Showing posts with label James Laurinaitis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Laurinaitis. Show all posts
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Look for James Laurinaitis Thursday on the Latest Big Ten Quad with Host Eddie George!
James Laurinaitis will host BIG TEN QUAD tonight @ 8:00 pm with Eddie George Simeon Rice and Lorenzo White. I will post more later about the Ohio State USC game. I just wanted to make sure that I got that posted before it got to late.
Friday, May 15, 2009
ATH: With Honor Day 2: James Laurinaitis, Big Ten Medal of Honor Finalist
I just found this on http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/
Watch
Audio Slideshow: Football's James Laurinaitis Spoke to Columbus Youth
A week-long series on Ohio State's Big Ten Medal of Honor finalists continues today with a profile of football linebacker James Laurinaitis. A second-round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, Laurinaitis, who earned his degree in March, was a standout in the classroom, winning the Lowe's Senior Class Award
James Laurinaitis is the most decorated linebacker in Ohio State history. A three-year consensus All-American, he won the 2008 Lowe’s Senior Class Award and the Lott Trophy as college football’s IMPACT Player of the Year which emphasizes integrity, maturity, performance, academics, community and tenacity in a college defender. He was voted Big Ten defensive player of the year during both his junior and senior campaigns and won the 2006 Nagurski Award as the nation’s best defensive player and the Butkus Award in 2007 as the top linebacker, all major awards and the most ever won by a Buckeye.
Laurinaitis was part of four Big Ten championship teams and four BCS bowls, twice playing in the national title game, setting a BCS record with 18 tackles in the national championship game against LSU. Laurinaitis never missed a game during his Buckeye career. He played in all 51 games during the last four seasons, started all 39 games the last three seasons, led Ohio State in tackles three straight years and finished his career seventh on Ohio State’s career tackle chart with 375, finishing just behind Buckeye greats such as Pepper Johnson, Chris Spielman and A.J. Hawk.
Part of the first Ohio State team to beat Michigan five consecutive years, he passed up the NFL after his junior season to return and complete his degree and collegiate career at Ohio State. A two-time team captain and a March honors graduate in communication, the Hamel, Minnesota, product was drafted by the NFL's St. Louis Rams with the third pick in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft.
The Big Ten Conference Medal of HonorIn 1914 the Conference established a Medal of Honor to be awarded annually at each member institution to a student in the graduating class. An additional award for the top female was instituted in 1982. Chosen by the Athletic Council, the winners of this most prestigious award are the male and female senior student-athletes who have attained the greatest proficiency in both academics and athletics. This honor includes a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship which can be used at an institution of the recipient’s choice.
Ohio State’s men’s and women’s Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients will be announced at the 2009 OSU Scholar-Athlete Dinner at the Columbus Convention Center Wednesday, May 20.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Ohio State in bowl games - Tressel Era (2001-08)
I thought this was kinda interesting. Looks like Ohio State has a winning record, lets hope it stays this way! Now we all have something to brag about to our friends who are always rooting for the "other" team. :)
Jan. 1, 2002 Outback Bowl: South Carolina 31, Ohio State 28
Jan. 3, 2003 Fiesta Bowl (National Championship Game): Ohio State 31, Miami (Fla.) 24 2OT
Jan. 2, 2004 Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State 35, Kansas State 28
Dec. 29, 2004 Alamo Bowl: Ohio State 33, Oklahoma State 7
Jan. 2, 2006 Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 20
Jan. 8, 2007 BCS Championships Game: Florida 41, Ohio State 14
Jan. 7, 2008 BCS Championship Game: LSU 38, Ohio State 24
Jan. 1, 2002 Outback Bowl: South Carolina 31, Ohio State 28
Jan. 3, 2003 Fiesta Bowl (National Championship Game): Ohio State 31, Miami (Fla.) 24 2OT
Jan. 2, 2004 Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State 35, Kansas State 28
Dec. 29, 2004 Alamo Bowl: Ohio State 33, Oklahoma State 7
Jan. 2, 2006 Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 20
Jan. 8, 2007 BCS Championships Game: Florida 41, Ohio State 14
Jan. 7, 2008 BCS Championship Game: LSU 38, Ohio State 24
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Booing Boeckman? Shame On You!
I found this a couple days ago and thought it was really good!
Booing Boeckman? Shame on you
To all the so-called Ohio State fans who booed Todd Boeckman, you showed yourself to be a classless bunch.
Your actions stained a day which should have been nothing but a celebration of a young talent's debut at the helm of the Buckeyes.
Cheer new quarterback Terrelle Pryor, the highly acclaimed freshman. He deserved it for leading OSU past overmatched Troy 28-10 Saturday, Sept. 20.
But shower Boeckman with scorn?
That's a new low, even among those twisted few at OSU who think it's cool to spit on Michigan fans and torch old furniture and parked cars after big victories.
On a day when he already had to be crushed, Boeckman entered the game for just two plays, threw an incompletion and got treated worse than O.J. Simpson.
I made this point in my "Through the Arch" blog the other day, and the avalanche of response has been heated — once again showing no team in this state stokes passions like the Buckeyes.
This came from someone called Bob: "It doesn't shock me at all that they booed him. OSU fans are some of the most obnoxious, classless, bandwagon jumping, in-your-face-for-no-reason-at-all chumps that ever rooted for any sports team. I don't enjoy seeing OSU lose as much as I enjoy seeing their fans' ginormous egos deflated. The team? Go Bucks. The fans? Go home."
Matt offered the opposite view:
"Classless? No. Not in the least. You can talk all you want about the 'College Kid,' and how you should not 'boo.' That is crap. OSU fans who attended the game paid to sit in the stands, so if they want to boo Boeckman, more power to them. In reality, the college athlete is getting paid to perform, in the form of a scholarship, room, etc. When you play for one of the elite teams in the country, you are expected to perform. ... "
At his weekly press conference Tuesday, coach Jim Tressel called the booing "disappointing."
After the game, Bucks defensive lineman Lawrence Wilson was more pointed: "Hey, we're just kids. We're not professionals. There is no way adults should treat us that way."
I don't agree with the "kids" part — guys this age are fighting in Iraq, working in factories, married and raising kids — but he's right that this was no way to treat Boeckman.
There is not a classier, more loyal and likeable guy on the Bucks roster than the sixth-year player from St. Henry.
When OSU showed interest in him out of high school — but didn't initially offer a scholarship — he passed on other full rides and came to Columbus for a year as a regular student. He then red-shirted a year when the Bucks wanted to position him for their future.
He supported Troy Smith and watched — without saying a negative word — as the Heisman quarterback starred on the field but sometimes misstepped off it.
When Bucks recruiters fell in love with Pryor, Boeckman stoically soldiered on and made a point of taking the Pennsylvania phenom under his wing as soon as he hit campus. And after Saturday's game, Boeckman again was all class when he praised Pryor's play.
Boeckman helped OSU win the Big Ten last season and is 13-3 as a starter. He's already earned his degree, is working on his masters and has never been in trouble while at OSU.
You boo a guy like that?
Booing Boeckman? Shame on you
By Tom Archdeacon
Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 24, 2008To all the so-called Ohio State fans who booed Todd Boeckman, you showed yourself to be a classless bunch.
Your actions stained a day which should have been nothing but a celebration of a young talent's debut at the helm of the Buckeyes.
Cheer new quarterback Terrelle Pryor, the highly acclaimed freshman. He deserved it for leading OSU past overmatched Troy 28-10 Saturday, Sept. 20.
But shower Boeckman with scorn?
That's a new low, even among those twisted few at OSU who think it's cool to spit on Michigan fans and torch old furniture and parked cars after big victories.
On a day when he already had to be crushed, Boeckman entered the game for just two plays, threw an incompletion and got treated worse than O.J. Simpson.
I made this point in my "Through the Arch" blog the other day, and the avalanche of response has been heated — once again showing no team in this state stokes passions like the Buckeyes.
This came from someone called Bob: "It doesn't shock me at all that they booed him. OSU fans are some of the most obnoxious, classless, bandwagon jumping, in-your-face-for-no-reason-at-all chumps that ever rooted for any sports team. I don't enjoy seeing OSU lose as much as I enjoy seeing their fans' ginormous egos deflated. The team? Go Bucks. The fans? Go home."
Matt offered the opposite view:
"Classless? No. Not in the least. You can talk all you want about the 'College Kid,' and how you should not 'boo.' That is crap. OSU fans who attended the game paid to sit in the stands, so if they want to boo Boeckman, more power to them. In reality, the college athlete is getting paid to perform, in the form of a scholarship, room, etc. When you play for one of the elite teams in the country, you are expected to perform. ... "
At his weekly press conference Tuesday, coach Jim Tressel called the booing "disappointing."
After the game, Bucks defensive lineman Lawrence Wilson was more pointed: "Hey, we're just kids. We're not professionals. There is no way adults should treat us that way."
I don't agree with the "kids" part — guys this age are fighting in Iraq, working in factories, married and raising kids — but he's right that this was no way to treat Boeckman.
There is not a classier, more loyal and likeable guy on the Bucks roster than the sixth-year player from St. Henry.
When OSU showed interest in him out of high school — but didn't initially offer a scholarship — he passed on other full rides and came to Columbus for a year as a regular student. He then red-shirted a year when the Bucks wanted to position him for their future.
He supported Troy Smith and watched — without saying a negative word — as the Heisman quarterback starred on the field but sometimes misstepped off it.
When Bucks recruiters fell in love with Pryor, Boeckman stoically soldiered on and made a point of taking the Pennsylvania phenom under his wing as soon as he hit campus. And after Saturday's game, Boeckman again was all class when he praised Pryor's play.
Boeckman helped OSU win the Big Ten last season and is 13-3 as a starter. He's already earned his degree, is working on his masters and has never been in trouble while at OSU.
You boo a guy like that?
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