Uniform FAILNot that the thought excites you, but...
Alex Boone will get another crack at showing NFL scouts that he's worthy of the next level when he hits the field in the East-West Shrine Game today at 4PM on the Deuce. These types of games don't typically do much to shape a prospect's overall profile, but if you enjoy seeing a Buckeye in action, this is one of your last chances until April. Even if it is the guy that basically never grew past his sophomore season.
Boone will be playing for the East which is packed with elder statesman of the Big Ten: Greg Orton, Brian Hoyer, Tyrell Sutton and Morgan Trent. Other notables on the East team include Chase Daniel, and well, that's about it.
The West roster features Keith Ellison of USC and a bunch of dudes I've never heard of. Full rosters are here.
Next Saturday brings us the Senior Bowl, which typically features more talent (and thus, more NFL scouts). It's still a decent game, but nowhere near what it was in the past. To my knowledge, Freeman is the only Buckeye playing in this game. There are reports that Tressel told Laurinaitis and Jenkins that it wouldn't be worth their time to attend, which is most likely the case, if true.
Finally, we get the appropriately-named Texas vs. the Nation game on Saturday the 31st. Nader Abdallah will join a contingent of 11 Big Ten players participating, when he lines up for team Texas (guess Louisiana was annexed). The good news for him is that Curtis Painter will be playing for the other team, thus almost guaranteeing Nader's side a victory in the affair.
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Thanks for the heads up. I guess this'll do for a college football fix.
Am I the only one shocked to see Boone pegged to go in the first or second round in the poll results?
I am. I'm thinking 4th roundish for Boone.
the best boone highlight tape i've seen is this one, i think thats all NFL scouts need to see hes ready for the next level...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Oh yeah, an inopportune holding penalty on Alex Boone. I remember that.
Classic.
I love how he can't even do that right and almost trips over the dude while trying to walk away
I'm glad to see this guy get out of here, as well as many of this generation of Buckeyes. So much talk, and yet so little fire when push came to shove. Alex Boone was the epitome of that. Can't wait to see what the new blood can do. Maybe they'll bring sledgehammers into games as opposed to pillows.