I arrived at Buckeye Nation Friday around 1:30. When I got there, none of the other coaches were there. They all had attended a funeral for the former Quarterback coach, Joe Daniels. That same day I met Urban Meyer in person for the first time in my life. He had Bri'onte Dunn (@DunnItAlready25) and his family in his office. At that point I started to tell some jokes and get everybody laughing and thats when Coach Meyer told me that I needed to do everything in my power to make sure Bri'onte stays committed to the Buckeyes. Coach Meyer then asked me, "Do you think you can take him?" My response to his question was, "yes Sir, I love a challenge." With a serious look he said, "Tyvis shut the door and me, you, and Bri'onte's father will beat him up." Of course I laughed but he said again, "Tyvis, I'm serious, close the door." So I said "Ok" and reached to close the door and he said, "Naw im just kidding." But if he was serious, I would've been ready. Anything Coach Meyer needs done I'll do it.
From there I took a mini-tour of the campus and then I had an academic meeting with the people of "Fisher" which is the name of the business program. The meeting was very informative. After the meeting I went back to the Woody Hayes facility. A bunch of the other recruits were there and we all watched what remained of practice. After practice we had to go back to the hotel but Frank (@F_Epitropoulos) Najee(Naj_GotTheJuice) Blake (@BlakeThom12), & myself went to "Canes" to grab a snack. We had a blast there talking about what we think is going to happen this weekend and how our seasons went.
After we checked ourselves in our hotel, it was then time to go out and eat. We ate at the "Ohio Union" with our families, the coaches, and some of the players. After dinner, we went to the freshman players' dorm rooms and played the X Box 360. My host was Ron Tanner. I chilled at Ron's dorm for a little while then we went to Ryan Shazier and Braxton Miller's dorm room. They had the big screen TV. They put the "Madden" in and I got on the sticks and started blowing everybody out. Madden is my game if you didn't know. We stayed there and had a great time until we left at about 12.
Saturday we woke up at 8am and we went to the stadium to eat breakfast. The food was DELICIOUS!! Afterwards they showed us the season highlight film. After that we went back to the "Woody Hayes" to watch practice where we caught the last 15 minutes. When practice ended we went to the training room. I had been telling everybody all weekend that I would hit 315 on the bench press machine. Coach Gillum was dying to see if I could and when we went to the weight room it was already set up for me. I had all the upperclassmen players watching me. I got under the bar and took my hand and slapped it. My mission was complete. I told him I could hit it - I never said I could actually lift it.
After that they measured our height and weight and I measured at 6'3" and 186 pounds. Once everybody was done we went to the team meeting room where the president of The Ohio State University, Gordon Gee, spoke. He is a very entertaining man. After he spoke we heard from the player panel which consisted of John Simon, Zach Boren, Brad Roby, Curtis Grant, and Corey "Philly" Brown. They gave us some very important tips on how to be successful in this program. Once they told us what we needed to know, it was then time to eat again. We had food from "City BBQ" and their food was FANTASTIC!! I was stuffed after I ate. After that, we had meetings with our position coaches, sports information, and a meeting with Coach Meyer. Then we took a campus tour which took us to the student help center. All the people who were coming in early had to fill papers out. We went to Doran Grant & Curtis Grant's dorm room next. They just explained what you may need to bring to the room.
After the tour we went back to the hotel for a couple hours. We went to the Woody Hayes facility where Coach Taver Johnson explained what the feeling of game day is. He expressed it very well - he created so much energy inside the room. It's a feeling that I personally am looking forward to. After that the parents went to "Martini's" and the recruits went to "Champps". We ate again and watched Robert Griffin III win the Heisman.
After the Heisman ceremony everybody went out with their host.................. LOL is all I'm going to say about that night.
Sunday we got up and went down to the ball room of the hotel and ate and told each other our Saturday night stories. We said goodbye and that was it for the weekend.
Judging by the recent commits from Se'Von Pittman (@S_PITT) & Tommy Schutt Coach Meyer definitely has us going in the right direction. Also Bri'Onte Dunn silenced the talk about going to scUM! Im glad to know he is 100% Buckeye!! Thats the type of people I like. People who really bleed the Scarlet and Gray!!
Speaking for the rest of the recruits we are very proud to be Buckeyes, and with the wonderful coaching staff Coach Meyer is putting together we will definitely succeed not only on the field but in the classroom as well. It is an absolute blessing to have the coaches and players that have been presented to The Ohio State University.
Buckeye Nation I can assure you that we will be back at the top, and furthermore we will destroy that team up north and we are going to do it in a classy way. Thanks for supporting us through the good and the bad. We will give you what you came to see and that is a SHOW!!!
-Tyvis
