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Afternoon Notes: Tom Lemming, Injuries, & Big Ten Headlines
David ThurmanSep 22, 2010
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- Here at the TSB, we have never been huge fans of Tom Lemming or his recruiting bias. Not only has he been historically critical of the Buckeyes while continuing to show man love for Notre Dame, the guy is just plain arrogant. But our feelings aside, it was nice to see him actually throw some support the Buckeyes way as Braxton Miller found himself as the No. 1 quarterback on Lemming's list. Miller continues to bring praise from the recruiting gurus, and headline the 2011 class. With the one man show he has been putting on at Wayne HS, much like Denard at Michigan, it's not hard to understand the accolades. The only question is - can he remain healthy enough to live up to the hype?
- Tressel had his weekly press conference yesterday and gave some important updates, especially on the injury front. Here was the latest status from Tres:
"But at any rate, speaking of injury reports, we probably will lose Donnie Evege for a significant number of weeks. Travis Howard maybe for a week or so. Dorian Bell maybe a week, he and Travis would be the quickest back. We'll have Andrew Sweat back. Carlos Hyde is now pretty healthy and tonight we'll be able to see just where he might be able to help us out. Is there anyone else I'm missing that's been banged? Corey should be back. You know, Corey could have played last week, but we just thought it was at that danger moment where he was feeling pretty good and he had practiced, we call it the thud, it's not full, it's not getting all the torque, and we just thought it would be smart and Scott Sika does a good job so we felt he would be ready to go, so, yeah, Corey should be ready to go."
If you wondering about the status of Brutus, Tressel chimed in on that too...
"And I saw Brutus over at the Block O event last night and asked him if he was going to be ready for Saturday, and he's probable from an injury report standpoint."
- The depth chart has been released for Eastern Michigan this Saturday, but there are no real changes. The only thing to really take note of is that Andrew Sweat has returned to his SLB spot, and Travis Howard and Corey Brown are listed as the backups at each corner position. It is a little perplexing how Howard is still on the depth chart this week when Tressel claims he is out for at least a week, especially when he was so open about Dominic Clarke stepping up to help out there.
- Here at the TSB, we have never been huge fans of Tom Lemming or his recruiting bias. Not only has he been historically critical of the Buckeyes while continuing to show man love for Notre Dame, the guy is just plain arrogant. But our feelings aside, it was nice to see him actually throw some support the Buckeyes way as Braxton Miller found himself as the No. 1 quarterback on Lemming's list. Miller continues to bring praise from the recruiting gurus, and headline the 2011 class. With the one man show he has been putting on at Wayne HS, much like Denard at Michigan, it's not hard to understand the accolades. The only question is - can he remain healthy enough to live up to the hype?
- Tressel had his weekly press conference yesterday and gave some important updates, especially on the injury front. Here was the latest status from Tres:
"But at any rate, speaking of injury reports, we probably will lose Donnie Evege for a significant number of weeks. Travis Howard maybe for a week or so. Dorian Bell maybe a week, he and Travis would be the quickest back. We'll have Andrew Sweat back. Carlos Hyde is now pretty healthy and tonight we'll be able to see just where he might be able to help us out. Is there anyone else I'm missing that's been banged? Corey should be back. You know, Corey could have played last week, but we just thought it was at that danger moment where he was feeling pretty good and he had practiced, we call it the thud, it's not full, it's not getting all the torque, and we just thought it would be smart and Scott Sika does a good job so we felt he would be ready to go, so, yeah, Corey should be ready to go."
If you wondering about the status of Brutus, Tressel chimed in on that too...
"And I saw Brutus over at the Block O event last night and asked him if he was going to be ready for Saturday, and he's probable from an injury report standpoint."
- The depth chart has been released for Eastern Michigan this Saturday, but there are no real changes. The only thing to really take note of is that Andrew Sweat has returned to his SLB spot, and Travis Howard and Corey Brown are listed as the backups at each corner position. It is a little perplexing how Howard is still on the depth chart this week when Tressel claims he is out for at least a week, especially when he was so open about Dominic Clarke stepping up to help out there.
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- One last note from Tressel's press conference. When asked about how the running game has been going thus far, Tressel seemed far less worried than Buckeye fans.
"I think B. Saine and Boom have been very solid. I think Jordan is, I don't think what the situation is, if he's in the game he's fine. Jamaal Berry is coming along, he's getting some reps in practice and also has been fortunate enough to have some snaps in games. Carlos has been down a little bit with an ankle, which I think he's going to be very good, I was hoping he was going to make a difference for us, as I watched in the spring was the special teams, he was a good cover guy, a good blocker on some things and I hope he can get back to that, and then Rod Smith's been here a short time and been very impressive, so I think they've been fine.
"We've probably had a little bit better run/pass balance than maybe sometimes when the run got 75% or 85% of the reps, so if you're looking at pure numbers, we're probably, I don't know how many yards a game we're averaging, but there have been years we've ended the year with over 200...
- In case you care, Adam Rittenberg has ranked the player of the year candidates. Of course Denard comes in at No.1, followed by Pryor at No. 2. The rest of the list includes Dan Persa, Edwin Baker, John Clay, and Mikel LeShoure.
- Obviously Dantonio's health scare has caught all the attention in the press this week, helping a few other Big Ten stories to go under the radar. The first is that Iowa running back, Jewel Hampton, is done for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Hampton missed all of last season, and leaves the Hawkeyes with a very thin backfield. Thanks to injuries and unhappiness, they only guy left on the roster at RB is Adam Robinson. Iowa is coming off a big loss at Arizona, and will now have to try and rebound for the Big Ten season.
Also, Wisconsin's star linebacker Chris Borland will miss the remainder of the season because of recurring problems with his surgically repaired left shoulder. He was the 2009 Big Ten freshman of the year, and his absence will be felt by the Badgers. Their defense has been pretty sorry thus far in 2010, as demonstrated in their 20-19 win against Arizona State, and Badger fans should be nervous heading into Big Ten play. I'm not sure they are the team to challenge the Buckeyes for conferece supremacy.
"I think B. Saine and Boom have been very solid. I think Jordan is, I don't think what the situation is, if he's in the game he's fine. Jamaal Berry is coming along, he's getting some reps in practice and also has been fortunate enough to have some snaps in games. Carlos has been down a little bit with an ankle, which I think he's going to be very good, I was hoping he was going to make a difference for us, as I watched in the spring was the special teams, he was a good cover guy, a good blocker on some things and I hope he can get back to that, and then Rod Smith's been here a short time and been very impressive, so I think they've been fine.
"We've probably had a little bit better run/pass balance than maybe sometimes when the run got 75% or 85% of the reps, so if you're looking at pure numbers, we're probably, I don't know how many yards a game we're averaging, but there have been years we've ended the year with over 200...
- In case you care, Adam Rittenberg has ranked the player of the year candidates. Of course Denard comes in at No.1, followed by Pryor at No. 2. The rest of the list includes Dan Persa, Edwin Baker, John Clay, and Mikel LeShoure.
- Obviously Dantonio's health scare has caught all the attention in the press this week, helping a few other Big Ten stories to go under the radar. The first is that Iowa running back, Jewel Hampton, is done for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Hampton missed all of last season, and leaves the Hawkeyes with a very thin backfield. Thanks to injuries and unhappiness, they only guy left on the roster at RB is Adam Robinson. Iowa is coming off a big loss at Arizona, and will now have to try and rebound for the Big Ten season.
Also, Wisconsin's star linebacker Chris Borland will miss the remainder of the season because of recurring problems with his surgically repaired left shoulder. He was the 2009 Big Ten freshman of the year, and his absence will be felt by the Badgers. Their defense has been pretty sorry thus far in 2010, as demonstrated in their 20-19 win against Arizona State, and Badger fans should be nervous heading into Big Ten play. I'm not sure they are the team to challenge the Buckeyes for conferece supremacy.
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