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Written by Duane Long   
Tuesday, 17 November 2009 11:31

I saw the Glenville-St. Ignatius game last weekend. I wanted to update my thoughts on players in that game.

First, I want to point out that Scott McVey is injured. If St. Ignatius had a more veteran team he likely would not have been in there much this year. He injured his shoulder in the first game of the year and played through it. I have received so many e-mails about him from this game as well as others. He is not himself. He is a smart, tough, dynamic player with a great burst when healthy. Still a top ten player. I am concerned about the fact that he continued to play with the injury. Not good for his college career.

If you have not heard St. Ignatius turned the ball over 8 times, including 5 interceptions. It was the most lopsided game in the history of this rivalry. 4 of the interceptions were by Latwan Anderson. He returned one 100 yards for a touchdown. St. Ignatius had been making a comeback until that moment. It broke the game open. He was another level in this game. Christian Bryant would be getting accolades in any other game. He just happened to be on the same field as Anderson. A couple of players who are not getting enough attention are Jarone Elliott and Rondell Pierce. Both standout every time I see film of them. Elliott harrassed Myers, the St. Ignatius QB headed to Pitt, all night. He had much to do with the bad passing night for Myers. Rondell Pierce is just a football player. He is all over the field making smart plays. He is always around the ball. Someone is going to get great players in both these kids. The lack of offers makes me wonder about academics, in particular for Elliott. Pierce plays linebacker. He is not going to be big enough to be an every down linebacker. Maybe not fast enough to play the Star or strong safety but someone will give him a shot if he is eligible. Too good a player.

Underclassmen. Wynn did not touch the ball a lot. He is so quick. You can see he is moving at another level of speed. Fearless too. That is the thing I love about the kid. He might be a buck fifty five but you will get every ounce of it out of him. I am still not sure about Aundrey Walker. He should dominate and he doesn't. Massive kid. He is listed at 330 but is more like 340 or 350. The thing is, he is not that much overweight. He is that huge.Robert Walton is not a Buckeye caliber kid, especially with the players here and those coming in, but he is a fine back. Smart, tough, great balance and runs with great determination. He is at least a MAC back and could be a lower tier Big Ten player. The player I am stuck on is Andre Sturdivant. I like the football player. Someone asked me was he like Brian Rolle. I said no. He is bigger and not that quick. Is he big enough is the question. His read and react are good. His run is good but not quite Brian Rolle. He is one to watch.

Lastly, I loved what I saw out of Cardale Jones. 9 of 22 is not a great night statistically but he showed so well throwing the ball. His mechanics and his arm strength are both excellent. He throws the deep out with velocity. He is a fine athlete that can hurt a defense with his feet. He made one throw that was incomplete that was the best pass he threw all night. He threw to the back of the end zone. Nobody was really open but he put the ball where his receiver had a chance to make a play but nobody else did. He also had a touchdown pass dropped. He needs to work on his reading but that will come. Sr is not letting him off the hook. The biggest misconception about Glenville is that players get coddled. Nothing could be further from the truth. We saw it in this game.

Late in the game, as Glenville was trying to put it away, Sr called a timeout. Obviously it was to put a play in. Cardale threw the ball into the ground. During the dead ball Sr came out on the field so far that I thought he might get flagged. He said something to one of the receivers. After getting a response he went ballistic on Jones. That little meeting broke up and all went to the sideline. Sr just happened to notice Jones standing just about five feet from him and went at him again. He was livid. After Sr went back to the game, others went and patted him on the back. Sr in his face screaming and the kid listening. No attitude. No sulking. That is what will make him as good as he can be.


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written by dumbme, November 17, 2009
Just couldn't stop at OSU, now you need to belittle Glenville for the win. Nothing makes you happy, you are not a true Tarblooder. You know nothing about football. Where were you sitting cause you obviously missed the game. True Tarblooders do not need this.
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written by JarheadBuck, November 17, 2009
Dumbme - I want to congratulate you on picking an appropriate (and accurate) handle. Damn man, learn to read. Duane didn't belittle Glenville as a team or individual players.

Bryant would have gotten accolades, but Anderson's 4 picks overshadowed Bryan'ts good play with 4 picks. Elliot and Pierce deserve more recruiting attention. Walker will be a good MAC / B10 bakc, but our stable is already overflowing...so not at OSU. Jones looked great and took coaching well rather than wilt/rebel under Sr's in-game tough love.

Duane's not sure about Walker yet, but he's huge and not that overweight at 340-350. He's also not sure about Sturdivant yet, but he's one to watch.

Where's the belittling that got you all jacked up?

Duane - thanks for the insight.
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written by Duane Long, November 17, 2009
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written by dumbme, November 17, 2009
Just couldn't stop at OSU, now you need to belittle Glenville for the win. Nothing makes you happy, you are not a true Tarblooder. You know nothing about football. Where were you sitting cause you obviously missed the game. True Tarblooders do not need this.



What are you talking about??? This is the most insane post I have read since I started this blog. You need to re-read this then point out where I belittled Glenville.

True Tarblooder??? I didn't go to Glenville.
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written by bucksfan10, November 17, 2009
Guys, I think "Dumbname" was being sarcastic.
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written by RipsManifesto, November 17, 2009
Pretty sure his post was sarcasm guys. smilies/smiley.gif
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written by Duane Long, November 17, 2009
I hope you are right. If you are, I certainly apologize. I didn't get it. I don't pay any attention whatsoever to the fonts. I don't know which is which. If Dumbme is Dumbname I am much more sure it is sarcasm.
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written by coloradobuckeye, November 17, 2009
Like the blog post, but should be called "Looking at some Glenville Players" or "Scouting players from the Glenville-St. Iggy game."
I was just hoping to hear about some people in the state that don't already get all the press.
Thanks for the great blog.
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written by dumbme, November 17, 2009
Big Man, you don't like my sarcasm? What is wrong with my sarcasm. My sarcasm annoys plenty of people, my god, when will you ever be happy with my sarcasm????
When When When.
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written by RipsManifesto, November 17, 2009
I was kind of curious about Duane's take on Shaw committing to the Gators. Also a lot of talk about Hicks to Texas here soon.
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written by Duane Long, November 17, 2009
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written by coloradobuckeye, November 17, 2009
Like the blog post, but should be called "Looking at some Glenville Players" or "Scouting players from the Glenville-St. Iggy game."
I was just hoping to hear about some people in the state that don't already get all the press.
Thanks for the great blog.


That is actually a great idea. I have a lost of players that I could talk about if fans are interested. Most seem to want to hear about kids looking at the Buckeyes and those from certain schools. I would be very happy to widen the scope if fans want to see something like that.
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written by Duane Long, November 17, 2009
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written by dumbme, November 17, 2009
Big Man, you don't like my sarcasm? What is wrong with my sarcasm. My sarcasm annoys plenty of people, my god, when will you ever be happy with my sarcasm????
When When When.


I am working hard on it, Dog. I will get it the next time.
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written by coloradobuckeye, November 17, 2009
That is actually a great idea. I have a lost of players that I could talk about if fans are interested. Most seem to want to hear about kids looking at the Buckeyes and those from certain schools. I would be very happy to widen the scope if fans want to see something like that.

I would personally like that, there are a lot of great players in the state that will go on to have great careers that won't play for the bucks. I myself would like to know who the next zach collaros (sp?) will be or who are some players headed for the mac who could be guys we are left wondering how the bucks missed them.
At some point an analysis of the other teams in the big10's recruiting classes would be cool.
Thanks and keep up the great work!
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written by Duane Long, November 17, 2009
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written by RipsManifesto, November 17, 2009
I was kind of curious about Duane's take on Shaw committing to the Gators. Also a lot of talk about Hicks to Texas here soon.


There was always something in the back of my mind that we would not get this kid. I thought it would be USC. He kept a date open. I was thinking that he was a California kid with a USC offer. If he set up a visit to USC, all those schools he wanted to visit would back off and he would not have his pick of places to have fun before going home to commit to USC. For a short while after the visit here, I thought we were a contender but every visit after that brought new doubts as he raved about the school he just recently visited. I would have loved to have him. I give him the edge on Joyner but only because of size. I think we end up with at least one great safety in Latwaan Anderson, and maybe Bryant is a safety too. Anderson looked like everything you would want in a free safety against St. Ignatius. He was reading the game and breaking on the ball.Once he gets it he is a game breaker. We get Anderson and Bryant, all but a done deal, and Joyner is just icing on the cake. Shaw would have been icing on the cake. We are in great shape getting Anderson and Bryant.

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