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Summer Practice 2009

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I can't remember an Ohio State team that had so many great kids on it. I'm talking personalities. If that counts for anything that could be our ace in the hole card. I love this group. When it all comes together it will be something to see. :oh:
 
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Tressel Cranks up the Hitting as Buckeyes Begin Second Week of Camp
By John Porentas

If you happen to be in the city of Columbus this week don't be startled by the grinding, grunting, and groaning sounds in the air. It's just the Buckeyes turning up the intensity in Fall camp.

After a week of NCAA-mandate acclimatization the Buckeyes open the second week of fall camp with a full schedule of workouts on the docket, workouts that are probably the toughest of the year.

"It will be the most physical week," said OSU Head Coach Jim Tressel.

"It will be much more physical than the third week because the third week, you get someone bruised pretty good you might lose them for game week, whereas if someone gets banged pretty hard this coming week they have a couple weeks to get ready. This will be a big week for us."

Things continue to wind down in the fourth week, which is really a game week preparation week, but before the Buckeyes can get to those wind down weeks they have to survive this one, and it promises to be a bruiser.

"Two practices Monday, one on Tuesday, then two on Wednesday, one, then two, then a scrimmage on Saturday, so that's a bunch of practices. Normally in the spring we have 15 in a month, now we're going to have nine in a week," said Tressel.
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Welcome to Hell Week

I mentioned this on my Twitter page (@kgordonosu) last night, and also discussed it on 10TV's Wall to Wall Sports (OK, done with the plugs), but as of this morning, Ohio State's players will endure a week of isolation, hard work and football which they are calling, "Hell Week."

It's patterned after the Navy SEALS training, during which the Navy weeds out about 75 percent of SEALS candidates. Yes, it's that tough.

In the spirit of strict focus, Jim Tressel has taken away players' cell phones, Ipods, laptops, TVs, etc...Not all of them are thrilled about that, obviously.

Certainly, the players will not undergo quite the brutal physical regimen the SEALS endure, but it sounds as if there will be some unique drills or conditioning surprises during the week.

Anyway, this is new for Tressel. I'm sure it's partly a nod to Navy, OSU's first opponent. It also may be inspired by Tressel's summer trip to the Middle East, in which case the players may wish he'd never gone!

You can read more about "the real thing" yourself on the Navy SEALS site.
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Welcome to Hell Week (Blogging the Buckeyes)
 
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NgwUtPEgIk]YouTube - Buckeyes picture day 2009, with Ashleigh Ignelzi and Columbus Wired[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNCBSwMxkoE]YouTube - OSU Opening Practice with Ashleigh Ignelzi and Columbus Wired[/ame]
 
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Quick hits from today's Ohio State football practice and kick scrimmage
by Doug Lesmerises
Wednesday August 19, 200

Back from Ohio State's practice in Ohio Stadium and special teams scrimmage this evening. Some quick thoughts:

* Several Buckeyes sat out practice, either working out on the sideline without pads on or just watching.

They were:

* Linebacker Austin Spitler, out with a calf strain, just watched practice

* Offensive lineman Justin Boren, did a lot of work on the side, including some running against resistance drills.

* Running back Jaamal Berry, who seemed to do a lot of stretching type of activity

* Tight end Jake Stoneburner

* Defensive back Zach Domicone

* Defensive end Melvin Fellows

* Linebacker Ross Homan went down after he was caught up in a pile during practice. He had his left knee looked at after he limped off, and though he didn't rejoin practice, he was walking around on his own.

* Linebacker Storm Klein also missed much of practice while getting worked on.

* As a result, the first-team linebackers were Brian Rolle, Andrew Sweat and Etienne Sabino. The second-team linebackers, at least during one drill, were Sabino again, freshman Jordan Whiting and walkon Tony Jackson. Freshman Dorian Bell looked to be working with the third team.

* Devon Torrence took all, or almost all, of the first-team snaps at cornerback ahead of Andre Amos.

* In an interesting development, J.B. Shugarts was the first-team left tackle. Andy Miller, who had been sharing time with Mike Adams at first-team left tackle in earlier practices, was the first-team left guard today, a move that came with Boren's injury. Jim Cordle, the left guard last year, stayed at right tackle. Adams did no work with the first team at left tackle today. Shugarts remains someone to keep an eye on in that left tackle competition.

* Ray Small and Rob Rose, who missed the first four practices of camp, were full participants. Small ran with the first-team receivers and was the No. 1 punt returner, while Rose was in the mix among the backups on the defensive line.
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Quick hits from today's Ohio State football practice and kick scrimmage - cleveland.com
 
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Kick scrimmage highlights

A few quick notes on the kick scrimmage today in Ohio Stadium:

-- The highlight came on the first play, when Lamaar Thomas took Aaron Pettrey's kickoff in the end zone and raced up the right sideline for a 92-yard return. Devon Torrence did a nice job of staying in range and making the one-on-one tackle.

-- Jon Thoma looked to have the upper hand at punter. Unofficially, he had eight punts and averaged 41.1 yards, while Ben Buchanan had seven punts and a 38.6 average.

Thoma entered the scrimmage with a lead on Buchanan, so one would assume he kept that edge.

-- Kicker Aaron Pettrey looked very good. He made 9 of 11 field-goal tries, with his misses coming from 45 and 50. But he made three of at least 48 yards, including a long of 53.

Meanwhile, Buchanan was 4 of 6 and Devin Barclay was 4 of 7. Again, no shock here, Pettrey appears solid as the starter.

-- Other than Thomas, there was not a big splash in the return game. Ray Small (yes, he practiced) had 4 punt returns for 33 yards, an 8.3 average.

Torrence, DeVier Posey and Dane Sanzenbacher also had punt returns, while Anderson Russell and Daniel Herron joined Thomas on kick returns.

-- Duron Carter had a very nice stick on punt coverage, dropping Torrence for a 2-yard loss.

The team also practiced for about an hour before the kick scrimmage.

We did not get a chance to chat with coach Jim Tressel, so we got no official injury updates. But sitting out with apparent injuries were:

OL Justin Boren (in shoulder pads and shorts, a simple wrap on his right knee).

LB Austin Spitler (not in pads)

RB Jamaal Berry (shoulder pads, shorts)

TE Jake Stoneburner (shoulder pads, shorts)

DB Zach Domicone and DE Melvin Fellows also were in shoulder pads and shorts.

During practice, LB Ross Homan went down and trainers came out for a few minutes, but he walked off the field under his own power. He looked a little wobbly, hard to tell what happened.

-- Here's the most interesting thing I saw in practice. In Boren's absence, they moved Andy Miller to left guard and put J.B. Shugarts at left tackle.

Miller and Adams have been splitting time at left tackle, but this is the first we've seen Shugarts there. Boren should be back before the season opener, so this could just be temporary, but it's still intriguing.
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Kick scrimmage highlights (Blogging the Buckeyes)
 
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Ohio State Buckeyes hope a camp without frills helps bind together young team
by Doug Lesmerises/Plain Dealer Reporter
Wednesday August 19, 2009

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Ohio State kicker Aaron Pettrey believes that a week of camp without the normal creature comforts can help bind a team together. "It's the strangest thing we've done so far," he said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When the Ohio State seniors explained the concept -- no cell phones, computers or TV for a week -- in a players-only meeting last Saturday, some of the younger Buckeyes grumbled.

"A lot of them were like, 'How will this make us a better football player?'" Ohio State senior kicker Aaron Pettrey said. "But it's not about that. It's about becoming a team and spending more time with everybody."

Guess what? Pettrey, speaking for the seniors after Wednesday's special teams scrimmage at Ohio Stadium, when only the kickers, punters and long-snappers talked to reporters, said the Buckeyes needed this.

"I think so, because we're young. We're a really young team," said Pettrey, a fifth-year senior. "All the teams I've been on have been veteran, with veteran leaders everywhere. The first day I came in [to preseason practice], with all the freshmen here, I thought we got a new team.

"We haven't been around together as a group enough. So I agreed with Hell Week, because it can only benefit you -- more sleep and coming together."

The Hell Week name was borrowed from the Navy Seals, inspired by the book Jim Tressel gave the seniors to read this summer: "Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10" by former Seal Marcus Luttrell.

During their Hell Week, the Seals "sacrificed everything," senior punter Jon Thoma said.

"They'd have no sleep until they passed out, then they'd take them to the hospital and they'd wake up and start doing pushups again. We knew we wouldn't be able to sacrifice like that, because we need to rest and get our bodies in shape for practice. So we found another way to sacrifice."

All the technology was rounded up Sunday and will be returned after Saturday's jersey scrimmage. The cable cords were removed from the team hotel rooms, so the extra TVs brought by Terrelle Pryor and Duron Carter aren't doing any good this week. Anyone found violating the rules has to redo the precamp conditioning test, running back-and-forth across the field 20 times. The only calls allowed are made in the coaches' offices, with permission. Girlfriends and parents are out of the loop.

The only remnant of the modern world?

"There's lights," Thoma said.
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Ohio State Buckeyes hope a camp without frills helps bind together young team - cleveland.com
 
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