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Confirmed O'Connor is out, though injury sustained in earlier practice as he's already had surgery.
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BuckTwenty
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With how well our O-Line has developed and performed this season, I can't wait to see what Coach Warriner can do with Joey once he gets healthy again. Coach Meyer is going to love this kid.
Heal well and heal fast Joey!
Heal well and heal fast Joey!
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ShowMeBuck
You know what? Chicken butt.
Dang it. Really was excited about Joey. Wish him well but makes me even more nervous about our O Line depth. Yikes.
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NugentsMyHero
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This sucks :( Now our O Line is even thinner. I was expecting great things from Joey. Good Luck Joey.
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Fungo Squiggly
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Any chance he transfers to Penn State? 
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UpNorth_Buckeye
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Bucky Katt;2296041; said:Any chance he transfers to Penn State?
Isn't it a rule to never trash buckeyes???
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maximumblitz
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Well yes, very sad. He had dreams coming to tOSU. No one deserves a bad injury. Hopefully, his new dreams are even better!
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Buckskin86
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Former Windsor football star Joey O?Connor leaving Ohio State
Former Windsor High School football star Joey O?Connor is leaving Ohio State University to be closer to home.
According to a news release from the Ohio State football program Wednesday, the school said O?Connor ?has requested a transfer to be closer to home.?
O?Connor has not yet indicated where he is headed.
O?Connor, 18, was one of the Buckeyes? prized recruits in their 2012 class, and one of Colorado?s top football players last year. He was expected to see some playing time on the offensive line at center or guard during his freshman year in Columbus, Ohio, but a couple of knee surgeries forced the 6-foot-3, 305-pound O?Connor to sit out and redshirt.
O?Connor had his knee scoped and cleaned out after it bothered him last summer. O?Connor?s left knee then required microfracture surgery.
The Buckeyes ended the season 12-0, but due to NCAA sanctions, the Buckeyes weren?t eligible to play in a bowl game or compete for a BCS national championship this year. O?Connor will still have four years of eligibility at the next school that lands him.
O?Connor?s dad, Joe O?Connor, told Windsor Now in November that adjusting to new surroundings and rehabbing from knee surgery wasn?t the easiest thing for his son.
?It was incredibly frustrating for him,? Joe said. ?Couple that with homesickness, being X amount of miles away from his comfort zone, it was real difficult the first couple of months. For any freshman, whether they?re playing ball or not, I?m sure that?s a factor. Couple that with an injury, that just made it ever harder. He got through it, and realized that he had to put his big-boy pants on and took care of business.?
With a population of 800,000 in Columbus, it was a culture shock for O?Connor when he arrived on campus, O?Connor?s dad told Windsor Now.
?The change in culture coming from a Colorado small town, you know Windsor and Eaton, farming community to metropolitan Columbus. All the kids that he deals with are not from small communities,? Joe said. ?They?re from Cincinnati, they?re from Columbus, they?re from Cleveland, they?re from Fort Lauderdale. That?s basically his biggest challenge is meshing with those metropolitan-type kids. He?s listed as the country kid coming from Colorado out west. It was definitely a culture shock all across the board.?
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http://www.mywindsornow.com/news/4484946-113/connor-state-ohio-windsor
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