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Annual Spring Game - 2009

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Gallery: 09 Spring Game

2009 Spring Game Gallery

Will update the gallery thread as pics are edited and uploaded. Keep checking back.

First, as promised, the Riggs-Carter-Joyner O-H-I-O pic.

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Lots to talk about.
Pryor looking better at reading defenses.
Ray Small looking big time. Looking "special". Scary good.
Posey looking big time.
Washington looking big time.
Or were the secondarys just mediocre?
Saine looking explosive and big time! Wow!
Offensive looked strong up the middle.

On the defense.
Solomon Thomas! Looking explosive off the edge! (a recurring theme?)
Combine him with the other guys like Gibson, Williams and it's just scary!
Didn't watch the linebackers other than Moeller(who was all over the field).
He will star this year.
The secondary got caught out a couple times, but I'll give them a pass for now.
The defense will be just fine. Maybe better than just fine.
Kicking game will be very good.

Given enough time this will be one heck of a football team.
 
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3074326;1456643; said:
:lol:

We had some guys get beat for sure, but we had some CBs making plays as well. Also have to give credit to Pryor on some of those throws, he was ballin'.
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No doubt. That second TD was a hell of a toss. Nice strength, hit him in stride. You can't defend that stuff.

The first TD, I just think the secondary forgot about that guy.
 
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blueinfla;1456664; said:
No doubt. That second TD was a hell of a toss. Nice strength, hit him in stride. You can't defend that stuff.

The first TD, I just think the secondary forgot about that guy.
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Yeah.. I think it was Chekwa who got beat. Not a good sign. Hope his confidence isn't shot from the Texas game. :(
 
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Spring game winners and losers
Much of this will be in the paper tomorrow, but I figured it didn't hurt to give people an early peek:

WINNERS:

-- Pryor. Duh. Put in an awesome first half of work and was shelved for the second half. No need for him not to finish the day feeling good about himself.

-- Tyler Moeller. I love this linebacker. He was the team's best blitzer last year, and just has a knack for showing up where the ball is, often in the backfield.

-- Brian Rolle. Another linebacker who has had a great spring and continued it yesterday, with 11 tackles.

-- Brandon Saine. Showed a nice combination of speed and power, particularly on a third-quarter series in which he posted consecutive runs of 17, 21 and 10 yards.

-- Aaron Pettrey. Three for three on field goals and booted, and recovered, an onside kick that turned the tide of the game. Now, will Jim Tressel have the nerve to make that call against USC in September?

-- Justin Boren. Clearly the best offensive lineman all spring, and he filled in admirably at left tackle yesterday. If he could punt, Tressel might marry him.


LOSERS:

-- Lamaar Thomas. The hype has faded a bit. He bobbled two kickoffs and had just one catch yesterday. Meanwhile, Taurian Washington has clearly moved ahead of him at No. 4 on the depth chart. Thomas can still fight back this fall, though.

-- OSU's cornerbacks. Chimdi Chekwa and Andre Amos both appeared to be victimized on Pryor's TD passes, and none of the Buckeyes' top four guys -- including Devon Torrence and Travis Howard -- really made a play of note all day.

-- Ben Buchanan. Battling for the punting job, he booted two into the end zone for touchbacks from the opponents' 33 and 44 yard lines. We'll excuse him missing a 51-yard field goal, but it was short rather than wide, which is the greater of two evils.
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Spring game winners and losers (Blogging the Buckeyes)
 
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Dave Curtis
At Ohio State, new faces and few changes
Posted: April 25, 2009

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- They tried to spice up the spring game at Ohio State. From conventional scoring structure (no points for "explosive plays") to Jim Tressel's red Hawaiian shirt to a national spring game record 95,722 fans inside Ohio Stadium, the Buckeyes wanted more than a scrimmage out of Saturday's festivities.

Yet a half hour deep, the day felt like just another weekend in the Big Ten. The Gray side led the Scarlet 3-0. The teams combined to provide a punt for every point. A little foliage and one side nicknamed the Hawkeyes would have made this seem real familiar.

So it goes with the Buckeyes -- although things might appear to change, everything ends up about the same.

And so it will be in 2009. Tressel's ninth Ohio State squad will rely on a Sanzenbacher and a Spitler, a Herron and a Homan. These aren't popular names in May. But come December, after another finish around the top of the Big Ten and during preparation for another BCS bowl, they'll be as well known as Laurinaitis, Jenkins and Wells.

Sure, Ohio State needs an overhaul. Just place the winter's Fiesta Bowl depth chart next to a list of projected starters for the fall. On offense, the Buckeyes boast a new tailback, new tight end, two new starting receivers and three new linemen. The numbers seem daunting, even for this perennial powerhouse.

"The last time we played," Tressel said, "there were 28 seniors and three juniors who aren't here. This is our team now."

And this new team knows the expectations in these parts. The last national title came in 2002, but OSU has played in two other BCS championships and six BCS games in seven years.

Feel free to add another to that list right now. This is far from Tressel's best group, and the schedule includes a visit from Southern Cal and a presumptive conference championship game in November at Penn State. But given the changes and the challenges, there's a confidence here that things will work out by Thanksgiving.

"That's why a place like Ohio State is great," receiver Dane Sanzenbacher said. "You always have that great recruiting class coming in to replace the guys who are going."
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