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RB Brandon "Zoom" Saine (official thread)

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osugrad21 said:
Good find by Natali on BN..Brandon's press conference video and a solid article on the commitment is now up on Piqua Football
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Though Saine is a RB, what the coach says seems to suggest that Saine is being recruited as a WR by the OSU coaches. Does anyone have any more indication on this?


Edit: The article was not posted for a reason...a link will do.
 
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Though Saine is a RB, what the coach says seems to suggest that Saine is being recruited as a WR by the OSU coaches. Does anyone have any more indication on this?
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I believe Grad would tell you that JT and staff recruits speed and once they get the prospect on campus they will determine the needs of the team and how the player fits. Its going to be awhile before he gets on campus so I would take a guess and say his position hasn't been locked down yet.
 
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5/11/06

Did Brandon Saine set or just tie a record?

By Dave Long
No doubt about it: Brandon Saine is fast.

The 6-foot, 205-pound junior from Piqua High School ran the 100 meters in 10.38 seconds last Saturday at Welcome Stadium. The time beats the listed state record of 10.48 by Mario Allmon of Cincinnati Princeton, run at the Division I regional meet in 1990, also at Welcome.

But there are some track purists who will contend Saine's time only ties the state record.

Jonathan Burrell of Cleveland John Adams ran 10.38 in three separate events. But all were run in invitationals in 1992 a month after he graduated, two in Canada and one in Spokane, Wash.

Therein lies the argument and why there are two sets of state track records — the Ohio High School Athletic Association records and All-Ohio prep records.

OHSAA recognized record times must be run in a sanctioned high school meet with at least five teams participating against only high school runners.

All-Ohio records can be run any time until a runner's graduating class enters college.

There is no bigger group of nitpicking stat geeks on the planet than those who keep track records. No other sport has more exacting standards, which must be precise to ensure legitimate records.

Distances must be exact — in the 100 no tailwind can be more than 2.0 meters (4.2 mph) per second. Any gust stronger and the time is wind-aided. The wind for Saine's race was 1.6 meters per second. So everything about his 10.38 was legit.

"It's always the state's view records have to be run against other high school competitors in season and the individual must be representing their school," said OHSAA media relations director and official records keeper Bob Goldring.

"In these other big national meets (such as the Nike National Scholastic Championships) we look at the individuals as running unattached (not representing their schools). We don't know who they are running against."

For years the California-based Track and Field News has run a national list of high schools times and distances. TFN editors felt the best times were run in summer meets against national competition. Their definition of a high school runner is one whose graduating class has not yet started college.

When the late Ed Chay of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer started the Ohio Track and Field News in the 1960s, he saw the two standards and began keeping state records and all-Ohio records.

Carson Cheek of St. Henry is now the publisher of OTFN and records both state and all-Ohio records. "I'm not one to argue some minidetails of a race.

Too many guys do that and miss good races," Cheek said.

"I just try to provide current times from all over the state during the season and an archive of the best performances by runners throughout the years.

"I think by the time Saine graduates and if he stays healthy he'll have all
the top times in the 100 and there'll be no arguments."
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Can anyone who has seen both Brandon Siane and EriK Haw play significntly at the high school level compare the 2.

They both played at similar size, both excelled as sprinters as well, (although brandon is much faster) and both had impressive offers.
 
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5/20

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Saine loses twice to Trotwood stars

By Marc Pendleton
Staff Writer
PIQUA | There were good reasons Stephen Robinson and Darison Williams tempered their celebrations. Smiles and shrugs were all the Trotwood-Madison seniors allowed after they beat Piqua junior Brandon Saine in two of his three specialties Friday night.
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<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> "We know (Saine's) good," Williams said. "We're just trying to better ourselves and run with him."
They did themselves one better in Friday's Division I district track and field meet at Piqua. Saine set the state 100-meter record of 10.38 two weeks ago, and he blitzed Robinson (10.83) and Williams (10.85) again Friday with a 10.60 to win. But Robinson (48.00) overtook Saine (48.87) off the final turn in the 400 to stun stadium spectators.
The 200 figured to be Saine's redemption. Instead, it almost was his undoing.
He surrendered the lead to Robinson on the straight. Seconds later, Williams also overtook Saine, then nailed Robinson at the tape. Once Saine shut down with 40 meters left, even Vandalia Butler's Jason Sutherland got him.
Saine (22.23) finished fourth, and suffered his first losses since early last season. Williams (21.74) finally beat his buddy Robinson (21.79), something he hadn't done since last year. And everyone retired knowing they passed the most crucial tests: the top four advance to next week's Dayton regional.
A stomach virus also overtook Saine after a punishing second leg on the winning 400 relay (42.87). It didn't help that the 400 was just five minutes and back-to-back races later.
"I had to hurry back out (from a restroom) and run the 400, and that just made it even worse," Saine said. "In the 200, my stomach totally cramped up.
"I just hope I feel better next week. It's important just to get out, then you can prove yourself the next week."
Saine's ultimate state goal is to defend his 100 and 400 titles, and add the 200 for a rare sprint triple. No one's counting him out, even after Friday.
"I got a feeling he was holding something back," Robinson said. "I know it'll be tougher to get him at regional and state."
 
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I think before we too carried away speculating about what position he will be playing for tOSU, we need to wait and see his final season as a HS RB. If he improves as much his Sr season as he did his Jr season, there's no reason not to think of him coming in as a RB.

If he comes in and they decide to put him at WR, then he is looking at a season and a half of only seeing the field as a kick returner, until he attains the necessary skills to be an effective WR at the college level.
 
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