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Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast

Bucknuts Morning 5: February 7, 2019

Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast

247Sports, Ohio State, Ohio State Football, Buckeyes, Ohio State athletics, Ohio State Buckeyes, Foo

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4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

It's the day after National Signing Day. 

Who better to join us than 247Sports Director of Recruiting Steve Wiltfong to put things in perspective?

Nobody. So Steve is here.

What did he think of Ohio State's Class of 2019 haul? Is it really the third-best class in the Big Ten?

We break it all down and Steve gives you the real deal.

Also:

* How did Day and Co. hook a Hawaiian so late in the process?

* Dawand Jones: Boom or bust?

* Look ahead: Where to focus for 2020?

* Is Jack Sawyer actually a superhero?

Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good morning bucks on nut runners. It is Thursday, February 7th, 2019. I am Dan Rubin.

0:18.8

This is the Bucknuts Morning 5 and Change. It is the day after National Signing Day. It used to be

0:25.6

completely epic. Now it's minorly epic. Thankfully we have Steve Wilfall on the line

0:32.1

Director of Recruiting for 24-7 sports.

0:35.0

Steve was in Nashville yesterday for all the festivities.

0:38.4

He's en route back to Indianapolis.

0:41.1

Steve, how are you that's fine morning?

0:44.0

I'm well, I'm rocking out in the vehicle.

0:48.0

I'm fired up. I got a lot of energy. I'm ready to get home, see my family.

0:53.0

But one thing I was super excited about was getting on the buck nuts

0:56.9

morning, five this morning,

0:58.0

to talk about another terrific recruiting class

1:00.7

for the buck guys, one that will sustain the goal of the program every year,

1:07.0

which is to win a national championship.

1:09.0

This is a class that keeps Ohio State right in the middle of that and keeps those expectations a reality.

1:17.0

Now we are biased on the show I will admit but I do think it's important to point out yes thank you to

1:25.5

point out that the rankings that come out for 24-7 sports are wonderful but they don't take into account in some cases, let's just say it

1:37.6

this way, there's a cumulative effect to the rankings, so Ohio State does not rank out quite as well this year but when you

1:45.8

take the average per recruit or average per commitment they go back to number three.

1:52.0

So how does it Ohio State fans view this.

1:54.0

So they view this as questionable class,

1:56.0

or should they view this as

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