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The college football season is over and Buckye Nation now looks forward to the beginning of the Urban Meyer Era in 2012. With that being said, not ALL Buckeyes have closed out their season quite yet, as a few remain to play in tonight's late game to decide who will represent the NFC in this year's Super Bowl. Here is the quick rundown:
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This morning we awoke on the west coast to news that Joe Paterno had passed away very early this morning. Our deepest condolences go to the Paterno family, the fans of Penn State University and to all those who celebrate college football just as we do here at Buckeye House Call.
He was a legend who did so much good on and off the field. Today is a day for the college football world to celebrate exactly that, and to mourn the loss of a legend.
R.I.P. JoePa
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Football. Is there a greater sport out there? It is arguably the greatest in the world but yet is only played religiously by the United States. And when you think about football in the United States, what comes to your mind? The NFL? College Football perhaps? Maybe even High School? We should take a closer look...
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Sometimes it’s important to sit back and appreciate what you have.
That’s especially true for Buckeyes fans in 2012. By the end of this calendar year, what Urban Meyer is doing will feel like the norm. But it’s not the norm and it never will be.
The recruiting success Meyer and his staff have enjoyed since moving to Columbus two months ago has been jaw dropping. By Ohio State standards, this year’s recruiting class was left for dead in the wake of Jim Tressel’s resignation. In team recruiting rankings on web sites like Scout and Rivals, the Buckeyes remained in the top 25, but not by much. Today, two months after Urban Meyer took over, the Buckeyes were ranked third in the country on Rivals and fourth in the country on Scout.
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The Good Guys
It’s pretty simple, when a guard who averages around 12 points per game scores 43, a team shoots 60% collectively, and 61.1% from beyond the arc in a home game, they’re going to win. Ohio State ran into the wrong team on the wrong night. The Illini aren’t labeled "inconsistent" for no reason. In the game we watched, we saw unconscious play by Brandon Paul, a good, motivated Meyers Leonard and players putting in quality minutes for their role. I doubted Illinois and with good reason after they were trounced by UNLV and Purdue and haven’t won a Big Ten game by more than 9 points. Pretty much every team in the nation loses that game. Not many, if any, college teams can overcome a 43 point performance.
On the night of March 3rd, 1987 Ohio State guard Dennis Hopson, playing against Florida International in the old St. John Arena, broke Herb Williams' all time scoring record at The Ohio State University. It was an amazing feat considering the tradition of the program, certainly worthy of the celebration it received that night.
Hopson also had one of the best seasons overall in Buckeye history. He holds the single season scoring record of 958 for an average of 29.1, which ranks third overall in Ohio State history for averages. He holds the record for field goals made in a single season with 338 and is the single season leader in field goals attempted with a staggering 653. He holds the record for most free throws made/attempted at 215/264. In the same year he dished out 120 assists while taking the ball away 71 times and helped his team to one of the best single season steals totals at 281. He is the all time leader in scoring with 2,096 points and a career average of 16.8 and helped his team to the #1 scoring spot with 2,802 points in a season. That record wasn’t broken until the 2007 Oden and Conley team came along. He holds 8 of the top 50 scoring games in Ohio State history and only Gary Bradds has more at 10. He is second to only Jay Burson in career steals at 164. Dennis was inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.
A petition has now been created that you can sign if you wish to assist in getting Dennis' #32 put up into the rafters at the Schott. I'm personally baffled that it isn't already.
Dennis is now an Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Bowling Green. You can read his coaching profile right here.
I have good reason to support the cause, as you can see from a write-up I did on Dennis back in October 2011 right here on Buckeye House Call. Here's to hoping we can make this happen. Please pass this along to as many friends and Buckeye fans as you can through whichever social media channels you can!
Want see Hop break Herb Williams record? We did too...
GO BUCKS
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Lenzelle Smith breaks out, leads Buckeyes’ revenge on Hoosiers
The Buckeyes found their missing piece.
On Sunday night, Ohio State basketball exacted revenge on Indiana for their loss on New Year’s Eve. But the night’s standout wasn’t William Buford, Aaron Craft, or Deshaun Thomas. It wasn’t even Jared Sullinger. It was the 5th man.
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