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2008 Football Rumblings

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Dispatch

OSU seniors keep youngsters in line
Having twice missed title, they allow no slacking off in focus, preparation
Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:33 AM
By Ken Gordon


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
In the classroom that is the Ohio State football practice field, nobody is getting away with chewing gum or shooting spitballs. Normally, with only nine coaches to oversee 105 players, some amount of goofing around might go undetected. But this year, the staff was bolstered by 25 student teachers -- otherwise known as seniors -- who after losing two straight national title games were in no mood for high jinks.
"We're going to put (underclassmen) in their place and let them know we're here for one reason, and one reason only," said defensive tackle Nader Abdallah, one of the seniors. "We're not letting them get away with anything. If you see somebody slacking, we tell them (to quit), because we have one goal in mind, and that's a national championship, and we're not going to get it if you're slacking."
To some extent, seniors have always been this way. It's their last chance, so of course the urgency will drive them to snuff out shirkers.
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Nicknames

Jake "Budnick" Ballard
Cam "Old School" Heyward
Todd "The 40-Year-Old Quarterback" Boeckman
Jim "Babyface" Cordle
Keith "KRS-94" Wells
Marcus "Shaolin" Freeman
Thaddeus "Utterly Terrifying" Gibson
Daniel "Boom" Herron
Dexter "Rodin" Larimore
James "Little Animal" Laurinaitis
Jermil "Big Poppa" Martin
Willie "The Nimble Vagrant" Mobley
Rocco "Dribbles" Pentello
Aaron "Kentucky Thunder" Pettrey
"Handsome" Dan Potokar
Steve "Frankenguard" Rehring
Brian "Death Frog" Rolle
James "Beetlejuice" Scott
Lamaar "Flash" Thomas
Chris "Beanie" Wells
Doug "Shaft" Worthington
 
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Oh8ch;1240727; said:
Only true until the NCAA follows the enlightened lead of the Olympics and starts using judges instead.

(I really think the Ukraine would have given us the nod against LSU last season.)
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LOL LOL...and I think we could have launched a marketing campaign designed around the tag line: 'Football is like golf: low score wins!'

Only the Canadian judge would be savvy enough to still vote for LSU.
 
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ESPN: Chat: 25 Hours of College Football! - SportsNation

Anyone read these chats? Holy hell there are a lot of retards asking questions.

Fantasy Fred (Dreamville, GA): Okay....dreamtime, Bruce. Take a team made up of current OSu and USC players and put them in a game against current Florida and Georgia players....who wins? We think that not even USC could carry the dead Buckeye weight! Thoughts.

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Bruce Feldman: That's a great question. The non SEC team would be better on D, although I think OSU would contribute most of the offensive players.
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Mitch (Columbus): Is Ohio State quick enough to play with the SEC this year?

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Ted Miller: Yes. My feeling is this is the year Ohio State breaks through (as if they've got anything to prove)... but they've got to take care of business against USC.
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Fuck you, Mitch. Probably some MAC school fan.

Here's a good one though.

Tim (Athens): Fun Fact: Big Ten is 7-7 vs the SEC the last 5 years, 14-13 over the last 10. All but 1(06 NC game)of those were bowl games played in SEC states.

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Ted Miller: that is a fun fact.
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Football
Buckeye Experience Valuable Asset in 2008
By John Porentas
The very newest rendition of Ohio State football debuts on Saturday when the Buckeyes open the 2008 season by hosting Youngstown State. What marks this newest edition of OSU football most is its age and experience.
A grand total of 47 members of the Buckeye squad are either juniors or seniors, some of them super-seniors like quarterback Todd Boeckman who has been on campus long enough to be nearly eligible for social security benefits.
As is true every year, the Buckeye roster is dotted with talented young players who are just cutting their college football teeth, but the success or failure of this Buckeye team will be largely determined by players who have been on campus for at least four years. Head Coach Jim Tressel talks about the sense of urgency that characterizes the play of seniors and fosters that attitude whenever he can.

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Fantasy Fred (Dreamville, GA): Okay....dreamtime, Bruce. Take a team made up of current OSu and USC players and put them in a game against current Florida and Georgia players....who wins? We think that not even USC could carry the dead Buckeye weight! Thoughts.

Bruce Feldman: That's a great question. The non SEC team would be better on D, although I think OSU would contribute most of the offensive players.
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:lol: What the hell?!

I liked Feldman's response though. How the hell do you even pick, and do you run a 3-4?

D-Line: Clay Matthews, Fili Moala, Lawrence Wilson.
LBs: Freeman, Laurinaitis, Maualuga, Cushing.
DBs: Jenkins, Washington, Ellison, Mays.

Yeah. Georgia and Florida would just move the ball up and down the field all day against that. :biggrin:
 
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure that guy was either joking or on drugs. Either OSU or USC would give Georgia and Florida all they could handle. An all star team from OSU and USC would mop the fucking floor with Georgia or Florida. I'm not even sure Georgia would score against them (Florida would - they have a great offense).
 
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Dryden;1241777; said:
:lol: What the hell?!

I liked Feldman's response though. How the hell do you even pick, and do you run a 3-4?

D-Line: Clay Matthews, Fili Moala, Lawrence Wilson.
LBs: Freeman, Laurinaitis, Maualuga, Cushing.
DBs: Jenkins, Washington, Ellison, Mays.

Yeah. Georgia and Florida would just move the ball up and down the field all day against that. :biggrin:
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Of course they would move the ball up and down the field against that line up. C'mon we're talkin about SEC teams against B10 and Pac10.

They would move the ball up and down the field against the AFC and NFC Probowl defenses too...scoring at will.:shake:

geesh
 
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