Imagine a Ted Ginn punt return, but from the I-formation or Pro set about four times in a row.ntd;606997; said:
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fourteenandoh;606976; said:
Given the areas of concern in our defense, and the relative strength of WVU in their offense.....
I stand by my pick. I dont think their defense could stop our offense either though. It would be a high scoring game, and one I wouldn't like the Ohio State Buckeyes in right now. By bowl season, this will probably change.
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Bucks07
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OSUBuckeye4Life;607005; said:
I agree with this right now. They run exactly what we've had a tough time stopping so far. I also think by the time bowl season rolls around our defense will have adjusted, but I think they'd move the ball on us right now.
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Bucknut319;607015; said:
Yes:
June 06, 2006
Dave Hickman
Gwaltney wants to come back
MORGANTOWN ?€” Just when you thought you?€™d heard the last of Jason Gwaltney, well, you haven?€™t heard the last of Jason Gwaltney.
Turns out he?€™s alive and well and living in limbo.
That?€™s right, limbo, which apparently is a town a lot closer to Morgantown than his native Long Island.
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Gwaltney, the erstwhile golden child of West Virginia football ?€” the Mountaineers?€™ most highly acclaimed recruit since Robert Alexander ?€” wants to come back.
And Rich Rodriguez seems inclined to take him back.
?€œI?€™ve not talked to him directly,?€™?€™ Rodriguez said Monday. ?€œBut he has expressed an interest in coming back.?€™?€™
Rodriguez tries to downplay the whole thing, saying, ?€œIt isn?€™t even on my radar right now, to be honest.?€™?€™ And, truth be told, from Rodriguez?€™s point of view maybe it isn?€™t that big a deal. I mean, let?€™s face it, we?€™re talking about ?€” at the height of his freshman season last fall ?€” West Virginia?€™s third-string tailback and second-string fullback.
But ain?€™t it interesting?
For those who have forgotten, Gwaltney was the can?€™t-miss kid last fall, a 6-foot-1, 230-pound tailback who was rated as one of the Top 25 recruits in the entire country, not just one of the Top 25 tailbacks.
The Reader?€™s Digest version of his time in Morgantown, though, goes something like this:
Arrived for summer workouts closer to 260 than 230.
Despite that, Gwaltney said and did all the right things, trimming as much weight as he could (but not all he needed to) and buying into the program. ?€œI just want to contribute,?€™?€™ he said, taking back his earlier predictions of a 1,500-yard freshman season. (The guy was actually listed on some preseason Heisman Trophy watch lists.)
Worked his way into playing time right away, but essentially as a third-down power back. Then in a game at Rutgers in early October he injured a knee. He would never practice or play again. - advertisement -
The injury wasn?€™t the problem, though. Gwaltney also had academic issues and then simply stopped coming around to the Puskar Center for rehab. ?€œI?€™d like to tell you what his status is, but I haven?€™t seen him for weeks,?€™?€™ Rodriguez said in early December.
Then in mid-December his status was cleared up. Gwaltney left school and transferred to a junior college back home in New York.
That should have been the end of that, but now Gwaltney apparently wants another chance. The trouble is, his grades in one semester in junior college, it is believed, were scarcely better than in one semester at WVU, so eligibility is an issue.
?€œIf he does come back, he won?€™t play this year,?€™?€™ Rodriguez said. ?€œWhether he does in the future, that remains to be seen.?€™?€™
To put it another way, if Gwaltney does return it will be essentially as Brandon Barrett. Barrett was the Kennedy Award-winning wide receiver from Martinsburg who had his scholarship revoked after academic and other problems and had to work his way back to a scholarship. For the record, he still hasn?€™t done so, but at least his play on the field has been encouraging.
Gwaltney would come in just like Barrett, at the bottom of the running backs?€™ totem pole.
?€œIf I let him back, it will be as a walk-on,?€™?€™ Rodriguez said. ?€œHe?€™ll have to earn a spot just like everybody else.?€™?€™
While Rodriguez has not talked to Gwaltney, recruiting coordinator Herb Hand has. Hand was the one who recruited Gwaltney originally. Rodriguez is waiting to see officially what Gwaltney?€™s grades were like in junior college so he knows the deal.
But it seems that if Gwaltney is academically able to do so, Rodriguez is inclined to let him try. And why not?
?€œHis biggest issue was always his academics,?€™?€™ Rodriguez said. ?€œBut in that area and others he?€™s got a lot to prove.?€™?€™
To contact staff writer Dave Hickman, send e-mail to [email protected] or call 348-1734.
edit: Stupid apostrophe's and commas and quotations....Oh my.
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fourteenandoh
My swing feels like an unfolding lawn chair.
OSUBuckeye4Life;607005; said:
nothing wrong with standing by your pick. i see your point of view, i just wish we could see them against some tougher competition
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fourteenandoh
My swing feels like an unfolding lawn chair.
his explanation after the fumble into the endzone was so discombobulated, i don't even think he knew what he was trying to say
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fourteenandoh
My swing feels like an unfolding lawn chair.
ref did a good job on that one. he still looked like a deer in headlights though
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