Why Townsend (P) Flipped

[WANG]

Straight from the horses mouth:

theozone.net/recruiting/2012_13/Townsendexplains.html

The jist is, he was only initially offered a preferred walk on status at Florida and Bama, then both came back the week of NSD and offered him a full ride.

OSU never discussed a grey shirt with him, and he had a scholarship waiting for him. Could have signed with OSU at any point, but simply went with his heart (grew up in Florida as a Gator fan) when the Florida offer came across.

His scholarship was never pulled and his status with the team wasn't affected in any way by the NSD haul at OSU.

I am glad to hear that it was the kid who changed his mind, not OSU changing theirs and pulling the offer/changing it last minute.

[mauricxe]

this makes me feel a lot better thanks for finding this

[Deleted]

Doesn't add up to what the Dad reportedly saying that they were waiting for OSU to work some stuff out.

[Deleted]

Maybe Urban used the leftover money from paying off Vonn Bell to get the kid to toe the line.

[WANG]

Feb 8, 2013 12:52:17 GMT -5 @grumor said:

Doesn't add up to what the Dad reportedly saying that they were waiting for OSU to work some stuff out.

From what I read, all the Dad said is "The offer hasn't been pulled, a family matter came up and we are discussing it".

[silverbullet97]

Feb 8, 2013 13:47:31 GMT -5 @theurbaneffect said:

Maybe Urban used the leftover money from paying off Vonn Bell to get the kid to toe the line.

Cincy did you break into TPE/TUE's account?

[ohstatefan]

Feb 8, 2013 14:25:01 GMT -5 silverbullet97 said:

Feb 8, 2013 13:47:31 GMT -5 @theurbaneffect said:

Maybe Urban used the leftover money from paying off Vonn Bell to get the kid to toe the line.

Cincy did you break into TPE/TUE's account?

Hell yeah. Now I broke into OSF's. Want me to break into your's next?

[Deleted]

Feb 8, 2013 14:00:43 GMT -5 WANG said:

Feb 8, 2013 12:52:17 GMT -5 @grumor said:

Doesn't add up to what the Dad reportedly saying that they were waiting for OSU to work some stuff out.

From what I read, all the Dad said is "The offer hasn't been pulled, a family matter came up and we are discussing it".

"Right now it's a personal matter between the Townsends and Ohio State and they are working as fast as they can to make sure that any concerns they have is taken care of," Patterson said."They really want to hold off on a binding commitment until they feel 100 percent comfortable with everything from the University."

That is taken from the link provided in the NSD thread - www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/blogs/recruiting/os-status-on-hold-for-ohio-state-commit-johnny-townsend-20130206,0,1693457.post

[WANG]

Feb 8, 2013 16:08:50 GMT -5 @grumor said:

Feb 8, 2013 14:00:43 GMT -5 WANG said:

From what I read, all the Dad said is "The offer hasn't been pulled, a family matter came up and we are discussing it".

"Right now it's a personal matter between the Townsends and Ohio State and they are working as fast as they can to make sure that any concerns they have is taken care of," Patterson said."They really want to hold off on a binding commitment until they feel 100 percent comfortable with everything from the University."

That is taken from the link provided in the NSD thread - www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/blogs/recruiting/os-status-on-hold-for-ohio-state-commit-johnny-townsend-20130206,0,1693457.post

Even that statement makes sense when you know what happened.

[Deleted]

we're never gonna punt again, so why have this sissy-punter on the roster!!!?

[victor2111]

Feb 8, 2013 19:41:46 GMT -5 ciscofg1 said:

we're never gonna punt again, so why have this sissy-punter on the roster!!!?