December 23, 2009 6:30 pm EST
We have been hearing about it for a couple of days but now it is official. The Buckeyes will be without senior wide receiver Ray Small and senior defensive end Rob Rose for the Rose Bowl Game against Oregon. Coach Tressel confirmed this today on his radio show. The coach didn't provide specific reasons for the suspensions.
"It is especially disappointing when young people lose the privilege to compete, especially because it is the Rose Bowl and they are seniors," Tressel said.
This is in addition to the announcement last week that Carter would be out but provided no reason, though sources say it was because of academics. The sources also said both Small and Rose violated a team rule. Rose had also been in some academic trouble following the release of fall quarter grades.
Small, who has had conduct issues throughout his college career, is the team's number 3 wide receiver and top punt return man. Carter is the team's 4th receiver, while Rose is a reserve defensive lineman who has recorded 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks.
Tressel said wideouts Taurian Washington and Lamaar Thomas as well as tight end Jake Stoneburner must now take on larger roles in the Buckeyes' passing game.
Each time this happens I always think the future players will learn from these mistakes. Maybe we will never hear what happened, but you would think eventually the kids would learn from the past.
June 14, 2009 2:00 pm EST
Buckeye recruit Jaamal Berry admits to buying and planning to smoke the marijuana found in his car last Thursday morning in Miami, FL. He was found with 28 grams of marijuana which is a third-degree felony. Berry was pulled over after he ran a red light at 12:10 am. And what is it that Coach Tressel always says "Nothing good happens after 10:00 pm.
Although Tressel is known for saying the players need to be inside the dorms early, he is not saying whether Berry will be reporting to for summer term as originally expected. He was scheduled to be in Columbus in time for the start of classes June 22nd. I am sure that Coach Tressel will wait to see all the details unfold this week before rendering a decision on the would-be freshman's future with the team.
Since Tressel has been coach at OSU, there have been four players charged with felonies, and none of them returned to the team. In 2002 Marco Cooper was charged with drug abuse and carrying a concealed weapon. In 2004, where charged with robbery and receiving stolen property and in 2005 Jonathan Skeete was charged with drug trafficking. - Gregg
April 30, 2009 12:30 pm EST
Walk-on tailback Bo DeLande was charged with DUI yesterday after a traffic stop on Tuesday according to court records. This occurred on campus at N. High St. and W. 11th Ave. DeLande was pulled over for making an illegal left turn. Given a breath test, his blood-alcohol level was measured at .133. In Ohio, the legal limit is .08. DeLande is 20, so he's underage.
He is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday in Franklin County Municipal Court.
DeLande is entering his third year in the program. He redshirted in 2007 and did not play in 2008.
April 20, 2009 10:00 pm EST
Doug Worthington, senior defensive tackle was ordered to pay a $350 fine and attend a three-day alcohol-intervention class for a drunken-driving charge he pleaded guilty to in January. Franklin County Municipal Judge James E. Green also restricted the driving privileges to work and school for 270 days.
Shortly after 3:00 am July 26, OSU police stopped Worthington's Cadillac sport-utility vehicle for speeding on Woody Hayes Drive in front of Ohio Stadium. Worthington registered a 0.095 percent blood-alcohol content on a breath test. In Ohio, a driver is considered drunk at 0.08 percent. He has already completed the class.
March 1, 2009 2:30 pm EST
Mike Adams and J.B. Shugarts were cited on January 14th after being pulled over for running a stop sign at Pearl St. and E. 14th St., in the campus area. They will be in court this week to face misdemeanor charges of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Each has pleaded not guilty. Adams has a pre-trial hearing set for Monday and Shugarts for Wednesday, both in Franklin County Municipal Court. The charge is a fourth-degree misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum of 30 days in jail and a $250 fine.
Both players saw some action in 2008 but their playing time was limited due to injuries. Adams should move into the left tackle position vacated by Alex Boone. Shugarts will compete for a starting job as well.
February 2, 2009 10:00 pm EST
Dispatch.com and Fox News has reported former OSU lineman Alex Boone was arrested yesterday after a drunken outburst in Alisa Viejo, CA. Boone spent last night in the medical ward of a jail in Santa Ana.
According to Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino, police responded to a call of a man yelling and jumping on cars outside an apartment building, where Alex was living while training for the NFL draft. Amormino said that when police arrived, Boone at first tried to flee. Because he appeared to be heavily intoxicated, police transported him to Saddleback Hospital. There, Amormino said Boone was yelling and cursing at nurses.
Boone then was taken to jail, but remained so uncooperative that the booking process could not be completed. During the process, he had to be stunned with Tasers several times in order to be subdued. He has been charged with resisting arrest and obstructing police. Amormino said Boone could face more charges, related to public drunkenness and/or related to the damage to cars. Prosecutors have not yet handled the case.
Amormino said Boone's blood-alcohol level was at least three times the legal limit, which is 0.08 percent. , just as it is in Ohio. Boone is 6-foot-8 and 312 pounds. OSU coach Jim Tressel was disappointed by the news.
"Alex headed California to focus solely on his training," Tressel said. "It is so disappointing to hear that he had this mishap. His intentions were to prepare for his NFL dream."
This is not Boone's first alcohol-related incident. In April 2006, after his freshman season at OSU, he was charged with drunken driving after being involved in a two-car accident in Columbus. His blood-alcohol level at the time was 0.159. He pleaded no contest and was fined $300 and given a 10-day suspended jail sentence.
Heading into preseason camp that fall, Boone talked openly of having a problem with binge drinking, but said he had quit drinking. Last fall, he told The Dispatch that since he turned 21 last May, he has had an occasional drink.
A native of Lakewood, Ohio, Boone played four seasons for the Buckeyes, from 2005- 2008, starting at left tackle for the majority of his career. He was named First Team All-Big Ten last season.
He has been working out at Velocity Sports Performance, a training center in Orange, Calif., since mid-January. Boone was projected as a mid-round NFL draft pick, we will find out in April if the arrest will change the minds of any NFL suitors.
January 27, 2009 2:00 pm EST
Defensive tackle Doug Worthington pleaded guilty today to a drunken-driving charge stemming from a traffic stop on Woody Hayes Drive on July 26, 2008.
Franklin County Municipal Judge James E. Green agreed to postpone sentencing until Worthington's parents could speak on his behalf. As a first-time offender, he is likely to be sentenced to pay a fine and attend a three-day alcohol-intervention class, a prosecutor said.
Worthington was driving a white Cadillac sport-utility vehicle when he was stopped by campus police at 3:13 am in front of Ohio Stadium for driving 16 miles over the speed limit. A breath test registered a 0.095 percent blood-alcohol content. An Ohio driver is presumed intoxicated at 0.08 percent. In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors dismissed the speeding ticket.
Worthington is expected to return as a starting defensive lineman for the Buckeyes this fall. He played in all 13 games last season and had 34 tackles and 1.5 sacks.
January 7, 2009 11:30 pm EST
A plea deal has been reached with a former Columbus code-enforcement officer and former OSU football player Derrick Foster, who is charged with shooting two police officers through a door during a drug raid. Foster, 38, who has been held without bail since his arrest April 30th, 2008 at 1781 E. Rich St., agreed to plead guilty to at least one felony charge on Friday, prosecutors said yesterday. A hearing has been set for 10:30am before Franklin County Common Pleas Judge David W. Fais.
Foster went to the house to gamble in a dice game according to his attorney, Samuel B. Weiner. When officers began to enter, Foster thought the place was being robbed and fired through the door. Officers Anthony Garrison and John Gillis were wounded. They will be at the hearing, said Jim Gilbert, president of Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge No. 9.
"Both officers … are aware of his plea set for Friday," Gilbert said. "They are happy that this case is being brought to a conclusion. We believe this deal is going to be fair." Weiner could not be reached for comment yesterday. Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien would not give details of the plea agreement.
Police said the raiders announced that they were police officers.
Foster is charged with two counts of felonious assault, each carrying up to 13 years in prison. He resigned from his city job, which he held for 13 years. He has received support from some former Ohio State athletes, who knew him as a defensive end for the Buckeyes football team between 1989 and 1992.
December 11, 2008 10:30 pm EST
Defensive end Nathan Williams was arrested by Beavercreek police for allegedly shoplifting three shirts valued at $80 from the Macy's department store in the Mall at Fairfield Commons in suburban Dayton. He claims he was arrested trying to protect a friend.
Williams said he was with a friend, and as they were walking out of the store, the alarm went off. His friend told him he had the three shirts, and Williams agreed to take the shirts -- and the blame. He was booked and released and faces an arraignment hearing Tuesday in Fairborn Municipal Court. The charge is a first-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Williams said he had not yet told coaches or even his family about the incident.
November 11, 2008 8:30 pm EST
Former Ohio State starting offensive lineman T.J. Downing has been charged with drug trafficking, felony drug abuse and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle.
Franklin County Municipal Court records show that the 24-year-old Downing was arrested in the Columbus suburb of Grandview Heights on Sunday. A native of Canton, Downing lettered three years for the Buckeyes, from 2004 through the 2006 season that ended with a lopsided loss to Florida in the national championship game. Downing was not drafted but signed as a free agent with the Arizona Cardinals in April 2007. He was cut before the season began.
October 23, 2004 9:00 am EST
Ohio State has suspended starting tailback Lydell Ross for the game today against Indiana after he was accused of passing a dancer fake currency at a Columbus strip club. Shelby Rupe, general manager of Pure Platinum, said Ross admitted to her that he used the fake money but did not know it was fake. When Ross refused to say who gave him the fake money, a complaint was filed. The case is under investigation but Ross was not arrested and has not been charged.
The incident took place early Sunday morning after the Buckeyes returned home from a 33-7 loss at Iowa. Pure Platinum has an in-house currency system that comes in $10 increments with serial numbers. The money is typically used to pay the dancers for 'special dances'. Rupe detected the fake money when Ross was using $50 bills with no serial numbers.
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