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BuckBojangles
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Forget that TS wasn't there for that part.
I just gotta give some props to Whaley and Haw and Terry and Trepasso for that matter.
Especially because the QB's will have the black jerseys and will only play sparingly. This games going to be really close. On the big name players, I give Scarlet the go. But after the first quarter, it's anyone's game.
I just gotta give some props to Whaley and Haw and Terry and Trepasso for that matter.
Especially because the QB's will have the black jerseys and will only play sparingly. This games going to be really close. On the big name players, I give Scarlet the go. But after the first quarter, it's anyone's game.
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BuckTwenty
Parties with Pete Johnson's Beard
Scarlet clear advantages:
QB - should be a nice Schoenhoft/Boeckman battle for 3 qtrs
HB - biggest advantage for scarlet; nothing against Mo though
OLB - 2nd biggest advantage for scarlet; speed kills
MLB - Kerr and Spitler vs Hoobs? advantage scarlet
P - whether or not Gentry was hurt, scarlet would have the advantage
Grey clear advantages:
WR - ouch. HUGE advantage for grey
TE - Frost and B.Smith vs Nicol? advantage grey
DE - Richardson can only play 2 qtrs for scarlet, grey gets Wilson & Barrow
DT - Patterson good for one qtr for scarlet, grey gets Penton
CB - grey has four guys with experience. scarlet? one is "Yao" counts
LS - Drew Norman. 'nuf said
Pushes:
FB - one starter, one walk-on each
OL - grey's deeper, scarlet has better starters and NO depth
S - flip a coin as far as I'm concerned
K - Pettrey picked over Pretorius? Interesting.
Very even as far as I'm concerned. Scarlet's strengths are their running backs and linebackers. Grey's strengths are their receivers, D-line, and corners. Scarlet has to get out to an early lead and wear the grey out with their running game to win. If grey can keep scarlet in check early, grey will pull it out. At the end of the day though, I'm putting my vMoolah on the grey in a scorcher
QB - should be a nice Schoenhoft/Boeckman battle for 3 qtrs
HB - biggest advantage for scarlet; nothing against Mo though
OLB - 2nd biggest advantage for scarlet; speed kills
MLB - Kerr and Spitler vs Hoobs? advantage scarlet
P - whether or not Gentry was hurt, scarlet would have the advantage
Grey clear advantages:
WR - ouch. HUGE advantage for grey
TE - Frost and B.Smith vs Nicol? advantage grey
DE - Richardson can only play 2 qtrs for scarlet, grey gets Wilson & Barrow
DT - Patterson good for one qtr for scarlet, grey gets Penton
CB - grey has four guys with experience. scarlet? one is "Yao" counts
LS - Drew Norman. 'nuf said
Pushes:
FB - one starter, one walk-on each
OL - grey's deeper, scarlet has better starters and NO depth
S - flip a coin as far as I'm concerned
K - Pettrey picked over Pretorius? Interesting.
Very even as far as I'm concerned. Scarlet's strengths are their running backs and linebackers. Grey's strengths are their receivers, D-line, and corners. Scarlet has to get out to an early lead and wear the grey out with their running game to win. If grey can keep scarlet in check early, grey will pull it out. At the end of the day though, I'm putting my vMoolah on the grey in a scorcher
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Scarlet wins by at least 10 points. The first quarter could be a wash with Troy not running much. The CB's, which are Grays biggest advantage, will be taken out of play with Scarlets bigges advantage- Running the football. Chris Wells will see alot of carries throught the last three quarters and the OL for Scarlet will provide the running room needed to effectively move the chains and run the clock. Oh, and when they don't get the first down, Trapasso will send Gray deep into their own territory to start drives. I like Boeckmans skills and he has some good receivers, but no Ginn after the half will better allow the Scarlet to bring some heat on him. I predict 24-14 Scarlet.
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DDN
4/20
Buckeyes hold draft for annual scrimmage
By Doug Harris
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS | Ohio State held its annual player draft Wednesday for the spring game. And although the adversaries won't be squaring off for another few days, the woofing and trash-talking already has commenced.
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<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> Coach Jim Tressel assigned his assistants and seniors to either the Scarlet or Gray. And the groups took turns zeroing in on a position and then drafting back and forth until all of the underclassmen at that spot were gone.
When the selections were in hand, the good-natured war of words began.
Tight ends coach John Peterson, suppressing a grin: "The Gray is very pleased with our picks. ... We expect a lot of pressure off the edges from our defensive ends. And at the corner spots, we anticipate locking down their receivers."
Wideouts coach Darrell Hazell: "The Scarlet is very offended by that last statement about locking down our receivers. We're going to make sure we look to exploit their defensive backs."
Quarterback Troy Smith: "The Scarlet is way, way better equipped for this game. Our depth upfront is unmatched. We've got guys all across the board who will get the job done."
Hubris aside, picking a favorite for Saturday's game is impossible. Having the multitalented Smith under center would seem to give the Scarlet an edge, but Tressel gave the Gray a break by placing restrictions on his fifth-year senior.
Smith will be dressed in a no-contact black jersey, keeping him from stepping out of the backfield. And both he and Gray QB Justin Zwick will play just one quarter. Two other Buckeye stars also will be making only a cameo, and some won't even be suiting up at all. Receivers Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzalez will play just the first two quarters, while tailback Antonio Pittman (hamstring), defensive tackle Quinn Pitcock (shoulder) and linebacker Mike D'Andrea are out with injuries.
The most telling facet of the entire draft may have been the order of the positions picked. Both teams left top talent on the board until the end because they figured there wasn't much disparity between the first-stringer and the backups.
The first player nabbed was punter A.J. Trapasso — think field position — while defensive end Lawrence Wilson (a rising menace) went first in the next round of selections.
Sophomore Todd Boeckman ultimately was chosen ahead of red-shirt freshman Robbie Schoenhoft at quarterback. And the Scarlet may have pulled off the coup of the draft by getting two of the three scholarship running backs available: punishing freshman Chris Wells and speedy sophomore Erik Haw.
"Now we have a little thunder and lightning back there," Scarlet captain David Patterson said. "We have a big bruiser who can go the distance and a smaller back who can go the distance."
Smith says DBs 'solid'
Smith said going against the Buckeyes' revamped defensive backfield in practice is not much different than going against the previous one. "As a group, it's solid," he said. "We've got guys who can flat-out fly.
"It's not a boisterous bunch of guys. They're not going, 'Hoo-rah.' They just concentrate on getting the job done."
Contact this reporter at 225-2125
or [email protected].
4/20
Buckeyes hold draft for annual scrimmage
By Doug Harris
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS | Ohio State held its annual player draft Wednesday for the spring game. And although the adversaries won't be squaring off for another few days, the woofing and trash-talking already has commenced.
<!--endtext-->
<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> Coach Jim Tressel assigned his assistants and seniors to either the Scarlet or Gray. And the groups took turns zeroing in on a position and then drafting back and forth until all of the underclassmen at that spot were gone.
When the selections were in hand, the good-natured war of words began.
Tight ends coach John Peterson, suppressing a grin: "The Gray is very pleased with our picks. ... We expect a lot of pressure off the edges from our defensive ends. And at the corner spots, we anticipate locking down their receivers."
Wideouts coach Darrell Hazell: "The Scarlet is very offended by that last statement about locking down our receivers. We're going to make sure we look to exploit their defensive backs."
Quarterback Troy Smith: "The Scarlet is way, way better equipped for this game. Our depth upfront is unmatched. We've got guys all across the board who will get the job done."
Hubris aside, picking a favorite for Saturday's game is impossible. Having the multitalented Smith under center would seem to give the Scarlet an edge, but Tressel gave the Gray a break by placing restrictions on his fifth-year senior.
Smith will be dressed in a no-contact black jersey, keeping him from stepping out of the backfield. And both he and Gray QB Justin Zwick will play just one quarter. Two other Buckeye stars also will be making only a cameo, and some won't even be suiting up at all. Receivers Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzalez will play just the first two quarters, while tailback Antonio Pittman (hamstring), defensive tackle Quinn Pitcock (shoulder) and linebacker Mike D'Andrea are out with injuries.
The most telling facet of the entire draft may have been the order of the positions picked. Both teams left top talent on the board until the end because they figured there wasn't much disparity between the first-stringer and the backups.
The first player nabbed was punter A.J. Trapasso — think field position — while defensive end Lawrence Wilson (a rising menace) went first in the next round of selections.
Sophomore Todd Boeckman ultimately was chosen ahead of red-shirt freshman Robbie Schoenhoft at quarterback. And the Scarlet may have pulled off the coup of the draft by getting two of the three scholarship running backs available: punishing freshman Chris Wells and speedy sophomore Erik Haw.
"Now we have a little thunder and lightning back there," Scarlet captain David Patterson said. "We have a big bruiser who can go the distance and a smaller back who can go the distance."
Smith says DBs 'solid'
Smith said going against the Buckeyes' revamped defensive backfield in practice is not much different than going against the previous one. "As a group, it's solid," he said. "We've got guys who can flat-out fly.
"It's not a boisterous bunch of guys. They're not going, 'Hoo-rah.' They just concentrate on getting the job done."
Contact this reporter at 225-2125
or [email protected].
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Dispatch
4/20
OHIO STATE FOOTBALL
Punter is first draft pick of players
Trapasso is taken before any of OSU’s glamour players
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
<!--PHOTOS-->
There was evidence in the players’ draft for the Ohio State spring football game yesterday that at least one tenet of coach Jim Tressel has hit the mark. Punter A.J. Trapasso was the first player drafted, by the seniors on the Scarlet team.
He was taken well ahead of Ted Ginn Jr., three talented young running backs and even young quarterbacks Todd Boeckman and Rob Schoenhoft, who will see most of the action under rules laid down by Tressel. Senior quarterbacks Troy Smith and Justin Zwick will play only in the first quarter.
Still, why pick Trapasso first?
"The punt is the most important play in football," cornerback Antonio Smith said, speaking for the rest of the seniors on the Scarlet.
His declaration drew laughs because because it’s one of Tressel’s favorite lines. But there was more to the Scarlet’s move than playing up to the coach.
"I understand exactly why they took the punter first," said safety Brandon Mitchell, one of the Gray seniors. "If you look all the way up and down the board of the available players on this team and the positions they play, the position where there is the most disparity between No. 1 and No. 2 is probably punter.
"I would have chosen punter first because the coach had already told us we’re going to have to fair-catch every punt."
So it was Trapasso, last year’s starter, who went to the Gray ahead of walk-on John Thoma, and the draft was under way. Once a position was opened by one team, all players from that position had to be taken before moving to another position.
With that in mind, it’s always interesting to see what the seniors think of the underclassmen by the way they go about the picks. For example:
• Lawrence Wilson was the first defensive end taken, by the Gray.
• Malcolm Jenkins was the No. 1 cornerback, by the Gray.
• Walk-on Tyler Whaley was the first center taken, by the Scarlet, and Alex Boone was the first tackle-guard taken, by the Gray.
• Curtis Terry was the first strong-side linebacker taken, by the Scarlet, ahead of projected starter James Laurinaitis.
• With No. 1 tailback Antonio Pittman ruled out of the game because of a hamstring injury, Erik Haw was the first tailback taken, by the Scarlet, ahead of Maurice Wells (Gray). Freshman Chris "Beanie" Wells then went to the Scarlet.
Most interesting was that quarterback was the third-tolast position opened. Boeckman went to the Gray and Schoenhoft to the Scarlet.
"We looked at it as Boeckman and Schoenhoft are interchangeable quarterbacks as far as we’re concerned," Mitchell said. "I think that’s why the teams wanted to get other positions out of the way first."
Even though the punters were divvied first, kicker was the last position opened, with the Gray taking Aaron Pettrey ahead of Ryan Pretorius, who was considered to be No. 1 going into the spring.
"He has a little bigger leg than Pretorius," deep snapper Drew Norman of the Gray said.
It should make for an interesting competition this afternoon when the team stages a special teams scrimmage. Pretorius and Pettrey are competing to replace Josh Huston, who is headed for the NFL draft.
4/20
OHIO STATE FOOTBALL
Punter is first draft pick of players
Trapasso is taken before any of OSU’s glamour players
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
<!--PHOTOS-->
There was evidence in the players’ draft for the Ohio State spring football game yesterday that at least one tenet of coach Jim Tressel has hit the mark. Punter A.J. Trapasso was the first player drafted, by the seniors on the Scarlet team.
He was taken well ahead of Ted Ginn Jr., three talented young running backs and even young quarterbacks Todd Boeckman and Rob Schoenhoft, who will see most of the action under rules laid down by Tressel. Senior quarterbacks Troy Smith and Justin Zwick will play only in the first quarter.
Still, why pick Trapasso first?
"The punt is the most important play in football," cornerback Antonio Smith said, speaking for the rest of the seniors on the Scarlet.
His declaration drew laughs because because it’s one of Tressel’s favorite lines. But there was more to the Scarlet’s move than playing up to the coach.
"I understand exactly why they took the punter first," said safety Brandon Mitchell, one of the Gray seniors. "If you look all the way up and down the board of the available players on this team and the positions they play, the position where there is the most disparity between No. 1 and No. 2 is probably punter.
"I would have chosen punter first because the coach had already told us we’re going to have to fair-catch every punt."
So it was Trapasso, last year’s starter, who went to the Gray ahead of walk-on John Thoma, and the draft was under way. Once a position was opened by one team, all players from that position had to be taken before moving to another position.
With that in mind, it’s always interesting to see what the seniors think of the underclassmen by the way they go about the picks. For example:
• Lawrence Wilson was the first defensive end taken, by the Gray.
• Malcolm Jenkins was the No. 1 cornerback, by the Gray.
• Walk-on Tyler Whaley was the first center taken, by the Scarlet, and Alex Boone was the first tackle-guard taken, by the Gray.
• Curtis Terry was the first strong-side linebacker taken, by the Scarlet, ahead of projected starter James Laurinaitis.
• With No. 1 tailback Antonio Pittman ruled out of the game because of a hamstring injury, Erik Haw was the first tailback taken, by the Scarlet, ahead of Maurice Wells (Gray). Freshman Chris "Beanie" Wells then went to the Scarlet.
Most interesting was that quarterback was the third-tolast position opened. Boeckman went to the Gray and Schoenhoft to the Scarlet.
"We looked at it as Boeckman and Schoenhoft are interchangeable quarterbacks as far as we’re concerned," Mitchell said. "I think that’s why the teams wanted to get other positions out of the way first."
Even though the punters were divvied first, kicker was the last position opened, with the Gray taking Aaron Pettrey ahead of Ryan Pretorius, who was considered to be No. 1 going into the spring.
"He has a little bigger leg than Pretorius," deep snapper Drew Norman of the Gray said.
It should make for an interesting competition this afternoon when the team stages a special teams scrimmage. Pretorius and Pettrey are competing to replace Josh Huston, who is headed for the NFL draft.
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From what I was told there are a few players on defense to that are only going to be playing a quarter or a half at the most.
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Topless women.
I wish I could go but I have to attend a wedding on Saturday. Who the hell gets married the day of the Spring Game anyway. :(
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Agreed. Both teams are deep at most positions, and both teams can rotate seven on the O-Line and six on the D-Line. I think all the fears and concerns about the demise of the Ohio State defense for 2006 are a bit premature. Sure, there are nine starters to replace, but there are a ton of guys with a lot of meaningful game experience waiting in the wings, and these two rosters prove it.
Both of these teams are really rather good. To quote Yogi Berra, "Their depth is pretty deep."
I love the Scarlet & Gray game, particularly the format. About 90% of D1A teams' spring games are jersey scrimmages or ones vs ones, twos vs twos practices. Ohio State, on the other hand, comes right out of the gate with the jersey scrimmage, followed by the player draft, and then a "mostly" complete football game that mixes all the ones and twos (and threes and fours) together.
Damn, I can't wait for Saturday to get here.
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AJHawkfan
Wanna make $14 the hard way?
Does anyone have an official roster for the spring game? I noticed a listing a few pages back, but there were some names left off, and I was wondering if anyone the story.
Among the guys left out, John Kerr, Kirk Barton, Devin Jordan and Stan White. Are these guys injured, or were they left out inadvertantly?
Also, is D'Andrea playing? I thought I heard that he was being held out of spring practice, but he's listed on the roster........
Among the guys left out, John Kerr, Kirk Barton, Devin Jordan and Stan White. Are these guys injured, or were they left out inadvertantly?
Also, is D'Andrea playing? I thought I heard that he was being held out of spring practice, but he's listed on the roster........
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