Just got back from Ohio State's open practice.
Practice Highlights:
1. Ray Small took his first reps all summer with the first team. Posey was the number two and Sanzenbacher was in the slot.
2. Duron Carter looked sharp in the one on one drills. Tressel "Carter has shown he can play"
3. Taurian Washington has developed a special relationship with Pryor. He has been his go to guy all summer.
4. Justin Siems and Ken Guiton were the most accurate quarterbacks.
5. Pryor's deep ball has shown lots of improvement. Tight spiral and thrown on a rope. Still needs to work on his accuracy.
6. Tressel mentioned that he has never had this many healthy RB's to start the season ever. Expect to see Boom Herron Brandon Saine, Marcus Williams and maybe even Jaamal Berry against Navy.
7. Cameron Heyward did not suit up and was on the sideline in a boot. Does not bode well for the D-Line to start the season.
8. O-Line was manhandled last practice by the D-Line but with everyone playing new positions this year, except Brewster at Center, it is no surprise they had a slow start. But don't worry this O-Line looks faster and more athletic than years past.
9. Tressel has been impressed with Jermale Hines. Hines starts in the "Star" position when Ohio State lines up in the Nickel but Hines may pressure Safety Anderson Russell for starting time.
10. Andrew Miller and JB Shugarts have split reps fighting for the starting left tackle position
Next update on Wednesday after practice
Monday, August 24, 2009
Football Practice in the Shoe
7:30 in the shoe. Interview with Tressel before practice.
Expect the interview to be posted to our Youtube page tomorrow morning. As long as I can push my way to the front to get a good shot.
Maybe this practice the first team offense will score a touchdown.
Team update:
1. Defense looks good
2. Offensive line struggled
3. Pryor inaccurate
4. Pryor was wearing the Black Jersey*
*That is the good news. Black Jersey means you can't hit him. So he could not scramble.
You would think not much has changed from last year. But this year should be fun. The new guys on defense look good.
Expect the interview to be posted to our Youtube page tomorrow morning. As long as I can push my way to the front to get a good shot.
Maybe this practice the first team offense will score a touchdown.
Team update:
1. Defense looks good
2. Offensive line struggled
3. Pryor inaccurate
4. Pryor was wearing the Black Jersey*
*That is the good news. Black Jersey means you can't hit him. So he could not scramble.
You would think not much has changed from last year. But this year should be fun. The new guys on defense look good.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio LIVE @ BW3's
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The first broadcast is Tuesday September 2nd.
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Join Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio every Tuesday for Bux on Bux LIVE from the BW3's on Lane and High or listen online on the student radio home of the Buckeyes.
The first broadcast is Tuesday September 2nd.
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Monday, July 27, 2009
Obermyer Meets his Hero
If any of you are new to the blog Sam Obermyer is a student broadcaster for Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio and a Michigan native.
The boy loves his Michigan sports and today he was lucky enough to talk college football with one of their legends. Matt Millen...
If any of you do not know Matt Millen is the former GM of the Detroit Lions. The Lions had a historic season last season finishing 0-16.
Sam clouded by his pure joy could barely contain his excitement enough to ask any questions but he bravely stepped up there and fulfilled one of his life long dreams.
He even shook his hand.
The life of a student broadcaster is filled with surprises... Don't ever forget that.
The boy loves his Michigan sports and today he was lucky enough to talk college football with one of their legends. Matt Millen...
If any of you do not know Matt Millen is the former GM of the Detroit Lions. The Lions had a historic season last season finishing 0-16.
Sam clouded by his pure joy could barely contain his excitement enough to ask any questions but he bravely stepped up there and fulfilled one of his life long dreams.
He even shook his hand.
The life of a student broadcaster is filled with surprises... Don't ever forget that.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Sanctions against Seminoles only harm academic integrity
“NCAA hammers the Seminoles,” “Florida State hit hard,” and “Bowden suffers” are just a sampling of the headlines across the country after the NCAA finally passed down its “punishment” for Florida State’s numerous violations in a widespread academic fraud case dating back to 2006.
The academic fraud case spread throughout the entire Florida State athletic department. It caused two academic assistants, who gave improper assistance to student-athletes, to resign from the athletic department and 61 athletes representing ten different sports were involved. So, how exactly do the Seminoles get a slap on the wrist with only a few scholarships stripped from the 10 sports? What is really the meaning of the four year probation under the gutless watch of the NCAA?
In the not too distant past, the NCAA would impose the “death penalty”, stripping well over the two or three scholarships that Florida State got stripped of per year from multiple sports while simultaneously banning them from post-season play (i.e. the Alabama football squad in 2002). To quote fictional NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby, one of the great intellectuals of our time: “With all due respect, I didn’t realize you’d gotten experimental surgery to have your balls removed.”
Since Florida State cooperated with the NCAA during the investigation and imposed penalties upon themselves (they suspended 23 football players from the Music City Bowl in 2007), the NCAA was a little more lenient during its sentencing process. In the infractions report, the NCAA says, “Academic fraud is considered by the committee to be among the most egregious of NCAA infractions.” So, Florida State commits the equivalent of murder and gets a lesser penalty because they simply cooperated. Should the fact their football team suspended 23 players involved from one, fairly meaningless bowl game be enough to avoid harsher penalties?
It’s not entirely comparable to the violations levied against the Ohio State basketball program earlier in the decade because of the severity and wide range of the Florida State violations, but it’s similar in terms of self-sanctioned penalties. During Jim O’Brien’s reign as head coach, a booster for the Ohio State basketball program gave improper gifts to former player Boban Savovic. The university banned the team from post-season play in 2005 and reduced scholarships. In return for their cooperation, the NCAA gave the Buckeyes a minor penalty of three years probation and, now, essentially all is forgotten. It hardly had an effect on the 2007 Final Four run with über-recruits Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr.
Does integrity exist in college athletics, today? We expect the athletic department and those involved with athletics to uphold the academic integrity of the university. What happens when they don’t? A reasonable person would expect the NCAA to step in and fix this conundrum. Yet when it comes to the biggest money making athletic departments in the country, it seems they don’t.
The academic fraud case spread throughout the entire Florida State athletic department. It caused two academic assistants, who gave improper assistance to student-athletes, to resign from the athletic department and 61 athletes representing ten different sports were involved. So, how exactly do the Seminoles get a slap on the wrist with only a few scholarships stripped from the 10 sports? What is really the meaning of the four year probation under the gutless watch of the NCAA?
In the not too distant past, the NCAA would impose the “death penalty”, stripping well over the two or three scholarships that Florida State got stripped of per year from multiple sports while simultaneously banning them from post-season play (i.e. the Alabama football squad in 2002). To quote fictional NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby, one of the great intellectuals of our time: “With all due respect, I didn’t realize you’d gotten experimental surgery to have your balls removed.”
Since Florida State cooperated with the NCAA during the investigation and imposed penalties upon themselves (they suspended 23 football players from the Music City Bowl in 2007), the NCAA was a little more lenient during its sentencing process. In the infractions report, the NCAA says, “Academic fraud is considered by the committee to be among the most egregious of NCAA infractions.” So, Florida State commits the equivalent of murder and gets a lesser penalty because they simply cooperated. Should the fact their football team suspended 23 players involved from one, fairly meaningless bowl game be enough to avoid harsher penalties?
It’s not entirely comparable to the violations levied against the Ohio State basketball program earlier in the decade because of the severity and wide range of the Florida State violations, but it’s similar in terms of self-sanctioned penalties. During Jim O’Brien’s reign as head coach, a booster for the Ohio State basketball program gave improper gifts to former player Boban Savovic. The university banned the team from post-season play in 2005 and reduced scholarships. In return for their cooperation, the NCAA gave the Buckeyes a minor penalty of three years probation and, now, essentially all is forgotten. It hardly had an effect on the 2007 Final Four run with über-recruits Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr.
Does integrity exist in college athletics, today? We expect the athletic department and those involved with athletics to uphold the academic integrity of the university. What happens when they don’t? A reasonable person would expect the NCAA to step in and fix this conundrum. Yet when it comes to the biggest money making athletic departments in the country, it seems they don’t.
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