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In end, choice of OSU academic for Anzalone
Wyomissing's Alex Anzalone commits after getting answers to questions about classes.
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Alex Anzalone had good feelings about Ohio State from the very first time he stepped onto the Columbus campus and into head coach Urban Meyer's office in early February.
Still, he wasn't ready to commit to the Buckeyes when he returned to campus last weekend for a third visit.
Of course, then it happened. He was standing on the sidelines at Ohio Stadium Saturday afternoon, watching the annual Scarlet and Gray spring game along with more than 80,000 others.
"I guess you could say I got the feeling," said Wyomissing's All-State linebacker, explaining his decision to commit to Meyer's program. "Just seeing all the fans and then some of them were chanting my name. It was crazy."
And just like that one of the hottest recruiting battles in the nation - one that saw 33 major college programs make offers, including all the sport's biggest names - ended.
It became official a short while later when Anzalone informed Meyer - nearly 10 weeks to the day that the first-year Ohio State coach had extended the offer during Anzalone's first visit to Columbus.
For anyone who missed the news Saturday, when he first tweeted his decision, or on the Internet and in the newspapers in the hours that followed, Anzalone provided an update Monday morning when he proudly wore a Buckeyes hoodie to school.
That's about as official as it gets.
The 6-3, 232-pound junior literally could have gone anywhere in the nation to play - that's how hot a prospect he became over the last three months - but he said Ohio State felt right football-wise and academically. And not in that order, either.
He was pretty sure about the coach and the program after his last visit at the end of March, when he took in spring practice.
"The football," he said of the perennial Big Ten power, "speaks for itself."
He had more questions about the academic side, questions that were answered during meetings Friday. He plans to major in business and likes the chance he'll get to pursue an MBA in a 3/2, five-year plan.
He'll get a jump on that by graduating from Wyomissing early and starting college classes in January.
"I wanted to make sure about the academics," Anzalone said. "That's the most important part. (After learning more about that) I knew what I wanted to do, and my parents gave me the go ahead, and I committed.
"I had all the information I needed to make a decision. I guess I didn't want to carry it out too long. We've been on so many visits."
Anzalone said that Florida and Stanford were at the top of his list.
He also gave strong consideration to Southern Cal, Penn State and Notre Dame.
Anzalone visited each of those schools over the past two months.
Meyer had been a personal favorite going into the recruiting process. Anzalone was a big fan of Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators when Meyer was the head coach and took the team to two national championships. Anzalone's father, Sal, studied at the University of Florida.
"Obviously the football program at Ohio State is very attractive," he said. "Just the tradition at Ohio State, it's a different feel than in the SEC. It's something that I really like a lot.
"The buzz of Urban Meyer and the program attracted me to them. You could say that Urban was one of the (key) factors just because you can't go wrong having him as a head coach."
In end, choice of OSU academic for Anzalone
Wyomissing's Alex Anzalone commits after getting answers to questions about classes.
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Mike Drago
Reading Eagle
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Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty
Wyomissing junior Alex Anzalone had scholarship offers from 33 major college progams.
Ben Hasty on Facebook
Alex Anzalone had good feelings about Ohio State from the very first time he stepped onto the Columbus campus and into head coach Urban Meyer's office in early February.
Still, he wasn't ready to commit to the Buckeyes when he returned to campus last weekend for a third visit.
Of course, then it happened. He was standing on the sidelines at Ohio Stadium Saturday afternoon, watching the annual Scarlet and Gray spring game along with more than 80,000 others.
"I guess you could say I got the feeling," said Wyomissing's All-State linebacker, explaining his decision to commit to Meyer's program. "Just seeing all the fans and then some of them were chanting my name. It was crazy."
And just like that one of the hottest recruiting battles in the nation - one that saw 33 major college programs make offers, including all the sport's biggest names - ended.
It became official a short while later when Anzalone informed Meyer - nearly 10 weeks to the day that the first-year Ohio State coach had extended the offer during Anzalone's first visit to Columbus.
For anyone who missed the news Saturday, when he first tweeted his decision, or on the Internet and in the newspapers in the hours that followed, Anzalone provided an update Monday morning when he proudly wore a Buckeyes hoodie to school.
That's about as official as it gets.
The 6-3, 232-pound junior literally could have gone anywhere in the nation to play - that's how hot a prospect he became over the last three months - but he said Ohio State felt right football-wise and academically. And not in that order, either.
He was pretty sure about the coach and the program after his last visit at the end of March, when he took in spring practice.
"The football," he said of the perennial Big Ten power, "speaks for itself."
He had more questions about the academic side, questions that were answered during meetings Friday. He plans to major in business and likes the chance he'll get to pursue an MBA in a 3/2, five-year plan.
He'll get a jump on that by graduating from Wyomissing early and starting college classes in January.
"I wanted to make sure about the academics," Anzalone said. "That's the most important part. (After learning more about that) I knew what I wanted to do, and my parents gave me the go ahead, and I committed.
"I had all the information I needed to make a decision. I guess I didn't want to carry it out too long. We've been on so many visits."
Anzalone said that Florida and Stanford were at the top of his list.
He also gave strong consideration to Southern Cal, Penn State and Notre Dame.
Anzalone visited each of those schools over the past two months.
Meyer had been a personal favorite going into the recruiting process. Anzalone was a big fan of Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators when Meyer was the head coach and took the team to two national championships. Anzalone's father, Sal, studied at the University of Florida.
"Obviously the football program at Ohio State is very attractive," he said. "Just the tradition at Ohio State, it's a different feel than in the SEC. It's something that I really like a lot.
"The buzz of Urban Meyer and the program attracted me to them. You could say that Urban was one of the (key) factors just because you can't go wrong having him as a head coach."
