Loose ends
Tressel doesn’t expect to leave any player at home, at least because of being academically ineligible. "We get our grades (from fall quarter today), but I got a little hint that we’re in pretty good shape," Tressel said. The Buckeyes recently had a Big Ten-high 22 players named to the Academic All-Big Ten team. . . . Junior defensive end Redgie Arden has been on the mend from both the beating he took on the streets of Huntington, W.Va., in late summer and from a scheduled shoulder surgery he underwent a few weeks later. "He’ll be ready in the spring," said Tressel, indicating Arden still has a home with the Buckeyes. . . . One highly regarded Ohio recruit, running back Javon Ringer of Dayton Chaminade-Julienne, committed to Michigan State. Despite being rated 13 th overall in the state by the Ohio Football Recruiting News, Ringer had not been offered a scholarship by
OSU reportedly because of some academic concerns, even though he is expected to meet NCAA academic requirements.
from the dispatch last wednesday.