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Personnel Notes: A number of Buckeyes are either returning from injuries or out with injuries this week. Offensive lineman Kirk Barton is not expected to play against Indiana as a result of the leg injury he sustained in the Penn State game. Barton did not play last week against Michigan State. Barton was replaced at right tackle by freshman Alex Boone. Boone will play in Barton's place again this week as well.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>At linebacker, Mike D'Andrea is returning from injury and will be available again this week. D'Andrea saw his first action of the season last week on special teams against Michigan State.
"He got a lot of snaps this week," said OSU linebackers coach Luke Fickell.
"He's a guy who we will be edging in and working in and seeing where he's comfortable and working in.
"He's still trying to get healthy and strong, but he needs the confidence too," said Fickell.
Ted Ginn is neither injured nor coming back from an injury, but there have been hints that Ginn may be getting a look on defense as well as offense of late. According to Fickell, that's true, but Ginn's time with the defense has been very limited and has dealt with the absolute basics of defense.
"He hasn't done a whole lot of work there. He's done some individual stuff and some little things," said Fickell.
"Just like when Chris Gamble did it, it's still a migration thing and it takes time. You have to have the right situation and the right time to do it. It's something that now that the weather is getting cooler and things like that there's an opportunity there for us to do it," Fickell said.
"There's a chance that you might see him in special situations and things like that. The shell is broke and the time is now to do it, if we're going to do it, to start working on it."
<TABLE cellPadding=2 width=120 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD>
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Another Skill Player: One of the buzz phrases for the Buckeye offense this season is the quest to get the ball in the hands of the skill players. That usually means wide receivers like Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn Jr., Anthony Gonzalez and Roy Hall. According to starting left tackle Doug Datish, another name now has to be added to that list.
"I think Antonio (Pittman) has really, really improved as a back," said Datish.
"He's put on some weight and he's seeing cutback lanes that maybe he wasn't seeing last year. He's turning into a back that we can really appreciate," Datish said.
Renaissance Bully?: Buckeye fullback/h-back Stan White Jr. is well known as a football player, but White is a lot more than that. He has already graduated from Ohio State and is in graduate school. White has set his sights on some tall academic standards.
"I'm a full-time graduate student at the Fisher Business College right now. I'm a corporate finance major right now. My dad's a lawyer, so law school could be a possibility," said White.
<TABLE cellPadding=2 width=120 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>"There's a possibility that I'll apply for a Rhodes Scholarship," said White rather matter-of-factly.
White is not afraid to challenge himself academically, but don't think for a minute that has become a shrinking violet on the football field. Quite the contrary, White says he has learned to play with an "attitude" of late.
"I think I play the best when I'm angry. I just found that out this year," said White.
"I realized that in the Iowa game. I had a few great blocks. I think at fullback you need a little bit of anger in order to get the job done the way it needs to be done."
In his role as a fullback/h-back, White's job description is often quite simple: knock somebody down. It's an assignment for tough guys, and White enjoys it.
"Anytime you can get a good knock on a linebacker and knock him back, it's a pleasure," said White.
"I like that feeling when you're running full speed at a linebacker and he's running full speed at you, you get underneath him, and you feel him tipping over," White said.
White's playing time has been limited this season, but not because of anything he has or has not done. When the Buckeyes line up in five wide receivers, there simply just isn't room on the field for a fullback. Lately, however, the Buckeyes have utilized more "regular" formations that use either a fullback or tight ends. That's just fine with White.
"The coaches are going to play whatever is working," said White.
"A lot of the big plays we've had are out of a regular formation. My hope is that will continue as long as we continue to make big plays. I think great college teams, like NFL teams, most the time they're in regular Personnel because it's such a balanced formation. You can run the ball or you can throw off play action," White said.
"It creates some headaches for the defense because they don't know what you're going to line up in. They make their call based on what Personnel is in the game, so when you have guys who can do more than one thing and the defense doesn't know how you're trying to attack them based on that Personnel grouping, it's definitely and advantage."
Personnel Notes: A number of Buckeyes are either returning from injuries or out with injuries this week. Offensive lineman Kirk Barton is not expected to play against Indiana as a result of the leg injury he sustained in the Penn State game. Barton did not play last week against Michigan State. Barton was replaced at right tackle by freshman Alex Boone. Boone will play in Barton's place again this week as well.
<TABLE cellPadding=2 width=120 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD>
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mike D'Andrea [/FONT]
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>At linebacker, Mike D'Andrea is returning from injury and will be available again this week. D'Andrea saw his first action of the season last week on special teams against Michigan State.
"He got a lot of snaps this week," said OSU linebackers coach Luke Fickell.
"He's a guy who we will be edging in and working in and seeing where he's comfortable and working in.
"He's still trying to get healthy and strong, but he needs the confidence too," said Fickell.
Ted Ginn is neither injured nor coming back from an injury, but there have been hints that Ginn may be getting a look on defense as well as offense of late. According to Fickell, that's true, but Ginn's time with the defense has been very limited and has dealt with the absolute basics of defense.
"He hasn't done a whole lot of work there. He's done some individual stuff and some little things," said Fickell.
"Just like when Chris Gamble did it, it's still a migration thing and it takes time. You have to have the right situation and the right time to do it. It's something that now that the weather is getting cooler and things like that there's an opportunity there for us to do it," Fickell said.
"There's a chance that you might see him in special situations and things like that. The shell is broke and the time is now to do it, if we're going to do it, to start working on it."
<TABLE cellPadding=2 width=120 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD>
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Antonio Pittman [/FONT]
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Another Skill Player: One of the buzz phrases for the Buckeye offense this season is the quest to get the ball in the hands of the skill players. That usually means wide receivers like Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn Jr., Anthony Gonzalez and Roy Hall. According to starting left tackle Doug Datish, another name now has to be added to that list.
"I think Antonio (Pittman) has really, really improved as a back," said Datish.
"He's put on some weight and he's seeing cutback lanes that maybe he wasn't seeing last year. He's turning into a back that we can really appreciate," Datish said.
Renaissance Bully?: Buckeye fullback/h-back Stan White Jr. is well known as a football player, but White is a lot more than that. He has already graduated from Ohio State and is in graduate school. White has set his sights on some tall academic standards.
"I'm a full-time graduate student at the Fisher Business College right now. I'm a corporate finance major right now. My dad's a lawyer, so law school could be a possibility," said White.
<TABLE cellPadding=2 width=120 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD>
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Stan White Jr. [/FONT]
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>"There's a possibility that I'll apply for a Rhodes Scholarship," said White rather matter-of-factly.
White is not afraid to challenge himself academically, but don't think for a minute that has become a shrinking violet on the football field. Quite the contrary, White says he has learned to play with an "attitude" of late.
"I think I play the best when I'm angry. I just found that out this year," said White.
"I realized that in the Iowa game. I had a few great blocks. I think at fullback you need a little bit of anger in order to get the job done the way it needs to be done."
In his role as a fullback/h-back, White's job description is often quite simple: knock somebody down. It's an assignment for tough guys, and White enjoys it.
"Anytime you can get a good knock on a linebacker and knock him back, it's a pleasure," said White.
"I like that feeling when you're running full speed at a linebacker and he's running full speed at you, you get underneath him, and you feel him tipping over," White said.
White's playing time has been limited this season, but not because of anything he has or has not done. When the Buckeyes line up in five wide receivers, there simply just isn't room on the field for a fullback. Lately, however, the Buckeyes have utilized more "regular" formations that use either a fullback or tight ends. That's just fine with White.
"The coaches are going to play whatever is working," said White.
"A lot of the big plays we've had are out of a regular formation. My hope is that will continue as long as we continue to make big plays. I think great college teams, like NFL teams, most the time they're in regular Personnel because it's such a balanced formation. You can run the ball or you can throw off play action," White said.
"It creates some headaches for the defense because they don't know what you're going to line up in. They make their call based on what Personnel is in the game, so when you have guys who can do more than one thing and the defense doesn't know how you're trying to attack them based on that Personnel grouping, it's definitely and advantage."
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