Eleven Warriors

Oh and FYI, Meyer recruited Mo when he was a ND asst. 

I agree no need to bring up Coach Tressel. They will because as OSU07ASU10 stated, he will always be one  of OSU greatest coaches. We read things about college players & comments such as they are "just kids"or "young boys" & yet they are  young men (when applies) to make a good story. Clarrett falls in the category of "just a kid", who was not ready for the success & big stage. I'am glad to see that he is turning his life around. His potential (though never reached) had  the makings of a truly Great one.

It was easy after the fact to say life would of been much easier had MoC not come to Ohio State, but then we wouldn't have made it to or won the title in 2002.  I'd rather have the hardware and memories of that season and go through the turmoil, than not. 

Then you look at what he's doing now.  He has straitened his life out, and he's going to be quite an inspriation for kids coming from similar backgrounds.  He could be quite a mentor for kids coming to the program, or just kids coming from unfortunate backgrounds. 

I think MoC has been a fascinating story, I'm rooting for the guy and I can't wait to see his espn 30/30. 

Claritatea îs licee. Wasnt happy With him in 2003 and 2004 but he's matured and I'm rooting for him again.

I don't know if it's been done or not but I would really like to see a story about what happened to the Buckeyes. Like Dan Wilkinson, or Andy Katzemoyer. I know Katzemoyer is coaching but they never really say much about it. I think it would be a really great article to read!

CPlunk I generally agree but there are rare exceptions. Clarett's def deserving of Buckeye love, but I'd like to see the same question asked to Buckeye Nation about Kosta Koufus.

liked, he made my favorite play in buckeye history (strip of sean taylor) in one of the biggest games in buckeye history, he has turned his life around, had he been at ohio st for 3 year for sure heisman and possibly 2nd national championships and we'd be saying he's one of the greatest ever, only what if...

remember seeing him play at warren vs my alma matter canton mckinley and our old coach (tom mcdaniels) was there coach and he ran mo down our throats clearly he was gonna be a stud at the next level

I'm all about second chances and feel good stories about guys who have done wrong and found redemption and cleaned their lives up and whatnot. And there is no doubt in my mind that if Maurice had played at least 3 years at OSU he would go down as one of, if not the best running backs in OSU history. But you do remember this is the same guy who did the seemingly unforgiveable and tried to single-handedly bring down the football program. Yes, he was immature and had issues, and in many ways he's paid for his past and seems to have turned things around, but can you forgive him for what he did and tried to do? 

Like: while following his prison blog you saw the man shed his demons both physical and mental. Depression, booze and opiates are no joke. Plus, like most yanks; I'm a sucker for a redemption story, plus national champeeeeeenship!

Dude is Scarlet & Gray till he dies, he'll be the first to admit. It's like forgiving your heathen uncle, we're all family in a way. I can also understand the animosity but glass houses, etc, etc...

Liked his on field ability, disliked his off the field issues.

i would venture to say that 80% of the people who criticize tressell as a football coach never even played the game. the other 20% obviously must have more than tressell's 5 national championships at the division one level.

why are you even debating who clarett is as a person now that he's left the program? was he a hell of a running back? yeah. would we have gone 11-3 in 2002 without him? at best. is he a convicted felon? sure thing. has he turned his life around? only one person in the world knows. please, please, please: can you all stop being drama queens and quit acting like a 19 year-old kid who let his football team down maliciously and irreparably damaged our lives? jesus. have a little perspective.

it's threads like these that confirm that it's going to be a long, slow month until the start of the season.

Pam, we don't win without the strip on Sean Taylor, and I just can't see anybody but Mo making that play. So while it may have been close, I'd bet we lose in regulation and probably not even have been in the championship in the first place

I'm sorry but to say Mo was completly responsible for the NC is kind of niave. I seem to recall Krenzel dang near doing all the things that needed to be done to win that game. He's the one who hit Jenkins against Purdue to win that one too. Yes Mo was a pivotal part of the NC but Krenzel's role was much more so.

I'm moderately surprised at just how forgiving everyone is. I don't feel strongly about it one way or another but it seems time has healed a lot in this case. I'll be very interested to see if down the line Terrelle Pryor receives the same kind of forgiveness. What was going on with him was arguably much more forgivable than Mo-C as Mo went out of his way to try to get the football program torn down out of spite. Terrelle was just accepting benefits under the table and got caught....but TP never won us a title so it'll be interesting to see how people view him down the line. Again, I don't have strong feelings one way or another on TP. Much like Clarett, was just happy to see him go away.

I don't see TP getting back into good graces any time soon.  The rumor I've been hearing is that the NCAA was done investigating without much, Pryor was not getting into the supplimental draft, so Pryor gave them the summer job scandal.  Granted it's a rumor, but selling your team out and getting your HC fired seems a bit worse.  If anyone knows if this is fact or crap, please chime in.

There is absolutely no doubt that we wouldn't have even made it to the NC if not for Mo. And had he come back for his sophmore year, they may have went to another NC. Just look at how they did that second year. They only lost the one game during the regular season.

the only problem with this website is that i don't control all of the user accounts. that would be the totes mcgotes. i could have conversations with dialogue so good that even george lucas couldn't manage to @#$% it up. 

"i loved you, annakin"

"i haaaaaaate you."

loves me some episode 3. plus, i like the end when padme has to be a single mother. it's so mtv. score one for lucas. but i also like to imagine that she's done with jedi and just wants a nice accountant to love. i'll take care of you, senator.

the best part, though, would be that i could make the recruit pitches all by myself.

i'll give you a prime rib piece of advertising right here: "hello, 18 year old menchilds. if you can run the 40 in less time than a chipotle burrito takes to make a round-trip through my digestive canal, we want you'ns. you see, there are only two types of teams in this here establishment of football clubs: those that can't, and us. the best part about being us, is that you're not them. you don't wanna be them. them is like being the last guy of the day to get a free flu shot at k- mart: maybe you get a clean needle, or maybe bertha gives you a little dose of that die slow. full disclosure, if your last name rhymes with rigatoni, we don't want you. god made notre dame for 1 reason: the world is easier to manage if all the cheese puffs are in indiana. so, sign your hancock on that line, son. don't forget our fax number, and i'll see you when practice starts in august and we start making plans to pound all of those total douglasses back to 2nd grade arts and crafts. now, let me paraphrase mike mcqueary and remind you that ohio state is one of only 120 division 1 institutions to never be investigated for being pederasts. you're welcome."

lol. i never meant to offend you. just joking around on the innerwebz. sorry if i came off harsh.