Unsurprisingly, Aaron Pettrey will be out for at least the rest of the regular season thanks to a torn MCL suffered during a cheap chop block against NMSU.
Pettrey hopes to return in time for a bowl game. In the meantime, Devin Barclay will handle the FG duties and possibly kickoffs depending on what Tressel decides to do. Ben Buchanan has been listed as the 2nd team kickoff specialist but Barclay faired well last weekend so we'll have to wait and see how this turns out.
Pettrey was ranked 4th in scoring in the Big Ten though he made just 13 of 19 FG tries. Barclay went 1 for 3 last weekend.
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this is why i thought the coleman suspension was turdtacular. this dude potentially wrecks pettrey's future as a kicker with a cheap shot, but it would not be a suspension within the big ten. simpleton logic went into the "near head, suspension" rule.
PS - i will paypal someone $10 if they can tell me what the hippie is talking about: http://mgoblog.com/content/oct...
PPS - not really
I cannot decipher this lunatic.
Well, kind of wish Pretorius was still here now. Barclay hopefully had first game jitters. I can't remember the last time Ohio State didn't have a sure fire kicker...
That reminded me of those old "in Living Color" skits with Damon Wayans as an inmate who thinks he is sounding very intellectual, but is actually a complete moron.
That guy is a douche who couldn't make his HS football team, and Michigan sucks.
Cant wait to roll them and Iowa.
Wow...I feel profoundly more stupid for have reading that. I wish I could get those minutes of my life back......
Im pissed I gave the guy a page view. that was just plain dumb.....
I know! AP needed to be atleast 40 yrds away and straight on to make it and Barclay's 1 of 3 doesn't bring a lot of comfort and joy.
I miss the days of Mike Nugent..
hell...Josh Huston!
Guys, please promise me that no matter how bad OSU plays/loses, no matter how bleak things might get, 11W will never resort to posting lyrics to morrisey songs and pictures of kittens.
we want 7s, fuck 3s this week....GO BUCKS!
Can someone advise why Ben Buchannon is not next in line? I'd never even heard of Devan Barclay until Saturday... is he on scholarship?
If i'm not mistaken, he is on scholarship now, but is a former walk-on
Buchanan is injured, so he couldn't play
Buchanan is being groomed as the punter next year. He may kick off this week; he was out sick last week, but Barclay has been the No. 2 place kicker all year.
Its going to be interesting to see how Jim Tressel responds to this kicking situation with his offensive game plan for this game. I will not rule out an excellent performance like what we had when we were at Penn State in 2007. I'm calling for a chain gang moving offense and a solid defense that creates turnovers so our offense can stay on the field more and though I'll call a close game, we'll take the win but Tressel will somehow find a way to win and it will be with TDs, not FGs.
I was impressed by his kickoffs!
Damn straight. Only one way to deal with this injury...find pay dirt.
Too bad that the injury was this bad. Barkley needs to get consistent in a hurry.