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Game Thread Ohio State vs Illinois, 11/18/17 @ 3:30 (ABC)

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Football: Ohio State releases depth chart prior to Illinois game

Ohio State posted its depth chart four days ahead of its game Saturday against Illinois, revealing changes at the linebacker positions and at the two kicker positions.

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Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2017/11/football-ohio-state-releases-depth-chart-prior-to-illinois-game/
 
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Ohio State Football Notebook: ‘His family should be very proud of who he is’

A Very Busy Senior Day
Saturday is Senior Day for Ohio State and the Buckeyes will be honoring 19 departing players.

• SAF Clay Raterman from Dublin, Ohio
• LB Jackson Hayes from Dublin, Ohio
• DB Cin’quan Haney from Dayton, Ohio
• DB Trevon Forte from Youngstown, Ohio
• WR Elijaah Goins from Concord, N.C.
• DL Nick Seme from Wadsworth, Ohio
• TE/FB Zach Turnure from St. Louis, Mo.
• QB Stephen Collier from Leesburg, Ga.
• SAF Erick Smith from Cleveland, Ohio
• DL Michael Hill from Pendleton, S.C.
• TE Marcus Baugh from Riverside, Calif.
• SAF Damon Webb from Detroit, Mich.
• DL Tracy Sprinkle from Elyria, Ohio
• OL Jamarco Jones from Chicago, Ill.
• DL Jalyn Holmes from Norfolk, Va.
• LB Chris Worley from Cleveland, Ohio
• OL Billy Price from Youngstown, Ohio
• DL Tyquan Lewis from Tarboro, N.C.
• QB J.T. Barrett from Wichita Falls, Texas

Among that number are seven fifth-year seniors, which have become increasingly rare under Urban Meyer.

“We’re very close to this group of seniors,” Meyer said. “There will be, once again I haven’t thought about it much and there will be the right time to have those conversations, but it’s very well documented the respect and love we have for these guys because it’s the first time we’ve had a couple of fifth-year seniors who have decided to stay throughout their journey, and we’re going to treat them right. And best way to treat them right is go win this game.”

Entire article: https://theozone.net/2017/11/ohio-state-football-notebook-family-proud/
 
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scarletngray said:
Thank you Seniors. Looking for an impressive victory and an injury free game this Saturday.
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I'd like to add that I'd like to see 0 "targeting" penalties called against the Buckeyes, especially in the second half.
Hopefully, no one does anything to warrant a targeting call, but we all know that you don't necessarily have to do anything illegal to get called for targeting.
 
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Totally overlooked that we have Sam Hubbard for another year! Yow.

Not thrilled with the LB depth chart to be honest. Probably wont matter vs Illini but I'd rather see us gel a bit more with Worley on the outside and Tuf cementing himself in the middle going into Scum and Wisky.
 
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That trophy is such a huge tradition. So huge that even though I was born in the university hospital, grew up 4 miles from campus, ushered home football games as a boy scout, attended most home games from 1968 through 1979, and attended the university for 5 years, I only first heard of the trophy maybe 10 years ago. I must not have been paying attention.
 
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jwinslow said:
Not likely. All three DEs likely bolt, leaving Bosa, Young and Cooper.

That's why keeping Brenton Cox and adding Jayson Oweh is so crucial.
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There are underclassmen who could go for sure, but since its not definite I'm still counting him as he's only a Jr. Depth is certainly not a problem on the DLine, I was just shocked he's only a Jr.
 
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There’s No Crying in Football, Except on Senior Day

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Nineteen seniors will be walking out of the tunnel at Ohio Stadium for the final time on Saturday.

And they’re all trying not to think about it.

In a physical game like college football, emotions are meant to drive the players, not leave them vulnerable.

When it’s your last game at home and your family is there to greet you, however, all bets are off.

“Honestly, I haven’t really thought about it. I’m trying not to think about it, but I keep being asked about it,” said linebacker Chris Worley. “Honestly, it’s been a wonderful place for me here. This is my sanctuary, so I’m pretty sure I’m going to be pretty choked up coming out of that tunnel.”

Worley knows it is going to be nearly impossible for him to stay stoic. Other Buckeyes are a little more confident.

“I promise you I ain’t gonna cry. Nah, I ain’t gonna cry,” said defensive end Jalyn Holmes. “I’m just going to keep telling myself that so I’ll be cool.”

So who is going to cry?

“Tracy [Sprinkle] is gonna cry,” he said.

What about J.T. Barrett?

“J.T. is gonna cry,” Holmes said matter of factly.

“I haven’t really thought about it,” Barrett said. “I mean, there will probably be a lot of emotion. Things like that. I might see my mom cry for the first time. That’s a big deal. I’m 22 years old and haven’t seen that. I’m not sure. I think it’s going to be just a good time. I’m not going to do too much reflecting because we’ve still got a ballgame. I think it will be good just having my parents out there.”

Maintaining focus on the task at hand will be a tactic that the seniors use in order to keep the situation from getting too emotional, but it will be impossible to not get lost in the moment.

And that’s sort of the point of the whole celebration.

Entire article: https://theozone.net/2017/11/theres-no-crying-football-except-senior-day/
 
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