Ohio State receiver DeVier Posey's season to begin, bringing end to how opponents defend Buckeyes
Published: Thursday, November 17, 2011
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
Marvin Fong, Plain Dealer file photo
The Buckeyes are hoping the return of receiver DeVier Posey can ignite the team's passing game.
COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Three DeVier Poseys return to the field Saturday for Ohio State.
One is the player suspended for five games last December, the receiver who joined Terrelle Pryor as the two players that former coach Jim Tressel was first warned about in the tattoo scandal that eventually unraveled the program. In a survey by Public Policy Polling last month, only 19 percent of Ohio State fans had a favorable opinion of Pryor.
Viewed in that light, Posey might be unwanted.
One is the player suspended for another five games in October when the NCAA judged he was overpaid by a booster, a charge Posey's lawyer, Larry James, and Bobby DiGeronimo, who employed Posey, vehemently dispute. Without any way to fight the NCAA, Posey's mother, Julie, felt her son was the "fall guy" in Ohio State's NCAA violations, telling The Plain Dealer in an interview after the second suspension that "it has been the most egregious witch hunt that I think I've ever witnessed."
Viewed in that light, Posey might be misunderstood.
One is the player that is the last chance to save the Ohio State passing game, the senior who has been serving as a leader and de facto assistant coach for months in practice and could go a long way toward changing how teams defend the Buckeyes.
Viewed in that light, Posey might never have been more needed.
"It's really nice to have him back," Ohio State center Mike Brewster said. "We've been waiting for him all season."
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I don't want him to leave the field until we're up by 3 TDs! 
