Ohio State wide receiver Ricquan Southward has left the football program voluntarily for personal reasons. Ohio State sports information director Jerry Emig has confirmed the report.
SouthwardSouthward, Ohio State’s lone Florida recruit in 2012, did not appear in a game this season. He originally committed to the University of Miami but switched to Ohio State the day before Urban Meyer was officially hired as head coach.
He was a top-100 recruit in Florida after a senior season that saw him catch 54 passes for 994 yards and nine touchdowns. Southward was a first-team all-state selection and rated the No. 36 receiver in the country by ESPNU for the class of 2012.
Southward is the second receiver to leave the program this week, joining Tyrone Williams, who was dismissed on Monday for a violation of team rules. Reports have also indicated junior safety Jamie Wood has left the program due to chronic shoulder injuries.
Southward will have four years of eligibility remaining.
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Sorry to hear about it for the young man. Best of luck to him!
And there you go...I'm guessing Southward was the player Triv was referring to earlier this week.
I say good luck to him wherever he plays, presumably a Florida school. also, we are closer to that 22 scholarship number now
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yeah i imagine he will end up somewhere southward from ohio
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Nicely done...
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Well played. Ape tits, for 1000.
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I'm sorry. I'm a 39 year old Buckeye fan and I am weak on lingo. I did however come up with the "El Guapo" nickname for Carlos Hyde way before I started hearing it here at 11W. Anyway, would you please help me out and explain your comment for me?
Well played. Ape Tits, for 1000 sounds like something of of an episode of "Jeopardy.
"I hope they're last in everything"
Thanks, Urb!
Dude... Are you serious with that? Or just trolling to get helmet stickers? Yes, it's a reference to SNL's Jeopardy skit. If you'll notice, the commenter above who made the funny comment about Southward has the SNL Jeopardy version of Sean Connery as his profile pic. That character said the line, "Ape tits, for 1000." Clearly 5 other people got the comment without the benefit of this paragraph explanation, as evidenced by the upvotes.
Wow.
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I think you're going a bit overboard on him. If you look at his profile, he's only commented 4 times since the beginning of September. Also, you're getting pretty close to the DON'T BE A JERK line.
Then again, if you don't know SNL Jeopardy, there's gotta be something wrong with you (so I won't downvote).
May be right on the getting close to the jerk line.. Sorry about that to the other guy.
Youre DEFINITELY right about something being wrong with a person who isn't familiar with SNL jeopardy. I'm throwing an upvote your way for both observations.
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In my defense... There was an El Guapo reference in the initial post..
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Pure excellence.
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Good luck, young man!
littering and.......littering and.....
I know there's a game saturday, and my ass will be there.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that has heard that rumor. How Meyer was able to spin this into a "personal reasons" voluntary dismissal is a stroke of genius.
Then just when he thinks he got away with one, here comes Cardale with another wrench....
"Because we couldn't go for three"
CANDY BARS!
and....uh....and...uh....
Good luck to you Ricquan.
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Best of luck to this young man. Better to get out now then waste 4 years somewhere you don't enjoy.
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Exactly how close are we to 22 now?
We are at 21 by my count. We'll make 22 easy but I hate to see it happen this way.
Going to play SCHOOL somewhere else, I suppose.
Good luck Ricquan.
Jamie Wood's tweet's indicate that he's hanging up the cleats as well.
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I wish this kid the best of luck... I'd heard he's been pretty depressed through things he's tweeted and expressed to other players, hope he finds a school where he fits it and has a great college career.
It's easily 22 and could be more...look at the roster. 1 or 2 lineman that were labeled overweight and sloppy...unless they get it in gear. Ty Williams, Jamie Wood, and now Southward and possibly one more...CJ are his initials. I also wouldn't be surprised if C. Fields departs as well if playing time doesn't increase by years end. I've heard some rumblings about this but not sure how valid it is considering he's already a Jr. IMO it all depends on if UFM and company want to bank it for next year...that's the big question on how many numbers there will actually be for 2013. As I dislike to see it also...I'd rather both parties go their separate ways now like Brewster said above.
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
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haha I see what you did there
This news comes just in time for the night game, which just happens to be a HUGE recruiting weekend!
Could helps sway some much needed talent @ that specific position, respectively!
Two receiver gone in a week? Come on down Foster, Quick, Stevens et al.
"if irony were made of strawberries, we' d all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now."
Hopefully Michael Thomas comes along from that class. WR is not a position where we can afford to have a recruiting class be vacant. Well, there's NO position (save QB) where we can afford a year of dormancy.
"Woody would have wanted it that way"
Too bad, always had hopes this kid would come in and contribute as he seemed to have a lot of potential.
If you don't want to contribute then there's the door, this is just like any real life job.
It may not have been a matter of him wanting to contribute. It may have been more of the not being asked to contribute. (I didn't give you the downer, btw.)
"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."
That's unfortunate for him. Hopefully he can get his feet under him and straighten out whatever personal issues that are causing him to leave. Looks like that will open up some room for two or three skill players for next year's recruiting class.
"We have a quarterback, obviously, that's kind of ridiculous running the ball." - Urban Meyer
I think it's business and tough love at WHAC now. Student athletes are being introduced to the real world of working hard and showing not just improvement, but actual results without excuses. Not everyone is ready for that kind of environment, especially a freshman.
How many players have left, dismissed, or transfered?
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Since Santonio Holmes..these Reciever recruits from Florida just don't pan out here anymore.
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What do you mean? Albert Dukes, Duron Carter, James Louis, and Ricquan Southward...oh wait, now I see...
Reminds me of all of the basketball players who have left because they think they are the greatest ever, then get to college and find out they're bench-warmers at The Ohio State University... good luck elsewhere, but if you don't want to work hard and fight to earn a spot, you aren't a true Buckeye anyways...
The kid is homesick, Jesus Christ man......
^^agreed. He is just a kid man get off of it. You can be the hardest working person out there but if you are missing home to the point that it makes you depressed, hard work doesnt mean anything at that point. Good luck to the kid in whatever he decides to do anyways.
Apparently I missed the part that said he was homesick... and as I mentioned earlier, I wish him luck and success wherever he goes. I just suspect he chose the because of their lack of proven receivers returning. He figured he could start rightaway. If he were contributing in games, he probably wouldn't be so "home sick."
Apparently I missed the part that said he was homesick... and as I mentioned earlier, I wish him luck and success wherever he goes. I just suspect he chose the because of their lack of proven receivers returning. He figured he could start rightaway. If he were contributing in games, he probably wouldn't be so "home sick."
Sucks to lose a talented guy. Best of luck to him, and hopefully we can land someone after the Nebraska game!
Dustin Fox was our leading tackler as a corner.... because his guy always caught the ball.
Hate to lose anybody that committed to play for the Buckeyes but really only want those that are happy to be here! Good luck young man!
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This really sucks especially after how he was the big florida commit this offseason, best of luck to him.
I love how people assume this kid is the one from a thread "so and so" made about someone getting booted for drugs that's not what it said nor did the thread give a name as to who it was pertaining to. Let's not throw dirt at people when we don't have all the facts and bad mouthing him by assuming he's using drugs is dumb. I don't think Urban would spin this if he violated rules to get booted he hasn't tried to bullshit on any other problems the program has had.
Wherever you are, there you be!
Best of luck to him in the future.
I don't think there's any foul play here. If this kid was a f**-up, he would have been dismissed, and Urban would have made a point of annoucing it.
More likely it just wasn't a fit for him. He wasn't recruited by Meyer, and he was on the fence about OSU even after Meyer was hired. Maybe the school size was too big? Who knows. He's an 18 year old kid.
It's difficult to work hard if you don't see a future for yourself at a place, for whatever reason.
Good luck to him.
"We get paid to score touchdowns, not kick field goals"
-- Urban Meyer
Southward shot his wad. Best of luck to him.
Hope he finds a place he can put up numbers.
Hate the kid was that sad. Glad hes moving on. Good Luck man
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Let it be, let it be ...
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you whisper words of wisdom....
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Best of luck to the young man
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Always hate to see a buckeye go... i do think we are okay at wide receiver though. W/ Jalin coming in, need maybe 1 more guy. I don't believe we have a starting senior receiver.
Do we lose Chris Fields also? He's not seeing much PT, and he would only have one year of eligibility left (?) so it wouldnt make sense for him to do so. I'd have to imagine he's not pleased
I'd kinda forgotten all about Fields. Someone must know something about his status.