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All-Tressel Team (coming Monday on FRR)

  • On Memorial Day, we're going to air a special edition of Front Row Radio where we pick the All-Tressel Team. Bax, Duane and yours truly will reveal our picks on tomorrow's show. Hopefully many of you can play along and post your All-Tress Team here in this thread.

    The 3 rules are as follows:

    1. Any player who played for Jim Tressel at Ohio State is eligible for selection. (For example, even though LeCharles Bentley only played one season for Tress [2001] you need him on your roster if you want to be taken seriously. Ha.)

    2. Pick one player at each listed position. No "ties" (aka taking the easy road out). Make a decision!

    3. For offensive line and linebacker, don't worry about specific positions. Just take 5 OL and 3 LB. (For example, you can take 5 centers if you want. You can take 3 middle 'backers if you want, or 3 outside 'backers.)

    Here are the positions:

    OFFENSE

    QB:

    RB:

    FB:

    WR:

    WR:

    TE:

    OL:

    OL:

    OL:

    OL:

    OL:

    DEFENSE

    DE:

    DT:

    DT:

    DE:

    LB:

    LB:

    LB:

    CB:

    CB:

    S:

    S:

    SPECIAL TEAMS

    K:

    P:

    Return specialist:

    Have fun!

    Dave Biddle

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  • Excellent article by Bill Greene on MoC
    In all likehood Maurice Clarett will not make the 1st team all Tressel team but it is doubtful no player made a bigger impact to a Buckeye team than Mo Clarett.
    There is a small discussion about the best players people have seen in high school. I wanted to start expounding about Clarett and how great he was and could have been. To me, he's the greatest high school player I've ever seen and it's not even close. Comparing him to anyone else isn't fair to the other player. Not Robert Smith. Not Beanie Wells.

    What he accomplished at Ohio State is amazing because of a few reasons most people aren't aware of:

    Clarett was a true freshman when he turned around an entire program along with Tressel. He took a bunch of guys that are now recognized as "heroes" and turned them into legends. Go look at the OSU record with all those "heroes" before Clarett got to OSU. You will see losses, lots of them. And some of the worst, gutless, heartless, lay-down performances in modern OSU history. Tressel deserves a ton of credit obviously, but he's not winning the Big Ten without Clarett, let alone the national title.

    Clarett ran for over 1,200 yards as a freshman. And he was injured most of the year with a nasty shoulder injury. Try running power football as a tailback with a bad shoulder. He missed a lot of time, but still put up huge numbers. Had he been healthy, we really would have seen something, and he was still the best player in the country.

    When he got to OSU as an early-enrollee, he was shocked at the laziness and lack of commitment from the now "heroes", and called them all out. And showed them all up in the weight room and in conditioning. He showed that group how to win, and they had no freaking clue, Bank that. Now, he ended up being a terrible teammate after the glory got to him, but in the beginning he changed that team from losers to legends.

    By the spring game it was obvious he was the best player on that team, and most of the starters ended up getting drafted. But Maurice was the most talented by a mile. As football fans, we only saw maybe 35% of Maurice Clarett. It was only one year and he was hurt most of it. Trying to imagine a full 4-year career means you laugh and snicker at Eddie George and Archie Griffin, because he destroys their numbers. He put up huge numbers, on a team with a God-awful offense. No passing attack at all. No otside speed at all. To stop OSU all you had to do was stop Clarett. And that wasn't easy because he was so good.
    How good could he have been? Playing in a real offense with other playmakers? Playing 100% healthy? Playing this game focused on getting better and without all the BS he brought upon himself? It's scary to think how good he could have been. And very sad.

    Maurice Clarett is 100% to blame for how things ended up in his life. This isn't a pity-party thread designed for sympathy. It's just that Clarett was like Haley's Comet flashing across the sky and then he was gone. A lot of people forgot, or don't really know, what greatness he possessed. There was nobody like him.

    IMO Clarett was the single most important recruit in the Tressel era..Doubtful Ohio State wins the NC without him.

    This post has been edited 5 times, most recently by gessig on 5/29/2012 at 7:46 AM

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  • Nice channeling of tress...

    I am very excited and proud to take this extraordinary opportunity to salute these extraordinary young people, and so forth.

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  • gessig said...

    In all likehood Maurice Clarett will not make the 1st team all Tressel team but it is doubtful no player made a bigger impact to a Buckeye team than Mo Clarett. There is a small discussion about the best players people have seen in high school. I wanted to start expounding about Clarett and how great he was and could have been. To me, he's the greatest high school player I've ever seen and it's not even close. Comparing him to anyone else isn't fair to the other player. Not Robert Smith. Not Beanie Wells.

    What he accomplished at Ohio State is amazing because of a few reasons most people aren't aware of:

    Clarett was a true freshman when he turned around an entire program along with Tressel. He took a bunch of guys that are now recognized as "heroes" and turned them into legends. Go look at the OSU record with all those "heroes" before Clarett got to OSU. You will see losses, lots of them. And some of the worst, gutless, heartless, lay-down performances in modern OSU history. Tressel deserves a ton of credit obviously, but he's not winning the Big Ten without Clarett, let alone the national title.

    Clarett ran for over 1,200 yards as a freshman. And he was injured most of the year with a nasty shoulder injury. Try running power football as a tailback with a bad shoulder. He missed a lot of time, but still put up huge numbers. Had he been healthy, we really would have seen something, and he was still the best player in the country.

    When he got to OSU as an early-enrollee, he was shocked at the laziness and lack of commitment from the now "heroes", and called them all out. And showed them all up in the weight room and in conditioning. He showed that group how to win, and they had no freaking clue, Bank that. Now, he ended up being a terrible teammate after the glory got to him, but in the beginning he changed that team from losers to legends.

    By the spring game it was obvious he was the best player on that team, and most of the starters ended up getting drafted. But Maurice was the most talented by a mile. As football fans, we only saw maybe 35% of Maurice Clarett. It was only one year and he was hurt most of it. Trying to imagine a full 4-year career means you laugh and snicker at Eddie George and Archie Griffin, because he destroys their numbers. He put up huge numbers, on a team with a God-awful offense. No passing attack at all. No otside speed at all. To stop OSU all you had to do was stop Clarett. And that wasn't easy because he was so good. How good could he have been? Playing in a real offense with other playmakers? Playing 100% healthy? Playing this game focused on getting better and without all the BS he brought upon himself? It's scary to think how good he could have been. And very sad.

    Maurice Clarett is 100% to blame for how things ended up in his life. This isn't a pity-party thread designed for sympathy. It's just that Clarett was like Haley's Comet flashing across the sky and then he was gone. A lot of people forgot, or don't really know, what greatness he possessed. There was nobody like him.

    IMO Clarett was the single most important recruit in the Tressel era..Doubtful Ohio State wins the NC without him.

    Best RB out of HS since Jim Brown in my opinion. His first year at TOSU he ran with speed, power, caught everything thrown near him, and what set him aside for me was incredible vision the way he would take a play designed up the middle and bounce it outside was a gift few RBs ever have, let alone a true freshman. Single season Clarrett, career Beanie. Would also give Doug Datish serious consideration for one of the O line spots. Very versatile and played with an attitude

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    Good days, bad days --- always a Buckeye. Time to begin the assault on the 2013 BCS National Championship

    32BukI4ever

  • I will give one of my picks away to go with the flow of this thread: My RB is Clarett. Wasn't an easy call, but he was the catalyst (at least offensively) of the national championship team. For many of us, it's the only national title we've seen the Buckeyes win.

    Did Clarett have the longevity of other backs during the Tress era? No. Was he the best RB of the Tress era? Yes.

    Dave Biddle

  • All-Tressel Bad teams
    Worst players who started at least 1 game under Tressel
    QB: Joe Bauserman

    RB: Lydell Ross

    FB: Brandon Schnittker

    WR: Taurian Washignton

    WR:

    TE: Ryan Hamby

    OL: J.B Shugarts

    OL: Antonio Underwood

    OL: Bryant Browning

    OL:

    OL:

    DEFENSE

    DE:

    DT:

    DT:

    DE:

    LB: Sabino

    LB: Spitler

    LB: Schlegal

    CB: EJ Underwood

    CB: Antonio Smith

    S: Jemario O'neal

    S: Ohrian Johnson

    SPECIAL TEAMS

    K:

    P:

    Return specialist Lamaar Thomas

    Got to tired trying to figure out the rest. Will finish later

    SheHateMe

  • SheHateMe said...

    All-Tressel Bad teams Worst players who started at least 1 game under Tressel QB: Joe Bauserman

    RB: Lydell Ross

    FB: Brandon Schnittker

    WR: Taurian Washignton

    WR:

    TE: Ryan Hamby

    OL: J.B Shugarts

    OL: Antonio Underwood

    OL: Bryant Browning

    OL:

    OL:

    DEFENSE

    DE:

    DT:

    DT:

    DE:

    LB: Sabino

    LB: Spitler

    LB: Schlegal

    CB: EJ Underwood

    CB: Antonio Smith

    S: Jemario O'neal

    S: Ohrian Johnson

    SPECIAL TEAMS

    K:

    P:

    Return specialist Lamaar Thomas

    Got to tired trying to figure out the rest. Will finish later

    C'mon man! Bauserman never started a game under Tress!

    Dave Biddle

  • SheHateMe said...

    All-Tressel Bad teams
    Worst players who started at least 1 game under Tressel
    QB: Joe Bauserman

    RB: Lydell Ross

    FB: Brandon Schnittker

    WR: Taurian Washignton

    WR:

    TE: Ryan Hamby

    OL: J.B Shugarts

    OL: Antonio Underwood

    OL: Bryant Browning

    OL:

    OL:

    DEFENSE

    DE:

    DT:

    DT:

    DE:

    LB: Sabino

    LB: Spitler

    LB: Schlegal

    CB: EJ Underwood

    CB: Antonio Smith

    S: Jemario O'neal

    S: Ohrian Johnson

    SPECIAL TEAMS

    K:

    P:

    Return specialist Lamaar Thomas

    Got to tired trying to figure out the rest. Will finish later

    Ha! That's immediately what I started thinking of. I had some names like Roy Hall and Todd Boeckman, but it cracked me up to see my man Lydell Ross on your list. Jemario O'Neal still bums me out, I was super excited for what I though would be a great career when he signed with tOSU. Sadly, I agree with you about Antonio Smith too, but he had a lot of heart...

    Sto

  • gessig said...

    In all likehood Maurice Clarett will not make the 1st team all Tressel team but it is doubtful no player made a bigger impact to a Buckeye team than Mo Clarett.
    There is a small discussion about the best players people have seen in high school. I wanted to start expounding about Clarett and how great he was and could have been. To me, he's the greatest high school player I've ever seen and it's not even close. Comparing him to anyone else isn't fair to the other player. Not Robert Smith. Not Beanie Wells.

    What he accomplished at Ohio State is amazing because of a few reasons most people aren't aware of:

    Clarett was a true freshman when he turned around an entire program along with Tressel. He took a bunch of guys that are now recognized as "heroes" and turned them into legends. Go look at the OSU record with all those "heroes" before Clarett got to OSU. You will see losses, lots of them. And some of the worst, gutless, heartless, lay-down performances in modern OSU history. Tressel deserves a ton of credit obviously, but he's not winning the Big Ten without Clarett, let alone the national title.

    Clarett ran for over 1,200 yards as a freshman. And he was injured most of the year with a nasty shoulder injury. Try running power football as a tailback with a bad shoulder. He missed a lot of time, but still put up huge numbers. Had he been healthy, we really would have seen something, and he was still the best player in the country.

    When he got to OSU as an early-enrollee, he was shocked at the laziness and lack of commitment from the now "heroes", and called them all out. And showed them all up in the weight room and in conditioning. He showed that group how to win, and they had no freaking clue, Bank that. Now, he ended up being a terrible teammate after the glory got to him, but in the beginning he changed that team from losers to legends.

    By the spring game it was obvious he was the best player on that team, and most of the starters ended up getting drafted. But Maurice was the most talented by a mile. As football fans, we only saw maybe 35% of Maurice Clarett. It was only one year and he was hurt most of it. Trying to imagine a full 4-year career means you laugh and snicker at Eddie George and Archie Griffin, because he destroys their numbers. He put up huge numbers, on a team with a God-awful offense. No passing attack at all. No otside speed at all. To stop OSU all you had to do was stop Clarett. And that wasn't easy because he was so good.
    How good could he have been? Playing in a real offense with other playmakers? Playing 100% healthy? Playing this game focused on getting better and without all the BS he brought upon himself? It's scary to think how good he could have been. And very sad.

    Maurice Clarett is 100% to blame for how things ended up in his life. This isn't a pity-party thread designed for sympathy. It's just that Clarett was like Haley's Comet flashing across the sky and then he was gone. A lot of people forgot, or don't really know, what greatness he possessed. There was nobody like him.

    IMO Clarett was the single most important recruit in the Tressel era..Doubtful Ohio State wins the NC without him.

    If you're gonna copy and paste Bill Green's thoughts from the premium Scout board - word for exact fucking word - the very least you could do is say it up front... And not try to pass it off as your own stuff...

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  • Great list Kirk the only person that I would change from your list is Clarett over Wells. The great thing about that 2002 team was you could mention ten to fifteen plays and players at least that helped us win the championship. Gamble, Clarett, Krenzel, Jenkins, D. Fox, Doss, Will Allen (my cousin) and W. Smith and many more were instrumental in winning the national championship for OSU!

    sprkh23

  • Dave Biddle said...

    I will give one of my picks away to go with the flow of this thread: My RB is Clarett. Wasn't an easy call, but he was the catalyst (at least offensively) of the national championship team. For many of us, it's the only national title we've seen the Buckeyes win.

    Did Clarett have the longevity of other backs during the Tress era? No. Was he the best RB of the Tress era? Yes.

    I agree with this. It was easy to like Beanie....as he flashed that smile and was without a doubt the more "likeable" character between he and MoC by a landslide.

    And while there were some games in 2007-08 for which Beanie put the team on his back, I can't get out of my mind the few, critical games such as USC and the Fiesta Bowl vs. Texas for which he was either in sweats or not on the field. He displayed a softness that Clarett never showed, despite MoC's many character flaws.

    This post was edited by Nutinpa on 5/28/2012 at 12:53 PM

    Nutinpa

  • SheHateMe said...

    All-Tressel Bad teams Worst players who started at least 1 game under Tressel QB: Joe Bauserman

    RB: Lydell Ross

    FB: Brandon Schnittker

    WR: Taurian Washignton

    WR:

    TE: Ryan Hamby

    OL: J.B Shugarts

    OL: Antonio Underwood

    OL: Bryant Browning

    OL:

    OL:

    DEFENSE

    DE:

    DT:

    DT:

    DE:

    LB: Sabino

    LB: Spitler

    LB: Schlegal

    CB: EJ Underwood

    CB: Antonio Smith

    S: Jemario O'neal

    S: Ohrian Johnson

    SPECIAL TEAMS

    K:

    P:

    Return specialist Lamaar Thomas

    Got to tired trying to figure out the rest. Will finish later

    This would be funny if you weren't wrong for having Ross, Shnittker, and Schlegal on there...and the fact that you were too lazy to even finish the joke.

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    Patyas84

  • OFFENSE

    QB: TROY SMITH
    RB: BEANIE WELLS
    FB: JAMAR MARTIN
    WR: MICHAEL JENKINS
    WR: SANTONIO HOLMES
    TE: BEN HARTSOCK
    OL: MIKE ADAMS
    OL: LeCHARLES BENTLEY
    OL: NICK MANGOLD
    OL: ROB SIMMS
    OL: MIKE BREWSTER

    DEFENSE

    DE: WILL SMITH
    DT: CAMERON HEYWARD
    DT: DARRION SCOTT
    DE: VERNON GHOLSTON
    LB: AJ HAWK
    LB: JAMES LAURANITIS
    LB: BOBBY CARPENTER
    CB: CHRIS GAMBLE
    CB: ASHTON YOUBOTY
    S: MALCOLM JENKINS
    S: MIKE DOSS

    SPECIAL TEAMS

    K: MIKE NUGENT
    P: BJ SANDER

    RETURN SPECIALIST: TED GINN Jr.

    I based this purely on what they did in college

    wiikidd11

  • 2002 team. 14-0. Some of players may not have had the physical talent as others in later years but Football is a team sport and this group was the ultimate team.

    BUCXs

  • Qb krenzel- was unflappable
    Rb mo c
    FB boren
    Wr Holmes
    Wr Jenkins
    wr ginn
    Te Ballard
    Ol Adams
    Ol olivia
    Mangold
    Ol Bentley
    Ol Sims

    De smith
    De heyward
    dt Hankins
    Dt simon
    Wilhelm
    Hawk
    Laurinaitis
    Cb jenkins
    CV gamble
    Safety Doss
    Safety #9 from gville but I can't remember his name.
    Punter groom
    Kicker nuge

    davebucknut

  • The other safety is Donte Whitner (stud)

    jackson45

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