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RB Carlos "El Guapo" Hyde (Official Thread)

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And when we ask those in the know who is impressing as the season beckons, one name comes up again and again: Carlos Hyde.

We continue to hear the "true" freshman tailback has to see the field this season despite the depth chart logjam.

Recently, we asked a veteran player who has been the most impressive incoming freshman so far during summer workouts. He said Hyde, not knowing we meant guys in the 2010 class who weren't here in the spring. The player in question said it's too early to tell on the guys that just arrived -- everyone looks good running around and lifting weights. But this particular player continues to be ?blown away? by Hyde's blend of power, speed and - perhaps even more encouraging - work ethic.
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As an outspoken critic of Tressels offense over the years I can't tell you how happy I am to read this and how much I hope its true.

I have always felt that fundamentally when the offense is poor its because they don't have an identity, too much dicking around and not one go-to thing. Well it won't be pretty but you give Tressel a stable of good backs, most especially a difference making power back, and there will be no dicking around. He'll just come out and beat you to death with the run until you prove you can stop it.

If this offense is anything less than vintage early 2002 before MoC injured the shoulder I'll be surprised and disappointed. The line should be roughly as good, the stable of backs together should roughly equate to having the one superstar talent, the QB/passing game should be at least as much of a threat to keep D's honest.
 
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Jaxbuck;1730386; said:
....too much dicking around....
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He said "dicking around"......Heh heh...heh heh...that was cooooool...heh heh .......
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Jaxbuck;1730386; said:
If this offense is anything less than vintage early 2002 before MoC injured the shoulder I'll be surprised and disappointed. The line should be roughly as good, the stable of backs together should roughly equate to having the one superstar talent, the QB/passing game should be at least as much of a threat to keep D's honest.
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A stable of backs is significantly better than one star back. I think a huge part of Ohio State's offensive woes in 2007 and 2008 were due to the offense being geared towards pounding the rock with Beanie. Unfortunately Beanie's injury problems left Ohio State in the lurch far too often.

I agree that pounding the rock 2002 style would be great, I just think that having 4-5 guys to feed the rock to is much more than equivalent to having one star back, particularly because of injury.

Throw in what Pryor brings to the table in the run game, along with his progression as a passer and a decision maker and yeah, watch out.
 
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Buckeye86;1730407; said:
A stable of backs is significantly better than one star back. I think a huge part of Ohio State's offensive woes in 2007 and 2008 were due to the offense being geared towards pounding the rock with Beanie. Unfortunately Beanie's injury problems left Ohio State in the lurch far too often.

I agree that pounding the rock 2002 style would be great, I just think that having 4-5 guys to feed the rock to is much more than equivalent to having one star back, particularly because of injury.

Throw in what Pryor brings to the table in the run game, along with his progression as a passer and a decision maker and yeah, watch out.
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The stable of backs is better when the elite back gets hurt but when he was on the field I haven't seen anyone on this team show yet they are on MoC's level. Maybe Hyde or Smith will be that caliber of a player but none of the guys currently on the team are there. No knock on them, just that MoC was an exceptional talent.

I agree that the the stable approach will be better because the star back always gets hurt but I disagree that its significantly better than having a Beanie or MoC. I guess its just semantics really.

Best of both worlds obviously would be to have a talent like that emerge along with the depth.
 
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The Buckeye Times

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

HYDE COULD BE A DIFFERENCE MAKER IN THE BUCKEYES BACKFIELD

By Lee Hudnell at 10:38 AM

COLUMBUS ? Carlos Hyde's journey to Columbus has been a long one to say the least.

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The 6-foot-1, 235 pound tailback from southwest Florida was one of Ohio State's top recruits in the class of 2009. The All-Florida runner was expected to come in as a true freshman and give the Buckeyes that bruising presence in the backfield that was left void when Beanie Wells decided to forgo his senior season.


Hyde ? who rushed for more than 1,650 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior at Naples (FL) High School ? was going to be that complimentary power back to Brandon Saine and Dan Herron, much like Wells was to Antonio Pittman during his freshman campaign in 2006.

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Definitely good to hear that Carlos is taking care of business. Perhaps his "detour" from FLA to Columbus was the right situation for him.

I've noticed that there is never any mention of him playing football at Fork Union. Does anyone now what type of program they have there? Is there coaching, or just personal workouts?
 
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generaladm;1731580; said:
Definitely good to hear that Carlos is taking care of business. Perhaps his "detour" from FLA to Columbus was the right situation for him.

I've noticed that there is never any mention of him playing football at Fork Union. Does anyone now what type of program they have there? Is there coaching, or just personal workouts?
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It's like a strict Junior College. They play ball.
 
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It's scary what we got going on with the tailbacks....

Hyde (loved his HS video), Boom, Smith, Berry, Hall, Saine, and Martin.

That's 4 backs over 220, and 1 more who runs like he's 220 (Boom at 200). Then you throw in Berry who's 205 and has his type of speed, and a underrated Hall this is a very Phyiscal RB's group.
 
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Freshman RB could earn No. 2 slot
Ohio State Buckeyes

Conventional wisdom was that senior Brandon Saine and junior Daniel Herron would maintain their 1-2 status at the RB position, but Bucknuts.com continues to hear that freshman Carlos Hyde, who prepped last fall at Fork Union Military Academy, has made a big impression on the coaches and could challenge Saine for carries.

Hyde, at 6-foot and 238 pounds, is said to have the same impressive size-speed combo as Saine (6-1, 219) -- except that Hyde has "an ability to make people miss that Saine does not possess."

Bucknuts says that Ohio State could use a four-back rotation, with Hyde backing up Saine as the first- and second-down back and sophomore Jordan Hall backing up Herron as the third-down back.

We're not sure there are enough touches to go around among those four, let alone redshirt freshman Jaamal Berry, who was the No. 3 RB in the class of 2009 (Hyde was No. 31), or sophomore Jermil Martin, who had 75 yards on just seven carries against Minnesota last October.

If this is how things shake out, we're betting that someone takes his talents elsewhere (and we don't necessarily mean to South Beach, though Berry, a Miami native, could definitely head in that direction).

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Carlos Hyde evaluation

"Hits the line with good initial speed, power and lean but can make defenders miss through the hole with great suddenness and shiftiness for a 230-pound back. Shows some cutback ability and sharp plant-and-go between the tackles. Squares up quickly out of his cuts and reaches top speed quickly. Can lower the shoulder as well and runs with good body tilt on initial contact. Finishes runs and consistently bounces out of the pile. Stays square to power through initial tackles and consistently competes for extra yards. Tough to arm tackle when he reaches the second level and flashes a strong stiff-arm."
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