Urban Meyer Introduces A New Tradition At Ohio State

At the Urban Meyer Student Town Hall Meeting held today in the Union, Urban unveiled what he hopes to be a new tradition to add to the many football traditions at Ohio State. 

"The staff calls them "quick cals" (quick calisthenics) which they use during warmups for practices (and games) to make sure the team and coaches are high energy and ready to go."

- via 11W's Forums

For home games starting this fall, after warming up, and before heading into the locker room for the final time before kickoff at home, the team will face the South Stands Student Section and together the players and the fans will do a set of "quick cals" to get the energy in the stadium and on the field up before kickoff. 

Here's some video so you too, can join in and learn the new quick cals. Think of it as a way to prepare yourself for the games in the 'Shoe. Meyer obviously has hope that this exercise can be an easy way of firing up the crowd to get the energy level very high. Home field advantage can help.

Carter and Wells gone.

The rumors are true ladies and gentlemen. Duron Carter is ineligible to play for the Buckeyes this year because of grades, and is withdrawing to go to Coffeyville Community College. If he gets good grades, and keeps his nose clean, he will ask to transfer to a Division I school, most likely Ohio State. Once there, he will have 3 more years. So it will be like he never left, almost. Carter has played 1 year and in that year he had caught 13 passes for 179 yards, with 1 TD.

On the flip side, OSU has confirmed DE Keith Wells is no longer with the program. It has been said he has been looking to transfer to another school. This has been confirmed by and email from OSU. Big ups to 11W to breaking the story.

Braxton Miller chooses Ohio State.

Video via Eleven Warriors.



Later that day, we got to ask some questions and listen to some answers from Bill at Scout.com, and here's some interesting stuff he said about Braxton Miller and so on.

• Braxton will enroll early
• Is making an impact on other recruits, as to coming to Ohio State.
• Cardale Jones will most likely head to West Virgina, and not get offered from OSU.
• Taylor Graham will most likely redshirt next season.
• 2012 commits won't have any QB's because of Miller.
• Jaamal Berry will be fine, and Tressel loves him, and will be very good and play a lot this year.
• It was always Ohio State for Braxton.
• Jaamal Berry will be third on depth chart - I said the same thing in the Spring Finals.
• Luke Fickell might take a MAC job and then come head coach OSU if he does good in the MAC.
• Braxton looks up to Terrelle, talks with/about him a lot.

We'll keep you up to date on anything else we pick up.

What to expect.

For the next week or so, ITS will be breaking down all the spots on offense and defense, telling you how they did this spring and who to expect where come fall. This includes our early predictions for the fall depth chart. It's been a busy weekend, but were making it up to you starting tommorow. As we wait for fall, this will ease the pain, if just a little. Of course, to get the rest of your fix, head over to Eleven Warriors, as they  are doing a tremendous job right now with the stats pouring in. I'm excited for this series, and we won't let you down. The Rivalry Esq. is on Wisconsin now for their Big Ten team of the week, and they will go over everything from spring, to the MVP of last season, even down to Rivalry day.

Won't be too long until we see this.

Lebron and the Cavs got destroyed physically and mentally in the third quarter to a point where they were down by almost 30. Eventually the comeback started, but it was too late, although the Cavs came within 8 at one point. Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo were key players, but my MVP of the night goes to Ray Allen. Boy, for being too old to play on a superstar level, he seemed like he couldn't miss from the 3 point line, as he made two awkward shots, as well as draining them from the perfect spot. The Cavs will have to now bounce back on the Celtics court, which is no small task. I look for them to take at least 1.

The Reds last night went into extra innings with the Mets, going to the bottom of the 11th, it was tied 2-2. Lance Nix then hit a walk-off homer to keep the Reds in the hunt of those Cards. Good pitching was key, and Kyle Masset provided.

Spring Football Notes.

The days are starting to become numbered for the 2010 Spring Game, and every Buckeye fan across the nation is holding their breath to see the talent start to unfold in front of their eyes.

Practice is beginning to become more competitive as players earn spots on the Spring depth chart, as they get ready for the big game on the 24th. The Buckeyes came out in full pads again, and were burning it at every angle, trying to get better. The reason I know for a fact, is because Dane Sanzenbacher himself told us.

The Great Dane, getting ready.

For Terrelle Pryor, there is no doubt in any-one's mind that all eyes are going to be on him this year. He started off the spring with surgery on his knee, but is back to almost 100%, looking good yesterday in the drills. Something that caught a lot of people's eyes (and the media's praise) was that he seemed to be throwing the ball hard, pretty effortlessly, and got it where it needed to be, even in double coverage.

I think Mike Adams has a lock down on the left tackle spot, but Heacock obviously wants to use, or try to use all his resources because Andy Miller was in his spot today with the first team. There is a fierce battle going on for the back-up center spot. I know, that's good news for us as a team, right? Brewster is the starter, and for right now, Mewhort is the immediate back-up. The fight is between him and Scott Sika. Eleven Warriors tells us that although Jack may have the spot for now, Sika is making his moves to try and get in there.

Jermil Martin ran some reps with the first team for the running backs, and did pretty well. Don't go thinking that he can win a job though, even if injuries are still affecting the team. My guess would be that Tressel (the older one) will move Martin to fullback competing alongside Zach Boren. It's not a bad idea, since Martin seems to have that body of a fullback.

Nate Oliver is also competing at the Star position, which we saw last week, and is still impressing the coaches. Jermale Hines mostly played the Star last season, but with his move to strong safety, Oliver and Moeller will be fighting for the spot.

Oliver (14) looking for that STAR spot.

Sabino is fighting off the underclassman as he hold down his spot at the SAM position, and something tells me he's starting to get the hang of this thing. Although I'm not a huge fan of his, I would like to see him do well.

The last spot is Receivers. If you want some real competition, excluding the running back spot, this is the place to be. Behind Posey and Sanz, there is a WW2 like scene taking place. Taurian Washington is doing his best to hold that 3 spot, but surprisingly, Grant Schwartz, is making some noise with the coaches, as even Darrell Hazel said that this will keep going through fall camp. Duron Carter was no where to be seen, although 11W did spot him shooting some hoops with his dad. If he wants to earn a spot at the third position, he's going to have to work harder than ever in his life to get that spot.

Finally, Tate Forcier, for Michigan, has suffered a "slightly" sprained ankle. Buckeye fans have to be happy with the Silly Goose. He's making RR's job so much harder than it needs to be. Although it's hard enough as it is, seeing as the NCAA has their magnifying glass pointed right at him. To put it simply, it's great to be a Buckeye.

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Recap: Ohio State vs. Michigan Big Ten Tournament

The game started off well, but I didn't get to see it because I was in class. The Buckeyes showed some heart when Michigan took the lead late in the game, 66-64. Then the Buckeyes managed to score and tie it up at 66. The Wolverines, led by a reDONKulous player in Manny Harris, who finished with 26 points and 6 rebounds. He ended up thinking that he had won the game when, with 10 seconds left, he drove down and shot the jumper for the lead with only 2.2 seconds remaining. He thumped his chest knowing he had almost single-handladly won the game for the Wolverines. The inbound pass went straight to Evan Turner, who proceeded to go over the half court line and shoot a deep three. What happend next will go down in history for Evan Turner. By the way, I love Thad Matta.

Turner went 1 for 8 in the second half, but you could certainly say he made up for it with that. Perhaps the worst part for Michigan was that they had started the season ranked at 15, and from then on, just crumpled, slowly, but surely. Now looking for some redemption, they took care of Iowa and almost up-handed Ohio State. David Lighty and William Buford each scored 15 points for Ohio State, making up for Turner's down play in the second half. Ohio State is now 14-1 in the past 15 games aganist the Big Ten, which is good for our running in the NCAA and Big Ten Tournament. Evan Turner obviously makes a huge diffrence to this team, and I would be shocked if he didn't win POY. Mark Titus had this to say about the crazy shot that the Villan took. Next up for Ohio State will be Illinois, who upset Wisconsin (Damn, there goes my perfect record already) to get to the semis. This doesn't spell good news for us, to me, it Illinois always seems like a dangerous bunch. We'll see what happens.

You can't defend this dude.

Video via 11W.

More thoughts on Maurice Clarrett.

Maurice Clarrett is filing for early release out of prison. You all know the reason he was in there, so I won't go over the ugly details. My thoughts are to let him go, as he should have learned his lesson by now, seeing as he will most likely never see the NFL again, although he doesn't seem to think that. I would go ahead and tell you to join the "Free Maurice Clarrett" campaign on Twitter, or, if you still are a Clarrett fan, head on over to the 11W shop for the Free Maurice Clarrett shirt. I do believe he was, or at least could have been, as good as Archie Griffen. He was sure to win the Heisman his sophomore year, if he would have played. No telling where he would have stopped during his junior year. (Obviously if he didn't want to stay for his sophomore yeare, why would he stay for his senior?) Even when he did try to leave, if he was so intent on becoming an NFLer why did he mess around? 

Signing Day Predictions

Who will be the Next Ohio State Buckeye?

One day until National Signing day, and I think it's going to be a good one. We Buckeye fans should be excited, as well as hopeful. Matt James and Seantrel Henderson is whom we have focused on here, but there are plenty other great recruits that are looking to become Buckeyes as well. Inside The Shoe will recap the days events, and also tell you who we got, as well as who got away from us. Below shows my predictions of who the Buckeyes will end up with out of the 2 biggest names. No homerisim involved. I do wish you all Happy Signing Day Eve.

Seantrel Henderson

You've heard about him frequently, as well as seen some video on here and youtube. You've heard he's the next Orlando Pace. You've heard he will start as a true freshman wherever he ends up. What you haven't heard is where he WILL end up. It seems, in most experts eyes, that it is down to three, but Henderson pleads it's all 6. I say it's four. The 3 are unanimous. Ohio State, USC, and Notre Dame. Most people forget to mention the fact that he WAITED for the Miami Hurricanes to send him an offer. That's why there is four. If he was waiting for Miami to send him an offer, I would think that would be in my top 3. So, with Notre Dame and USC going under coaching changes, who has the edge? Ohio State? What happens if the coaching changes doesn't really effect Henderson? Oh, wait. That already happend. It seems to me it's going to come right down to the last hour for him to decide. Then again mabye he already has, but I'm here to tell you where I think he did already.

My Pick: USC

Matt James

Matt James has received much less hype than Seantrel, but has still received some love from tBBC, and 11W. We recently started posting about him, so theres not to much to tell. He is an amazing talent, who could start his sopohmore year, and is a great pass blocker.

My Pick: Ohio State

Check back here tommorow for more news, and of course, the recap.

Go Bucks!

Number 18.

Christain Bryant has declared that at 3 PM today, he will announce it in his school. Bryant, a defensive back from Glenville, narrowed down to two schools, UNC and Ohio State. He will most likely be taking over the safety spot, fighting for the spot with tough shoes to fill (Coleman) or not so tough (Russell). Bryant makes the 3rd defensive back to sign, unless you count Verlon Reed, who is supposed to switch to saftey as well. This was a nice little addition, and it keeps the pipeline to Glenville open as well. After all, you never know when you'll get the next Ted Ginn Jr.. Or Ray Small (Sorry, had to.) Hopefully the pipeline will open up a little more for other recruits looking at Ohio State.

Source: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2010/01/bryant-is-a-buckeye.html