I found this interesting. JT Tuimoloau plans to play basketball at OSU also
Hey Juwan, how would you like....
Keyword is "plans." He will be planning on playing basketball until he steps foot on campus and Day tells him that that won't be happening because he lied to him
Who would've thought that the staff that did his visit in cheesy OSU Hawaiian shirts would be full of shit?
You know that was part of the recruiting pitch to get him there, and with the portal being a bigger part of football than ever, this kid will be playing basketball, or putting his name in the portal.
He won't transfer from OSU.
To Ryan Day:
Did they seriously wear Hawaiian shirts for his visit? How tone deaf. OSU could just pull up to every recruits house, call them a slur and leave and still pull in a top 5 class every year, ugh.
That is never gonna happen
What about playing school?
Now that would be interesting.
That would make him one of the few.
This was probably an easy obstacle for Ohio State to overcome.
"Oh, you want to play basketball too? Sure, you can tryout for a walk-on spot."
You know what I found interesting? Osu's three most legendary coaches were all fired for wrongdoing.
“If you’re not cheating then you’re just cheating yourself.”
4th one will not disappoint
And here I was apparently negged to oblivion for even suggesting they are deceitful, cheat at recruiting, or are otherwise "incentivizing" players against the rules.
I concur with Go for two.
(and the going for two part)
Michigan to defeat an OSU team featuring the number one football recruit. Nice!
Lol, okay. 6'4'' 280 pounds. What position you going to play JT?
Stretch 1. Tiny 5.
Think Adrian Dantley - who the program listed at 6'4'' - only girthier.
Tractor Traylor
requiescat in pace
A short Charles Barkley, of course.
Until Ryan Day finally tells JT Tuimoloau (imagine Day with Pee-wee Herman's voice here), "If you like basketball so much, why don't you just go marry it?"
...at which point JT goes full "Francis Buxton" on Day and quits football in favor of basketball.
(When it does happen, be sure to come back and thank me for being the first to bring up the possibility)
Don't expect him to make a difference at the D1 Basketball level with the way he plays. He actually can shoot it a bit but even as a stretch four, at 6'5 with round build I don't see it in the B1G. Hunter Dickinson would give him the blues in the paint and even Johns would jump all over him.
He should have went to Florida State then. I swear half their basketball team is that size or similar.
Huh? Florida St was one of the biggest (Tallest) teams in the country last year.
That’s what I meant by that. They are always an oversized team so he would fit in great. Gray playing guard at 6’8 260 would be similar to this guy at 6’5 280.
The only guy close to that size (6-5, 280) was RaiQuan Gray at 6-8, 260.
I think you mean Maryland.
By body size he sounds about the same proportions as Sir Charles although giving up an inch or two...but then again the pundits were always generous with Sir Charles' height.
Yeah, Barkley was barely 6'3" though always listed several inches taller.
good maybe the Wisconsin dong puncher can perforate his testicle and cause him to miss football season.
I was going to upvote you, but for some reason, I can't encourage people to be testicle perforators.
You can use Dong Punchers instead of Testicle Perforators.
I know this is just OSU lying to the kid but I do miss the golden era of husky point guards.
I miss husky guys like Corliss Williamson and Oliver Miller.
There goes his season. They’ll never let him play.
Good for him. I hope he plays basketball and basketball only.
Since Charlie Ward/FSU, who has been the most successful FB/basketball player?
It seems FB/Pitcher works better (Jameis Winston FSU and Kyler Murray OU I think both pitched a decent # of games).
Lately it would be Antonio Gates and Jimmy Graham. Not that they were basketball stars but they would be the closest thing to it.
They didn't play both sports at the same time.
Greg Paulus transferred from Dook MBB to Syracuse football. Not sure how successful any of that was.
julius peppers played both at unc
Nope. He'll be full-time football and in the playoff 3 times before being taken in the top 10 of the 2025 NFL draft. His first contract, however, may be a pay cut from what he makes at OSU.
Someone has to replace Duane Washington. Maybe this guy is less of a dipshit.
I don’t see it happening, but people have said that he’s looked pretty good on the AAU circuit. Shit, EJ Liddell played the 5 most of last year so I’m not ruling anything out at this point.
Lol they're not gonna let him play basketball. Book it. Dude is not shaped like a basketball player. OSU clearly lying here and they will continue to be unaffected by it.
Let us suppose