I’m bored. Here’s some facts about the Tressel era
April 16, 2009 by feed · Leave a Comment
While I’m doing some finishing work on the new site (like that fancy new logo, do ya?), I’m taking a little break to post.
Let’s be honest. This Saturday is a warm-up game. We’re fine-tuning what we can in expectation of an easy win over Youngstown State. How many different ways can you [...]
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MGLF: Ohio State to Host Four In-State Foes in Quad Meet Saturday
April 3, 2009 by feed · Leave a Comment
Cleveland State, Dayton and Youngstown State join Buckeyes for 36-hole event at Scarlet Course
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Valparaiso Beats Youngstown State 67-59
March 1, 2009 by feed · Leave a Comment
Howard Little scored 13 points to lead five Crusaders in double figures and Valparaiso used a second-half spurt to beat Youngstown State 67-59 Saturday night in the Horizon League.
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Buckeyes in the News
February 12, 2009 by feed · Leave a Comment
Members of the Buckeyes rowing team volunteer at Habitat and Humanity among other organizations. For more information….Click here!
Natalie Spooner, a freshman forward on the Ohio State women’s hockey team, earned the WCHA’s Rookie of the Week award. It is the fourth Rookie of the Week honor for Spooner with the Buckeyes earning seven player of the week awards overall this season. For more info!
The Big Ten Network announced it will televise seven 2009 Big Ten Conference championships during a five-week span from March 1 through April 4. The championships schedule includes men’s and women’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s indoor track and field and wrestling. For more info.. CLick here!
Mike Pires, a sophomore midfielder on the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team, has been named the Great Western Lacrosse League Player of the Week. Click here for more!
Former Youngstown State Football Coach Jim Tressel was honored as the 2009 Penguin of the Year at the Penguin Club’s 19th Annual Scholarship Ring Banquet on Sunday evening at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman. Click for more!
Bryan Koniecko, a member of the No. 1-ranked Ohio State men’s tennis team, was named Big Ten Player of the Week. Click for more!
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Youngstown State Downs Ill.-Chicago 68-60
February 8, 2009 by feed · Leave a Comment
Tom Parks hit five 3-pointers to score 15 points and lead Youngstown State to a 68-60 victory over Illinois-Chicago on Saturday.
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Youngstown Beats Loyola Of Chicago 60-49
February 6, 2009 by feed · Leave a Comment
Kelvin Bright had 16 points as Youngstown State outscored Loyola of Chicago for a 60-49 Horizon League victory Thursday.
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Youngstown St. Beats Cleveland St. 64-60
January 24, 2009 by feed · Leave a Comment
Jack Liles scored 18 points and made three free throws in the final minute Friday night, helping Youngstown State hold on for a 64-60 victory over Cleveland State.
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Wis.-Green Bay Cruises Over Youngstown St.
January 18, 2009 by feed · Leave a Comment
Five Wisconsin-Green Bay players scored in double figures and Youngstown State’s offense shot only 33 percent as the Phoenix won 78-61 on Saturday night
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Unfinished business could keep Wells at OSU
January 1, 2009 by feed · Leave a Comment
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Ohio State running back Chris “Beanie” Wells is the healthiest he’s been all season heading into the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
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“I’m actually able to wear regular shoes now,” said Wells, referring to the right big toe injury he suffered in the season opener against Youngstown State. “It feels amazing running around in a lot lighter shoe.”
By all accounts, Wells could spend next season endorsing his own shoe as an NFL running back. The 6-foot-1, 237-pound junior is a surefire first-round draft pick, possibly the first running back selected, should he choose to forgo his senior season at Ohio State.
According to Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel, Wells doesn’t have much of a decision to make. Tressel said Wells likely would be a top-5 pick.
“If it were me [deciding], it wouldn’t be tough,” Tressel said last month.
Despite the overwhelming evidence suggesting Wells will turn pro, the back didn’t sound convinced Thursday morning. In fact, he seemed to leave the door quite open for a return to Columbus.
“I personally feel like I haven’t done enough at Ohio State,” Wells said, “the things that I wanted to accomplish here to move on to the next level. … I told [running backs coach Dick] Tressel when I first got here I wanted to be the best to ever come through Ohio State. I’ve said that in the past in the media before.
“I definitely feel I haven’t accomplished that yet.”
Ohio State’s Wells, 6 teammates pondering NFL
December 16, 2008 by feed · Leave a Comment
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Standout tailback Chris “Beanie” Wells has a tough decision to make.
If his coach were making the call on whether he should stick around for his senior season at Ohio State or jump to the NFL a year early, Wells would take the money and run.
“If it were me, it wouldn’t be tough,” coach Jim Tressel said of Wells’ impending decision. “In my opinion, he ought to be one of the first five guys picked.”
Wells wasn’t available for the Buckeyes’ Fiesta Bowl media day on Tuesday. There were reports that he drove a brother — he has 10 siblings — to the doctor’s office.
Tressel confirmed that Wells is contemplating whether to come back for one more season at Ohio State. The coach said Tuesday that he told Wells to not even bother filling out the evaluation forms for the NFL, since the league knows what it will be getting based on the 2,700 yards Wells has gained the past two seasons with the Buckeyes.
Wells, who has 1,091 yards and eight touchdowns in 7 1/2 games this season, is one of seven Ohio State juniors who are considering making the early jump into the NFL draft. The other six have all filed requests with the NFL to check where they might be taken in the draft.
The others are wide receiver Brian Hartline, defensive backs Kurt Coleman, Anderson Russell and Donald Washington, tight end Jake Ballard and offensive lineman Jim Cordle.
“There’s a curiosity,” Coleman said. “I feel like I’ve been along with such great people that they helped me raise my game to the next level. I just want to see what the next level thinks about me.”
A year ago, 13 Buckeyes sent paperwork to the NFL requesting an assessment of the player’s draft prospects. All 13 stayed except for defensive lineman Vernon Gholston, who was taken in the first round by the New York Jets.
Cornerback Malcolm Jenkins, one of the returning players, said the easiest decision is to come back and play another year with your friends. But he conceded that finances and health could change things for Wells and the rest.
“If this was a pressure-free world and no one was pushing millions in his (Wells’) face, then it would be a no-brainer for him to stay here,” he said. “Unfortunately, it’s not that easy.”
For his part, Russell said he was in no hurry to make up his mind.
“I talked with my parents about it,” he said. “They just told me they were going to support me no matter what happens, but I haven’t thought about it at all.”
Both players professed that they were focused only on the Fiesta Bowl game against Texas on Jan. 5 in Glendale, Ariz. Yet in the wake of lopsided losses in Bowl Championship Series title games the last two years, several players later said that Ohio State’s juniors each year were distracted by the impending decision and that it hurt the Buckeyes on the field.
Wells has been asked several times this season about whether he intends to return for his senior season, and each time he has said he hasn’t given it much thought.
He injured a foot in the Buckeyes’ opener against Youngstown State and then missed the second half of that game and the next three games.
Wearing a special, heavier shoe for added reinforcement, he has come back to average 123 yards per game while scoring a total of eight touchdowns. As a sophomore, he rushed for 1,609 yards and 15 scores.
Tressel said Wells is about 85 percent healthy now and hopes to be 100 percent by the bowl game.
Wells did have to deal with one minor problem on Monday as the Buckeyes got into their first full week of bowl preparation. He and starting fullback Brandon Smith apparently did not have clearance from Ohio State for their appearance on “Fox & Friends.”
“I guess we didn’t properly fill out some paperwork or such, didn’t talk to the right people,” said Smith.
The players appeared on the program to talk about the religious-themed bracelets the Buckeyes wear.
As a penalty, Smith and Wells faced team sanctions that included running throughout a lengthy workout on Monday.
“It was a lot. It was a whole practice worth,” Smith said with a grin. “We got a lot of sympathy from our teammates.”
And from their coach. Tressel added, “Beanie looked a little sore this morning in practice.”