We Talkin’ Practice
Beanie back in pads you say? Tell me more.The Buckeyes participated in a two hour session in full pads Tuesday and Tressel spoke briefly with the press prior to hitting the field. A quick rundown of the interesting bits:
- Five players still hadn’t arrived to the Phoenix area by the start of practice. The five, Sanzenbacher, Posey, Dominicone and Gant, have been the victim of flight delays and other travel snafus. All were expected to arrive Tuesday and Saine, Sanzenbacher and Domicone made it in time for the tail-end of practice.
- The team was treating Tuesday’s session like a game-week Sunday and will be back in full pads on Wednesday.
- Bauserman is playing the role of Colt McCoy on the scout team. It’s hard to simulate a player as gifted as McCoy is, and Tressel said as much, but there could be worse choices and maybe Joe is turning some heads slinging the ball around.
- Cordle and Beanie were mentioned as players missing practice time in Columbus due to injuries, but he expects everyone to be ready for the game. We heard that Beanie spent most of the Columbus sessions in sweats (they call this preventative maintenance, I think) and also heard about Homan being slowed a bit before heading West, but the team should be healthy.
- Expounding on his earlier text message denying interest in the Browns job, the Vest probably put any future NFL rumors to bed by saying he wasn’t an NFL guy.
Tressel commented a bit on Laurinaitis and the senator-speak was there in abundance, but he seems to be relaxed heading into the game. Which meshes well with the story of him rocking a Vince Young Texas jersey at practice one day at the WHAC.
Fierce Urgencies
Doug Lesmerises brings word of the new shirts being worn by the team: the front reads “BEAT TEXAS” and the back has “F U N” on it, referencing the King quote Obama put into play again this year. The motto didn’t exactly work out so well in Los Angeles, but it’s still a fantastic principle to live by. There was also a Nathan Williams sighting, but no word on whether or not he was still running with the threes. Lesmerises also snapped some great photos if you’re into seeing your favorite team suited up looking all bad and all in Arizona.
Do Work
Unlike the Longhorns, the Buckeyes will not be taking in Steve Nash or the Insight Bowl in their run-up to kickoff. In fact, the team’s itinerary is pretty sparse aside from two team dinners. If the dinners consist of bones and boulders, I think that spread has to close a little.
Bevo Sighting
Texas had its first practice in Arizona on Tuesday as well and opted to go light, working out in shorts. Mack Brown is also letting his seniors and junior McCoy decide the team’s nightly curfew, so you’ll be praised appropriately for sending strippers to the Scottsdale Plaza Resort (7200 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ) nightly until kickoff.
Elsewhere: Brandon Smith is pulling for Penn State and Laurinaitis has blown on Colt McCoy’s neck.
Holly Crap!!!
I’ve never been big on caring about uniforms, but are we sportin’ throw backs for the Fiesta Bowl or are those just practice pants!?!? I’m diggin’ the old silver pants and hope we bring those back!!!
I’m an idiot… after looking at photos from other practices, it appears that the silver pants are only for practice (Maybe leftovers from 2004 on?).
I was looking forward to the silver pants and those big ass “TV Numbers” on the shoulder pads…sorry for the false alarm!
I don’t think Ohio State will ever don some throwbacks. For the most part, I’m thankful, but my favorites will always be the ones I never saw in live game action: the ones we wore for most of the nineties.
I’m still on the black-alternate-for-a-huge-home-game bandwagon, btw. Silver helmets, black jerseys with Scarlet running around the names, numbers, and anywhere else that doesn’t look too tacky. Yeah, you can point to Georgia shitting themselves in their blacks, you can’t deny you want the Buckeyes to come out, just once, looking like ballahs, shot-callahs etc.
Probably just me, actually.
Nope. Black jerseys would no doubt look cool, but that’s not the point – we’re Ohio Fucking State, and we don’t do that shit.
That said, the only “throwback”, or, should I say, “gimmick”, I’d be down for is the red cleats.
OK, two: I wouldn’t mind seeing Tressel come out in a bad-ass suit once in a while. No fedora, though; that’s Earle’s thing and it should be his alone because of the classy way he pulled it off.
Couldn’t agree more. Throwback jerseys are for the NFL and NBA, and should stay there.
Coach Tress has stated that the powers to be aren’t too excited about the throwback idea. I think The Vest would look great in a wife beater with a Scarlet O painted on his chest.
Interesting…Tressel was on 1460 the Fan last night for about a 1/2 hour and gave an update that is quite different than the Dispatch story. The ones missing were on hand and Cordle was back in the mix.
I for one am sick of the gimmicks…. the 41-14 motivation, us against the world, videos of commentators paying disrespect, internet rap songs, etc….
1. Play like champions– do not be afraid to take chances
2. Play tough and do not allow Texas to mentally take you out of the game.
3. Start fast (which has happened each of the last 2 Bowl Games)……. and FINISH FAST (same games, not so much).
4. Stay agressive and do not protect a 10 point lead. Keep playing the game as if you are behind by 10.
5. A field goal DOES NOT equal a touch down…. 3 points will not cut it if you are in the RED ZONE.
6. Dictate the pace and do not sit back and react.
You know, I don’t mind you or anything, but you literally just dropped the six stupidest criticisms I’ve heard Buckeye fans consistently drop on Tressel. Nothing you said actually means anything.
Does this make anyone else mad??? Substitute the word Tressel for Stoops and then tell me what you think!
http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/11211555
Yeah, that’s terrible…you didn’t really expect us to get any sort of fair shake from the media though, did you?
Best post title ever. We bust out that line at least once a day at our house.
Has anyone heard anything about Pryor and Boeckman in the wildcat formation for the fiesta bowl?