By Sean

April 12, 2011 8:38 PM | Link to this

Um, I believe that Kaleb was going to make this announcement on his own on Friday. Thanks for being classy and professional and doing it for him Marc. That being said, welcome Kaleb!!

By November 26th, 2011

April 12, 2011 8:40 PM | Link to this

Remember “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” Buckeyes, it’s over. 11/26/11

By John

April 12, 2011 8:43 PM | Link to this

I know him personally, and he definitely did not want this published yet.. Very noble of you to take a teenager’s moment away from him, Marc.

By TomVH

April 12, 2011 8:43 PM | Link to this

So when a kid asks you to hold a story until Friday, you go ahead and run it? That’s pretty nice of you. At least you got your page clicks out of it.

By Luke

April 12, 2011 8:44 PM | Link to this

I agree with you, Sean…These journalists want something they can run with as “breaking news” and don’t care if they completely destroy the kid’s plans in the process. No integrity…they don’t care.

By Steve

April 12, 2011 8:48 PM | Link to this

How crass. Take the kid’s moment in the limelight. You probably boo Santa and steal little kids’ lunch money.

By Bert

April 12, 2011 8:51 PM | Link to this

The only directions Kaleb will need to find the campus is to head north until the stench fades.

By John

April 12, 2011 8:53 PM | Link to this

I hope no recruit gives you an interview ever again.

By Don

April 12, 2011 8:59 PM | Link to this

Totally classless move announcing this today despite his request otherwise. The good news is that Kalib just learned that those that can do….and those that can’t screw over those that can.

By Brendan

April 12, 2011 9:07 PM | Link to this

Very unprofessional and sleazy, Marc. I hope you apologize to Kaleb personally as well as publicly.

By Josh

April 12, 2011 9:07 PM | Link to this

Marc, please explain why you would post this. Seems to me that you have lost all creditability by doing so.

By Ben

April 12, 2011 9:07 PM | Link to this

Way to ruin Kaleb’s announcement! Even after he asked you not to report. Scummy.

By Neel

April 12, 2011 9:08 PM | Link to this

So much for journalistic integrity…but good work! You leveraged your character so your company could make an extra $5 from page clicks, hope it was worth it!

By AMB42

April 12, 2011 9:10 PM | Link to this

Wow… This is some bush league reporting. Stay classy bud.

By Ticked Off

April 12, 2011 9:11 PM | Link to this

between you and the detroit free press there is more than enough justification for America not have any respect for the media. what douche move.

By Frank

April 12, 2011 9:12 PM | Link to this

Marc, why’d you steal this kid’s thunder?

By Blue4ever

April 12, 2011 9:16 PM | Link to this

Stealing suckers from little kids doesn’t do it for you anymore so you feel you need to scoop everyone and ruin a kids moment in the spotlight. You are an idiot. Just so you know… everyone already knew we were all just keeping our mouths shut until Friday. Try it sometime.

By alanb

April 12, 2011 9:21 PM | Link to this

You have no integrity at all! You stole this kids spotlight. THis is a once in a lifetime event for him and you took it from him. Way to go! You are a doucebag for doing this to a teenager. I hope you dont get to talk to another single player at all for what youve done

By jb

April 12, 2011 9:30 PM | Link to this

Lmao boo hoo he stole the kids spot light, if the kid has any real character he wouldn’t care about having a spot light. good for michigan snatching a player osu, msu and Iowa wanted nothng to do with

By Neal

April 12, 2011 9:33 PM | Link to this

I hate that this article took the moment away from the kid. GO BLUE!

By Jackson

April 12, 2011 9:34 PM | Link to this

This is why you should not trust a buckeye to follow simple directions.

By CW

April 12, 2011 9:37 PM | Link to this

jb - Kaleb is not a convicted felon. Of course MSU was not interested.

By Shep

April 12, 2011 9:38 PM | Link to this

Marc, you are the reason the newspaper industry is dying.

By cs

April 12, 2011 9:41 PM | Link to this

Ryan Ermanni thinks you broke this to early…

By Jim Tressel

April 12, 2011 9:42 PM | Link to this

Go Buckeyes!! Thx Mark!

By Marc

April 12, 2011 9:43 PM | Link to this

Wow, your a classy one Mark!! At least we now know you and the Sweater mess have one thing in common though….no integrity whatsoever, congrats! I hope your ashamed of yourself, you P.O.S. Hopefully other recruits now see what a shady person you really are, and from here on out avoid you like the plague.

By Bryan

April 12, 2011 9:45 PM | Link to this

Congratulations to Kaleb and his achievement! Best of luck with the maize and blue. With that said, it is unbelievably asinine to report this against Kaleb’s wishes. You should be ashamed of yourself, Marc. But clearly you aren’t as you could not care less about Kaleb and his special moment. Marc Pendelton obviously has no class or integrity. Hope it was worth it, as you have likely lost all credibility when it comes to future stories of this nature. smh

By Steve

April 12, 2011 9:52 PM | Link to this

Congratulations to Kaleb. Wolverine Nation is pissed and sorry that you couldnt make the biggest decision of your life known to everybody yourself. Hope your freaking happy Marc.

By Drew Sharp

April 12, 2011 10:05 PM | Link to this

Great article Marc. Have you ever considered coming to work for us? Keep in touch. -Drew

By Bob

April 12, 2011 10:06 PM | Link to this

Absolutely classless move to report this early.

By Buckeyes

April 12, 2011 10:09 PM | Link to this

Mark… I am a buckeye fan and I still think this is absolute BS that you ruined this special moment for a teenage kid. You should lose your job you POS. And I truly believe that. No room for this crap.

By Ron

April 12, 2011 10:10 PM | Link to this

Wow…..shafting a kid who actually trusted you to keep quiet for all of 3 days just to get a jump on a story. Your career must be skyrocketing right about now. Well, good luck getting any more future “scoops” from area high schools. What a complete tool.

By Beave

April 12, 2011 10:20 PM | Link to this

Welcome to the Michigan family Kaleb. Take solace in the fact that by the time you’re playing in the NFL the Dayton Daily News will probably be extinct and guys like Pendleton still won’t understand why.

By Jake

April 12, 2011 10:31 PM | Link to this

Marc, you’re classless. I’m never visiting this website again until the day you’re fired. It’s not ok to ruin a teenager’s moment b/c you’d like to get a few more pageviews.

By Steve

April 12, 2011 10:43 PM | Link to this

Way to ruin a great moment for a kid! I hope no high school kid ever talks to you again!

By Jim Tressell

April 12, 2011 10:50 PM | Link to this

Wow Marc, that was pretty low…Good Job, now your thinking like a Buckeye!! And as a gesture of appreciation from the University, can you please email me your personal home address, I want to send you a game used, autographed Sweater vest..as long as you promise not to sell it, wink wink… Lol, I”m just kidding, I know a man of such high moral standards like yourself wouldn’t even dare let that sinful thought cross your mind. Silly me…GO OHIO!!

By WolverinesRecruiting

April 12, 2011 10:58 PM | Link to this

way to take a high school kids moment, that was totally uncalled for and unprofessional. Just another reason to leave Ohio. GO BLUE, and Michigan welcomes you Kaleb.

By Brady Hoke

April 12, 2011 11:02 PM | Link to this

GO BLUE, and welcome Kaleb. oh and Marc your a peice of s**t.

By Jon

April 12, 2011 11:45 PM | Link to this

Not cool to ruin the kid’s moment in the sun like this. I am guessing Marc is a fan of TGA.

By Fonzie

April 12, 2011 11:48 PM | Link to this

Democrats p**s me off

By ChewerD

April 12, 2011 11:49 PM | Link to this

Marc, you are an absolute scumbag. This kid has worked his whole life up until this point to get a college scholarship and you robbed him! You should be fired over this. This is completely unethical.

By osuteke

April 13, 2011 12:15 AM | Link to this

Kaleb, it’s just a sign of things to come. It’s all down hill from here.

By lololololol

April 13, 2011 12:15 AM | Link to this

haha good one marc

By Danny DeVito

April 13, 2011 12:21 AM | Link to this

Brad Pitt’s character finds his wife’s head in the box at the end of the movie “Seven.”

By SouthTxBuckeye

April 13, 2011 12:23 AM | Link to this

You actually work for a newspaper like the DDN - not for long!

By Me

April 13, 2011 12:24 AM | Link to this

Poor kid has to lose to OSU for 4 straight years and doesn’t even get to announce it first.

By Russell Crowe

April 13, 2011 12:26 AM | Link to this

Kevin Spacey is Keyser Söze.

By Rico616

April 13, 2011 12:48 AM | Link to this

Smooothe move. Glad to see Kaleb come to Michigan but this writer needs to learn the rules.

By Redwing1

April 13, 2011 5:56 AM | Link to this

Another piece of great sports journalism here out of the (blackeye)I mean the buckeye state. This ranks right up there with the Kirk Herbstreet antics of the Great Ohio alums, Always trying to blow the cover off stuff, just in case you forget the Les Miles to Michigan story… I think this is purposely done, in order to p**s people off about their decisions, in regards to hoping that they may change their minds about their decision.

By Steve

April 13, 2011 6:41 AM | Link to this

Marc, Good job ruining a kid’s moment to announce his college of choice. Absolute douche move.

By Mike

April 13, 2011 7:34 AM | Link to this

Why would you take away from a hard working high school athlete who academically qualifies for an elite school like Michigan, this young man worked his whole life to reach this point and you decided to announce for him, well i hope you’re there in person to apologize to him when he announces

By marc is da bomb

April 13, 2011 8:58 AM | Link to this

marc, ignore the michiganders. you have a duty to report the news and this dumb kid told you news and expected you not to report it. dumb kid.

By By Len

April 13, 2011 9:02 AM | Link to this

Hey, c’mon now. It’s not like he was heading to Toledo or Vincennes. He picked Ypsilanti West J.C. and their 37-50 lifetime Coach Rotundness. Not a big deal at all. Did OSU offer, I think not?

By caliBuckeye

April 13, 2011 9:43 AM | Link to this

I don’t watch much football. But it’s a higher schooler celebrating all his years of hard work. So lets ruin it b/c you don’t like the team he committed to? thats pretty low. I’m ashame some buckeyes fans here, pretty low. This is a high schooler for godsakes.

By Wow Marc...

April 13, 2011 10:04 AM | Link to this

Official Petition to relieve Marc Pendleton of his position at the Dayton Daily News /signed

By Stephen84

April 13, 2011 10:17 AM | Link to this

Marc, Thanks for breaking the news for us. I really appreciate it. The wait was killing me. Friday would have been too late. Stephen

By Joe

April 13, 2011 10:32 AM | Link to this

Who gives if this kid had plans to announce his commitment. He’s announcing his commitment to scUM. Good work Marc glad to see you took this kids limelight!!! GO GREEN!!!!

By Joe Spartan

April 13, 2011 10:35 AM | Link to this

Who gives if this kid had plans to announce his commitment. He’s announcing his commitment to scUM. Good work Marc glad to see you took this kids limelight!!! GO GREEN!!!!

By Jim Tressel

April 13, 2011 10:38 AM | Link to this

Just sent you an e-mail Marc. Shhh don’t tell Gordon

By CLT

April 13, 2011 10:38 AM | Link to this

Regardless of what was/wasn’t speculated elsewhere on the internet, this is a complete abdication of journalistic integrity. That has nothing to do with which school the kid picked.

By Bill Murphy

April 13, 2011 10:51 AM | Link to this

Marc…..don’t worry about these comments. Look at the times posted…..its just one kid posting the same stuff, over and over and over……Shows you the intelligence of this person. Probably should feel sorry for him…..probably has no friends

By Jalen Rose

April 13, 2011 11:03 AM | Link to this

All these comments show how low and irrelevant UM football has become. With Flounder at the helm, it will only get worse.

By Adam Jones

April 13, 2011 11:03 AM | Link to this

Shame on you Marc….

By TheBuckGuy

April 13, 2011 11:09 AM | Link to this

Try to separate the Hatred For Michigan thing for a second…this was a testament to how low a third-rate writer can stoop to try and break a story, which doesn’t mean much to anybody other than the kid, his family, and his circle of friends. I actually feel for the kid. Biggest decision of his life so far, and some sniveling no-talent gets to ruin it, because he wants to. Nice work, dude.

By UM Fan

April 13, 2011 11:44 AM | Link to this

Marc, Way to mess up a kids moment. My hope is that he truely was 100% to Michigan and not leaning toward UM and this sours him and he goes somewhere else - or was that your hope in writing this article?

By Sparty Fail

April 13, 2011 12:13 PM | Link to this

What’s even more sad then this article are the pathetic Buckeye and Sparty fans that feel the need to rip on a 17 year old kid. You people live some sad and pathetic lives. You should probably slap your parents upside the head for raising social retards.

By Bernie J.

April 13, 2011 12:15 PM | Link to this

Marc, I seriously doubt that you will get this far in reading comments about your poor judgment. For what it is worth I hope you do the right thing with Mr. Ringer and his family. Character counts and the healing goes in both directions.

By Bay Ct

April 13, 2011 12:16 PM | Link to this

This is completely shameful. First the reporting. I don’t care how much of a buckeye fan you are Marc, you have a rating of O as a journalist! This is not about sports anymore, it’s about respecting Kaleb as a human being first. Second, I read the comments in the morning today, and now a third of them have been removed. Way to go DDN. I guess it hurt when others broke the news to you about Marc being a horrible journalist.

By LG

April 13, 2011 12:31 PM | Link to this

As a journalist, it’s Marc’s job to report the news. If Ringer wanted to break the news himself, he shouldn’t have told a journalist. Now if Marc did say “I’ll hold the story” then ran it anyway, then he’s a scumbag. If his bosses said run the story, he at least owed Ringer a phone call to tell him.

By Comments Removed

April 13, 2011 12:32 PM | Link to this

I love that so many comments criticizing Marc Pendleton has been removed by Dayton Daily. This is a new low. No integrity as an organization whatsoever.

By Hoophound

April 13, 2011 12:36 PM | Link to this

Got news for all you folks ripping this guy. The news of Ringer going to Michigan was all over the internet recruiting sites, tweets, texts and Go Blue blogs on Tuesday afternoon. So I doubt Ringer’s big frickin’ moment was ruined. By the time it hit the Dayton media is was old news. So take your tired old no respect arguement and flush it.

By GoBlue

April 13, 2011 12:48 PM | Link to this

so how many of you know that this was actually not supposed to be reported etc… are you friends with him etc? its in the news, its going to be everywhere, im sure his source inst Ringer direct, quit beating up the messenger…

By Matt

April 13, 2011 1:16 PM | Link to this

How do we know it wasn’t supposed to be reported? Because Kaleb said so himself. If you search up Kaleb Ringer twitter you will see he was not happy about this reporting. Marc Pendleton is a terrible writer, that much is obvious.

By Kevin

April 13, 2011 1:57 PM | Link to this

Hey Jabba, did you also notice he’s rated the #1 LB in Ohio??? And if he does have character flaws I’d say he would have been right up OSU and MSU’s alley…

By 2699 DAYS

April 13, 2011 1:59 PM | Link to this

The next Prescott Burgess for the pathetic skunk bears ladies and gentlemen. Iowa MSU AND tOSU said no thanks cuz kaleb is a troublemaker off the field GOOGLE it, congrats yellow belly blues rotfl! cHoke is a .500 coach n u think we r scared rotfl! Nov 26th its the same result. You will have 9year olds not ever seeing a W in tsun…. 2699 days

By sheetsy

April 13, 2011 2:21 PM | Link to this

ringer’s deserves it - will be fun wathcing the Buckeyes beat him down. he was just too littole to play at Ohio State, especailly with the stable of LBs currently on roster

By John

April 13, 2011 2:25 PM | Link to this

OSU didn’t even recruit this guy…

By scUM free grades/degrees

April 13, 2011 2:28 PM | Link to this

Kaleb said “they set it up where its impossible to fail, I can get a job anywhere w a scUM degree”….. Rotfl! Google professor hagen, and harbaugh’s comments about players “free rides” ;) …..btw if the education was so good why DID MARCUS RAY WHO WAS RECRUITED BY cHOKE END UP ENROLLING IN COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY after HIS scUM CAREER. KEEP LYING cHOKE. Go blow!

By Kal

April 13, 2011 3:49 PM | Link to this

Just curious, how many free tattoos did you get for running this early?

By Dave

April 13, 2011 4:52 PM | Link to this

This young man deserved to make HIS announcement at the time and place HE desired. Wishing you all the best as a Wolverine Mr. Ringer. Ethical conduct trumps school bias.

By kirk herbie

April 14, 2011 2:28 AM | Link to this

Good to see someone so young following in my footsteps and getting the heck out of ohio-the white trash capital of America. Have a great time in AA, and take comfort in knowing your turds will eventually flow right down into some putrid river in columbus.

By dave

April 14, 2011 11:16 AM | Link to this

Kaleb welcome to AA. Marc, you are a discrace.

By BUCKY

April 14, 2011 12:06 PM | Link to this

Another 4 year loser. GO BUCKS!!!!

By Rob Saltzstein

April 14, 2011 8:35 PM | Link to this

I can’t see any problem in reporting a story given to a reporter. The kid was stupid to expect any newspaper to sit on the news—and it would have been irresponsible not to publish this news.

By Rob Saltzstein

April 14, 2011 8:37 PM | Link to this

I can’t see any problem in reporting a story given to a reporter. The kid was stupid to expect any newspaper to sit on the news—and it would have been irresponsible not to publish this news.

By buck4life

April 16, 2011 10:20 AM | Link to this

This kid needs to grow up, maybe that is why he didn’t get offered by OSU, MSU Nebraska, PSU, among others. He is dumber than his uncle Javon. Good luck at scUM ! LOL !