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WR Ted Ginn, Jr. (Official Thread)

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kn1f3party said:
That is how valuable ACLs are torn.
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Gimme a break. Having Ginn on kick and punt returns is also how TOUCHDOWNS are scored. The kid is a PLAYMAKER, he makes plays.

Injuries happen on all types of plays, not just kick returns. Do you think we should bench all the starters to avoid injuries?! If any team plays scared to avoid injuries, winning becomes impossible.
 
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I appreciate all the talk about the science of accurate route running, getting separation, QB-WR timing, good hands, etc. etc. etc. But football can be a fairly simple proposition when God hands you someone with Ginn's natural ability and speed.

You run the very-easy-to-understand but near-impossible-to-stop route -- "Teddy, go long". You have the young man run straight at the corner covering him, turn on the afterburners, and blow by him at warp speed. There is not a corner or safety in the Big Ten who can consistently stay with Teddy Ginn. Speed kills and Teddy could be a mass murderer if only they'd let him.

If Teddy's doubled with a corner and a safety, he can likely outrun them both. But if the coverage on TG is simply too tight, somebody else has got to be open. We do have a couple of other receivers we can dump it off to.

If I'm JT, which fortunately for tOSU and Mrs.T I'm not, I put TG on the field nearly every offensive play, I throw long to him at least twice per possession, and I watch our offensive productivity (pass and run) rise like a bottle rocket on the Fourth of July.
 
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Ginn may be a weapon... but we're gonna have to put him in at QB...

when his HR highlight clip involves a poorly thrown ball that should have been intercepted... the obvious question is, who's going to get it to him? unless he takes the snap...

just HALF joking

and as far as tossing him the HR bombs... I haven't seen either QB throw the long ball well enough that you can count on it... looks like Kerry on a hunting trip - ducks everywhere..
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Drew Carter had his ACL torn during last year's Indiana game, so should we have not played Ginn at WR last weekend? If you're worried about players getting hurt, then you shouldn't watch football.
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Drew Carter wasn't a freshman without a year of strength training. I know Tressel understands how valuable he is and won't make a freshman play 30 plays at wide receiver, return punts, and return kicks. That is entirely too much work and is extremely risky.

We also need to keep ACL tears in perspective. It isn't just getting hurt, tearing an ACL can end your career. It takes an extremely dedicated and talented player to come back from an ACL tear and be productive.
 
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WTF!!!! Some Buckeye fans have no fucking balls. I guess we should give Ginn a BAH BAH and a pacifier while our team gets ass rammed by PSU because we don't want him hurt...get the hell outta here with this lame ass shit.

The kid will be in the pros in 2 years. I guess we are supposed to waste one year redshirting him. I have lost all my common sense and 15 IQ points reading some of the dumbest shit I have ever read in my life.

This shit belongs on Bucknuts!!! what a joke.
 
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What a load of horse manure..... Are you really telling us that returning kicks.... when at a minimum you should make it 10 yards before anyone has a CHANCE to hit you.... is more dangerous than returning punts??? Which he is doing very well??? Get serious. And the "just go deep" post.... Have you watched a game this year??? that's one of 2 routes I have seen Ted run... Guess what genius? When a D1 CB knows that is all he is going to run (which he has on about 70% of his plays) It's covered.... as it has been all year. Yes if the CB were forced to start on the offensive side of the line of scrimmage then TG would most likely beat the corner downfield nearly everytime.... but but wait?!?!? The other CB's have brains??? The grand mystery to solving our offensive struggles is a little more complex than "Teddy go deep".
 
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[sarcasm] It's a conspiracy theory! Tressel knows that he played MoC too much and Mo was so fed up with carrying the team and getting beaten up as a little freshmen that he decided to forgo his final two years so he wouldn't have to take it anymore. Tressel now sees that if he witholds Ginn from the action, Teddy will stay all 6 years, just like Jason White. [/sarcasm]
 
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kn1f3party said:
Drew Carter wasn't a freshman without a year of strength training.
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Uh, Einstein, the ACL isn't a muscle...all the strength training in the world isn't going to prevent torn ligaments. Besides, even if it did, your statement supports my position because if five years of strength training didn't prevent Carter's injury, what's the use in holding Ginn out?
 
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