by Lance Callihan
7. February 2010 17:10
This past week Rich Rodriguez offered two Class of 2011 Glenville High School players scholarships, QB Cardale Jones (Video Highlights) & OL Aundrey Walker (Video Highlights). Some have scoffed at the action, saying it is pointless to even offer Glenville kids because of the High School Coach Ted Ginn Sr.’s connection to Ohio State. I vehemently have to disagree with this sentiment. Why? Because all it takes is one player to make a difference. One visit by a prospect that sways him to Michigan, or even landing a player from the area that Jim Tressel decides isn’t a fit for the Buckeye program. This wouldn’t necessarily mean the player isn’t capable of playing at Ohio State, just not a good fit. Example being a post I read by a Notre Dame fan that claimed they only offered one prospect in U of M’s entire 27-man class. Michigan is noticeably recruiting different athletes than their peers in the Midwest.
Take Cardale Jones for example:
Now some of you may wonder why should we care about the QB position? Aren’t we settled there for quite awhile? Well say Cardale Jones decides Rich Rodriguez will better utilize his talents at QB than Jim Tressel, a solid argument, then he could redshirt in 2011 and be in position to take over in 2013/2014 as either a redshirt sophomore or redshirt junior depending on how long uber prospect Devin Gardner stays around, assuming he isn’t redshirted this year. There would be the one player that the Glenville faithful could see performing in the Big House and possibly create an avenue for a future recruiting pipeline to prime Ohio talent. Now the only thing I really want to know is if the ball he’s throwing in the picture above is regulation size or a pee-wee ball?? LOL