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Heacock: Buckeyes beware
Don't bet Flashes will follow coach's plan to rest starters
Thursday, October 11, 2007 3:36 AM
By
Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Karl Kuntz | Dispatch
Defensive coordinator Jim Heacock, with Todd Denlinger, says he never believes pregame talk.
Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Heacock isn't buying what Kent State is selling. He brushed off a suggestion by Kent State coach Doug Martin that he is going to rotate his players Saturday and rest his starters for the Mid-American Conference stretch run.
"I don't believe it," Heacock said yesterday. "I don't believe anything, to be quite honest with you, that an opponent says before a game. I've been coaching too long and heard too many things, so I don't even pay any attention to stuff like that."
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