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Florida LB Alex Anzalone (official thread)

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jwinslow;2145484; said:
1) they have plenty of TEs unlike LB

2) Why do people keep referencing what NE did with Hernandez instead of what Urban did with him?
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Because good coaches steal from each other all the time. When you can use a TE out of the backfield and even draw up successful running plays it makes a TE that much more versatile. Alex is a significantly better runner than Hernandez and could be ultra successful and more dangerous than a typical FB next to the Quarterback.

Zach Boren will be good this year, but imagine someone who can run, block, and be a Hernandez-like pass catching option. It just creates huge mismatches. And Alex's video is arguably better on offense than defense.

I agree 100% the numbers indicate he will most likely be a LB, but I wouldn't be shocked if he finds his way onto the other side of the ledger, especially when someone as creative as Urban Meyer is the head coach. The amount of motion and places you could line him up would be a lot of fun to watch....
 
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We might have someone who knows a thing or two about linebackers playing on offense

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From his video got to say he looks great on the offensive side and play makers that are a match up problem for the defensive create openings for others. Either way he looks to be pretty special and glad he's going to don the Scarlet and Grey!
 
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Originally Published: 4/24/2012
In end, choice of OSU academic for Anzalone
Wyomissing's Alex Anzalone commits after getting answers to questions about classes.
Mike Drago
Reading Eagle

Alex Anzalone had good feelings about Ohio State from the very first time he stepped onto the Columbus campus and into head coach Urban Meyer's office in early February.

Still, he wasn't ready to commit to the Buckeyes when he returned to campus last weekend for a third visit.

Of course, then it happened. He was standing on the sidelines at Ohio Stadium Saturday afternoon, watching the annual Scarlet and Gray spring game along with more than 80,000 others.

"I guess you could say I got the feeling," said Wyomissing's All-State linebacker, explaining his decision to commit to Meyer's program. "Just seeing all the fans and then some of them were chanting my name. It was crazy."

And just like that one of the hottest recruiting battles in the nation - one that saw 33 major college programs make offers, including all the sport's biggest names - ended.

It became official a short while later when Anzalone informed Meyer - nearly 10 weeks to the day that the first-year Ohio State coach had extended the offer during Anzalone's first visit to Columbus.

For anyone who missed the news Saturday, when he first tweeted his decision, or on the Internet and in the newspapers in the hours that followed, Anzalone provided an update Monday morning when he proudly wore a Buckeyes hoodie to school.

That's about as official as it gets.

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http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=381592
 
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Buckskin86;2146272; said:
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=381592
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interesting quote....

"Obviously the football program at Ohio State is very attractive," he said. "Just the tradition at Ohio State, it's a different feel than in the SEC. It's something that I really like a lot.

"The buzz of Urban Meyer and the program attracted me to them. You could say that Urban was one of the (key) factors just because you can't go wrong having him as a head coach."



also Welcome to Buckeye Nation Alex!
 
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