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Why wouldnt he have been?

Just qualifying does not earn you a scholarship to OSU.. athletes have to be better than common students. I know people like to assume standards arent very high but for the athletes but they are. I remember talk of him not being able to get into a couple schools... he wouldnt have here either. You guys will take Gibson... we wont if his scripts arent in order.

are you uncomfortable with your sexuality? and um.. this is 247sports.. #notTwitter..

According to ur name u like nuts so that must be u #urajoke

NCAA sets the minimum but kids that can get into Our schools arent getting into Elite Div 1 schools.. Stanford isnt taking kids with a 2.3 GPA and 1000 on their SAT. Also not sure what MoC has to do with it.. I can only assume you thought he was a bad student in High School

But they could...

The bottom line is, if Gibson qualifies for WVU, he qualifies for OSU.... If OSU wants him. 2.3 average, or a 2.0 average if they meet other certain requirements. Athletes are on a different scale than regular students. They adhere to different standards.

Just like Noel Devine getting qualified for WVU. He got the test score up that was making him ineligible. He could have went to FSU, which was the other school he was targeting. FSU let up on him a bit because of his grades. WVU stuck with him. When he made the scores, he went with the school that stuck with him the whole way.

Just like Gibson. If he is eligible for WVU, he is eligible for OSU, according to NCAA guidelines. If OSU does not want to adhere by those guidelines, that is up to them. Saying "he will go to WVU if he doesn't get the grades for OSU" is nonsense.

Where it gets different is institutions like Marshall. They can take props. That is how they get recruits like Cato, Travon Van, and Angelo Jean-Louis. They don't qualify for schools that can't take props.

Uuuuummm his was the only comment I made

'Noel Divine wouldnt have been accepted to OSU'

interpret it as you always do MM... you just said the same thing i said...so not sure where the "nonsense" is coming from....carry on!

I'm not even sure what you are trying to say in that post.

I said that its nonsense for someone to say "He will go to WVU since he won't qualify for OSU". Not saying you said that(I didn't read the entire thread),

Since WVU doesn't accept props, they go by the same athletic scholarship minimum as everyone else does.

He will go to WVU if he doesnt Qualify for OSU...not because WVU is a lesser University but because OSU wont take a borderline kid... Not because we look down our nose. WVU will take him. Same thing with Latwan Anderson until he went full r word...

Having no talent within our own state almost forces us to do this to have a chance at some of the better ballers.

OSU has higher admission standards than the NCAA. Even for athletes. At least that's how I understand it. Don't ask specifics because I don't truly know the intricate details. Some guys on our home board (alums) have explained it before but I'm too lazy to look it up. As I understand, Urban has bargaining rights in his clause to allow a few guys "on the cusp," meaning guys who barely meet the requirements. From the info I've gathered, Gibson isn't anywhere near the requirements to be admitted. He's not even eligible for a player "on the cusp." If the NCAA says 2.0 GPA and certain SAT/ACT, OSU has their own admission for ALL student athletes e.g. 2.5 GPA.

BTW, I'm 99.9% convinced Quick is staying home.

well we'll find out today Marine! in about and hour and 20 minutes..

James Quick and Jason Hatcher are both Cards!

Edit: And Jalen Ramsey! ;)