The Ohio State Buckeyes have suspended senior running back Carlos Hyde after he was named as a person of interest in a recent assault against a woman at bar in Columbus, according to USA Today‘s Paul Myerberg on Monday.
Hyde’s future remains up in the air. For now, though, his absence from the team has resulted in the derailment of Ohio State’s vaunted ground attack, which racked up more than 240 yards per game a season ago, ranking 10th in the nation.
Sure, dual-threat quarterback and leading rusher Braxton Miller will be back under center in 2013. But there’s a good chance that one of the best running backs in all of college football will be absent from the Buckeyes backfield when the season kicks off this coming fall.
Hyde, who rushed for 970 yards and scored 17 total touchdowns as a junior last season, has improved each season since his freshman year in 2010, averaging well over five yards per carry and proving to be an excellent red-zone and short-yardage option.
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Wow! People are so quick to announce the downfall of OSU when their “stable” of RBs is as deep and exciting as any in the country. And there are always pleasant surprises with Urban Meyer! He does what very few coaches can. He has coached teams that were expected to go nowhere and taken them to national championships. Please! Write realistically. “Derailment”?? Very provocative, but doesn’t make sense. And now it looks like all the doom and gloom may be a moot point anyway with the video evidence saying the opposite. maybe Carlos Hyde is a better person than he is made out to be by the media. Journalists sensationalize and rush to judgment just a little too quickly, don’t they? Slow down those horses!! Can’t wait for the “derailed train” to smash through some Big 10 teams this fall.
Go Buckeyes!! From Hong Kong, Paul Fremont