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10-24-2006, 05:01 PM
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Oh GOSH! My job is so rewarding!!!
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I enjoy collecting the best pictures from the games (Davidson & Hayn not withstanding, since they have their own archives).
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jwinslow...your pics are the best buckeyes game day pics i have ever seen!!
seriously, those are amazing.
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Ohio State tailback Antonio Pittman (25), right, carries the balls as Indiana cornerback Tracy Porter moves i n during the third quarter of a football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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10-25-2006, 06:15 AM
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Antonio says he will definitely be back next year and wants to make a run at the Heisman.
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10-25-2006, 07:00 AM
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Why so serious?
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OHIO STATE FOOTBALL
Pittman harbors Heisman hopes
That?s why tailback says he?ll return for senior season
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Antonio Pittman?s dream is to become the seventh Heisman Trophy winner in Ohio State history.
To do that, two things must happen: Quarterback Troy Smith needs to win this season, and Pittman has to return in 2007 for his senior year.
Yesterday, the tailback from Akron said he will be back.
"No, this is not going to be my last year," Pittman said.
Is he sure about that?
"Positive, because there?s a lot of things I haven?t accomplished here," he said, "like honestly, I want to win a Heisman Trophy. That?s the ultimate goal, bring one to Akron."
A bit later in the conversation, though, he did leave himself an out. He was reminded of coach Jim Tressel?s general rule of thumb for juniors thinking of declaring for the draft: If you?re a first-round pick, Tressel says, you should go. Otherwise, stay.
"We?d have to see when that time comes," Pittman said. "That would be hard to pass up, but who knows if I would be a potential first-round pick."
Should Pittman leave next spring, he would face strong competition in the draft pool. The top senior running backs include Kenny Irons of Auburn, Michael Bush of Louisville, Tony Hunt of Penn State, Ken Darby of Alabama and Garrett Wolfe of Northern Illinois.
In addition, top juniors who could enter the draft include Adrian Peterson of Oklahoma, Mike Hart of Michigan and Marshawn Lynch of California.
In the past 10 years, 30 running backs have been selected in the first round, or three a year. So even being considered a top-five back would not guarantee a first-round selection.
On Saturday, top-ranked Ohio State (8-0, 4-0) faces Minnesota (3-5, 0-4), the Big Ten team against which Pittman finally broke his touchdown drought last season. He had gone all season without a score ? a span of 157 carries ? until a 67-yard burst up the middle.
Starting with that game at Minnesota, he scored in 12 straight games before the streak was halted last week against Indiana.
The Gophers are tied for ninth in the Big Ten in rushing defense.
"Hopefully, I?ll break another big run," Pittman said.
He has been called the Buckeyes? most unsung player, overshadowed by Smith, Ted Ginn Jr. and even Anthony Gonzalez.
But after gaining 1,331 yards last season, the second most by a sophomore in OSU history behind Archie Griffin, he is on pace for a 1,264-yard season. That would put Pittman sixth on OSU?s career rushing list.
If he stays next year, he would need only 693 yards to surpass Eddie George (3,668) and be second behind Griffin (5,589).
"I did look at that (list)" he said. "That would be probably the quietest top-three rusher in Ohio State history. I?ve been around some good players who deserve every bit of credit that they get, but it will be the quietest top-three rusher."
He said he hasn?t talked to Smith about his dream of making it back-to-back OSU Heisman winners.
"Right now, I?m pushing for him to get it, that?s my dude," Pittman said.
But he said his Heisman dream is hardly a secret.
"Everybody back home knows," Pittman said. "I said it right in front of Buchtel High School, I said, ?That?s where I?m going to put my trophy, right in the middle of this high school.? "
kgordon@dispatch.com
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10-25-2006, 07:20 AM
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Antonio says he will definitely be back next year and wants to make a run at the Heisman.
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10-25-2006, 08:36 AM
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I hope he meant that is the ultimate goal outside of a national championship.
I'm glad to see that kind of drive in Pittman though. Good for you.
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10-25-2006, 09:17 AM
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