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MaxBuck;2242424; said:That brings a lump to the throat.
Ryan Shazier has always impressed me as a fine young man; this is just another example. Quality.
MaxBuck;2242424; said:That brings a lump to the throat.
Ryan Shazier has always impressed me as a fine young man; this is just another example. Quality.
OregonBuckeye;2244555; said:Helluva game by Ryan. Certainly plays like "his hair is on fire". Maybe that explains why he has no hair.
BuckJr;2244507; said:He should keep the #48. Man possessed
Shazier?s best gamepays tribute to classmate
BY DAVID BRIGGS
BLADE SPORTS WRITER
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ? Ryan Shaz*ier ex*changed his usual No. 10 in honor of a late friend Satur*day.
Then he went out and played the best game of his ca*reer.
The soph*o*more line*backer be*lieves he had help in the Buck*eyes? 35-23 vic*tory over Penn State.
Be*fore he made the back-to-back plays that turned the game, he slipped on a No. 48 jer*sey as a trib*ute to Gary Cur*tis, a for*mer class*mate and the man*ager of his foot*ball team in Plan*ta*tion, Fla. Cur*tis bat*tled mus*cu*lar dys*tro*phy and died this spring.
?He al*ways had the No. 48,? Shaz*ier said. ?No mat*ter what, coaches al*ways had the num*ber for him. I was re*ally close to him. So I felt like wear*ing his num*ber this year was re*ally go*ing to be an honor. That?s him play*ing out there to*day.?
Some*thing was at work. With the game tied, Shaz*ier sacked quar*ter*back Matt McGloin on Penn State?s sec*ond play of the third quar*ter, then picked him off on the next and rum*bled 17 yards for the go-ahead touch*down.
?It felt amaz*ing be*cause it al*most felt like a dream,? he said. ?I had dropped so many picks this year. When I caught the ball, it felt amaz*ing. It was a great mo*men*tum change.?
Shaz*ier, the Buck*eyes? lead*ing tack*ler, ap*pears at last to be show*cas*ing the full po*ten*tial of a tal*ent Meyer be*lieves will de*velop into an all-con*fer*ence line*backer.
?He?s kind of an out-of-con*trol guy that misses tack*les and over*runs it,? Meyer said. ?I thought last week was just beau*ti*ful the way he played. Shuf*fle, shuf*fle, and then he ac*cel*er*ated so quick. I think he?s play*ing his best foot*ball.?
And on Satur*day, he had help.
?I was think*ing about [Cur*tis] the whole game,? Shaz*ier said. ?I felt like he was play*ing through me. He was tell*ing me what was go*ing on, he had my back.?
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