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WR Dane Sanzenbacher (Official Thread)

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BestBuck36, I can tell you one thing about Sanzenbacher, his name is synonymous with humble. The kid seemed to be all about team when he was at Toledo Central Catholic.

The long ball looked to me like it floated on him. The slant over the middle he probably should have had, but we will chalk that up to first game jitters. The thing that really impressed me was the great block he had on the Mo Wells run, Mo probably picked up an extra 4 yards because of that block. Made a nice catch for the first down with a defender all over his back as well.

I think he an Taurian are going to be a great 1 - 2 punch in years to come.

GO BUCKS!!!!

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Dane was quicker than I expected. His route running is very very good compared to most freshmen. I think next week the playbook may open a little more. I would love to see him and Washington continue to impress. Looks like the Buckeye class is slightly underrated:wink2:
 
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brutus2002;918878; said:
UTGrad

Dane was quicker than I expected. His route running is very very good compared to most freshmen. I think next week the playbook may open a little more. I would love to see him and Washington continue to impress. Looks like the Buckeye class is slightly underrated:wink2:
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His route running and quickness were always very good (in HS). Now that he's playing CFB it's good to see that he can make the adjustment so quickly to play at this level. Running track into June of this year had to help his conditioning (ie quickness) as he ran in the State finals in the 400. He actually ran against Brandon Saine in 2006 in that same event and took a fourth. And we have seen what a burner Zoom can be. These kids are very talented and full of surprises.

The things that are always impossible to measure are game smarts, the ability to adapt in a game, and to learn and and apply. Dane has those abilities (from my observations) and when Ohio State opens that playbook, we will witness how he does as a newbie. The skill set is there, now will he apply what he's learned and be productive? IMO, he will, just as Taurian and Brandon will show more of their stuff. Tressel saw these young men as "diamonds in the rough", it's his job to polish them to their fullest potential. The rest is up to them and how well they apply that skill.

Maybe an under-rated class has fewer lofty expectations to meet and more to prove. This is going to be a very good season as we watch them mature and produce.

Go Bucks! :osu:
 
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Some Quotes from the Frosh

Todd Boeckman in speaking specifically about Saine, Sanzenbacher, Washington and Torrence.


"You know, you get the ball in their hand, they're fast," he said. "They can make plays. Just get it in their hand, they're going to make something happen."
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How fast? Witness Sanzenbacher's recollection of his first catch, the grab of a bullet from Boeckman for the Buckeyes' first TD of the season, a 3-yard play.

"To be honest, it was like a blur," he said. "It seemed like they snapped the ball and then I was handing it to the ref. Everything went by way fast."
Not fast enough for his fellow plebes on the sideline to miss it, Heyward said. It was the same when Washington caught a pass from Antonio Henton over the middle in the fourth quarter and turned it into a 37-yard quick six. Their freshman brethren were watching.
"Every time they were on the field, we were all cheering for them," Heyward said. "We're going to dedicate ourselves, we're going to help each other, and we're going to keep pushing each other to the limit."
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I really like that last quote from Cam Heywerd. This is why the freshman seemed to have come alive, they appear to be a more cohesive unit "dedicated" to seeing the others do well.
 
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lightyears2012;918555; said:
I am going to have to disagree with you... If you recall the opening kickoff, the ball was blown from the T twice in the same direction the ball floated away from Dane... Thw wind had everything to do with the way that play ended... Dane knew where he was on the field IMHO...
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If you look at UTgrads pics right above your post it goes right through his hands. Nonetheless he'll make those catches later on and he'll have to. Thats what playing at Ohio State is all about. The footprints are huge from the receivers standpoint and our tradition. Those plays come but to even be in the game and producing as a freshman, means he's special.
 
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"Scoot" is Dane's new nickname coined by Brian Hartline

Let's see we have

The Great Dane
Sanzo
Gonzenbacher
Scoot - I like it

It goes with the other freshman nicknames:

Boom - Danny Heron
Zoom - Brandon
Scoot - Dane
T-Wash - (we may need to tweek Taurian's)
The Eraser - Gene Clifford

Do we have any others?
 
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2007 Freshman Class

Dispatch

OSU finds freshman as good as advertised

Thursday, September 6, 2007 3:57 AM
By Ken Gordon


The Columbus Dispatch
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One man -- and maybe one man only -- watched Dane Sanzenbacher catch a 3-yard scoring pass for Ohio State on Saturday without a raised eyebrow.
 
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Sanza Who?

Dane's TD was no surprise to his HS coach. As the story unfolds, numbers aren't everything for this '07 recruit.

BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : OSU finds freshman as good as advertised

Coach Dempesy knew all along that Dane had "It":

"It was probably only two or three plays later when Dane scored, and I said to myself, 'Why am I not surprised?'
That's because Dempsey had the pleasure of watching Sanzenbacher work like a fiend to make himself a legitimate big-time college prospect.
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I liked what Coach Ginn from Glenville said, he would recognize this trait. A coach has an eye for picking out the "special" kids.

"You can look at guys and tell," Ginn said. "I didn't know very much about him, but when I saw him in drills I said, 'This guy has got something you can't teach. He's got a little nastiness about him.' "
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Let's hope we some more of that "nastiness" this week.
 
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DaddyBigBucks;921659; said:
It is still way too early to give this class a grade, but we are starting to see signs that this class might be the one that teaches a lot of people that numbers are not everything in recruiting. Too many people are way too concerned with quantity.
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Like you have any idea. You don't even have 2,000 posts here yet!

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