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MonezumaRevenge
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It is gonna get ugly on Saturday
Unfortunately, our team is suffering from Montezuma's Revenge. Many of us think we are cursed by the great Aztec warrior, Montezuma. I think the curse has been intact for about 26 years. It is gonna get ugly. The Buckeye defense is tough and ours is young. We may score a few points, but the buckeyes will score a lot more. Hope my Aztecs find a way to keep it close, but I think it will be over early. We were all hoping for the sandwich game, but now your team is gonna be mighty pissed off after losing a game they should have won. We should have beaten Air Force, but that is another story that you could read about at www.aztectalk.org.
Hopefully, we keep it close and none of our players get hurt
Unfortunately, our team is suffering from Montezuma's Revenge. Many of us think we are cursed by the great Aztec warrior, Montezuma. I think the curse has been intact for about 26 years. It is gonna get ugly. The Buckeye defense is tough and ours is young. We may score a few points, but the buckeyes will score a lot more. Hope my Aztecs find a way to keep it close, but I think it will be over early. We were all hoping for the sandwich game, but now your team is gonna be mighty pissed off after losing a game they should have won. We should have beaten Air Force, but that is another story that you could read about at www.aztectalk.org.
Hopefully, we keep it close and none of our players get hurt
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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Aztecs scouting report
By: SIMON SAMANO - Staff Writer Vs. Ohio State
> KICKOFF: 12:36 p.m. Saturday at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio.
> SERIES: Ohio State leads 2-0. The Buckeyes won the last meeting, 16-13, in 2003 at Ohio Stadium.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=photo align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>PLAYER TO WATCH: LB A.J. Hawk
The senior All-American is not only the leader of a stout Buckeyes defensive unit, but is also one of the top defensive players in the country. Hawk is a candidate on almost every major defensive award list this season, including the Butkus, Lombardi and Bednarik awards. He is the reigning Big Ten defensive player of the week after an exemplary performance Saturday in Ohio State's 25-22 loss to No. 2 Texas. He had a game-high 12 tackles, including seven solo stops, three tackles for loss (including two sacks), an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
OFFENSE
The Aztecs will have to prepare for Ohio State's one-two punch of QBs Troy Smith and Justin Zwick. Both juniors split playing time and present a change of pace. Smith is more of a mobile threat, while Zwick is more of a pocket passer. WR Santonio Holmes is their favorite target. He caught four passes for 73 yards against Texas and displayed his big-play ability on a 36-yard touchdown strike from Smith. RB Antonio Pittman is averaging 5.6 yards per carry on the year.
DEFENSE
Led by Hawk, the Buckeyes have given up an average of 80 yards rushing in two games this season. Ohio State limited elusive Texas QB Vince Young to 76 yards on the ground. Senior LB Bobby Carpenter is an integral part to what may be the best linebacking corps in the country. Hard-hitting senior FS Nate Salley is the leader of a talented secondary.
NOTEWORTHY
San Diego State has come close in its last two meetings against Big Ten schools, falling to Ohio State 16-13 in 2003 and last season at Michigan 24-21. ... Ohio State K Josh Huston made five of six field goals against Texas, including attempts of 44 and 45 yards. But his miss from 50 yards with five minutes left in the fourth quarter could have given the Buckeyes the lead.
---- Simon Samano
By: SIMON SAMANO - Staff Writer Vs. Ohio State
> KICKOFF: 12:36 p.m. Saturday at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio.
> SERIES: Ohio State leads 2-0. The Buckeyes won the last meeting, 16-13, in 2003 at Ohio Stadium.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=photo align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>PLAYER TO WATCH: LB A.J. Hawk
The senior All-American is not only the leader of a stout Buckeyes defensive unit, but is also one of the top defensive players in the country. Hawk is a candidate on almost every major defensive award list this season, including the Butkus, Lombardi and Bednarik awards. He is the reigning Big Ten defensive player of the week after an exemplary performance Saturday in Ohio State's 25-22 loss to No. 2 Texas. He had a game-high 12 tackles, including seven solo stops, three tackles for loss (including two sacks), an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
OFFENSE
The Aztecs will have to prepare for Ohio State's one-two punch of QBs Troy Smith and Justin Zwick. Both juniors split playing time and present a change of pace. Smith is more of a mobile threat, while Zwick is more of a pocket passer. WR Santonio Holmes is their favorite target. He caught four passes for 73 yards against Texas and displayed his big-play ability on a 36-yard touchdown strike from Smith. RB Antonio Pittman is averaging 5.6 yards per carry on the year.
DEFENSE
Led by Hawk, the Buckeyes have given up an average of 80 yards rushing in two games this season. Ohio State limited elusive Texas QB Vince Young to 76 yards on the ground. Senior LB Bobby Carpenter is an integral part to what may be the best linebacking corps in the country. Hard-hitting senior FS Nate Salley is the leader of a talented secondary.
NOTEWORTHY
San Diego State has come close in its last two meetings against Big Ten schools, falling to Ohio State 16-13 in 2003 and last season at Michigan 24-21. ... Ohio State K Josh Huston made five of six field goals against Texas, including attempts of 44 and 45 yards. But his miss from 50 yards with five minutes left in the fourth quarter could have given the Buckeyes the lead.
---- Simon Samano
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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Deptchart for San Diego State.........Per the Ozone....
Patterson gets a start at DE over Jay Richardson.......that is interesting.
Patterson gets a start at DE over Jay Richardson.......that is interesting.
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crazybuckfan40
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Anyone think we will see more of Dukes and Lyons. They have been non-existant, not even seeing the field. I believe I saw Robiske on the field more in the Texas game than them.
As for Patterson over J Rich I don't think it will start that way b/c Tress said today that Green is out for a week or two. I think they will move Patterson inside.
I also hope Gholston can play, and I would like to see something out of our younger des Barrow, Worthington, WIlson.
As for Patterson over J Rich I don't think it will start that way b/c Tress said today that Green is out for a week or two. I think they will move Patterson inside.
I also hope Gholston can play, and I would like to see something out of our younger des Barrow, Worthington, WIlson.
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Jim Tressel
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Date: Sep 13, 2005
OSU head coach Jim Tressel began his weekly Tuesday media sessions with today's Big Ten coaches teleconference. Tressel addressed his decision to name Troy Smith as the starting quarterback and also touched on other topics, including San Diego State. We will have more from Tressel to come later today with a wrap-up of his weekly luncheon. Click the link for more.
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Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel opened this week's Big Ten teleconference with a statement about his team's loss on Saturday night to Texas.
"Both teams played extremely hard," Tressel said. "Texas is a good football team. I think Ohio State will be a good football team, and we didn't make the plays that you need to make to win those tight ball games. But our kids played hard to the final whistle, and we're proud of that. Now we've got to get better at some of those things that you need to do to become a good team, and our guys went back to work and are working on them hard."
The big news to surface over the past 24 hours was Tressel announcing on the statewide radio show Buckeye Roundtable that Troy Smith would be the team's starting quarterback. Tressel discussed why he made the decision at this point.
"I mentioned to them -- I guessed I prefaced it with saying that we were not inferring at all that our quarterback play was the reason we didn't win the football game," Tressel said. "It was one of the reasons; we could have played better there, without a doubt. The thought process, really, was from a preparation standpoint of giving enough repetitions so that we can be more consistent in our performance at quarterback. Troy was the guy that we think we need to do that with. We think he'll do an excellent job. That's not taking away anything from Justin; some of the things he did very well. But from a practice time standpoint and a preparation for a game standpoint, at this (point), that's where we feel we need to go."
Tressel was then asked if he was worried that the move could hurt quarterback Justin Zwick's confidence.
"You always worry about your kids, and you wish that all of your players could do everything they would like to do," Tressel said. "You wish everyone could start at right tackle that is a right tackle, or whatever, but you have to make decisions. I think that the challenge that Justin has or Todd Boeckman or Robby Schoenhoft -- the guys that aren't getting the snaps -- is to learn by observing, which is a very difficult thing to do but I've seen people do it, and make sure we do what we feel is the best thing for the team."
This week, Ohio State must rebound and refocus on the San Diego State Aztecs, a team that has given the Buckeyes a battle each of the last two times they came to Columbus. Tressel was asked if the team might be overlooking SDSU due to the Aztecs' 0-2 start.
"One thing we talk a lot about is the things that we can control," Tressel said. "We can control our performance and we can control improving on the areas where we weren't as good last week. And the other thing I think you talk a lot about to your young people is you only have so many opportunities to play games. This isn't baseball where you have 162 games or basketball in the NBA where you have 82, or the NFL where you have 16. We only get 11 opportunities to play the game, and we only get X amount of opportunities to play at home -- this year it happens to be seven, but some year's it's only six -- and taking advantage of every opportunity irregardless of how someone's doing.
"The advantage I think we have this week is that we've played San Diego State before. In 2003, they could have beat us. In 2001, it was a slugfest. In fact, it happened to be the 9/11 weekend and we had to postpone it until later in the season and it was a tight ball game. So our guys have a lot of respect for how San Diego State plays the game, how well they play it, their athletes, their scheme -- they've come into our stadium twice with an excellent scheme that has given us a lot of problems and we hadn't seen, and that type of thing. So there's an amazing amount of respect that our guys have for the Aztecs."
Some have wondered if Ohio State still has a chance to play for a national championship despite the loss to Texas. Tressel was asked if the team was thinking about any postseason positioning as losses this weekend by the Big Ten's top three teams may hurt the Big Ten's BCS chances in the long run.
"We really work hard before the season, during the season, regardless of how the record's going as to focusing on what's going on right this second," Tressel said. "You can't worry about what's going to go on at the end of the year or are we going to get a chance for this opportunity or that opportunity, so that's something that we work hard to have guys understand. Now, that's a hard concept to really internalize, especially for young people, but just constantly work on that. I think that's a great life lesson, to focus on today. I think there's a lot more people outside of our building that talk about that than inside of our building, as to what's going to go on in January or whatever, and our guys, at least what I saw of them at Monday's practice, they were back at it trying to get better."
The question was followed up with one about whether or not Tressel thinks there is more focus these days on winning the national championship than there might have been in previous years.
"That's an interesting question," he said. "I suppose when I was here 20 years ago, I don't remember much discussion about anything other than winning the Big Ten and going to the Rose Bowl, because that was kind of the ultimate. On the hand, I do remember hearing about the fact that the Ohio State 1968 team won the national championship by winning the Big Ten and winning the Rose Bowl, and that was certainly on everyone's radar screen. I know when we got here in 2001, at the height of the BCS going on and I think the height of more coverage of college football in general, it was discussed, maybe more, because there was a poll specifically for that. So I think anytime there's more discussion of things, people think more about them."
Both Troy Smith and Justin Zwick saw carries last week for the Ohio State offense. Tressel was also asked during the teleconference about running quarterbacks and what the advantages and disadvantages of using the quarterback to run the football might be.
"The advantage is when defenses start talking about having enough hats in the box to stop the run and giving you no place to run, all of a sudden now the guy that all those things were designed for, the running back, now becomes a blocker for that extra hat, and now the offense is back to the advantage again," Tressel said. "I think that's one of the upsides. And there's some skillful young people that can run the ball. We're playing San Diego State this week, and Utah is one of the films that we have, and you watch Alex Smith running, and here's a first-round NFL draft choice probably carrying the ball as much as he's throwing it. The downside probably is what's your depth at quarterback if all of a sudden you lose your guy that perhaps might be the offense's leader and potential playmaker and the guy that you've given a lot of repetitions to, and all those kinds of things, and then you lose him, obviously there's a downside to that. But I think it's part of the college game."
Tressel also commented on whether or not he has seen an increase in running quarterbacks based on that success.
"Us coaches always steal from one another," Tressel said. "I always, in the last year or so, have chuckled when people say that was an innovation. When we played against Miami (Fla.) in the national championship, the leading rusher in the game wasn't Maurice Clarett and it wasn't Willis McGahee, it was Craig Krenzel. It's not like it's brand new, but I think what you're seeing in offensive football now is many, many people do everything. They're running their quarterback, they're lining up in two tights and two backs and pounding, and everything in between, and that's just, again, I think a little bit of a function of kids are coming to college now with more experience. Their high schools have video setups, they're going to camps, they've been on TV more, they know more about the game, and maybe you can do it a little bit more is why we're seeing everything from A to Z."
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Jim Tressel
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Date: Sep 13, 2005
OSU head coach Jim Tressel began his weekly Tuesday media sessions with today's Big Ten coaches teleconference. Tressel addressed his decision to name Troy Smith as the starting quarterback and also touched on other topics, including San Diego State. We will have more from Tressel to come later today with a wrap-up of his weekly luncheon. Click the link for more.
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Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel opened this week's Big Ten teleconference with a statement about his team's loss on Saturday night to Texas.
"Both teams played extremely hard," Tressel said. "Texas is a good football team. I think Ohio State will be a good football team, and we didn't make the plays that you need to make to win those tight ball games. But our kids played hard to the final whistle, and we're proud of that. Now we've got to get better at some of those things that you need to do to become a good team, and our guys went back to work and are working on them hard."
The big news to surface over the past 24 hours was Tressel announcing on the statewide radio show Buckeye Roundtable that Troy Smith would be the team's starting quarterback. Tressel discussed why he made the decision at this point.
"I mentioned to them -- I guessed I prefaced it with saying that we were not inferring at all that our quarterback play was the reason we didn't win the football game," Tressel said. "It was one of the reasons; we could have played better there, without a doubt. The thought process, really, was from a preparation standpoint of giving enough repetitions so that we can be more consistent in our performance at quarterback. Troy was the guy that we think we need to do that with. We think he'll do an excellent job. That's not taking away anything from Justin; some of the things he did very well. But from a practice time standpoint and a preparation for a game standpoint, at this (point), that's where we feel we need to go."
Tressel was then asked if he was worried that the move could hurt quarterback Justin Zwick's confidence.
"You always worry about your kids, and you wish that all of your players could do everything they would like to do," Tressel said. "You wish everyone could start at right tackle that is a right tackle, or whatever, but you have to make decisions. I think that the challenge that Justin has or Todd Boeckman or Robby Schoenhoft -- the guys that aren't getting the snaps -- is to learn by observing, which is a very difficult thing to do but I've seen people do it, and make sure we do what we feel is the best thing for the team."
This week, Ohio State must rebound and refocus on the San Diego State Aztecs, a team that has given the Buckeyes a battle each of the last two times they came to Columbus. Tressel was asked if the team might be overlooking SDSU due to the Aztecs' 0-2 start.
"One thing we talk a lot about is the things that we can control," Tressel said. "We can control our performance and we can control improving on the areas where we weren't as good last week. And the other thing I think you talk a lot about to your young people is you only have so many opportunities to play games. This isn't baseball where you have 162 games or basketball in the NBA where you have 82, or the NFL where you have 16. We only get 11 opportunities to play the game, and we only get X amount of opportunities to play at home -- this year it happens to be seven, but some year's it's only six -- and taking advantage of every opportunity irregardless of how someone's doing.
"The advantage I think we have this week is that we've played San Diego State before. In 2003, they could have beat us. In 2001, it was a slugfest. In fact, it happened to be the 9/11 weekend and we had to postpone it until later in the season and it was a tight ball game. So our guys have a lot of respect for how San Diego State plays the game, how well they play it, their athletes, their scheme -- they've come into our stadium twice with an excellent scheme that has given us a lot of problems and we hadn't seen, and that type of thing. So there's an amazing amount of respect that our guys have for the Aztecs."
Some have wondered if Ohio State still has a chance to play for a national championship despite the loss to Texas. Tressel was asked if the team was thinking about any postseason positioning as losses this weekend by the Big Ten's top three teams may hurt the Big Ten's BCS chances in the long run.
"We really work hard before the season, during the season, regardless of how the record's going as to focusing on what's going on right this second," Tressel said. "You can't worry about what's going to go on at the end of the year or are we going to get a chance for this opportunity or that opportunity, so that's something that we work hard to have guys understand. Now, that's a hard concept to really internalize, especially for young people, but just constantly work on that. I think that's a great life lesson, to focus on today. I think there's a lot more people outside of our building that talk about that than inside of our building, as to what's going to go on in January or whatever, and our guys, at least what I saw of them at Monday's practice, they were back at it trying to get better."
The question was followed up with one about whether or not Tressel thinks there is more focus these days on winning the national championship than there might have been in previous years.
"That's an interesting question," he said. "I suppose when I was here 20 years ago, I don't remember much discussion about anything other than winning the Big Ten and going to the Rose Bowl, because that was kind of the ultimate. On the hand, I do remember hearing about the fact that the Ohio State 1968 team won the national championship by winning the Big Ten and winning the Rose Bowl, and that was certainly on everyone's radar screen. I know when we got here in 2001, at the height of the BCS going on and I think the height of more coverage of college football in general, it was discussed, maybe more, because there was a poll specifically for that. So I think anytime there's more discussion of things, people think more about them."
Both Troy Smith and Justin Zwick saw carries last week for the Ohio State offense. Tressel was also asked during the teleconference about running quarterbacks and what the advantages and disadvantages of using the quarterback to run the football might be.
"The advantage is when defenses start talking about having enough hats in the box to stop the run and giving you no place to run, all of a sudden now the guy that all those things were designed for, the running back, now becomes a blocker for that extra hat, and now the offense is back to the advantage again," Tressel said. "I think that's one of the upsides. And there's some skillful young people that can run the ball. We're playing San Diego State this week, and Utah is one of the films that we have, and you watch Alex Smith running, and here's a first-round NFL draft choice probably carrying the ball as much as he's throwing it. The downside probably is what's your depth at quarterback if all of a sudden you lose your guy that perhaps might be the offense's leader and potential playmaker and the guy that you've given a lot of repetitions to, and all those kinds of things, and then you lose him, obviously there's a downside to that. But I think it's part of the college game."
Tressel also commented on whether or not he has seen an increase in running quarterbacks based on that success.
"Us coaches always steal from one another," Tressel said. "I always, in the last year or so, have chuckled when people say that was an innovation. When we played against Miami (Fla.) in the national championship, the leading rusher in the game wasn't Maurice Clarett and it wasn't Willis McGahee, it was Craig Krenzel. It's not like it's brand new, but I think what you're seeing in offensive football now is many, many people do everything. They're running their quarterback, they're lining up in two tights and two backs and pounding, and everything in between, and that's just, again, I think a little bit of a function of kids are coming to college now with more experience. Their high schools have video setups, they're going to camps, they've been on TV more, they know more about the game, and maybe you can do it a little bit more is why we're seeing everything from A to Z."
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crazybuckfan40
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Hopefully everyone can now have an understanding of why he is going with Smith.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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Date: Sep 13, 2005
We take a look at the pertinent data, depth charts and one man's prediction on Saturday's game with San Diego State (3:30 p.m., ABC).
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Game Data
* Date, Time: Sat., Sept. 17; 3:36 p.m. (Eastern)
* Location: Ohio Stadium
* TV: ABC (regional broadcast, will post link to coverage map when it becomes available); Announcers: Mike Tirico, Tim Brant, Sam Ryan.
Here is the ABC coverage map for Sept. 17:
ABC Coverage Map
* 2005 Records, Rankings: Ohio State, 1-1, ranked ninth in Associated Press poll, ninth in USA Today coaches poll; San Diego State, 0-2, unranked.
* Coaches: Ohio State, Jim Tressel (fifth year at OSU, 41-12; 20th year overall, 176-69-2; vs. San Diego State, 2-0); San Diego State, Tom Craft (fourth year at SDSU, 14-24; vs. Ohio State, 0-1).
* Series History: Ohio State leads series 2-0. The Buckeyes won home games over SDSU by scores of 27-12 in 2001 and 16-13 in 2003.
* San Diego State Schedule: Sept. 3, UCLA, L 44-21; Sept. 10, at Air Force, L 41-29; Sept. 17, at Ohio State; Sept. 24, San Jose State; Oct. 1, BYU; Oct. 8, at UNLV; Oct. 15, at Utah; Oct. 22, New Mexico; Oct. 29, TCU; Nov. 12, at Colorado State; Nov. 19, Wyoming; Dec. 3, at Hawaii.
* San Diego State Key Players (2005 Stats): QB Kevin O’Donnell (43 of 65 passing, 431 yards, 2 TDs, 3 INTs), RB Lynell Hamilton (39 catches, 147 yards, 3 TDs), SE Jeff Webb (13 catches, 162 yards, 1 TD), SL Robert Ortiz (8 catches, 78 yards, 1 TD), MLB Freddy Keiaho (21 tackles, 2 TFLs), DE Antwan Applewhite (16 tackles, 2-1/2 sacks), SS Reggie Grigsby (18 tackles).
* San Diego State Fast Facts: Location: San Diego, Calif.; Enrollment, 34,174; Nickname, Aztecs; Colors, Scarlet and Black; Stadium, Qualcomm Stadium (surface, grass; capacity, 54,000).
Depth Charts
Ohio State Offense
SE 4 Santonio Holmes, 5-11, 190, Jr.
8 Roy Hall, 6-3, 240, Jr.
LT 50 Doug Datish, 6-5, 295, Jr.
71 Steve Rehring, 6-8, 329, So.
LG 77 Rob Sims, 6-4, 310, Sr.
59 John Conroy, 6-3, 295, Sr.
C 55 Nick Mangold, 6-4, 290, Sr.
50 Doug Datish, 6-5, 295, Jr.
RG 72 T.J. Downing, 6-5, 305, Jr.
67 Kyle Mitchum, 6-6, 295, Fr.
RT 74 Kirk Barton, 6-7, 325, So.
73 Steve Winner, 6-6, 300, Sr.
TE 80 Ryan Hamby, 6-5, 255, Sr.
87 Brandon Smith, 6-3, 240, Fr.
FL 7 Ted Ginn Jr., 6-0, 175, So.
5 Albert Dukes, 6-1, 190, Fr.
QB 10 Troy Smith, 6-1, 215, Jr.
12 Justin Zwick, 6-4, 225, Jr.
TB 25 Antonio Pittman, 5-11, 195, So.
43 Brandon Schnittker, 6-2, 250, Sr.
FB 89 Stan White Jr., 6-3, 242, Jr.
49 Dionte Johnson, 6-0, 250, So.
SL 11 Anthony Gonzalez, 6-0, 195, So.
18 Devon Lyons, 6-4, 214, So.
K 23 Josh Huston, 6-1, 195, Sr.
85 Ryan Pretorius, 5-10, 190, Fr.
Ohio State Defense
DE 97 David Patterson, 6-3, 285, Jr.
99 Jay Richardson, 6-6, 276, Jr.
DT 94 Marcus Green, 6-3, 290, Sr.
93 Nader Abdallah, 6-5, 300, Fr.
DT 90 Quinn Pitcock, 6-3, 295, Jr.
98 Joel Penton, 6-5, 290, Jr.
DE 57 Mike Kudla, 6-3, 265, Sr.
78 Alex Barrow, 6-4, 255, Fr.
SLB 42 Bobby Carpenter, 6-3, 255, Sr.
33 James Laurinaitis, 6-3, 231, Fr.
MLB 51 Anthony Schlegel, 6-1, 251, Sr.
46 Chad Hoobler, 6-3, 240, So.
WLB 47 A.J. Hawk, 6-1, 240, Sr.
52 John Kerr, 6-1, 246, Jr.
CB 26 Ashton Youboty, 6-1, 188, Jr.
19 Brandon Underwood, 6-2, 170, Fr.
FS 21 Nate Salley, 6-3, 220, Sr.
32 Brandon Mitchell, 6-3, 205, Jr.
SS 9 Donte Whitner, 5-11, 205, Jr.
3 Jamario O’Neal, 6-1, 180, Fr.
CB 6 Tyler Everett, 5-11, 202, Sr.
2 Malcolm Jenkins, 6-1, 180, Fr.
NB 3 Jamario O’Neal, 6-1, 180, Fr.
34 Rob Harley, 6-2, 202, Sr.
P 15 A.J. Trapasso, 6-1, 220, Fr.
LS 68 Drew Norman, 6-0, 230, Jr.
San Diego State Offense
LT 78 Chris Pino, 6-5, 315, Sr.
76 Will Robinson, 6-6, 270, So.
LG 63 Taylor Schmidt, 6-4, 315, Sr.
79 Robert Nelson, 6-10, 330, Jr.
C 72 Jasper Harvey, 6-3, 300, Sr.
73 Eder Arosemena, 6-2, 285, Sr.
RG 62 Brandyn Dombrowski, 6-5, 325, So.
75 Patrick Justman, 6-5, 305, Jr.
RT 71 Eric Rouser, 6-8, 250, R-Fr.
76 Will Robinson, 6-6, 270, So.
TE 89 Lance Louis, 6-3, 260, So.
87 Eric Miclot, 6-5, 235, So.
FL 1 Chazeray Schilens, 6-4, 205, So.
15 DeMarco Sampson, 6-2, 200, Fr.
SL 80 Robert Ortiz, 6-1, 195, Sr.
16 Brett Swain, 6-1, 200, So.
SE 19 Jeff Webb, 6-2, 205, Sr.
83 Marcus Edwards, 6-1, 205, Sr.
RB 22 Lynell Hamilton, 6-1, 220, So.
37 Brandon Bornes, 6-1, 215, So.
QB 7 Kevin O’Donnell, 6-6, 220, So.
4 Darren Mougey, 6-5, 220, R-Fr.
K 14 Garrett Palmer, 6-2, 180, So.
San Diego State Defense
DE 97 Kurt Kahul, 6-1, 250, Sr.
92 Siaosi Fifita, 6-4, 245, R-Fr.
NT 99 Jonathan Bailes, 6-1, 310, Jr.
91 Oman Nwansi, 6-3, 305, Jr.
DT 94 Nick Osborn, 6-4, 255, So.
61 Josh Ulibarri, 6-2, 285, R-Fr.
DE 93 Antwan Applewhite, 6-3, 235, So.
41 Tony DeMartinis, 6-5, 225, R-Fr.
SLB 45 Andrew Schantz, 6-2, 235, R-Fr.
51 Joe Martin, 6-1, 225, Jr.
MLB 33 Freddy Keiaho, 6-0, 230, Sr.
46 Russell Allen, 6-3, 225, R-Fr.
WLB 36 Brett Martin, 6-0, 215, So.
46 Russell Allen, 6-3, 225, R-Fr.
CB 3 Donny Baker, 5-9, 165, Jr.
40 Kwincy Edwards, 5-10, 160, Fr.
SS 31 Reggie Grigsby, 5-11, 205, Jr.
12 Brett Sturm, 6-1, 200, Jr.
FS 21 Marcus Demps, 6-1, 200, Sr.
13 T.J. McKay, 6-0, 195, R-Fr.
CB 9 Terrell Maze, 5-11, 170, Jr.
27 Eric Hodge, 5-9, 180, Sr.
P 17 Michael Hughes, 5-10, 185, So.
Breaking It Down
* When Ohio State Has The Ball: Following a heartbreaking loss to Texas, the San Diego State defense is just what the doctor ordered. SDSU limps into this game three time zones away after giving up 503 yards total offense, including 272 rushing, in a 41-29 loss at Air Force.
The focus here is on Ohio State. This is OSU’s last and best chance to establish an identity offensively before the Big Ten season begins. We look for Troy Smith to get most of the snaps. The quarterback draw will be there, but we think it will be important for Smith to get the ball back in the hands of his wideouts and let them create big plays via a multitude of mismatches. More than anything, he needs to regain a rapport with Ted Ginn Jr. and Santonio Holmes (remember them?) and let them get back to moving the sticks and scoring points for the Buckeyes.
This game is also a perfect opportunity for tailback Antonio Pittman to continue his growth and maturation and to also get some carries for Brandon Schnittker, Maurice Wells and maybe even Erik Haw (finally).
Smith should get every chance to shake off the rust and prove he is OSU’s number one quarterback.
* When San Diego State Has The Ball: San Diego State dropped its opener 44-21 to UCLA before the loss to Air Force. Clearly, the Aztecs are stepping up in class and will face a defense that still figures to be among the nation’s very best.
The Aztecs have averaged 249.5 yards passing in their first two games, so you know they will put the ball in the air. QB Kevin O’Donnell’s favorite target is 6-2, 205-pound split end Jeff Webb. After surrendering 270 yards passing to Texas, Ohio State will have a chance to finetune its passing defense and work on improving its pass rush and coverage schemes.
On the ground, tailback Lynell Hamilton is the key name. He already has three rushing touchdowns on the young season. Hamilton was a star for SDSU as a freshman in 2003, but missed last year due to injury. It seems unlikely that the Aztecs will have success running the ball against Ohio State, but stranger things have happened.
* How It Will Go: It would be foolish to consider this an easy win. After all, SDSU led OSU at halftime in 2001 before succumbing 27-12. Two years ago, Ohio State slid by SDSU 16-13 without benefit of an offensive touchdown. That game – like this one – was a ‘tweener game between the opener with Washington and third game with N.C. State. The Buckeyes need to lift their heads, but also resist the urge to look ahead to Iowa.
The coaches can just pop in the tape of that 2003 game, where OSU was woefully outplayed by the plucky Aztecs, to get the players’ attention. Just a year ago, SDSU visited Michigan and nearly pulled off the upset before losing 24-21.
It would be a perfect Saturday if Ohio State jumps on San Diego State early. However, I can’t stress enough how important it will be for OSU to shore up the red zone offense as well as the pass rush and coverage issues on defense. The starters – particularly Smith – need as much work as they can get. Hopefully, they can give the coaching staff three strong quarters and a big enough lead that some reserves can get some needed experience as well. That would be the perfect scenario. We’ll see how that goes.
OSU’s return game – particularly on kickoffs – has been on the verge of something big. Perhaps this is the game Holmes or Ginn breaks off a big return.
I think Ohio State puts it all together. I’ve got it: Ohio State 45-14
* For The Record: I am 1-1 straight-up and 1-1 against-the-spread with Ohio State. (As of Monday, OSU was listed as a 27-point favorite.)
* Other Picks: On this week’s Bucknuts Radio Hour, Mr. Bucknuts picked OSU 31-10. Kirk Larrabee had it OSU 38-14, while Jerry Rudzinski said OSU 41-7.
-- Steve Helwagen
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Date: Sep 13, 2005
We take a look at the pertinent data, depth charts and one man's prediction on Saturday's game with San Diego State (3:30 p.m., ABC).
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Game Data
* Date, Time: Sat., Sept. 17; 3:36 p.m. (Eastern)
* Location: Ohio Stadium
* TV: ABC (regional broadcast, will post link to coverage map when it becomes available); Announcers: Mike Tirico, Tim Brant, Sam Ryan.
Here is the ABC coverage map for Sept. 17:
ABC Coverage Map
* 2005 Records, Rankings: Ohio State, 1-1, ranked ninth in Associated Press poll, ninth in USA Today coaches poll; San Diego State, 0-2, unranked.
* Coaches: Ohio State, Jim Tressel (fifth year at OSU, 41-12; 20th year overall, 176-69-2; vs. San Diego State, 2-0); San Diego State, Tom Craft (fourth year at SDSU, 14-24; vs. Ohio State, 0-1).
* Series History: Ohio State leads series 2-0. The Buckeyes won home games over SDSU by scores of 27-12 in 2001 and 16-13 in 2003.
* San Diego State Schedule: Sept. 3, UCLA, L 44-21; Sept. 10, at Air Force, L 41-29; Sept. 17, at Ohio State; Sept. 24, San Jose State; Oct. 1, BYU; Oct. 8, at UNLV; Oct. 15, at Utah; Oct. 22, New Mexico; Oct. 29, TCU; Nov. 12, at Colorado State; Nov. 19, Wyoming; Dec. 3, at Hawaii.
* San Diego State Key Players (2005 Stats): QB Kevin O’Donnell (43 of 65 passing, 431 yards, 2 TDs, 3 INTs), RB Lynell Hamilton (39 catches, 147 yards, 3 TDs), SE Jeff Webb (13 catches, 162 yards, 1 TD), SL Robert Ortiz (8 catches, 78 yards, 1 TD), MLB Freddy Keiaho (21 tackles, 2 TFLs), DE Antwan Applewhite (16 tackles, 2-1/2 sacks), SS Reggie Grigsby (18 tackles).
* San Diego State Fast Facts: Location: San Diego, Calif.; Enrollment, 34,174; Nickname, Aztecs; Colors, Scarlet and Black; Stadium, Qualcomm Stadium (surface, grass; capacity, 54,000).
Depth Charts
Ohio State Offense
SE 4 Santonio Holmes, 5-11, 190, Jr.
8 Roy Hall, 6-3, 240, Jr.
LT 50 Doug Datish, 6-5, 295, Jr.
71 Steve Rehring, 6-8, 329, So.
LG 77 Rob Sims, 6-4, 310, Sr.
59 John Conroy, 6-3, 295, Sr.
C 55 Nick Mangold, 6-4, 290, Sr.
50 Doug Datish, 6-5, 295, Jr.
RG 72 T.J. Downing, 6-5, 305, Jr.
67 Kyle Mitchum, 6-6, 295, Fr.
RT 74 Kirk Barton, 6-7, 325, So.
73 Steve Winner, 6-6, 300, Sr.
TE 80 Ryan Hamby, 6-5, 255, Sr.
87 Brandon Smith, 6-3, 240, Fr.
FL 7 Ted Ginn Jr., 6-0, 175, So.
5 Albert Dukes, 6-1, 190, Fr.
QB 10 Troy Smith, 6-1, 215, Jr.
12 Justin Zwick, 6-4, 225, Jr.
TB 25 Antonio Pittman, 5-11, 195, So.
43 Brandon Schnittker, 6-2, 250, Sr.
FB 89 Stan White Jr., 6-3, 242, Jr.
49 Dionte Johnson, 6-0, 250, So.
SL 11 Anthony Gonzalez, 6-0, 195, So.
18 Devon Lyons, 6-4, 214, So.
K 23 Josh Huston, 6-1, 195, Sr.
85 Ryan Pretorius, 5-10, 190, Fr.
Ohio State Defense
DE 97 David Patterson, 6-3, 285, Jr.
99 Jay Richardson, 6-6, 276, Jr.
DT 94 Marcus Green, 6-3, 290, Sr.
93 Nader Abdallah, 6-5, 300, Fr.
DT 90 Quinn Pitcock, 6-3, 295, Jr.
98 Joel Penton, 6-5, 290, Jr.
DE 57 Mike Kudla, 6-3, 265, Sr.
78 Alex Barrow, 6-4, 255, Fr.
SLB 42 Bobby Carpenter, 6-3, 255, Sr.
33 James Laurinaitis, 6-3, 231, Fr.
MLB 51 Anthony Schlegel, 6-1, 251, Sr.
46 Chad Hoobler, 6-3, 240, So.
WLB 47 A.J. Hawk, 6-1, 240, Sr.
52 John Kerr, 6-1, 246, Jr.
CB 26 Ashton Youboty, 6-1, 188, Jr.
19 Brandon Underwood, 6-2, 170, Fr.
FS 21 Nate Salley, 6-3, 220, Sr.
32 Brandon Mitchell, 6-3, 205, Jr.
SS 9 Donte Whitner, 5-11, 205, Jr.
3 Jamario O’Neal, 6-1, 180, Fr.
CB 6 Tyler Everett, 5-11, 202, Sr.
2 Malcolm Jenkins, 6-1, 180, Fr.
NB 3 Jamario O’Neal, 6-1, 180, Fr.
34 Rob Harley, 6-2, 202, Sr.
P 15 A.J. Trapasso, 6-1, 220, Fr.
LS 68 Drew Norman, 6-0, 230, Jr.
San Diego State Offense
LT 78 Chris Pino, 6-5, 315, Sr.
76 Will Robinson, 6-6, 270, So.
LG 63 Taylor Schmidt, 6-4, 315, Sr.
79 Robert Nelson, 6-10, 330, Jr.
C 72 Jasper Harvey, 6-3, 300, Sr.
73 Eder Arosemena, 6-2, 285, Sr.
RG 62 Brandyn Dombrowski, 6-5, 325, So.
75 Patrick Justman, 6-5, 305, Jr.
RT 71 Eric Rouser, 6-8, 250, R-Fr.
76 Will Robinson, 6-6, 270, So.
TE 89 Lance Louis, 6-3, 260, So.
87 Eric Miclot, 6-5, 235, So.
FL 1 Chazeray Schilens, 6-4, 205, So.
15 DeMarco Sampson, 6-2, 200, Fr.
SL 80 Robert Ortiz, 6-1, 195, Sr.
16 Brett Swain, 6-1, 200, So.
SE 19 Jeff Webb, 6-2, 205, Sr.
83 Marcus Edwards, 6-1, 205, Sr.
RB 22 Lynell Hamilton, 6-1, 220, So.
37 Brandon Bornes, 6-1, 215, So.
QB 7 Kevin O’Donnell, 6-6, 220, So.
4 Darren Mougey, 6-5, 220, R-Fr.
K 14 Garrett Palmer, 6-2, 180, So.
San Diego State Defense
DE 97 Kurt Kahul, 6-1, 250, Sr.
92 Siaosi Fifita, 6-4, 245, R-Fr.
NT 99 Jonathan Bailes, 6-1, 310, Jr.
91 Oman Nwansi, 6-3, 305, Jr.
DT 94 Nick Osborn, 6-4, 255, So.
61 Josh Ulibarri, 6-2, 285, R-Fr.
DE 93 Antwan Applewhite, 6-3, 235, So.
41 Tony DeMartinis, 6-5, 225, R-Fr.
SLB 45 Andrew Schantz, 6-2, 235, R-Fr.
51 Joe Martin, 6-1, 225, Jr.
MLB 33 Freddy Keiaho, 6-0, 230, Sr.
46 Russell Allen, 6-3, 225, R-Fr.
WLB 36 Brett Martin, 6-0, 215, So.
46 Russell Allen, 6-3, 225, R-Fr.
CB 3 Donny Baker, 5-9, 165, Jr.
40 Kwincy Edwards, 5-10, 160, Fr.
SS 31 Reggie Grigsby, 5-11, 205, Jr.
12 Brett Sturm, 6-1, 200, Jr.
FS 21 Marcus Demps, 6-1, 200, Sr.
13 T.J. McKay, 6-0, 195, R-Fr.
CB 9 Terrell Maze, 5-11, 170, Jr.
27 Eric Hodge, 5-9, 180, Sr.
P 17 Michael Hughes, 5-10, 185, So.
Breaking It Down
* When Ohio State Has The Ball: Following a heartbreaking loss to Texas, the San Diego State defense is just what the doctor ordered. SDSU limps into this game three time zones away after giving up 503 yards total offense, including 272 rushing, in a 41-29 loss at Air Force.
The focus here is on Ohio State. This is OSU’s last and best chance to establish an identity offensively before the Big Ten season begins. We look for Troy Smith to get most of the snaps. The quarterback draw will be there, but we think it will be important for Smith to get the ball back in the hands of his wideouts and let them create big plays via a multitude of mismatches. More than anything, he needs to regain a rapport with Ted Ginn Jr. and Santonio Holmes (remember them?) and let them get back to moving the sticks and scoring points for the Buckeyes.
This game is also a perfect opportunity for tailback Antonio Pittman to continue his growth and maturation and to also get some carries for Brandon Schnittker, Maurice Wells and maybe even Erik Haw (finally).
Smith should get every chance to shake off the rust and prove he is OSU’s number one quarterback.
* When San Diego State Has The Ball: San Diego State dropped its opener 44-21 to UCLA before the loss to Air Force. Clearly, the Aztecs are stepping up in class and will face a defense that still figures to be among the nation’s very best.
The Aztecs have averaged 249.5 yards passing in their first two games, so you know they will put the ball in the air. QB Kevin O’Donnell’s favorite target is 6-2, 205-pound split end Jeff Webb. After surrendering 270 yards passing to Texas, Ohio State will have a chance to finetune its passing defense and work on improving its pass rush and coverage schemes.
On the ground, tailback Lynell Hamilton is the key name. He already has three rushing touchdowns on the young season. Hamilton was a star for SDSU as a freshman in 2003, but missed last year due to injury. It seems unlikely that the Aztecs will have success running the ball against Ohio State, but stranger things have happened.
* How It Will Go: It would be foolish to consider this an easy win. After all, SDSU led OSU at halftime in 2001 before succumbing 27-12. Two years ago, Ohio State slid by SDSU 16-13 without benefit of an offensive touchdown. That game – like this one – was a ‘tweener game between the opener with Washington and third game with N.C. State. The Buckeyes need to lift their heads, but also resist the urge to look ahead to Iowa.
The coaches can just pop in the tape of that 2003 game, where OSU was woefully outplayed by the plucky Aztecs, to get the players’ attention. Just a year ago, SDSU visited Michigan and nearly pulled off the upset before losing 24-21.
It would be a perfect Saturday if Ohio State jumps on San Diego State early. However, I can’t stress enough how important it will be for OSU to shore up the red zone offense as well as the pass rush and coverage issues on defense. The starters – particularly Smith – need as much work as they can get. Hopefully, they can give the coaching staff three strong quarters and a big enough lead that some reserves can get some needed experience as well. That would be the perfect scenario. We’ll see how that goes.
OSU’s return game – particularly on kickoffs – has been on the verge of something big. Perhaps this is the game Holmes or Ginn breaks off a big return.
I think Ohio State puts it all together. I’ve got it: Ohio State 45-14
* For The Record: I am 1-1 straight-up and 1-1 against-the-spread with Ohio State. (As of Monday, OSU was listed as a 27-point favorite.)
* Other Picks: On this week’s Bucknuts Radio Hour, Mr. Bucknuts picked OSU 31-10. Kirk Larrabee had it OSU 38-14, while Jerry Rudzinski said OSU 41-7.
-- Steve Helwagen
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HabaneroBuck
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This is where Tressel is missing the boat on his play-calling for Troy Smith. Krenzel didn't lead the Fiesta Bowl in rushing because of plays CALLED for him. Things broke down after 2.5 seconds, and he had seams to find for nice gains. That stuff he was calling with Troy Smith was nothing of the sort, and the running antics of Troy Smith had a lot to do with Ted Ginn not getting the ball and our offense putting up field goals instead of touchdowns. You send a guy like Smith back in the pocket to look for receivers, and when nothing is there, THEN he is able to pick up yards on the ground.
Based on that Texas game, our offensive coordination for Troy has regressed since what happened in the Michigan game. The offense was out of whack on every series that Troy was in...lone caveat, of course, being a nifty TD throw.
SD State game will be good opportunity for Troy to do some ironing of wrinkles, assuming that he is now annointed the man.
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buckeyeboy
Still fortitudinous
Again, no Freeman. What is up with him? That guy was such a monster last year that I was expecting great things out of him this season--it's a shame he's been hurt. If he sits out much more, we might as well try to redshirt him.
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osustamm
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
There were quite a few called runs for Krenzel in the fiesta bowl.
And also, i'm not sure how i'm feeling about this game. Part of me is pumped up but then after last weeks killer part of me is ready to watch it like a baseball game. Hopefully not too many people think like that. I'm glad we got a weak team before the big 10 starts...
I'll be back in 15aa looking for a blowout!!!
Please be a blow out Bucks!!!
And also, i'm not sure how i'm feeling about this game. Part of me is pumped up but then after last weeks killer part of me is ready to watch it like a baseball game. Hopefully not too many people think like that. I'm glad we got a weak team before the big 10 starts...
I'll be back in 15aa looking for a blowout!!!
Please be a blow out Bucks!!!
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HabaneroBuck
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I agree, but they didn't look remotely like what was happening with Smith. Out of 21 rushes, only a couple might have been direct takeoffs by Krenzel right after the snap.
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