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LB Joe Burger (Official Thread)

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Per the story, Grant spend most of the day on the sideline. If he was really passed by Burger for the 1st team MIKE spot, I would expect him to be running with the 2s at least? Without speculating directly there are a number of reasons he might not have been with the 1s at this particular practice.
 
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bigdog3300;2361262; said:
Think he was insinuating more that they would both be surprise starters, not that they are both walk-on's.
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Yup, exactly this.

I think Coach Meyer likes to throw the young pups into the fire to see how they react. I believe he mentioned it in his interview a couple of days ago. The media rarely gets to see a whole practice, so I'm just suggesting that everyone who was starting with the 1's in yesterdays practice, might not be running with the 1's in every practice. I just think it's a pretty big leap to say that Burger and Conley have leaped everyone in front of them with 1 or 2 days in full pads.

On a side note, I most defnitely hope Burger and Conley are both playing well, and apologize if it came off any other way.
 
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jclvd_23;2361272; said:
Yup, exactly this.

I think Coach Meyer likes to throw the young pups into the fire to see how they react. I believe he mentioned it in his interview a couple of days ago. The media rarely gets to see a whole practice, so I'm just suggesting that everyone who was starting with the 1's in yesterdays practice, might not be running with the 1's in every practice. I just think it's a pretty big leap to say that Burger and Conley have leaped everyone in front of them with 1 or 2 days in full pads.

On a side note, I most defnitely hope Burger and Conley are both playing well, and apologize if it came off any other way.
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Agree.
 
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Taosman;2361305; said:
Conley is well thought of. And Burger is a steal of a walk on player. Burger is a heady player, who is up to 240 lbs, now. A Zack Boren kind of player.
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Burger is an absolute steal. He honestly could be starting for a number of lower tier big 10 teams and Mac teams. Hell be a very solid contributor to our defense and special teams. But the good thing is, he has the work ethic to possibly be all conference. He's a clear example of the star rating not always measures a players heart and willingness to work
 
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I was mystified why Joe Burger was not getting many offers coming out of Cinci LaSalle. He looked every bit as good a player as Joe Bolden. In fact, I couldn't tell them apart when watching each play.

When Burger decided to be a preferred walk-on, he stated that he was going to become a starting LB. Could be Ohio State's big gain.

:oh::io:
 
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Everyone keep in mind, Joe had scholarship offers from Cincinnati, Miami (OH), Bowling Green, & Buffalo and turned them down to be a preferred walk-on at Ohio State. There were players on scholarship up north under Rich Rod that didn't have as good a list of scholarship offers as Joe had (:)). He's a smart (3.92 GPA in HS), talented kid and certainly not your average walk-on. Shows what you can do when you work hard enough at something. A true Buckeye and an inspiration.

Keep working hard Joe!!
 
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Mike80;2363713; said:
I believe redshirting requires a schollie yes.....grayshirting is when you sit out as a student but you aren't on scholarship.
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Redshirting does not require a scholarship. A student-athlete has five years of eligibility to play four years, regardless of his/her scholarship status.
 
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Mike80;2363721; said:
Actually I'm pretty sure it's called grayshirting - doesn't matter either way....
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Nope, that's not greyshirting. A grey shirt is when a early-enrolling player enrolls part-time (12 hours or less) his first semester, on his own dime, so he doesn't burn eligibility during that early semeseter...it simply postpones the start of a student?s NCAA scholarship eligibility...he is not own scholarship at that time.
 
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