The Big Me Kickoff is back with a special guest here on this Friday in advance of a big Ohio State recruiting weekend. We are joined by Mike Farrell, the 'Godfather' of football recruiting and a 20-plus-year veteran of the recruiting wars.Farrell has been around so long that he knew Ohio State head coach Ryan Day when he was just a young coach back in New Hampshire and see his rise from assistant to head coach of the Buckeyes. What do the Buckeyes have in Day, where is he different and where is he the same as former boss Urban Meyer?What are some of the best recruiting stories through 20-plus years in the industry and how has the industry changed over the course of the years?Who did he rank right, who did he rank wrong, who did he not rank at all and is still taking the blame for?And Name, Image, Likeness is a game changer when it comes to recruiting, what does Farrell think about its impact over the entire landscape?

A candid talk with the Godfather of recruiting

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On this special edition of the Big Me Kickoff, we are talking about Ohio State recruiting. The Buckeyes already have a major commit out of the state of Alabama and had a big visitor on campus over the weekend and he walked away with an offer. With several names from Alabama on Ohio State's recruiting radar, is there a shift in the state, once considered an impossible task for Northern teams to crack? All of that and a David Sanders update and more on the Big Me Kickoff.Check out BuckeyeHuddle.com to get all of the best Ohio State Buckeyes coverage. Our team of contributors will have you up-to-the-minute with recruiting, team coverage and so much more. Join the fastest growing community in all of BuckeyeNation at BuckeyeHuddle.com Join Now: https://buckeyehuddle.com/community/account/upgrades/And we also want to thank our partners over at KnowNaturals.com. Check them out at the link below and use the code of: HUDDLE10 for 10-percent off your order. http://shop.knownaturals.com%20to%20be%20https//shop.knownaturals.com/?ref=Ng==

Is a Buckeye march through Alabama coming?

We are going LIVE to talk about our annual Southern Swing trip, which will be coming up here in the near future. What are some of the best moments on the road, some of the biggest names that we have seen? All of that and more with your questions on this LIVE edition of the Big Me Kickoff. And we also want to thank our partners over at KnowNaturals.com. Check them out at the link below and use the code of: HUDDLE10 for 10-percent off your order. http://shop.knownaturals.com%20to%20be%20https//shop.knownaturals.com/?ref=Ng==

A dozen years of the Southern Swing

The Team Up North lost out on a player it was sure that it was landing and there is a familiar face in the center of this situation. Tony Alford was was called the biggest coup for Michigan in this series (okay, maybe not quite that dramatic, but still) and now he has explaining to do as a top prospect from within the state of Ohio has committed to a SEC program. All of that and more in this edition of the Big Me Kickoff. Check out BuckeyeHuddle.com to get all of the best Ohio State Buckeyes coverage. Our team of contributors will have you up-to-the-minute with recruiting, team coverage and so much more.Join the fastest growing community in all of BuckeyeNation at BuckeyeHuddle.com Join Now: https://buckeyehuddle.com/community/account/upgrades/And we also want to thank our partners over at KnowNaturals.com. Check them out at the link below and use the code of: HUDDLE10 for 10-percent off your order. http://shop.knownaturals.com%20to%20be%20https//shop.knownaturals.com/?ref=Ng==

Deja Vu for the yellow and blue; Bucks face minimal portal losses

The 2024 NFL Draft is in the books and if you listen to Michigan fans, they feel that they broke all draft records, which they did not. But it was a quiet draft for the Buckeyes regardless with just four players taken and then four more signing undrafted free agency deals. Why is next year going to be different for Ohio State? We are talking draft and more in this edition of the Big Me Kickoff.And we also want to thank our partners over at KnowNaturals.com. Check them out at the link below and use the code of: HUDDLE10 for 10-percent off your order. http://shop.knownaturals.com%20to%20be%20https//shop.knownaturals.com/?ref=Ng==

Flat '24 NFL Draft will make way for incredible 2025 for future Buckeye NFL'ers

The NFL Draft is going on and Marvin Harrison Jr. was taken No. 4 overall, as expected. With a couple more Buckeyes potentially coming off the board tonight, let's talk draft, as well as looking ahead to 2025 and anything else you want to talk about in this LIVE show. And we also want to thank our partners over at KnowNaturals.com. Check them out at the link below and use the code of: HUDDLE10 for 10-percent off your order. http://shop.knownaturals.com%20to%20be%20https//shop.knownaturals.com/?ref=Ng==

A candid talk with the Godfather of recruiting

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