator to have such easy access to his son.

    Because its tOSU's job to background check every fan, right? The creeper wasn't a student nor staff.

    ButchCassidy

  • ButchCassidy said...

    Because its tOSU's job to background check every fan, right? The creeper wasn't a student nor staff.

    It's their job to keep sexual predators away from their current players and prevent them from contacted recruits through social media.

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  • buttesnake said...

    "Something's just not right at Ohio State," Sal Anzalone said.

    Even putting aside the sexual predator thing, the culture at OSU is still out of control. Current players apparently continue to believe it's ok to hang around with "superfans", who are basically creepy older men, and accept benefits from them. And Heuerman was hosting his 17 year old brother at the time and saw no problem introducing him to this creepy guy and taking him out bar hopping along with several other high profile recruits. For a school with the largest compliance department in the country, OSU seems to do a very poor job of supervising the kids entrusted to their care.

    MrWoodson

  • MrWoodson said...

    Even putting aside the sexual predator thing, the culture at OSU is still out of control. Current players apparently continue to believe it's ok to hang around with "superfans", who are basically creepy older men, and accept benefits from them. And Heuerman was hosting his 17 year old brother at the time and saw no problem introducing him to this creepy guy and taking him out bar hopping along with several other high profile recruits. For a school with the largest compliance department in the country, OSU seems to do a very poor job of supervising the kids entrusted to their care.

    They're too busy supervising Gee, afraid of what he'll say next.

    buttesnake

  • maize&blue21 said...

    It's their job to keep sexual predators away from their current players and prevent them from contacted recruits through social media.

    And how do you do that? For real? You're telling me UM doesn't have crazy fans that read every tweet and what not from these recruits? You're telling me crazy fans won't find out where they're hanging out and stop by?

    And cwood, how do you know where they were taken to? Word around here is it happened at Eddie George's grille.

    ButchCassidy

  • Ben Axelrod ‏ @BenAxelrod
    The Anzalones are upset that Alex was even in a position to be around Waugh during his visit. Are most college visits supervised 24/7?

    Michmania

  • ButchCassidy said...

    And how do you do that? For real? You're telling me UM doesn't have crazy fans that read every tweet and what not from these recruits? You're telling me crazy fans won't find out where they're hanging out and stop by?

    And cwood, how do you know where they were taken to? Word around here is it happened at Eddie George's grille.

    How do you control that? You monitor your athletes social media accounts and have them report anything they find to be fishy.

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  • MrWoodson said...

    Even putting aside the sexual predator thing, the culture at OSU is still out of control. Current players apparently continue to believe it's ok to hang around with "superfans", who are basically creepy older men, and accept benefits from them. And Heuerman was hosting his 17 year old brother at the time and saw no problem introducing him to this creepy guy and taking him out bar hopping along with several other high profile recruits. For a school with the largest compliance department in the country, OSU seems to do a very poor job of supervising the kids entrusted to their care.

    That's exactly what I said on our homesite. Forget about that guy being the pedophile, the issue is that OSU should be keeping better tabs on who the recruits and players hang out with, especially after getting dinged by the NCAA. I'm not saying that they can stop everyone, but this guy looks like he had access to a lot of players and recruits. When your program is already under scrutiny, that just can't happen... at least not right in front of your eyes.

    This post was edited by getmyjive11 on 5/4/2012 at 8:12 PM

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  • ButchCassidy said...

    Because its tOSU's job to background check every fan, right? The creeper wasn't a student nor staff.

    Most parents who permit their HS age sons and daughters to visit schools on recruiting trips expect the coaches and administrators to keep a better eye on them than this. When Urban Meyer's daughters took their college visits to see different volleyball programs coming out of high school, how do you think he would have reacted if he later learned they spent one of those visits bar hopping with a registered sex offender? I assume he would have been upset. I hope so, anyway.

    MrWoodson

  • The dude tweeted quotes to them every day. I guess it's suspicious cause he sent it to every athlete, and he seemed like a creeper, but I guarantee you no university would monitor him or check his background just based on motivational quotes.

    ButchCassidy

  • MrWoodson said...

    Most parents who permit their HS age sons and daughters to visit schools on recruiting trips expect the coaches and administrators to keep a better eye on them than this. When Urban Meyer's daughters took their college visits to see different volleyball programs coming out of high school, how do you think he would have reacted if he later learned they spent one of those visits bar hopping with a registered sex offender? I assume he would have been upset. I hope so, anyway.

    Upset yes, but to decommit? No. tOSU did what they should when they found out about this guy. If this happened at another university you wouldn't detest it as much. But since it's tOSU you wanna troll.

    Any parent would be pissed, but it's obvious they are overreacting. TOSU and UM have THOUSANDS of fans, it's impossible to check out each and every one. EVERY program sends recruits to their hosts at night for some time.

    ButchCassidy

  • getmyjive11 said...

    That's exactly what I said on our homesite. Forget about that guy being the pedophile, the issue is that OSU should be keeping better tabs on who the recruits and players hang out with, especially after getting dinged by the NCAA. I'm not saying that they can stop everyone, but this guy looks like he had access to a lot of players and recruits. When your program is already under scrutiny, that just can't happen... at least not right in front of your eyes.

    And this wasn't some random weekend with a couple recruits in town. It was Spring Game weekend. You would think OSU would warn the players to be on their best behavior. IMO, they also could have had a "recommended" list of acceptable things for the recruits to do at night and should have had compliance people checking the major watering holes to make sure the visiting recruits were not hanging out there. From a parent's perspective, if this is what happens to your child on his first overnight visit, what confidence can you have that the coaches and staff will take good care of him for the next four years?

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by MrWoodson on 5/4/2012 at 9:54 PM

    MrWoodson

  • ButchCassidy said...

    Upset yes, but to decommit? No. tOSU did what they should when they found out about this guy. If this happened at another university you wouldn't detest it as much. But since it's tOSU you wanna troll.

    Any parent would be pissed, but it's obvious they are overreacting. TOSU and UM have THOUSANDS of fans, it's impossible to check out each and every one. EVERY program sends recruits to their hosts at night for some time.

    I agree with you on this. It's a crappy situation and hopefully nothing more comes from it for you guys.

    MichaelHardenII

  • aumajorpain said...

    Lol ANAL-ZONE

    That is exactly how I read the name the first time through the post.

    Uncle DP

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