chase young

Previously: Offense, Last Year

Resources: My charting, Ohio State game notes, Ohio State roster, CFBstats, 11W's snap counts

Author's Note: Late and unedited because I suffered a scratched cornea, had to go to the ER last night, and am doing this all with one eye. I couldn't in this state get the grand annual intro to where I wanted it. Maybe I'll post it tomorrow.

The film: I charted them against Michigan State earlier in the season in the hopes of getting some value from watching the MSU offense, and of course the Buckeyes' latest game against Penn State.

Personnel: My diagram:

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In which we respond with Seinfeld gifs. Ohio State's Chase Young has been suspended for taking money from someone last year. The Michigan Twitter response to this has been 1) assert that Young will be back for the Michigan game because nothing ever goes wrong for them, 2) bitch about NCAA rules being stupid, and 3) post Seinfeld gifs.

“ALL OF THE SCANDALS WILL CATCH UP TO OHIO STATE” pic.twitter.com/kgOYUCrLH8

— Anthony Broome (@anthonytbroome) November 8, 2019

Excellent work, everyone.

Young asserts that he got a loan (it was not a loan) from a "family friend I've known since the summer before [his] freshman year" (agent, why do you think that timeline is exculpatory, agent agent agent) and that he repaid it (because the payment was about to become public knowledge and repaying it helps him get his eligibility back). This is the kabuki dance dictated by the NCAA abasement ritual, and OSU knows its steps well.

I have questions: why is this coming out now? Is this like the Pryor thing where the one idiot in the OSU fanbase who thinks everything is on the up and up courageously emails the head coach? Or is there a disgruntled booster? How much of a toddler do you have to be to be an OSU booster who is disgruntled in any way? Isn't it slightly convenient that whoops this suspension is for Maryland and probably Rutgers but obviously not PSU and Michigan?

UPDATE: Ah.

I'm hearing that the "family friend" who gave Chase Young a loan is also an NFLPA-certfied agent. Which if true could possibly cause more problems for the agent than for Young.

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) November 8, 2019

I don't think it helps Young's case for reinstatement. Yes, I think NCAA rules should be changed. No, I'm not above hoping OSU gets burnt by them.

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Bye Week Visits: Nauta, Gary Square Off

Coming to your citayyyyyyy

It's the bye week. Life is mercifully boring, unless you're on Michigan's coaching staff, in which case you're probably on a plane.

Spending the day mining for Gold with DJ Durkin & @JayHarbaugh ! #GoBlue

— Coach Harbaugh (@CoachJim4UM) October 23, 2015

The coaches will stop by schools and check out games of several top targets today and tomorrow. The headliner is tonight, when five-star DT Rashan Gary and Paramus Catholic take on five-star TE Isaac Nauta and IMG Academy at 7pm (televised on ESPN2 if you're curious); Jim Harbaugh will be there, per TomVH ($):

Harbaugh is expected to be in attendance at IMG’s game on Friday as it takes on Parramus Catholic, a team that features the No. 1-ranked player in the country, Rashan Gary.

"It’s awesome that he’s coming to the game,” Nauta said, “especially because I was just up there and he’s making the effort to come down here. He could have gone to a lot of places but he chose to come down here so that’s huge.”

That's a nice two-for-one, and it's not the only stop Harbaugh will make on the recruiting trail this weekend; 247's Steve Lorenz reports($) he'll also head to Houston on Saturday to see four-star ILB Dontavious Jackson and three-star S Chris Brown. John Baxter is heading out to California to see four-star CB David Long and, in all likelihood, four-star ATH Lamar Jackson. Jay Harbaugh is going to Tampa to check out three-star TE Jacob Mathis. Tim Drevno is on his way to Texas to watch four-star OT Jean Delance.

Several other top targets will receive visits, as well. There's also a new name on the list of bye week targets: four-star 2017 CO OT Jake Moretti, an Ohio State commit who 247's Bill Kurelic reports got a visit from Jedd Fisch ($):

Being a class of 2017 prospect and being an offensive lineman out in Colorado, Moretti’s name doesn’t often come up right now. But Wolverine assistant Jedd Fisch, with Michigan having a bye this weekend, stopped at Moretti’s school this week.

And Fisch isn’t the only coach interested in flipping Moretti.

“Schools keep coming after me,” Moretti said. “(But) I’m good with Ohio State. I’m 100%. I love Ohio State. Ohio State is a special place.”

Michigan's had some success recruiting in Colorado and could add to that if Carlo Kemp chooses the Wolverines over Notre Dame. We'll see if anything develops with Moretti.

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