Not a fullbackWith the departure of Beanie Wells to the NFL, the Buckeyes were left with the unfortunate circumstance of losing a one-of-a-kind power back that trucked over defenders at will on his way to the end zone. Lucky enough for JT and his staff, there was a player in the same mold waiting to become a Buckeye, and when Naples (FL) running back Carlos Hyde received his Buckeye offer he jumped on the opportunity to don the Scarlet and Gray as he takes his game to the college level next year.
Originally from Cincinnati, Hyde discusses with 11W if there was any competition for the Buckeyes in his recruitment, what position he will play at the next level, who he likes to compare himself to, and what fans can expect to see in the next few years that will put smiles on the faces of all across Buckeye Nation.
Originally being from Ohio, was it OSU all the way or were you tempted to check out other programs?
It was Ohio State all the way.
A lot of scouting services have you listed as a full back, but Buckeye fans talk about you as the next great power back at Ohio State. What position/role will you play in Columbus?
I’ll be playing running back. I’m an every down back too, not just a short yardage back.
What do you plan to study in Columbus?
I’m not sure about that right now.
Obviously Ohio State has a great tradition of hard running, strong backs. What's your favorite part about being a power back?
I love trucking people that get in my way.
What current/former NFL player does your game compare to? What current/former Buckeye does your game compare to?
I’d have to say for the NFL, Herschel Walker and for Ohio State, Beanie Wells.
When will you enroll at OSU? What do you need to do to prepare to bring your game to the next level?
I enroll June 21. Before I come, I need to hit the weight room hard. I haven’t worked out in three months because I have been playing basketball.
What is one thing you want Buckeye fans to know about you that they don't already know?
That they have a special player coming to run the ball for them.
We'd like to thank Carlos for taking time out of his busy schedule to let Buckeye fans know what type of player they are getting next year. Best of luck to Carlos in finishing up his senior year at Naples and for the start of his Buckeye career in June.
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I'm calling it now. Carlos Hyde has more carries that Berry this season and second to Herron.
A man of few words.
I definitely see the guy getting the carries that Beanie got in his first year, especially given that he's pretty much the only short yardage guy we have that I can recall.
I'm calling it now, if Tressel uses Berry like he used Mo Wells, Berry will be a bust like Mo was. If he uses him on swing passes and outside he can be special. I guess we will see. This kid is a great get b/c you always need a power back at the end zone.
Looks like a beast in those H.S. video's, but I just hope that he commits to the S&C program diligently, because he sure as hell is not going to have that easy of a time "trucking" defenders in the B11. Hardest nosed defensive conference in the country IMHO.
I love trucking people that get in my way
Love that line-with berry so touted maybe Hyde and Hall kind of slip under the radar and make a boom this year! I like Carlos's attitude....jt better learn how to use each one of these guys to their strengths to compliment herron
Possibly. But maybe Rasta was just a college bust. UGA used Moreno between the tackles and he doesn't exactly have super size.
I think Berry will be used that way, especially with Pryor at QB. I think Mo Wells had the misfortune of coming it at a time where there were great Running Backs at Ohio State, and there wasn't much room in the offense for those kind of plays. I think with Pryor, and a more athletic offiensive line, you'll see some screen passes and throwing out of the backfield more. I also think Saine will get a lot of action this way.
Ok, so if Hyde, Stoneburner, Posey, Ballard, Berry, and Pryor are all good as hyped, is there any reason why Ohio State should STRUGGLE IN THE RED ZONE!!!!!
Saine??? I still think the Saine experiment is over thanks to this years crop of stud RBs.
Saine never went up the middle in high school, he needs to be used in space and around ends. Id say 75 percent of his carries were end arounds at Piqua.
Berry is a far more powerful back than Rasta, he also has much better change of direction ability. But Im not bad mouthing my boy Rasta, he's the man.
I lived in Sarasota Fla. for three years, there is alot of good football in that area, and great talent. If Hyde excelled in that end of the country, he should have np at OSU and at the next level.
JT's prob will be having a logjam at RB. I see Boom, Berry, Hyde, and Saine all getting early season touches to win the job, with Hall taking a redshirt.
I remember another OSU RB who took some time to get going, but he trurned out okay, his name was Eddie something.
I think of all the guys you have coming in this guy scares me the most. From his videos he looks like a beast (6'1 235 is monstrous for a back) and if he has speed he could easily be as good beanie was if not better. He resembles a lot of the big backs in the NFL today.
For an 18 year old kid. Itll be interesting to see what he ends up at.
I like the fact Carlos is a man of few words, shows some humility.
I love trucking people that get in my way.
That is my favorite line I have heard in sometime. I sense my next Buckeye jersey coming on.
Not exactly going out on a limb. The track record of "scatbacks" at Ohio State has not been particularly strong under Tressel; and Tressel tends to favor the bubble-butt bulldozers. In a couple years though, the tandem will be unstoppable.
The offensive line coach is not as good as hyped?
this line of course will be interpreted at the NFL combine as 'takes unnecessary hits, which is crucial bc of durability issues for running backs at this level'...
but then if he avoids unnecessary contact he will be soft a la Beanie.
the NFL combine, its fan-tastic!
iball,
Eddie was great runnning the ball from day 1.......unfortunately he had some SERIOUS fumble issues that actually cost us a game......he was then sat on the bench for a while.
Take those players with all their speed, and if Adams, Brewster, and Cordle end up as good as hyped, there is absolutely no excuses for such failure when the Buckeyes control the football.
Hate to get hyped in February, but the more I think about the raw young talent on our sidelines compiled over the last 2 years, I don't think "explosiveness" is a term that would do it justice. Lots to prove, of course, especially with the coaching staff, but at least the potential for dominance we're seeing is higher than it's been since the mid-to-late 1990s.
Pryor had his struggles, but his attitude is different from most college players, especially Tressel-style players. He has the audacity to say that college is easy, then proceed to go out and outrun Orakapo in the Fiesta Bowl continuously. Who can catch up with this team after he learns how to throw the football? We might be looking at our first SEC-killer.
It doesn't matter how good Pryor is if the offensive line plays like it did last year. I hate to be a negative nancy, because I love the guy and know he's got the highest ceiling of any Buckeye quarterback since Art Schlichter. But really, we could have VY-his-junior-year-self lining up under center and still struggle to move the ball if the offensive line doesn't take huge steps forward in the offseason.
"I hate to be a negative nancy"
No you don't.
While you're right, I don't think the OL can be much worse than it was last year. I have high hopes.
knock on wood flip, knock on wood
I hope that by mid-season the term "mewhorted" makes a stunning entrance
Touche.
No doubt, holding onto the ball or lack thereof, can cost a guy his job and or career. Every player has there areas of improvement. I remember that game, I also remember how he got revenge.
"I don’t think “explosiveness” is a term that would do it justice."
Yea, but explosiveness may be an overstatement on the play calling and Pryors arm. Once again its all gonna hinge on TP improving the passing game or teams are gonna stack the box, and it'll be PSU game all over again.
Hopefully the post-Beanie era will leave JT with less of an urge to go up the middle on 95% of first downs. But, maybe thats why he got Hyde.
uh no eddie was not a great back from day 1. love the way you guys rewrite history. He was 3rd string as a frosh, 4th string as a soph. He almost quit but his mom influenced him As a junior, two backs were brought in to replace him. The first part of the season he was hit and miss. Then came the back to back 200 yd games and the light went off. He lifted and studied film and trained and made himself great. By the way, Mo Wells problems here were not Tressel's fault. He simply was an average back. Berry is more of a power runner, not scat back.
I'm not so quick to just write him off. I mean he looked good his freshman year before the knee was scoped, and he had a couple nice plays after. I wouldn't give up on him yet. I mean they may not need him anyway with Herron, and if one or both of these Freshman pan out, but he could be good still.
That's the key point, they just missed the mark with Mo Wells. Mo Wells just didn't pan out and that happens with great recruits. I don't care where he played, as soon as he was touched the man fell down. It wouldn't change a thing if he did that in a Miami Jersey, a USC or Ohio State, the guy was fast but that was it.
Isn't that what I just said in my opening statement?
For every top 50 rated players in a recruiting class, about half work out on average. Then you have unknowns who end up with their jerseys hanging from the rafters.
Does anyone think Troy Smith could have his jersey retired one day??
I'd like to say yes, as he was one of my all time favorite tOSU QB's, but right now I think that Pryor may have a better shot at it than Troy. LOL J/k
But seriously, why not? Heisman trophy, check. All-American, check. Riding the pine with the Ravens, check! On second thought........
Well, no. Brewster, Adams and Cordle could all still be as "good as hyped" yet poorly coached. That was just my own little addendum.
I think he will.
...at least i hope he will
Pogue, that's exactly what I wrote! I said IF Brewster, Adams and Cordle end up as good as hyped, then there are no excuses...and later I mention coaching. So YES, that's exactly what I said, and you didn't add anything.
By the way, you wrote they could still be as "good as hyped" yet poorly coached. No, that's an impossibility. You either show up and play well or you don't. There is no "he's good he just doesn't play well." How can you be as good as hyped when you don't play as good as hyped? You make no sense.
I already said that:
"Lots to prove, of course, especially with the coaching staff, but at least the potential for dominance we’re seeing is higher than it’s been since the mid-to-late 1990s."
""Who can catch up with this team after he learns how to throw the football?" - Me, original post at 2:15.
Don't be like pogue...read the whole thing.
No, you can be good and talented, but coached poorly. Look at Steve Breaston. Or any other college player that struggles in one system and flourishes in another in the pros.
There are countless other examples, too. Take any number of guys who were average in college and all-stars in the pros; they did not "get talented" or "get good" upon being drafted in the pros or transferring to another system, they were coached by a competent, patient staff for the first time in their lives.
Another example: Ryan Mundy from Michigan, who transferred from Michigan, where he a term was coined in his name (Yards After Mundy), to West Virginia, and became a pretty good college safety.
In no way shape or form was I being like Pogue, saying coaching staff and play calling can mean two different things. Players can stop developing due to poor teaching of technique ala Boone, but I dont think that was all his problem. Play calling can handcuff great talent or let it thrive, that was my point. You did state Pryor will be unstoppable after learning proper throwing mechanics which I beleive he will ala T. Smith. But I was not correcting you. I am a simple man who has lived life and realize I have many faults and much to still learn, unlike our friend Pogue who still has much growing up to do. But I did say "friend" and not asshole. Peace and love bro.
I dont see any reason why not, unless they take the little money acceptance issue (ahem), into account.
I dont believe Eddie was ever in any trouble.
Good point, but I don't think anyone is hyping Bollman.
Rasta was supposed to be a scatback, but his problem was/is, he never had the quicks of a scat back.
Yes, we all dreaded the "Rasta Up the Middle" call. It was like punting on second down. But he also had plenty of opportunities in space - he just never showed that extra gear you'd expect from a dude less than 190 pounds.
There was a time they tried him at KR - doesn't get too much more "in space" than that. As I recall, that ended quickly and badly.
Bottom line, dude was a MAC back playing out of his level. In retrospect, an overrated recruit - there are some in every class for every team.
I just don't buy the talk of hm being "misused," I guess because IMO, there's really no way to misuse medocre talent, unless they play too many snaps (Person).
To his credit he seemed to work hard, not be a problem, and got (will get?) a free degree and plenty of tail of out of his tOSU experience.
Pogue, you're missing my point altogether, and you're contradiction is one of semantics, and not one of substance. That makes you come off like a bored jerk with no life. If you're going to contradict me for the sake of contradiction, yet agree with my general idea anyway, then you're spending too much time on here, and simply like to read what you, yourself, write.
Fair enough, iball. You're right, I think I may have been a little overheated from trying to discern why pogue was agreeing with me using a contradictory tone.
nice..hes a monster
It looks to me like Carlos may have pretty good speed for his size. Hopefully he'll learn to read defenses and be patient for holes to open, all the while being more "durable" than Beanie.
He sure looks like he has toughness, mentally and physically. It seems he likes HITTING dbs, instead of waiting to get hit. That is the running back that OSU has needed, in my opinion.
This article is totally plagiarized. You guys didn't interview Carlos Hyde.
You ripped off a friend of mine who did interview him for his own Buckeye site and for www.BleacherReport.com and it was posted on 2/22, 4 days before your supposed interview.
All you did was change it up a little bit but not enough to get away with it!!!
Pathetic thieving losers run this joke of a site called 11warriors
11warriors plagiarizes other people's work!!!
They stole this article from a friend of mine who actually did interview Carlos and wrote his article on 2/22/09 on http://bleacherreport.com/arti...
11warriors is FRAUDULENT FRAUDULENT FRAUDULENT FRAUDULENT FRAUDULENT
Dear Sir,
I sincerely hope you are joking, but fear you are not. If not, here goes:
1. Our interview was conducted with Carlos over email and your friend can confirm this with him if he would like to.
2. We completed this interview nearly a week before we ran it. (You can also confirm that if you'd like.)
3. We have never heard of blockonation.com until you mentioned it above and we don't read Blecher Report due to the general level of asinine material that's put out over there on a consistent basis. (Example 1, Example 2)
So, before you start spewing accusations and such, please make sure that you're 100% correct next time.
Thanks-
I see you're also the same guy that made this comment:
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/...
So is it your friend, or are you the friend and the original author?
I must say, this is a hell of a way to ensure blockonation.com never gets linked from us.
Get 'em Jason!
11W is the best Buckeye Blog on the 'net. Out of Hound since '08. Plagerism is for high school seniors and 40+ yr. old men who live in their mom's basement. I would bet the mortage that WATCHDOG is in the latter catergory.
1. No that WAS NOT me...He must have left that Cris Carter comment.
2. He's my roommate and we share 1 computer FYI since you apparently think that posts from the same IP automatically means posts from the same author....
3. You have an account on B/R so there's yet another lie that you don't go on that site....f you have an acct, I'd you visit it occasionaly at the very least.
4. I think I can speak for him that he doesn't need or want a link to his site from yours even if you paid him
5. It's cool if you want to deny the plagiarism but we know the truth...
Here's the definition of what you did for you:
Plagiarism is the use or close imitation of the language and ideas of another author and representation of them as one's own original work.
You're a moron and you're banned from the internet for six months.
Here is the definition for your personality:
Douchebag:
A person with a shitty personality that needs to "take themself the fuck down" or "go home and get their fucking shine box." A douchebag usually assumes the form of a hair-gelling pretty-boy but can also be described as an overzealous, pompous, or vexatious asshole that most people wish were killed with a Mortal Kombat fatality.
Yeah Ski! Go get your fuckin shinebox Spider!
bitter, bitter, bitter...maybe he's really a KState fan????
I conducted this interview myself by messaging Carlos. I have both mine and his messages saved if you would like those. I'm glad you guys had the opportunity to interview Carlos as well along with us, Bucknuts, Scout, and the rest of the Buckeye media world. I'm sure he gives alot of similar answers for general questions like we asked but for you to accuse me of plagiarism is outright absurd.
You really need to do your research and check your facts before making such allegations on the internet. Defamation is written allover you.
and i just read that interview the only question that is similar is who do you compare yourself to...obviously he's not going to change that answer you idiot
Alex,
I stood up for you on Bucknuts. I think the fact that he visits Bucknuts on a regular basis is telling enough.
Seriously, this shit is out of hound. 11W is by far the best tOSU site, with a group of regulars who are generally on point, fairly grounded and reasonable, and this is, by far the easiest site to post on, w/o having to register, sign over your first born and submit proof of how many pissing contests you have won. I always believe it is classless to go to another site to bash fans of another team when you win, but it's even worse to talk shit when IT IS IN YOUR OWN FAMILY! GET A CLUE SON! ARE YOU LOSING MONEY OVER THIS? I DON'T THINK SO.
Now Bucknuts has some decent discussions on there, but some very out of whack ones...BTW Poe, is your new site up and running yet? Been out to sea, haven't checked yet...
Link to the Bucknuts discussion?
http://forums.bucknuts.com/sho...
thanks Poe appreciate it greatly...this is just ridiculous and i posted my conversation with Carlos dated back to before 2/17/09 and even showed how i asked permission to clean his grammar and such up and put his responses into full sentences....these guys get a lot of requests like mine for interviews and give short answers that are the same across the board...why answer different things to similar questions....the worst part is your right-where is their jamie wood interview?? and also only one question is really similar
there's only one way to settle this
WALK OFF CHALLENGE
ten minutes. old member's only warehouse.
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Woah watchdog get a life! Your an idiot
I just wanted to say that I was wrong. I overreacted after several friends of mine contacted me about your Hyde interview. They all said it looked like it was mine, slightly tweaked. They were obviously wrong and I hope there are no hard feelings. I apologize for myself and my roommate (Watchdog). He, among others were wrong about this, thus so was I for not getting more info directly from you guys here on 11W.
Please accept my regrets.
Sincerely,
HD from BlockONation.com
FYI, he has apoligizied (sp) so this is dead...let's keep the fighting out of Buckeye Nation and into scUM and SEC territory...
Word
LOL
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Thanks Jason!
Happy to move forward after the mixup -- GO BUCKS!
HD from BlockONation.com
Please disregard all comments from Watchdog. He's my friend and he was just trying to look out for me.
HD from BlockONation.com