11W Mix Tape: Mixed Bag Edition
Buckeyes Dominate Pre-Season teams
The great Phil Steele releases his All American team today and five Buckeyes should be on his first team. It should come as no surprise that Beanie Wells, Malcolm Jenkins and Lil’ Animal are on the team, but Alex Boone and Marcus Freeman also made the cut.
In his All-Big Ten teams, 18 of the Buckeyes starters are on his list, including 10 on defense. While I agree with most of his picks, I have a hard time believing that Jim Cordle will be a 4th team selection, while Cameron Heyward and Lawrence Wilson will be 3rd teamers. Is there any selection that jumps out at you as a potential mistake?
O-Faced Hunter makes first team at Orlando Pre-Draft Camp
In his blog, Bob Baptist of the Dispatch alerts us of the outstanding week Othello Hunter had in Orlando. Draftexpress selected him to their first team and are predicting him as a late second round selection in the upcoming NBA draft.
Hunter was able to display his mid-range jumper and vertical leap a bit more at this camp. With only six years of playing experience under his belt, his upside is unlimited and should be worth that late pick, we all know the NBA loves potential and I will not be surprised to see his named called June 27th.
After being named MVP of the Portsmouth Tournament last month, Jamar Butler was unable to participate in Orlando due to a hamstring injury.
Thad scoring another transfer?
Babtist also gives us the scoop on Wesley Johnson, a 6′7″ forward from Texas, who was released from his scholarship at Iowa State this week and has OSU on his list of potential schools. While the ISU coach suspected a bit of tampering from some other coaches before he released Johnson, he failed to realize what a dump Ames, Iowa is and the lack of hot co-eds that reside there.
Johnson could really help out Thad’s front court in 2009, bringing some experience and scoring punch. He averaged 12.3 points and 6.1 boards over his first two seasons in Ames and with no incoming recruits thus far for the 2009 season, Wesley could add that much needed depth.
Say it ain’t so Pete
It has been a while since any current Buckeye footballers have been in any type of legal trouble, so Pete Johnson thought he would step up to the plate.
Apparently, Pete wrote a bad check for a $13,000 pickup truck back in December at an auto auction and was found guilty of that crime on Monday. According to court reports, Big Pete has since paid off the debt, but he could face up to a year in prison and a $2,500 fine when sentenced in July.
I’m hoping Pete comes through without having to face any jail time, because when I read this quote from him earlier this week, he quickly became one of my all time favorites.
I guess I should defend Pete Johnson since he’s only one of two Buckeye players who my dad would ooh and aww about (though we lived in Los Angeles and my dad never forced the Buckeyes on me). Even to this day he’s my favourite Buckeye when all things considered.
With that out of the way: This really is a misunderstanding. Pete may have been guilty of writing a bad check, but there was no intent here to defraud. That’s been clear from the beginning. He later paid the full amount for the truck, for crying out loud. I’d hate to see him get a severe penalty for one bad check when he later paid for everything in full.
It is a pretty weird case. Dont make me print up the FREE PETE JOHNSON shirts. Hey, it worked for James Brown.
Amazing that all 4 of Steele’s 1st team linebackers will be on one field on 9/13.
Good point Boeckman, I’ll take it a step further and point out that 7 of his 12 first teamers will be on the field 9/13. USC has only one player mentioned for offense.
Is anyone else pleasantly surprised Steve Rehring is getting mentioned for 3rd team honors?
The only reason Rehring’s on that list is because he is an upperclassman on a team projected to be good….He’s a mediocre lineman in my eyes.
If Cartman gets down to the proper playing weight, he’s not a bad offensive lineman. In fact, he’s quite good. He’s not Steve Hutchinson, but him and Boone on the left side should have no problem opening holes big enough to get a madman named Beanie plowing into the secondary.
For what it’s worth, I’d put him on 3rd or 4th team all-American when he’s healthy.
Jimmy Cordle is wayyyyyyy under appreciated. It is not real “sexy” to be known as “Center U,” but looking at the recent lineage; Bentley, Stepanovich, Mangold, Datish, and now Cordle, it’s pretty impressive.
The only knock on Cordle is he looks like he’s about 14. Great player, and from what limited I hear, even better teammate.
One game does not a career make, but I guess nobody saw Rehring’s performance against LSU
Rehring was out of shape and has been consistently so since his sophomore year. He’s an underperformer, in my opinion. If he isn’t under 320 Opening Day I’ll probably not watch the USC, Wisconsin and Illinois games. Throw in the bowl game too. I’ve seen that show before.
Shit, I meant Cartman. I don’t know who this Rehring you’re referring to is. He must be quite “rare’.
I used to enjoy Pete Johnson’s presence in our little cigar smoking circle we had in the early to late 90s. The group broke up when several of us moved out of Columbus for a time. Pete had a remarkably good palate, and some terrific stories. I’m sorry to hear of his troubles, but I doubt any judge in Ohio – any judge running for reelection, anyway – will screw with a guy who’s always been above-board.
As for Jim Cordle being a great center – wow. Great teammate? I hear and see the same thing. Judged solely as a center last year? Wow.
L Wilson on the 4th team big ten? I think he’ll have a break out year and be the force we were missing on d line last year.
fwiw, Duron Carter (Cris Carter’s son) is supposedly about to become a Buckeye. http://forums.bucknuts.com/showthread.php?t=24356
the source is reliable and coincides with what else I’ve read about how Duron really turned on to the Buckeyes after the Spring Game. Nothing is official in recruiting until the ink is dry on the LOI, but this would be awesome. Gotta love Buckeye legacies creating their own legacies at Ohio State.
BTW WTF happened to David Boston? I thought he would’ve been an all time great in the NFL????
Well, aside from being a roided-out freak nowadays, he’s gotten into some legal trouble. Beat his wife or something similarly ridiculous. Glad he doesn’t have a job after hearing that.
And he’s a new Argo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boston
Hey Joe Bauserman,
How are you doing in practice?
Just curious,
Poe
“Hey Joe Bauserman,
How are you doing in practice?”
Well, we’re not practicing right now, per se, but we’re able to sneak away from time-to-time and work on seven-on-sevens, empty patterns and the like. I enjoy this time of year. There’s not much opportunity for hunting, but my golden locks get a little bleached out in the sun, so I come into the WHAC looking even more like The Golden Boy.
Be sure to watch for me in later this Summer. I’m hoping to scare up a hot tub commercial.
Thanks! Hope to see you this fall!
By the way….
I’m in Charleston, South Carolina on business for a couple of weeks. I walked around downtown in the blazing heat today. I had an OSU shirt on (the shirt that reads “Choke – the official drink of m*ch*g*n football”), when some moron from across the street yells out “Buckeyes suck!” I look over, and it’s a knuckle-dragging, drooling you-know-who fan.
I no more than got ready to shout something back, when someone in front of me, who I hadn’t noticed before, turns around, wearing an OSU shirt, and yells out “O-H!” I got ready to yell back, but “I-O!” came from ten directions at once, and went on for a good minute or so. More and more people joined in, and it was loud, folks.
So, BuckeyeLand is alive and well in SEC country. Our knuckle-dragging friend didn’t have anything to say. :)
GO BUCKS!!!
Yeah. I live upstate in Myrtle Beach. The wife and I moved here two years ago. You get that a LOT, especially from SEC fans down here… But SC (and here in MB in particular) are HUGE for Ohio people on vacation. It’s pretty much year round somehow. But all I know is that I live that OSU commerical every day. You yell out “O-H!” and you know that you’ll get an “I-O!!” back from somewhere.
Cary, NC is also a hotbed of Buckeye Love. We spend a few weeks a year in Myrtle. If you see a 2005 Town and Country with NC plates and a Block O on the passenger side rear window, that’s us. :)
Boston wasn’t using roids, it was HGH. :)
http://www.accrofoot.com/uploads/david-boston—site.jpg
Are you a SAS-bot?
If Cartman can pull and beat Beanie to the hole, I’ll be happy.
“But all I know is that I live that OSU commerical every day. You yell out “O-H!†and you know that you’ll get an “I-O!!†back from somewhere.”
That’s the fun part about being a Buckeye and I’m not sure if any other university has anything on par with the O-H and I-O thing. It’s like a ping (to use a networking term) that Buckeyes send out to find another Buckeye. When considering the interactive nature of the OH-IO thing and the expansive network of Buckeyes that have scattered across the globe, you’re never too far removed from a stranger becoming a friend :D
That said, it’s harder with where I live in Alabama, but even then, I’ve had an encounter or two of me wearing a Buckeye shirt and hearing an O-H in the distance.
I’m convinced that you could walk into the center of Yellowstone and get an I-O back. There are Buckeye fans everywhere.
I was visiting my sister in San Diego two years ago on a game Saturday and there were no fewer than 5 Buckeye jerseys seen within about an hour of walking around Pacific Beach.