Sunday, April 22, 2012

Ohio State Football — 2012 Spring Game: Thoughts and Highlights



The Urban Meyer era felt that much closer to officially kicking off Saturday as Ohio State held their annual spring game — their first under Meyer — in front of more than 81,000 Buckeye faithful.

QB Braxton Miller looked sharp running Meyer's new, fast-paced spread/zone-read/option offense as did RBs Carlos Hyde, Rod Smith, and Bri'onte Dunn, but the biggest surprise — thankfully — was the play of the receiving corp.

True freshman Michael Thomas, along with Corey "Philly" Brown, Chris Fields, and Devin Smith all looked ready to step up. Thomas posted a ridiculous first-ever-game effort en route to taking MVP honors with his 12 catch, 131 yard performance.

Just as a reference to how impressive Thomas' single-game stats were, last season, Jake Stoneburner, Smith, and Brown were tied for the team lead in receptions for the entire year with only 14 each.

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3 comments:

  1. As much as the scarlett blood runs through my veins, it pains me to point out that the counter in the upper-right corner of this page is inaccurate, as the maize-n-blue did chalk up a "W" against our Buckeyes last year. But... Let the Urban Era Begin!!!!

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    1. The counter is not inaccurate.

      Here's exactly what it says, except I've added bold print for you, so now, read it again...

      It had been 2,926 days (8 years, and 6 days) since Michigan last beat Ohio State in football...

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  2. ...a side note (about the counter)... we can adjust the count to start from November 18, 2000... the last time the team up north defeated the Scarlett-and-Gray at The Shoe!

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