can we finally remove the "CB" from the thread title. I think that debate is finally over!!!
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I don't think Ginn should go pro after next season. He isn't polished enough at the receiver position. He's only been playing it for the past two seasons. I think he should stay, work on his routes and everything, and then be a top 3 pick after his senior year.
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Ginn Finally Realizes Preseason Hype
By Ron Musselman, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio
Jan. 3--TEMPE, Ariz. - Ted Ginn Jr. had an off-year, by his own admission. The Ohio State speedster was a preseason Heisman Trophy candidate, but quickly played his way off the ballot. It wasn't that Ginn had a bad sophomore year - he just had a hard time living up to all the hype, due to his magical finish the second half of last season. It didn't help his focus or concentration that his father, Ted Ginn Sr., had a growth removed from his colon in August. Despite the distractions, Ginn was still dangerous and dazzling as a return man. Yet he operated in the shadows of fellow receiver Santonio Holmes, who is headed to the NFL, most of the time while working to become a more polished wideout. Ginn, who averaged a touchdown every seven times he touched the ball as a freshman, finally put his pass-catching skills on display last night against Notre Dame. Before you could say, "Where have you been, Ted Ginn?"- he kicked it into overdrive last night at the Fiesta Bowl. "Touchdown Teddy" was nothing short of spectacular. Ginn had a team-high eight catches for 167 yards and one score, he ran for another touchdown and accounted for 260 all-purpose yards as the Buckeyes beat the Fighting Irish 34-20. "I feel great," Ginn said. "I am so happy right now I feel like doing a cartwheel."
Ginn had the Irish feeling green after their eighth consecutive bowl loss.
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Notre Dame's defensive players embraced Ginn much as you would a cactus - they didn't touch him. Ginn scored his first touchdown on Ohio State's seventh offensive play of the game, hauling in a 56-yard bomb from quarterback Troy Smith, who upstaged him for offensive player of the game honors. Ginn was wide open on the play down the left sideline after leaving Notre Dame defensive back Ambrose Wooden in the dust. He cruised into the end zone untouched. Ginn's second score, a 68-yard jaunt on a reverse play, gave the Buckeyes the lead for good at 14-7 early in the second quarter. The run was highlighted by one spectacular move after another. Ginn took the pitch from Smith and used a crushing block from guard Rob Sims as a springboard. First, Ginn sprinted by Notre Dame's Ronald Talley on the outside and headed down the left sideline. He kicked in the afterburners at the 15, using two scintillating cutback moves to avoid Chinedum Ndukwe, en route the end zone. Again, no one from Notre Dame laid a paw on Ginn, whose crucial 18-yard third-down reception one play earlier had kept the drive alive. As he had a year ago at the Alamo Bowl, Ginn also lined up at quarterback in the "Shot-Ginn" formation, running one play. "Ted Ginn didn't get much publicity coming into this game and I think that was good for him," said Holmes, who added five catches for 124 yards and a touchdown. "Teddy was terrific." After starting on defense last season and seeing limited action in his first five games, Ginn put up eight touchdowns on 59 touches. His four punt returns for scores set school and Big Ten single-season records, and his 25.6-yard average per punt return led the nation. Ginn was the Buckeyes' second-leading receiver this year with 43 receptions for 636 yards and three touchdowns. He also had scored on a 100-yard kickoff return and a 62-yard punt return and had two others nullified by penalties. But he admits he struggled with the daily duties that go along with playing receiver. "You have to be able to learn coverages," Ginn said. "You have to know when the quarterback's ready to throw. You have to know the protection. There's a lot of things you have to know as a receiver that fans would never know. Once you get that down, everything's going to roll." Ginn averaged just one touchdown every 18.8 times he touched the ball during the regular season, but he never complained. Teams kicked away from him early in the year. And he ran sideways far too often, even to his own liking, whether it was returning or receiving. "I got all the touches I should have," Ginn said. "I got everything that was supposed to come to me. I'm a team player, and I just go out and have fun with my team and do things right." Sure, Ginn started slowly this season - he had just nine yards receiving in the big early-season showdown against Texas - but he finished strong. At last, Ginn lived up to all the unrealistic expectations.
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Ginn Finally Realizes Preseason Hype
By Ron Musselman, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio
Jan. 3--TEMPE, Ariz. - Ted Ginn Jr. had an off-year, by his own admission. The Ohio State speedster was a preseason Heisman Trophy candidate, but quickly played his way off the ballot. It wasn't that Ginn had a bad sophomore year - he just had a hard time living up to all the hype, due to his magical finish the second half of last season. It didn't help his focus or concentration that his father, Ted Ginn Sr., had a growth removed from his colon in August. Despite the distractions, Ginn was still dangerous and dazzling as a return man. Yet he operated in the shadows of fellow receiver Santonio Holmes, who is headed to the NFL, most of the time while working to become a more polished wideout. Ginn, who averaged a touchdown every seven times he touched the ball as a freshman, finally put his pass-catching skills on display last night against Notre Dame. Before you could say, "Where have you been, Ted Ginn?"- he kicked it into overdrive last night at the Fiesta Bowl. "Touchdown Teddy" was nothing short of spectacular. Ginn had a team-high eight catches for 167 yards and one score, he ran for another touchdown and accounted for 260 all-purpose yards as the Buckeyes beat the Fighting Irish 34-20. "I feel great," Ginn said. "I am so happy right now I feel like doing a cartwheel."
Ginn had the Irish feeling green after their eighth consecutive bowl loss.
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Notre Dame's defensive players embraced Ginn much as you would a cactus - they didn't touch him. Ginn scored his first touchdown on Ohio State's seventh offensive play of the game, hauling in a 56-yard bomb from quarterback Troy Smith, who upstaged him for offensive player of the game honors. Ginn was wide open on the play down the left sideline after leaving Notre Dame defensive back Ambrose Wooden in the dust. He cruised into the end zone untouched. Ginn's second score, a 68-yard jaunt on a reverse play, gave the Buckeyes the lead for good at 14-7 early in the second quarter. The run was highlighted by one spectacular move after another. Ginn took the pitch from Smith and used a crushing block from guard Rob Sims as a springboard. First, Ginn sprinted by Notre Dame's Ronald Talley on the outside and headed down the left sideline. He kicked in the afterburners at the 15, using two scintillating cutback moves to avoid Chinedum Ndukwe, en route the end zone. Again, no one from Notre Dame laid a paw on Ginn, whose crucial 18-yard third-down reception one play earlier had kept the drive alive. As he had a year ago at the Alamo Bowl, Ginn also lined up at quarterback in the "Shot-Ginn" formation, running one play. "Ted Ginn didn't get much publicity coming into this game and I think that was good for him," said Holmes, who added five catches for 124 yards and a touchdown. "Teddy was terrific." After starting on defense last season and seeing limited action in his first five games, Ginn put up eight touchdowns on 59 touches. His four punt returns for scores set school and Big Ten single-season records, and his 25.6-yard average per punt return led the nation. Ginn was the Buckeyes' second-leading receiver this year with 43 receptions for 636 yards and three touchdowns. He also had scored on a 100-yard kickoff return and a 62-yard punt return and had two others nullified by penalties. But he admits he struggled with the daily duties that go along with playing receiver. "You have to be able to learn coverages," Ginn said. "You have to know when the quarterback's ready to throw. You have to know the protection. There's a lot of things you have to know as a receiver that fans would never know. Once you get that down, everything's going to roll." Ginn averaged just one touchdown every 18.8 times he touched the ball during the regular season, but he never complained. Teams kicked away from him early in the year. And he ran sideways far too often, even to his own liking, whether it was returning or receiving. "I got all the touches I should have," Ginn said. "I got everything that was supposed to come to me. I'm a team player, and I just go out and have fun with my team and do things right." Sure, Ginn started slowly this season - he had just nine yards receiving in the big early-season showdown against Texas - but he finished strong. At last, Ginn lived up to all the unrealistic expectations.
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ohiostate=life
Still Workin Hard...
We are all fully aware of Ginn's speed. But see if any of you can wrap your brains around this. This morning.....Teddy Ginn.......drum roll.....ran a 4.19! Can someone please tell me how this is humanly possible. The only explanation is that he's an alien.
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Captain Hindsight
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What do you mean it's not "humanly possible"?
I believe Primetime ran a 4.2 at the NFL Combine for his workout a long time ago.
I think it's very possible that he ran the time, but I'm not sure that the source is very reliable, and we'll never know until there's an official report.
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ohiostate=life
Still Workin Hard...
Man I'm right here! If you're gonna kick me in the balls at least be a little more gentle.
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crazybuckfan40
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A 4.19 is possible hand timed, not laser timed, b/c that is not mathmathically possible.
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