Ohioans in focus: 'We have to get them'
Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast
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🗓️ 25 January 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
What's ours is ours ... at least in recruiting. Ohioans capable of suiting up for the Scarlet and Gray need to do so.
Case in point: Lakota West's Malik Hartford.
We will explain.
Will Smith, Jr., did the right thing and joined the fold. Luke Montgomery lives in Ohio. But You Know Who wants him. Badly.
It's time to bring it within state borders and discuss several must gets. Duane Long provides the details.
We also head south for some intrigue.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, Buck Knutters. You don't hear the theme song just yet, because I wanted to address |
| 0:03.9 | something before we get started. Those of you who have been on the site recently know we lost |
| 0:08.6 | a long-time friend and contributor to the site. Gary has to over the weekend. Gary fought a long |
| 0:14.3 | and valiant battle with cancer. He was an unbelievable, buck-eye fan, unbelievable asset to the site |
| 0:20.3 | who has been here from the jump. Our serious condolences go out to Gary's family. He was a true |
| 0:25.8 | buck-eye people. The site won't be the same without Gary. Our hearts are heavy. |
| 0:55.9 | Good morning, Buck Knutters. It is Tuesday, January 25th, 2022. I am Dan Rubin. This is the Buck |
| 1:07.1 | Knuts 1-5 in change. If it's Tuesday, that can mean only one thing. Dwayne Long is here. His |
| 1:12.5 | dogs are hopefully quiet. Dwayne, how goes it? Yeah, good luck with that. They're all wound up |
| 1:18.1 | about something this morning. I think there's a rabbit in the yard. So you might hear from |
| 1:22.0 | on Buck-eye nation. I mentioned that because they were messing about during pre-game. We will take |
| 1:27.3 | care of it. First, Ohio State added a very familiar name to the fold, Dublin Kaufman class of 2023 |
| 1:35.6 | defensive lineman Will Smith Jr. son of the all-time great buck-eye verbally committed to Ohio State. |
| 1:44.8 | This was not much of a surprise. He had added a ton of offers, but I think we all felt like if Ohio |
| 1:51.0 | State got in the mix, he pulled the trigger. He did your thoughts on the addition of this name. |
| 1:58.7 | The kid's just a football player. He does not have the ideal |
| 2:04.8 | measurables. The prototype sized and everything, but that he gets a done out there. |
| 2:12.0 | We have to look at our recent success with these guys who are not ideal sized. He's still |
| 2:18.7 | got time to grow, but the kid just, he's great with his hands. He's got that burst, that explosion. |
| 2:25.8 | There's not a lot, you know, if he were bigger, he would be a national top 10 lineman. |
| 2:31.4 | If I know your dad played in the league, I'm more likely to give you a shot. I think it's become |
| 2:36.6 | very clear that there's some link between how good these guys' parents were and how they are. Well, |
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