Spring Football Recap
Right: Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel gathers up his troops during a spring football practice at the Woody Hayes Athletic Facility, last Friday. AP Photo/Terry Gilliam
After a relaxing two-week vacation following the conclusion of the men’s basketball season, let’s recap what has transpired this spring for the Ohio State football squad.
The Buckeyes will conclude spring football practice with the annual Scarlet & Gray football game tomorrow at Ohio Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for approximately 1:30 p.m. ET, and it will be televised via live web stream at BigTenNetwork.com, and it will be rebroadcasted in its’ entirety on BTN at 11 p.m. ET on Saturday, and again on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET.
The Scarlet and Gray game will consist of four, 11 minute quarters with the new clock rules in effect, including the just implemented 40-second play clock.
At the quarterback senior Todd Boeckman will play the first half for the Scarlet team and redshirt sophomore Antonio Henton to play the third and fourth quarters. Redshirt freshmen Joe Bauserman will play the third and fourth quarters for Gray.
Other notables of the Scarlet team: senior OT Alex Boone, junior C Jim Cordle, senior TE Rory Nicol, junior WR Brian Hartline, junior WR Ray Small, redshirt freshman RB Boom Herron, sophomore DE Cameron Heyward, sophomore DT Dexter Larimore, senior MLB James Laurinaitis, senior SLB Curtis Terry, junior FS Anderson Russell, and sophomore CB Chimdi Chekwa.
On the Gray squad: sophomore OT Bryant Browning, junior TE Jake Ballard, senior RB Maurice Wells, sophomore RB Brandon Saine, senior WR Brian Robiskie, sophomore WR Dane Sanzenbacher, sophomore WR Taurian Washington, junior DT Todd Denlinger, junior DE Lawrence Wilson, senior WLB Marcus Freeman, junior SS Kurt Coleman, senior CB Malcolm Jenkins, junior CB Donald Washington, senior K Ryan Pretorius, and junior K Aaron Pettrey.
Those who will not play due to injury are: senior P Tyson Gentry, senior wide receiver Brian Robiskie, senior OG Steve Rehring, junior running back Chris Wells, sophomore WR Garrett Hummel, sophomore LB Kyle Libby, sophomore RB Aram Olson, junior WR Dan Potakar, freshman OL Mike Adams, freshman OL Mike Brewster, redshirt freshman DB Donnie Evege, sophomore OL Josh Kerr, senior OL Ben Person, junior DL Chris Rietschlin, and junior DE Robert Rose.
Honorary captains for the Scarlet and Gray teams will be former OSU standouts Mike Tomczak and Cris Carter. The Buckeyes will also be wearing helmet decals with the initials “DS” in memory of Dianna Sharp, the school crossing guard who was killed outside a Hilliard elementary school.
Last Saturday, the offense defeated the defense 55-44 in the jersey scrimmage, using a modified scoring system that’’s conventional and unconventional as points are awarded for touchdowns, PATs and field goals, but the offense gets a point for achieving a first down as well. The defense is awarded points for a three-and-out, tackle for loss and for forcing a turnover, plus scoring touchdowns and safeties.
Boeckman threw two touchdown passes to Hartline, and Henton tossed another to sophomore walk-on wide receiver Ricky Crawford from Olentangy High School.
One other touchdown was tallied when Saine ran around the left end and scored on a 22-yard burst.
Head coach Jim Tressel on the jersey scrimmage:
We got about 125 plays in; we were looking to get in between 120 and 135 so it worked out well. I am anxious to see the film to look at how some guys are coming along. There are a few obvious things; Brandon Saine is getting more comfortable with his position and is going to be a good receiver for us as well. Boom Herron is also coming along.”
Other notes:
Ohio State will play at least two games at night, a road game vs. Wisconsin, and a home game vs. Penn State. Both will kickoff at 8:00 p.m. ET.
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