2008 Football Rumblings

[osugrad21]

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Ohio State Buckeyes Brandon Smith, Beanie Wells run all day for TV appearance

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Columbus- The gray wristbands that Ohio State fullback Brandon Smith first distributed to his teammates before the season wound up getting Smith and teammate Beanie Wells a full day of running during Ohio State's bowl practice.
Smith and Wells appeared on "Fox & Friends" around Thanksgiving to talk about the "Thank You God, I Am Grateful" bracelets supplied to the team for free by Toni Garbo, who works with Smith's mother, Elzoria, at WJW Channel 8. Ohio State coach Jim Tressel made a point of bringing up that the two players were punished Monday because they skipped a class and didn't get proper clearance from the university to do the show.
"They had a reminder," Tressel said. "It was a teachable moment for the whole team because those guys got worked. Ask them how their practice was on Monday."
<A HREF=&quot;http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/s2/s2osf/@StoryAd?x&quot;><IMG SRC=&quot;http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/s2/s2osf/@StoryAd?x&quot;></A> Wells was scheduled to attend Tuesday's interview day for the Fiesta Bowl, the last chance for reporters to speak with the players before they fly to Arizona on Dec. 29, but he did not appear after a scheduling mix-up. So Smith was left to explain what happened.
"We didn't fill out the paperwork or didn't talk to the right people," Smith said. "I don't really know, in all honesty."
At least their teammates sympathized as they ran for the entire practice.

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[lvbuckeye]

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NFL options:
Tressel said six underclassmen requested to have their draft status evaluated by the NFL - receiver Brian Hartline, cornerback Donald Washington, guard Jim Cordle, tight end Jake Ballard and safeties Kurt Coleman and Anderson Russell.


Tressel said Wells, who is projected as the top running back prospect in the draft and a potential top-five pick, didn't bother to ask for the input.
"You know, Beanie didn't need to fill out the paperwork," Tressel said. "I told him . . . to save the paper."

 

[jimotis4heisman]

CPD

right wing whack jobs at fox, they set them up, must be fredo run foxnews !!!! (end ord rant)

 

[NightmaresDad]

right wing whack jobs at fox, they set them up, must be fredo run foxnews !!!! (end ord rant)

Whack-jobs? Like guys who state that certain people broke other people's jaws withuot any evidence other than internet rumor? That kind of whack-job?
End of rant.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

"We didn't fill out the paperwork or didn't talk to the right people," Smith said. "I don't really know, in all honesty."

yeah......admitting that you still don't know what you did wrong? not smart