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Dispatch
OSU football: Intensity level of workouts increases
Buckeyes try to avoid repeat of bowl debacle
Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:18 AM
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
In a sense, every time Ohio State linebacker Marcus Freeman strained against the bench-press bar Monday, he was lifting the burden of Jan. 8 off his chest. Before and after Florida thrashed Ohio State 41-14 in the national championship game, much was made of the effect of the Buckeyes' 51-day layoff.
Though they downplayed the factor at the time, players now say they lost focus during the break. So this year, the coaches designed a much more rigorous schedule.
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OSU football: Intensity level of workouts increases
Buckeyes try to avoid repeat of bowl debacle
Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:18 AM
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
In a sense, every time Ohio State linebacker Marcus Freeman strained against the bench-press bar Monday, he was lifting the burden of Jan. 8 off his chest. Before and after Florida thrashed Ohio State 41-14 in the national championship game, much was made of the effect of the Buckeyes' 51-day layoff.
Though they downplayed the factor at the time, players now say they lost focus during the break. So this year, the coaches designed a much more rigorous schedule.
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CPD
Ohio State
Friday, November 30, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- Gaining weight, overconfidence, looking ahead to the NFL draft, the infamous Ted Ginn Jr. celebration, beaten by the better team . . . add one more theory to the list of why Ohio State got smoked by Florida in the national championship last year.
Too much time in Arizona.
A year later, Jim Tressel's decision to fly the team to the bowl site three days early, forcing a change of hotel and keeping the Buckeyes in the Phoenix area for a total of 10 days, is seen as a mistake.
"I remember people saying, 'I'm just ready to get out of here,' " Ohio State receiver Brian Hartline said. "We had two more days to the game, and I knew that wasn't a good thing when I heard that. People were like, 'I just want to play the game and get out of here.' That can't be good going into that game."
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Ohio State
Friday, November 30, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- Gaining weight, overconfidence, looking ahead to the NFL draft, the infamous Ted Ginn Jr. celebration, beaten by the better team . . . add one more theory to the list of why Ohio State got smoked by Florida in the national championship last year.
Too much time in Arizona.
A year later, Jim Tressel's decision to fly the team to the bowl site three days early, forcing a change of hotel and keeping the Buckeyes in the Phoenix area for a total of 10 days, is seen as a mistake.
"I remember people saying, 'I'm just ready to get out of here,' " Ohio State receiver Brian Hartline said. "We had two more days to the game, and I knew that wasn't a good thing when I heard that. People were like, 'I just want to play the game and get out of here.' That can't be good going into that game."
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BuckeyeTillIDie
The North Remembers
The Ohio State University has just finished the regular season at #1 for the second straight year.
Amazing!
Amazing!
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bucklifer
Banned
What's up with the safety/LB hybrid love? Haven't Ohio State's best LBs been LB size? I also question whether Moeller will ever start. For one thing, he is not fast enough to play safety. Furthermore, he hasn't looked good in the time that I've seen him in the game. Incidentally, he didn't play well in this year's hoot-and-holler drill. Besides, Ohio State has some outside LBs who have already demonstrated that they can play well on this level (Terry, Homan, Rolle, and Gibson). I don't care where Moeller has been listed on the depth chart, nor, for that matter, whether he plays SAM or WILL. Two of the four aforementioned players will start ahead of him next year.
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bkochmc
Assistant Coach
Why the Moeller negativity all of a sudden? And why not make these comments in his thread? Seems to me like he is a redshirt freshman this year... not everyone is going to see the field their first year or two.bucklifer;1021753; said:
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Sportsbuck28
Here comes the BOOM
Because the spread option offense has been a thorn in our sides the past two years (And the majority of the country's sides as well) and hybrid players like that help contain the spread option.bucklifer;1021753; said:
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
Dispatch
Six keys to the season
Sunday, December 9, 2007 3:24 AM
By Tim May and Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Jim Tressel tried to tell people back in the spring that he thought his seventh Ohio State football team was capable of great things.
That is, "if we play to our potential," he said April 6. "We're capable of being as good as anyone in the country. We felt that every year we've been here, and we feel that today."
But who paid much attention back then? Isn't that what every coach says that time of year?
Just a couple of months earlier the Buckeyes had been kicked around 41-14 by underdog Florida in the national championship game. Plus, they needed to replace seven starters on offense, including Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Troy Smith, and five starters on defense.
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Woodman1217
Woodman1217
Absolutely Perfect Season for The Bucks!!!
In my humble opinion, I haven't posted here to many times, met BB73 in Chicago area but anyway.
This season happened exactly the way we as Buckeye fans needed it to. The first 6 or so games were strictly to see who we were as a team, play a ton of kids and get ready for the toughest part of the schedule. Once all the teams ahead of us went down we found ourselves No.1 with even a bigger bullseye on the jerseys than just the normal wanting to take down The Buckeyes bullseye.
The team faced some tense moments against MSU & Wisky but came through it OK. Then maybe just maybe they started believing the No.1 hype and got a little ahead of themselves. Illinois came to town (a very good Illinois team by the way) and did what they had to do, play a perfect game. Imagine this, Illinois the 7th most penalized team in the country has 1 5 yard penalty and The Bucks played their worst game of the year. I'm glad they lost because it was a major slap in the face. Alot of teams would have collapsed but THIS team refocused and went to Ann Arbor pissed off and put it to those Maize and Blue pricks. Not a ton of points but for Beanie just abuse them was a thing of beauty. In my heart I believe that had the Bucks gone there undefeated, the outcome would have been much different. Michigan would have played harder (Hart & Henne) to try to take The Bucks down, who knows for sure.
But now here we are, we sat and let all the teams who either weren't good enough or just didn't know how to win a big game fall by the way while we got healthy and let it happen. Now we are in a perfect position where nobody gives us a chance against all that speed in the SEC (sound familiar to 2002 at all?). The only way the Bucks shut up the country and all the geniuses is to go and beat the team (LSU)who I have thought from week 2 (Virginia Tech game) was head and shoulders better than everyone else on a National Stage on their home turf. I think LSU is a HELL of a team but Tress will NOT let any amount of lethargy enter the minds of THIS team. We will win this game.
Make room for another Crystal Trophy. I feel it in my bones just like I did in Tempe in 2003. Last year I just knew we were NOT going home with the trophy. It's gonna be a war, a great game but THEE Ohio State University will "Shock the World" again.
I just wish I could make this years game.
Go Bucks!!!
Mark it down!
In my humble opinion, I haven't posted here to many times, met BB73 in Chicago area but anyway.
This season happened exactly the way we as Buckeye fans needed it to. The first 6 or so games were strictly to see who we were as a team, play a ton of kids and get ready for the toughest part of the schedule. Once all the teams ahead of us went down we found ourselves No.1 with even a bigger bullseye on the jerseys than just the normal wanting to take down The Buckeyes bullseye.
The team faced some tense moments against MSU & Wisky but came through it OK. Then maybe just maybe they started believing the No.1 hype and got a little ahead of themselves. Illinois came to town (a very good Illinois team by the way) and did what they had to do, play a perfect game. Imagine this, Illinois the 7th most penalized team in the country has 1 5 yard penalty and The Bucks played their worst game of the year. I'm glad they lost because it was a major slap in the face. Alot of teams would have collapsed but THIS team refocused and went to Ann Arbor pissed off and put it to those Maize and Blue pricks. Not a ton of points but for Beanie just abuse them was a thing of beauty. In my heart I believe that had the Bucks gone there undefeated, the outcome would have been much different. Michigan would have played harder (Hart & Henne) to try to take The Bucks down, who knows for sure.
But now here we are, we sat and let all the teams who either weren't good enough or just didn't know how to win a big game fall by the way while we got healthy and let it happen. Now we are in a perfect position where nobody gives us a chance against all that speed in the SEC (sound familiar to 2002 at all?). The only way the Bucks shut up the country and all the geniuses is to go and beat the team (LSU)who I have thought from week 2 (Virginia Tech game) was head and shoulders better than everyone else on a National Stage on their home turf. I think LSU is a HELL of a team but Tress will NOT let any amount of lethargy enter the minds of THIS team. We will win this game.
Make room for another Crystal Trophy. I feel it in my bones just like I did in Tempe in 2003. Last year I just knew we were NOT going home with the trophy. It's gonna be a war, a great game but THEE Ohio State University will "Shock the World" again.
I just wish I could make this years game.
Go Bucks!!!
Mark it down!
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