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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Buckeyes spend uneventful New Year’s Eve
Ohio State players spent New Year’s Eve watching the cactus grow, or thereabouts.
Beanie Wells, Terry Robiskie and his roommate, Lawrence Wilson, went out for a quiet dinner before returning to the team hotel to chill in the room.
“We had a prayer, actually,” Wells said of the way he welcomed in the new year.
“We prayed that God would bring us good health in the future.”
Robiskie said he was up until midnight … Columbus time.
“I didn’t see the ball drop. This year is a little bit different,” he said.
Tight end Rory Nicol and some teammates went to Benihana’s, but said the place did not compare to Gengi’s in Columbus. They also retreated to the team hotel, the Fairmont Princess.
“There was a party at the Fairmont, and I heard the countdown but I was watching a movie,” Nicol said.
“I didn’t watch any celebrations or anything. I’m a pretty pathetic person.”
New Year’s resolutions were made.
Robiskie said he resolved “to be a better person. To be a better brother.” He has two younger brothers, one a redshirt freshman at SMU and the other a senior at Cardinal Gibbons High in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
“I’m going to try to quit swearing,” Nicol said.
“It’s so stupid. Sometimes I do, and I say ‘why do I do that?’ But I’m going to be realistic and say I get five per practice.”
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Buckeyes bucking strength of schedule numbers
Ohio State’s road to a bowl victory is not any easier this year.
Texas, which many feel deserved to play in the BCS championship game, had the third-most difficult schedule this season, based on opponents’ winning percentage.
The Longhorns’ record was obviously helped by the strength of the Big 12 Conference, which had five teams finish in the top 21 of the BCS standings - No. 1 Oklahoma (12-1), No. 3 Texas (11-1), No. 7 Texas Tech (11-1), No. 13 Oklahoma State (9-4) and No. 21 Missouri (10-4).
Kansas beat Minnesota in the Insight Bowl here Tuesday to become the conference’s fifth 10-win team.
The top 10 toughest schedules, by opponents’ record:
1) Florida
2) Oklahoma
3) Texas
4) Alabama
5) Boise State
6) Utah
7) USC
8) Pittsburgh
9) Cincinnati
10) Penn State
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Beanie Wells not ready to commit, but …
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said he believes Beanie Wells is ready for the NFL, but Wells was non-committal about his future Thursday, saying that he has not had enough time to make up his mind.
Wells sure sounded as if he would return for his senior season in 2009, however.
“I love the college experience. I told Coach Tressel when I first got here that I wanted to be the best to ever come through Ohio State. I definitely feel like I haven’t accomplished that,” he said at a Fiesta Bowl media gathering.
Reminded that Antonio Pittman said he wanted to return, then entered the NFL draft after his junior season, Wells said, “I vaguely remember that,” drawing laughs.
“Once I sit down and weigh all the other options, I definitely want to be a Buckeye and I definitely want to be the best Buckeye.”
What would that entail?
“You have to go through Archie” Griffin, still the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner, Wells said.
“Archie and Eddie (George). The Heisman, all-time rushing. Whatever it takes.”
After consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, Wells has 3,276 rushing yards, fourth behind Griffin (5,589), George (3,768) and Tim Spencer (3,553) in school history. He could easily move up to finish No. 2.
Wells played only nine games this season because of foot and hamstring injuries, but said injury concerns will not play a role in his decision, although he did seem to tip his hand slightly.
“I don’t think that played a role at all. It was very minor in my decision,” he said, before catching himself.
“I actually haven’t made my full decision yet. I don’t want to say I’m leaning toward staying. I don’t want to say I’m leaning toward going.”
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Robiskie reunion in the desert
In a fortuitous travel twist, Ohio State wide receiver Brian Robiskie will get to see his father Terry, the wide receivers coach for the Atlanta Falcons, for the second time in seven days this week.
Brian attended the Falcons’ final regular-season game against St. Louis in Atlanta last Sunday. When Atlanta and Carolina both won last Sunday, the Falcons were matched against the Arizona Cardinals in a first-round playoff game at the University of Phoenix Stadium on Saturday.
“I am going to have a lot of family coming out,” said Brian, who led the Buckeyes with 37 receptions for 419 yards and eight touchdowns.
“They will be going to the Atlanta game and they will be going to my game. Obviously it worked out pretty good.”
Brian hopes to spend some time with his father in the next day or two and would like to attend Saturday’s NFL game after the Buckeyes’ practice, which ends at 2:30 pm, the same time the Atlanta-Arizona game starts.
He also left his father a ticket for the Buckeyes’ game against Texas on Monday … a game the elder Robiskie could attend only if the Falcons lose Saturday.
“But that’s not going to happen,” Brian said.
“I left him a ticket, but that seat is going to be empty.”
