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On Brandon Baker. This sounded really good.
From the Buckeye 247 staff today - a combination of Kurelic and a couple of their other guys/sources. (Recently, Wiltfong said he thought it was Texas vs. Ohio State.)
The gist:
- until recently, they thought Ohio State led for Baker. They don't anymore.
- as of now, they give Texas the nod. Not over, but it sounds like Texas.
- they are competitive with (their) NIL, but when oil money goes all in, hard to match.
On a related note, they talked about Baker as a prospect, and they were absolutely gushing. Remember, this is Ohio State, with a zillion 5 stars in this class and across their roster. So it's not like seeing 5 stars is anything new for them. Some paraphrased excerpts:
- hate comparing prospects with the best in the NFL, but if there's one guy with whom you do it, it's Baker.
- a dancer. Surefire NFL talent. If they were sitting with millionaire donors and could use the money for one guy, they would do it for Baker.
- don't want to talk about him because they may start crying ... hard "breaking up" with someone. From an NFL standpoint, as much of a sure thing as you can get. "But that's what you're losing ..."
So yeah, hope we get the guy.