Ohio State Ranked 6th in College WR Schools

Yesterday I posted about a story highlighting the top RB schools of all time.  Today Pete & Richard followed up that article with the top WR schools of all time which include 6 Big Ten schools out of 20 with 4 of those being in the top 10.  Michigan ranks #1 according to them with the Buckeyes coming in at #6.  Here’s the excerpt regarding the Buckeyes:

There was a time when Ohio State was a pure power running program with Woody Hayes more likely to wear maize and blue than to throw a forward pass. That was a long time ago. Ohio State has cranked out some of the best receivers in college football over the past 30 years with top pro prospects, All-Americans, and a Biletnikoff winner in Terry Glenn. It’s not like the Buckeyes have had a who’s who of all-star quarterbacks until recently; the receivers have simply been that good. How good is this group? Ted Ginn, Santonio Holmes, Michael Jenkins, and Chris Gamble aren’t in the top five.

Ohio State’s fab five …

1. Cris Carter – Carter showed off the hands that would make him an all-time NFL great making highlight reel grabs the norm. He caught 164 passes for 2,725 yards and 27 touchdowns and set a then-Rose Bowl record in 1985 with nine catches for 172 yards and was an All-American in 1986.
2. David Boston – Boston left school after rewriting most of the Buckeye record book catching 191 passes for 2,855 yards and 35 touchdowns highlighted by the game-winning touchdown catch in 1997 Rose Bowl over Arizona State. He was unstoppable even when he was the focus of everyone’s defensive scheme.
3. Terry Glenn – Glenn caught 15 passes for 266 yards and no touchdowns in his first two years in Columbus. And then he blew up with a Biletnikoff Award-winning 1995 season catching 64 passes for 1,411 yards and 17 touchdowns averaging 22.1 yards per grab.
4. Joey Galloway – An All-Big Ten performer on the field and in the classroom in 1993, Galloway used his otherworldly speed to be one of the premier deep threats in college football. He caught 64 career passes for 1,225 yards and 19 touchdowns.
5. Doug Donley – The team’s leading receiver from 1978 through 1980, Donley was a deep receiver averaging 21.2 yards per catch to finish his career on top of the OSU receiving charts with 2,252 yards on 106 catches with 16 touchdowns. Santonio Holmes could be here, but Donley did more in an offense that didn’t throw.

Check out their in-depth top 20 over at Scout.com

2009 Ohio State Pro Day Results Better Than NFL Combine

2009 Ohio State Pro Day Results Better Than NFL Combine

With 60 scouts from 29 NFL teams watching, Chris Beanie Wells and Malcolm Jenkins ran better times at the Woody Hayes Facility than at the NFL Combine weeks earlier with Marcus Freeman putting in another stellar performance. Their improved times may reassure teams that the two are worth the high draft rankings they have received in the past.

Film: Ohio State’s James Laurinaitis Prepares for 2009 Pro Day on Campus

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WSOCC: Woody Hayes A.C. Back-Up Site for Friday Match

If inclement weather hits Columbus Friday as is being predicted, the Ohio State women's soccer match against a Canadian Olympic Development team will be moved indoors to the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
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OSU Fans Have A Chance To Take Part In Spring Practice

On Saturday, April 4th, Eric Lichter, director of football performance for the Ohio State Buckeyes, takes time during his busy spring practice schedule to offer the public some of the same training advice he gives his players.

In addition to instruction on topics like Maximizing Training with Limited Resources, Basic Biomechanics in the Weight Room, and Speed Development, participants will have a chance to observe the Buckeyes in action during their first day of full contact practice.

Other clinic instructors include Coach Lichter’s assistant performance coaches and Ethan Reeve, head strength and conditioning coach at Wake Forest University.

 The Clinic takes place at the Les Wexner Football Complex at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, and runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rates are for college students holding a valid student I.D., for individuals, and 5 for groups.

Onsite registration for the program begins at 9:30 am, followed by observation of spring football practice. Lecture series begins at 11 am. Lunch is provided by the American Dairy Association Mideast. 

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FB Photo Album: Take a Peek Inside Ohio State Pro Day

View images from inside Pro Day at the Woody Hayes Athletics Center March 13
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Military trip has special connection for Tressel

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
Jim Tressel grew up watching Bob Hope's USO shows and remembers Woody Hayes visiting troops in Vietnam.
But possibly the biggest reason why Tressel accepted an invitation to visit troops in the Middle East late this spring hits a little closer to home. The Ohio State head coach will join colleagues Mack Brown, Rick Neuheisel, Houston Nutt and…
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Bucks at the NFL Combine

Everyday for the past six weeks, eight Ohio State buckeyes have been training at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center for the most important day of physical testing in their lives. At the NFL combine, contracts, millions of dollars and draft position come down to reps, inches and tenths of seconds.

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Dalgarno’s Goal in OT Leads to Buckeye Victory Over Bucknell

Courtesy:  OhioStateBuckeyes.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Senior captain Joel Dalgarno scored in overtime to lift the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team to a 10-9 victory over Bucknell in a back-and-forth game Saturday in Woody Hayes Athletic Center. Bucknell had rallied to tie the game with 40 seconds remaining but Dalgarno’s third goal of the game gave the Buckeyes the win.

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Ohio State vs. Texas: The Fiesta Bowl Preview

So, the big game is almost here. If you ask most people, they’ll tell you they shouldn’t even bother playing this one. Just give the victory to Texas and spare the Buckeyes another embarassment. The game is still going to be played, though, and a Buckeye victory wouldn’t be the strangest thing to happen in college football. In fact, it would be the continuation of a trend. The last time the Buckeyes were expected to get crushed in a Fiesta Bowl, things went well. So let’s take a look at this year’s version of the game.

Ohio State Defense vs. Texas Offense
What does Texas do well? Um, everything? 35th in rushing offense, 10th in passing offense, 2nd in pass efficiency, 9th in total offense, 4th in scoring offense. You can point out that these numbers came against the defense-deficient Big 12, but still, that’s pretty good. Colt McCoy is the leading rusher at just 48 yards per game, but the ground game as a whole gets the job done. They don’t exactly have to carry a lot of weight with the Texas passing game. They get a shade under 300 yards a game through the air, and McCoy doesn’t make many mistakes, throwing for 32 touchdowns against just 7 interceptions. Slot receiver extraordinaire Jordan Shipley is the leading target at 81.83 yards per game, but Quan Cosby is just behind him at at 79.33 yards per game.

How can the Buckeyes stop the Longhorns? That’s the big question, isn’t it? Nobody’s really stopped this offense. A start would be pressuring McCoy. The Longhorns do only an average job of protecting McCoy, giving up 1.83 sacks per game, 57th in the country. You might think that’s because they pass so much, but they’ve only attempted 389 passes, well behind the Texas Techs (662 attempts) and Houstons (610) of the world.

They also need to stop the run. That doesn’t seem to fit with the image of Texas having a high-powered aerial attack, but Texas has rushed 479 times and passed 389 times this season. Some of that’s certainly because Texas has played with a lead so much this season, but I think it also represents that they don’t neglect the  ground game. Woody Hayes used to focus on stopping the best part of an opponent’s offense, saying “make them beat us left-handed.” I don’t think you can stop Texas’s passing game entirely, so this is more a case of “don’t let them beat us with both hands.”

One thing the Buckeyes can do that few other teams can is cover Jordan Shipley with a quality corner. Donald Washington would be a starter were it not for his season-starting suspension, and if the coaches are smart, they’ll put him on Shipley, not Jermale Hines or (please please please not) Anderson Russell. Washington is good enough to contain, if not stop, Shipley. Slowing down one of Texas’s primary weapons would go a long way toward stopping their offense.

Ohio State Offense vs. Texas Defense
What does Texas do well? Stop the run. They’re second in the country in rush defense, giving up 73.58 yards per game. Big 12 teams love to pass, true, but that’s impressive. Texas also does a great job getting to the quarterback. They get 3.67 sacks per game, tops in the country. Since the Bucks are 82nd in the country in sacks allowed, that’s cause for concern.

How can the Buckeyes attack the Texas defense? Well, they’re certainly going to test that rush defense. This Texas defense hasn’t seen a running back like Beanie. It’s not inconcievable to think that the Buckeyes can succeed where others have failed against this defense and move the ball on this defense.

But it also looks like this defense can be had through the air. They’re 108th in pass defense, giving up 266.33 yards per game. They’re also 60th in pass efficiency defense. Two factors mitigate that: opponents are usually passing to try and catch up, and they play in the Big 12, where everyone throws a lot. Still, those aren’t good numbers. We won’t see the Buckeyes slinging the ball all over the field, but it’s likely that they’ll try to catch what looks to be a vulnerable secondary in a mistake from time to time (the rumored plan of having Boeckman and Pryor on the field at the same time may be part of that). The important thing will be to get the ball out of Pryor’s hands quickly. Texas DE Brian Orakpo, as the sack numbers above indicate, is not just a product of hype, and against OSU’s rather lackluster o-line, could have a field day. On the other hand, Pryor’s mobility could help slow down the Texas pass rush.

Prediction? Pain. Always, pain. Dunno for who, but for someone. Hopefully not us.

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Brown, Tressel coach in shadows of legends

Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — They are polar opposites in public and represent two very different regions of the country, but Texas’ Mack Brown and Ohio State’s Jim Tressel have forged a common bond the last few seasons. 

Both men oversee big-time programs with big-time fan bases and big-time expectations. Both recruit at an extremely high level. And both coach in the shadow of legends, Texas’ Darrell K. Royal and Ohio State’s Woody Hayes. 

Despite two impressive head-coaching résumés, both of which include national championships, Brown and Tressel, whose teams meet Monday in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, recognize they’ll likely never measure up to icons like Royal and Hayes. 

“These are two men that he and I idolized growing up,” Brown said. “It’s not like we’re sitting around thinking, ‘I’m going to be Darrell Royal.’ Even [Royal] said one day, ‘I hope you break all my records.’

“I said, ‘Coach, I’m not going to be alive long enough to break all your records, so don’t worry about it.’”

Brown is 114-26 in 11 seasons at Texas, a winning percentage of .814, while Tressel boasts an 83-18 mark at Ohio State (.822). Two outstanding records for sure, but not quite at the level of Royal and Hayes, who combined to win eight national championships. 

“We both believe that the game is bigger than us,” Tressel said of himself and Brown. “We both believe that the schools we’re at filled the stands long before we came and we’ll never be the Woody Hayeses of the place, but we are the people that have the responsibility to try and maintain that type of excellence.”

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