Today is a big day for all Buckeye fans. For an investigation that started in 2006, the USC confrence starts today, and we will get see if they are guilty, or not innocent. The most recent USC "hmm's" are landing Seantrel Henderson right after Pete Carroll leaving USC and Lane Kiffin coming up in a Limo everywhere. Before that, just two months ago, running back Joe McKnight was caught driving a Land Rover provided by an LA businessman…and then, what the NCAA is looking at now, is Reggie Bush's treatment, (treated like a god, apparently), and OJ Mayo’s matriculation to LA broke in 2008 and the Trojan basketball program announced self-imposed penalties that included a postseason ban, forfeiting wins, the loss of scholarships and coach Tim Floyd leaving the program. If USC does somehow get away with all this, it will be, as i like to say, reDONKulous.
In more Buckeye news, Jim Tressel and his staff are already starting to recruit for next season, and the season after that. In fact, just yesterday, Quarterback coach Nick Sillicano found a 5 foot 3 kindergarden kid who can throw about 200 yards with a perfect spiral. It was to late, though, the kid, named Luke Sands, has already commited to Florida because Urban Meyer heard that Lane Kiffin got a 13 year old to commit, so he pulled the "I had a dream" speech with his parents. No, all kidding aside, The Buckeyes got early verbals from 2011 recruits Ken Hayes and Steve Miller and some people think that quarterback Braxton Miller may be a Buckeye come spring. This is huge, and there are plenty more recruits commiting to Ohio State quickly. The 2011 class is really looking a lot better than this class has looked.
Finally, you may have already seen this in our "Inside The Shoe News" but Miami quarterback Jacory Harris is out for the whole spring, including the spring game, due to surgery on his throwing thumb. Rustiness will only follow Harris into the big game, we hope, and highly touted running back Graig Cooper is most likely not going to see the playing field all season, let alone the Buckeye game. This is some more of the injures coming from the camp: Kicker/punter Matt Bosher, seen recently wearing a sling; linebacker Ramon Buchanan (shoulder); running back Cooper (knee); guard Joel Figueroa (upper extremity); linebacker Jordan Futch (knee); defensive lineman Levi Paalua (upper extremity), running back Lee Chambers (lower extremity). UM listed defensive tackle Marcus Forston (upper extremity), defensive back Ryan Hill (upper extremity) and safety JoJo Nicolas (upper extremity) as limited. Most of these players were projected starters, so even more good news for the Buckeyes. It seems like a good day to be one. Oh, and go on over to tBBC to wish congrats to Jeff, Eric, Jim, and Mali for getting linked by ESPN. We here at ITS can only hope to follow in their footsteps. Great job guys.
P.S. If you all didn't notice the great post by Lee, head on over there to read the recap of the game last night.
