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RB Brandon "Zoom" Saine (official thread)

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He's up there with Pace, Katzenmoyer, and Ginn as one of the most intriguing new Buckeyes in history. Don't know if he'll be as productive as those fellows were in his first season, but he is a guy you just have to like. Has he turned 18 yet?
 
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Many reported times are unreliable due to differences in timing methods if not intentional falsifications. The NFL did not begin using partial electronic timing (started by hand, stopped electronically) at the Scouting Combine until 1990. In the electronic timing era, the fastest recorded time at the NFL Combine is 4.25 seconds by cornerback Fabian Washington in 2005. The second fastest recorded time is 4.29, by Deion Sanders in 1989.

In track and field races, the runner must react to the starting gun, which can take 0.10 to 0.20 seconds. For electronically timed 40 yard dashes, the runner is allowed to start when he wishes, and a timer hand-starts the clock (after a reaction time of 0.1 to 0.2 seconds). Although the 40-yard dash is not an official race in track and field, the 60 meter dash is an official distance in indoor track and field, with the world record for that race being 6.39 seconds. However, many sprinters have recorded faster times during 100-meter races, including Ben Johnson during his world-record-setting 1988 Olympic 100 meter dash (which was later annulled due to Johnson's steroid use), when he ran the first 60 meters in 6.33 seconds. [1] It is often reported that Johnson covered his first 40 yards in 4.38 seconds. But if his reaction time of 0.14 seconds is removed, his 40-yard running time was 4.24 seconds. At the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Maurice Greene had what is considered to be the fastest start ever. Green covered matched Johnson's 60-meter time of 6.33 seconds. Despite running into a 0.2 mph headwind, Greene finished the 100 in 9.82 seconds. [2] He covered the first 40 yards of that race in 4.21 seconds, making it the fastest 40-yard dash ever recorded using fully electronic timing.

In track and field races, the runner must react to the starting gun, which can take 0.10 to 0.20 seconds. For electronically timed 40 yard dashes, the runner is allowed to start when he wishes, and a timer hand-starts the clock (after a reaction time of 0.1 to 0.2 seconds). This difference would indicate that, at peak form, Johnson would have been hand timed in 4.04 to 4.14 seconds, making claims of hand-held times in the 4.1-4.2 range more credible.

There actually is no single, "official" 40 time at the NFL Combine. National Scouting, which runs the combine, provides three times per run, two fully hand-held and one stopped electronically. Each player may run twice, thereby yielding a potential six times. National Scouting provides all six of these times to NFL teams. The teams then do what they want with those times, or ignore them. Some teams use the best electronic time. Some teams throw out the fastest and slowest and average the rest. Some teams use the best time provided. And some teams use a time provided by their own scout on site.
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And Butch Reynolds said(on Brandon Saine)...
"He could run 4.4 all day,...That's elite. That's elite. Nobody's done 4.2 yet, but we're coming."
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The bar has been set higher than ever before. That is a whole heck of alot of pressure for this kid. Are we just getting hyped because we are diehard fans or can somebody from the outside interpret all of this as fan frenzy or is it really a possibility.
 
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HabaneroBuck;900777; said:
He's up there with Pace, Katzenmoyer, and Ginn as one of the most intriguing new Buckeyes in history. Don't know if he'll be as productive as those fellows were in his first season, but he is a guy you just have to like. Has he turned 18 yet?
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Yes, he was born on 12/14/1988.
 
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EastSide;900792; said:
The bar has been set higher than ever before. That is a whole heck of alot of pressure for this kid. Are we just getting hyped because we are diehard fans or can somebody from the outside interpret all of this as fan frenzy or is it really a possibility.
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It's a real possibility. Anytime you have a player his size with his speed, there is going to be incredible hype.
 
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Media day gallery feat. incoming freshmen.

A bit camera shy, but his size/speed combo could be lethal.

Here's one that didn't make the gallery, but shows off his size :yow1:
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In return game news, Brian Hartline and Malcolm Jenkins handled the punt returns in the scrimmage, while Jenkins, Anderson Russell, James Scott and Boom Herron tried the kick returns, though Brandon Saine did touch the ball on a kick return reverse. Ray Small had those jobs in hand before his injury.
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With Ray Small out with an ankle sprain at least through the first game, will we see Brandon performing punt and kick returns? The reverse gets the ball to the fastest guy on the field. That'll be fun to watch. :yow1:

Go Bucks. :osu:
 
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