'07 MI DT Joseph Barksdale (LSU signee)

[808 Buck]

He's very impressively built, very well put together. Which is why I love him on OL. He's not much of a penetrator, but he's a wall. A perfect RT or RG.

Above posted on 9-18-06 by union. Good call, as usual. Amazing how kids see the light after they practice against D-1 talent on a daily basis. There's a free board discussion over at the LSU Scout site: TigerRag.com Forums

Guess one of their insiders mentioned something, the rest of the thread is speculation.

[RB07OSU]

Originally Posted by JCOSU86

Pretty nice TV for a college student with no job from a poor family.

When the schools were dead even for JB, the T.V. offer was hard to pass up it seems...shoot, I would go to the University of LSU for the T.V., games, DVD player, and sweet speakers!

[osu_edu]

Originally Posted by RB07OSU

When the schools were dead even for JB, the T.V. offer was hard to pass up it seems...shoot, I would go to the University of LSU for the T.V., games, DVD player, and sweet speakers!

AND, a glass of "juice"!!



osu.edu ROCKS!!!

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Any updates?

[bigballin2987]

[Buckskin86]

Barksdale makes quick impact on LSU offensive line
By Glenn Guilbeau
Louisiana Gannett News
gguilbeau@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE -- Detroit has not exactly been a fertile recruiting ground for LSU over the years. In fact, LSU had never signed a player from Michigan to a scholarship until now.

"Most of my friends didn't even realize how far Louisiana was away from Detroit until I told them," freshman offensive tackle Joseph Barksdale said. "They were like, 'You're going to LSU?' And yeah, it's been pretty much an eye-opener coming down to south Louisiana, just the culture. Things are a lot different. Detroit is hustle and bustle, go, go, go. Baton Rouge is laid back."

"I wanted to come where the good football was," he said. "I wanted to come to a good team. I wanted to experience a new culture as well. The fact that coach Miles was from up north, that was something that I looked at. LSU's not as far as USC. It's not as close as Ohio State. It has a really good engineering program. It had the No. 1 defense in the country, so either I was going to be playing with it or blocking it. That was going to make me better either way."

The Town Talk - www.thetowntalk.com - Alexandria-Pineville, Louisiana

[CausticMick]

Has this guy announced where he's going yet? Jeesh!

[akronbuck]

6'4 310 RT on the 2nd team. I remember he use to be 6'6 330 and ranked as Top DT . I Guess he's to slow for the D-line

[JosephBarksdale]

Originally Posted by akronbuck

6'4 310 RT on the 2nd team. I remember he use to be 6'6 330 and ranked as Top DT . I Guess he's to slow for the D-line

Not too slow.

[akronbuck]

Originally Posted by JosephBarksdale

Not too slow.

Then why , not playing guard or the D-line. Those are the spots where they put the speed at.

[Colvinnl]

I've blocked most of the game out of my memory, but for some reason I recall him getting in as FB in a goaline situation...am I crazy?

[JosephBarksdale]

Originally Posted by akronbuck

Then why , not playing guard or the D-line. Those are the spots where they put the speed at.

Offensive guard is where the speed is?

[akronbuck]

Originally Posted by JosephBarksdale

Offensive guard is where the speed is?

they do the pulling and that usually, needs speed

[JosephBarksdale]

Originally Posted by Buck Nasty

He is also a poster on this board. He can be found frequently in this thread.

So I heard there were some questions about me in the Rumor Mill (I dont actually have access)... well, here's the thread.

The only thing is, Buck Nasty, is I thought that we werent allowed to post this picture anymore

[JosephBarksdale]

I started at right tackle today. Yes, thats on the OLine.