For perhaps the first time in the Ryan Day era, Ohio State missed out on a transfer it badly wanted.
Henry To’o To’o picked Alabama over the Buckeyes last weekend, ending a prolonged recruitment of the former Tennessee linebacker that pitted national championship opponents against each other in an off-field battle. He’s expected to be eligible immediately, taking advantage of the NCAA’s new one-time transfer rule to no longer force players to sit out a year at their new school.
Evidently, the Buckeyes aren’t one and done in the transfer portal. They have reportedly gotten back in touch with USC linebacker Palaie Gaoteote who’d been connected with Texas but now is receptive to Ohio State’s offerings.