Recruiting watch: Pickerington recruit aims to help after OSU's loss
Saturday, November 1, 2008 3:07 AM
By
Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Longtime Ohio State fan Jamie Wood, like most others of his ilk, was supremely disappointed to watch his favorite team fall to Penn State last Saturday night. Wood resolved to do something about it.
He didn't mean he was going to write to
The Dispatch bemoaning the offense or calling for changes in the coaching staff. Unlike the vast majority of OSU fans, Wood -- a defensive back for Pickerington Central and a member of the Buckeyes' 2009 recruiting class -- will have the chance to do something about it on the field starting next season.
"It definitely affects me when the Buckeyes lose, because I've grown up as an Ohio State fan and I have that love for the Buckeyes," Wood said. "It makes you want to go out there next year and try to make a difference. You picture yourself maybe making the play some other player didn't make. You see yourself in somebody else's shoes.
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