Time to get these guys ready.
The Buckeye's spring practice was open to the media again yesterday, and we learned quite a bit from it. This time around, some players were back, but still no word on Duron Carter. He continues to be out of practice and in the dog house. Something that really showed the coaches wanting Tyler Moeller to get better came on a play where he was doing great, and showing he still had great reflexes as he picked off a pass and was getting set to run it all the way back, when the quick whistle from Tressel blew. I don't think this was the wrong thing to do, but I would have liked to seen him run a little bit. Moeller will still be out of full drills until fall because of the recent head injury he experienced in Florida last summer.
On a recruiting standpoint, the practice was a good one as Braxton Miller, the sensational quarterback from Huber Heights, was on hand to witness the Scarlet and Gray practice. Miller is on the short list of QB's being recruited by the "big" schools such as Florida, Alabama, USC, Michigan, and Notre Dame.
For the offensive line, Mike Adams is playing more like he was meant to when he first came to Ohio State, by playing fiercely on the field. He frustrated Cameron Heyward, which is pretty hard to do, seeing as he is our best defensive linemen as of right now. Justin Boren is raising eyebrows, as he should, being the senior and participating in this years "Hoot and Holler" which has a defensive player and offensive player go head to head and whoever pushes who back, wins. John Simon was his opponent, and he is supposed to be a heck of a player. Obviously, it's starting to become true as they both ended up making a stalemate of it, and there was no clear cut winner.
Donnie Everge strutting his stuff.
Chimdi Chekwa was reported injured in one of our spring notes, and he is still nursing the injury, and Donnie Everge was with the first team yesterday, making some noise and having huge plays, which included a pick 6 on Terrelle Pryor.
Finally, Drew Basil, a freshman is trying to take over the starting kicking spot, as he has a rumored monster leg, and he will battle Devin Barclay for the job. Yesterday, the 2nd team went out, and Basil nailed a 52 yard field goal. Sounds to me he's got a Mike Nugent leg on him. Barclay continue to work with the 1 team for now, but he's got to be feeling the pressure.
One last thing. Evan Turner appeared on Jimmy Kimmel last night, and got called the Villian. It was pretty funny, so here you go.
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