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05-29-2007, 03:07 AM
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I just got a PM saying that Biddle says in a Bustnuts premium article that Whaley will be a 4th-year junior this upcoming season. WTF is the real scoop?
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05-29-2007, 06:31 AM
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09-05-2007, 12:01 PM
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I did see Tank get in the game on some goal-line situations Saturday.
This is from SusanZ's game story.
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As soon as the team was well on their walkabout to the stadium, we ran into Tyler Whaley's family who had been standing nearby. Last season, down in Austin, I sat next to Tyler's grandpa and his dad Dave. I then ran into them again, while tailgating outside of the University of Phoenix Stadium on Jan. 8, and incidentally, we bumped into each other leaving the venue that awful night. Dave actually said some comforting words to me late that night back in January and insisted for me to not worry and that the team would be all right. He was very confident that the staff would turn that beatdown into something great. I remember feeling just a little bit better having heard those words coming from a player's father.
Dave did have a neat story to tell about Tyler. Earlier this summer and just a couple of weeks before OSU's Photo Day, Tyler arranged to take a large group of family members and his girlfriend on a tour of Ohio Stadium. They explored all of the suite decks and press box area along with the locker rooms, press room and recruiting rooms. Before leaving, Tyler took them all on to the field where they decided it would be a great family picture for them to line up on the 50-yard line so they proceeded to do so, with the giant scoreboard as a backdrop.
Suddenly, Tyler dropped to one knee, pulled out a ring and proposed marriage to his girlfriend smack dab in the middle of the Block 'O.' The entire family was in on the "surprise" for the future Mrs. Whaley but from Dave's description, it was quite a moment that was captured on video. Tyler and his fiancee will marry in December 2008. Congratulations to them both.
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09-26-2007, 06:56 AM
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Tank a Blocking Tiger in OSU Backfield
By John Porentas
A lot of you are probably way too young to remember this, but in 1964 the Esso Oil Company ran a very successful ad campaign encouraging their customers to "Put a Tiger in Your Tank." That ad campaign is long-gone, but In 2007, the Ohio State Buckeyes did something vaguely similar. They put a tiger named Tank in their backfield. When they did that they got a high-octane blocker that is intent on extending the mileage that OSU running backs cover this season.
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"I've always said that taking a 10 yard sprint then hitting somebody is definitely better than locking up right off the bat," said a grinning Whaley in comparing blocking as a fullback to blocking as an offensive lineman.
"That's the biggest change is getting that 10 yard sprint. Believe me, if I can get my 265 pounds going it's a great collision if I can hit somebody like that. It's a lot more freedom. It's fun," Whaley said.
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"My job is run over people, so if somebody wants to call me Tank I figure that would be about the best nickname I could have," Whaley said.
"It's been wonderful. I just wanted to get in there and lead the way for Beanie and all those other great tailbacks we have."
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http://www.the-ozone.net/football/20...ota/whaley.htm
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09-26-2007, 10:05 AM
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On Beanie's TD, Tank absolutely crushed his man. Funny he's #3 on the depth chart but seemed to get most of the playing time last week.
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09-27-2007, 05:46 AM
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