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RB Roderick Smith (Official Thread)

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Cornerback6;1709485; said:
Agreed...but part of the problem is is that they know that at the end of the year, they will get the "help" they need (98% of the time) to squeeze through the standards. Mostly because of who they are unfortunately. I taught at a D1, high-talent, out-of-state highschool and you wouldn't believe half the stuff they do to pass kids today.

Maybe even sadder is that highschool in general is getting dumbed down more with each passing year. And still...
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None of these kids are stupid. They just haven't been forced to face the consequences of not doing the work. Rather than having to bust their ass at the end of your senior year to qualify, they should have put in the modest amount of effort required to do well for 4 years.

Not that I want to dump on this kid; I didn't work as hard as I could have in high school or as a UG. Hopefully it's just a learning experience of the right kind: learn that you have to work hard and be accountable for your decisions, and not learn that exceptions will be made to accommodate you because you can tote the rock.
 
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None of these kids are born "stupid," but with any combination of environment, social culture, and upbringing combined with attitudes toward education by those around them can create an "uneducated" student with that student ultimately having to take the final responsibility (whether they want to or not).

In other words, different strokes for different folks
 
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TheIronColonel;1709556; said:
None of these kids are stupid.
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I know that. Minus the rare exception of course. I was just stating that it's sad because we continue to lower standards under the assumption that the students will then "get it", when the truth is that they probably already do, they just don't feel like applying themselves. Similar in theory to "playing down to your competition".


Back to Smith. Really hope he gets things taken care of. A pretty much guaranteed redshirt with the ridiculous amount of depth we have at TB, but either way...get him on campus and get him into the program.
 
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Rod Smith status unknown

A busy day of news keeps delivering blows to OSU.

Hot on the heels of Duron Carter and Keith Wells leaving the program is the revelation that of the 18 players in the incoming 2010 class, only RB Rod Smith is not enrolled for the beginning of summer-quarter classes today (and Jamel Turner, but I think that was obvious).

Smith has not returned messages left for him this afternoon, so the reason is unclear. There were reports earlier in the year that he had some work to do to be academically eligible, so that could explain it.

If Smith does not show up in time for fall camp, it's not a catastrophe. The Buckeyes have a crowded backfield, led by experienced "co-starters" Brandon Saine and Daniel Herron, and backed up by Jordan Hall, Jaamal Berry and Carlos Hyde, at least.

Converted fullback Jamar Martin had supposedly been pondering a transfer, but he is enrolled for summer quarter.

So the backfield would not be barren. Still, Smith (6-3, 220) is highly touted, considered an Eddie George-type runner with a combination of speed and power. He compiled 6,625 rushing yards and 66 TDs at Fort Wayne (Ind.) Harding High School and also ran a leg on the school's state runner-up 400-meter relay team.

If he's ineligible for this fall, no big deal, but if he doesn't come to OSU at all, it would be a significant loss.
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Rod Smith status unknown (Blogging the Buckeyes)
 
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June 22, 2010

Football: There has been some question as to whether highly touted running back recruit Rod Smith would be admitted to Ohio State. Speaking at The Morning Sports Report today, OSU Head Coach Jim Tressel dispelled most of those doubts.

According to Tressel, Smith must complete one course in order to gain admission to OSU, a course he is taking this summer. Though Smith will not complete the course in time to enroll at OSU summer summer quarter, Tressel said he fully expects the 6-2, 215 pound speedster from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to be on hand and in uniform when fall camp begins.
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O-Zone: Rod Smith update
 
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The coaches are waiting on Rod's completion of a summer course, but anticipate him being at tOSU at the start of camp.

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"Rod has to complete a class this summer back at his high school, so he's working on that," said OSU assistant Dick Tressel, who coaches the running backs for his younger brother Jim.

"I think he's really diligent about that, so we're hopeful things will work out in everybody?s best interest. He's a good person and he'll be a successful college student, but right now there's still some work to do to prove that to everybody."

An incoming freshman out of Fort Wayne, Ind., Smith was expected to report to Ohio State with the rest of the 2010 class back on June 20th. When he didn?t arrive with the rest of his classmates, OSU Head Coach Jim Tressel said he expected to have him on campus when the team broke for camp on Aug. 5th.

With 10 days to go they still don?t have a definitive answer.

"Right now we're hoping that he'll get it straightened out. He's doesn't have an overwhelming task, but he's got a task," Dick Tressel said.
"So there's a lot of hope there, and I think Rod is really excited about being a Buckeye and he'll figure out a way to get that done."

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