Homan Named Lott IMPACT Player of the Week‏

Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com





NEWPORT BEACH, Ca. - Ohio State linebacker Ross Homan has been named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week.

Homan, a 6-0, 227-pound senior from Coldwater, Ohio, led the Buckeyes in tackles with seven, had his first interception of the season and forced a fumble that led to a touchdown in a 43-7 win over Ohio.

It was the seventh career interception for Homan.

An All-Big Ten academic choice last season, Homan majors in Family Resource Management. He was a second-team All-Big Ten performer a year ago when he led the team with 108 tackles.

At Ohio State, he is very active in military veterans groups and the local VA hospital. Homan is also a regular participant in school reading programs and has been a leader in setting up events in his hometown of Coldwater in the name of his former high school coach, who passed away earlier this year.

Ohio State will receive $1,000 for its general scholarship fund in recognition of Homan's achievement.

Other players nominated for the IMPACT Player of the Week were Greg Jones of Michigan State, Ryan Kerrigan of Purdue, Patrick Peterson of LSU and Alex Wujciak of Maryland.

Named after Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, the Lott is awarded to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. Now in its sixth year, the Lott is the first college football award to equally recognize athletic performance and the personal character attributes of the player.

Sponsored by The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation in Newport Beach, the award is given to the player who exhibits the same characteristics Lott embodied during his distinguished career: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity.

Past winners of The Lott IMPACT Trophy:
2004 - David Pollack, Georgia
2005 - DeMeco Ryans, Alabama
2006 - Dante Hughes, California
2007 - Glenn Dorsey, LSU
2008 - James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
2009 - Jerry Hughes, TCU

In six years, the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation has donated more than $750,000 to various charities, including $25,000 to each of the winners' universities.

Voters for the award include selected members of the national media, previous finalists, the Board of Directors of the IMPACT Foundation, the IMPACT Foundation Board of Advisors comprised of retired NFL players and the Legends Coaches, a distinguished group of former college head coaches.



Named after Pro Football Hall of Fame member, Ronnie Lott, The Lott IMPACT Trophy is awarded to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. Founded in 2004 by The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation, The Lott is the first and only college football award to equally recognize athletic performance and the personal character attributes of the player. The Lott is given to the player who exhibits the same characteristics Lott embodied during his distinguished career: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity. Voters for the award include selected members of the national media, previous finalists, the Board of Directors of the Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation and the Legends Coaches which is a distinguished group of former college football head coaches. The seventh annual Lott IMPACT Trophy dinner will be held December 12th at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach, California. For more information on The Lott Trophy visit: www.LottTrophy.com

2010 Lott IMPACT Players of the Week
Week 1 - Patrick Peterson, LSU
Week 2 - Mike Mohamed, Cal
Week 3 - Ross Homan, Ohio State


Congratulations to Ross Homan!

Ohio State vs. Eastern Michigan Game Notes

Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com



Eastern Michigan (0-3, 0-2) at #2/2 Ohio State (3-0, 0-0)
Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010 - 3:30 p.m. ET
Ohio Stadium (102,329)
Columbus, Ohio

The Broadcasts
Television: ABC (ESPN mirror) will televise the game with Carter Blackburn (play-by-play), Mike Bellotti (analyst) and Brock Huard (analyst) in the booth.


Radio: WBNS (97.1 FM The Fan) is the flagship station for the 73-station Ohio State radio network. The Jim Tressel pregame show airs 30 minutes prior to kickoff. Paul Keels will call the play-by-play with former Buckeye Jim Lachey in the booth and Marty Bannister on the sidelines. The game can also be heard live on Sirius satellite radio 127 and XM 102.


DID YOU KNOW?
Ohio State has allowed only 94 touchdowns (39 rushing and 55 passing) since the start of 2005 (67 games; 57-10 record), an average of only 1.4 touchdowns allowed per game by the Buckeyes over that time.



SERIES HISTORY
This will be the first-ever meeting between Ohio State and Eastern Michigan.


FOR STARTERS
The Buckeyes have 30 players on the 2010 roster with at least one game of starting experience. Those are: Cameron Heyward (36); Bryant Browning, Chimdi Chekwa (30); Mike Brewster, Terrelle Pryor (26); Ross Homan (22); Jermale Hines (19); Dane Sanzenbacher (18); Justin Boren (16); Brian Rolle, DeVier Posey (15); Devon Torrence (14); Dexter Larimore, J.B. Shugarts, Brandon Saine (13); Zach Boren (11); Dan Herron (8); Mike Adams (7); Jake Stoneburner (5);Tyler Moeller (4); Andrew Miller, John Simon (3); Solomon Thomas, C.J. Barnett, Nathan Williams (2); Andrew Sweat, Aaron Gant, Orhian Johnson, Marcus Hall, Taurian Washington (1).

First-time starters in 2010: C.J. Barnett, Orhian Johnson, John Simon, Andrew Sweat and Solomon Thomas.

The Boren brothers – Justin (OG) and Zach (FB) - products of Pickerington, Ohio, are the first siblings to start in the same game for the Buckeyes since John (LB) and Mike (NG) Sullivan from Mentor, Ohio, started nine games together during the 1988 season.



GO BUCKEYES!

Ohio State vs. Miami Game Info

Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com



#13/13 Miami (FL) (1-0) at #2/2 Ohio State (1-0)
Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 - 3:40 p.m. ET
Ohio Stadium (102,329)
Columbus, Ohio

The Broadcasts
Television: ESPN will televise the game with Brad Nessler and Todd Blackledge in the booth and Holly Rowe on the sidelines. Joe Tessitore and Tim Brown will call the game on ESPN3D.

Radio: WBNS (FM 97.1 The Fan) is the flagship station for the 73-station Ohio State radio network. The Jim Tressel pregame show airs 30 minutes prior to kickoff. Paul Keels will call the play-by-play with former Buckeye Jim Lachey in the booth and Marty Bannister on the sidelines. The game can also be heard live on Sirius satellite radio 122, XM 143 and Touchdown Radio with Gino Torretta and Roxy Bernstein.



Series History
Ohio State and Miami have met three times previously, with the Buckeyes holding a 2-1 edge. Ohio State was a 10-0 winner in the 1977 season opener at Ohio Stadium, while the Hurricanes captured a 23-12 contest in the 1999 Kickoff Classic played at the Meadowlands. Ohio State won the most recent meeting 31-24, a double-overtime victory in the 2002 national championship game in Arizona.

Ohio State vs. ACC Team Record (Last meeting)
Boston College 3-0 (1995)
Clemson 0-1 (1978)
Duke 3-1 (1981)
Florida State 0-3 (1997)
Georgia Tech 0-0
Maryland 0-0
Miami 2-1 (2002)
North Carolina 3-1 (1975)
North Carolina St 2-0 (2004)
Virginia 1-0 (1933)
Virginia Tech 0-0
Wake Forest 0-0
TOTAL 14-7

Football Season Is Here!

Well I wanted to post something last week but I got busy and forgot. I thought maybe I would start by posting some pictures from Media Day/ Picture Day. For some reason they won't upload so here is the link for the photo website where I found them---

http://jwinslow.fotki.com/photos/football/college/2010-media-day/


Sorry I couldn't de-pryor them since it wouldn't let me choose which ones I posted. :)

Scarlet and Gray rosters....

Coach Jim Tressel said that Pryor will not wear a black "no contact" jersey Saturday, but he didn't answer questions about restrictions on Pryor. Which most likely means he won't play much. Pryor was the first draft pick selected by seniors for the Scarlet team. Here are the list of the players and what team they are on.



*Rosters are courtesy of the Columbus Dispatch.


SENIORS (PRE-DETERMINED)
SCARLET

OL Connor Smith

OL Scott Sika

OL Bryant Browning

OL Josh Kerr

WR Grant Schwartz

WR Dane Sanzenbacher

WR Garrett Hummel

WR Tony Harlamert (OUT, INJURED)

FB Adam Homan *

K Devin Barclay

DE Cameron Heyward

LB Ross Homan

CB Devon Torrence

S Tyler Moeller (OUT, INJURED)

S Aaron Gant

* Not a senior but placed on honorary coach John Reed's team because Reed was Homan's coach at Coldwater High School

GRAY

OL Justin Boren

OL Andrew Miller

OL Chris Malone (OUT, INJURED)

WR Taurian Washington

WR Ricky Crawford

RB Brandon Saine

LS Jake McQuaide

DT Dexter Larimore

LB Brian Rolle

CB Chimdi Chekwa

S Jermale Hines

DRAFT
(Once a position is opened all players from that position are chosen before going to the next position; Scarlet won coin toss for first pick.)

QUARTERBACK

SCARLET: Terrelle Pryor

GRAY: Kenny Guiton

S: Joe Bauserman

G: Justin Siems

CENTER

G: Michael Brewster

S: Corey Linsley

G: Jack Mewhort

DEFENSIVE TACKLE

S: John Simon

G: Garrett Goebel

S: Adam Bellamy

G: Evan Blankenship

S: Jon Lorenz

G: Dalton Britt

SAFETY

G: Nate Oliver

S: Orhian Johnson

G: Zach Domicone

S: C.J. Barnett

G: Jamie Wood

S: Nate Ebner

G: Vincent Petrella

TIGHT END

S: Jake Stoneburner

G: Reid Fragel

S: Spencer Smith

G: Nic DeLillo

S: Bryan Corkery

RECEIVERS

G: DeVier Posey

S: Chris Fields

G: Joe Cech

S: James Jackson

G: Chris Roark

OFFENSIVE TACKLE

S: Michael Adams

G: J.B. Shugarts

S: Marcus Hall

G: Sam Longo

DEFENSIVE END

G: Nathan Williams

S: Solomon Thomas

G: Melvin Fellows

S: Keith Wells

G: Stewart Smith

S: William McCary

G: Green

CORNERBACK

S: Dominic Clarke

G: Donnie Evege

S: Corey Brown

G: Taylor Rice

S: Drew Matthew

G: Travis Howard (OUT, INJURED)

STRONG-SIDE LINEBACKERS

G: Etienne Sabino

S: Jonathan Newsome

G: Tony Jackson

S: Chris Maxwell

G: Dan Bain

WEAK-SIDE LINEBACKERS

S: Dorian Bell

G: Jim Hastings

S: Andrew Sweat (OUT, INJURED)

FULLBACK

G: Zach Boren

S: James Georgiades

MIDDLE LINEBACKER

S: Storm Klein

G: Jordan Whiting

TAILBACK

G: Dan Herron

S: Jordan Hall

G: Carlos Hyde

S: Jermil Martin

G: Jaamal Berry

S: Bo Delande

PUNTER

S: Ben Buchanan

G: Derek Erwin

KICKOFF

G: Drew Basil

LONG SNAPPER

S: Makridis

G: Garrett Dornbrook

Ohio State schedule for this week, Todd Boeckman radio interview...

-Practices this week (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) will be held at Ohio Stadium because of the tremendous progress being made on the practice field renovations.



-The draft of next Saturday's Scarlet and Gray spring game will be this Wednesday.



-Senior players will draft the underclassmen for each squad. Thursday begins the Ohio State high school coaches' clinic here on campus, with more than 900 prep coaches pre-registered to attend.



-The Ohio State spring game presented by Nationwide is at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24 at Ohio Stadium.




I was searching around the Internet and came across this radio interview from today. I love coming across things like this since I haven't found anything about Todd's football career in a while. Make sure you check it out!

---http://www.wcsmradio.com/uploads/audio/TODD%20BOECKMAN.mp3

Todd Boeckman lands a spot on top 50 Ohio Athletes!

Todd Boeckman landed a spot on JJHuddle's “Top 50 Ohio High School Athletes of the Decade” for 1999-2009. Every Monday through Friday from now until March 26, a new athlete will be released. He is number 22 on the list for Football, Basketball and Baseball, 1999-2003.

Boeckman earned 11 varsity letters at St. Henry and led the Redskins to a state final in every sport (and two state titles). As a freshman QB he guided St. Henry to a runner-up finish in D-V. That same school year the Redskins – with Boeckman as sixth man – were runner-up in boys basketball in D-IV. That spring the Redskins won the D-IV state baseball title. St. Henry also won the D-IV state baseball title in Boeckman’s senior year.


Individually, Boeckman’s name appears among the leaders in multiple state records and sports.


In football Boeckman ranks No. 15 in career passing yards (7,021 yards, 1999-2002) and No. 18 in career passing TDs (64, 1999-2002).

In baseball Boeckman is tied for No. 2 in Ohio history for most RBIs in a season (66 in 2003). Since his performance no one else has hit more than 56. He’s also tied for No. 3 for HRs in a season (18 in 2003), tied for No. 3 with HRs in five straight games (2003), tied for No. 4 in HRs for a career (40 from 2000-2003) and No. 12 for most RBIs in a career (140 (00-03). On the mound Boeckman is tied for No. 8 in most consecutive wins (19, 2001-03).

The 2003 St. Henry team (Boeckman’s senior year) ranks No. 3 all-time in Ohio for hits in a season (389).

In basketball Boeckman ended his career No. 9 on St. Henry’s career scoring list with over 1,000 points. He led the Redskins in scoring and rebounding his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.

Boeckman earned All-Ohio honors (a total of seven times) in all three sports.

*Just a side note Terrelle Pryor is not on this list!

Boeckman works out for Bengals!

Todd worked out for the club Thursday with "Pac Man" Jones. Boeckman making the throws. Boeckman had been with the Bengals last spring but he, along with former Titans and Cowboys cornerback Pacman Jones, were apparently not offered a contract after the workout.

There hasn't been an offer made yet. Hopefully the Bengals will take advantage of this great opportunity.