vBook: Does Sutton prove his point?

[Oh8ch]

Kid feels slighted and wants to put on a show. Will he crack 100?

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

I say he gets close but no cigar.....it will be a long day for him.

[jwinslow]

How sleighted he felt

Sutton said he isn't bitter that he'll be wearing a visiting uniform, thinking he may have turned down Ohio State even if they had recruited him sooner.

[Oh8ch]

The kid acts like OSU made an obvious mistake, but the truth is he was under sized, the #59 rated RB by scout and the ONLY two teams who did give him an offer were NU and Illinois.

At the college level it is all about size and speed. Every year there are probably 100 kids who go to that level who are undersized. One or two make it big (Jack Tatum comes to mind). Good for Sutton and I understand why he is miffed, but I am also glad OSU is not taking these long shots.

[buckeyeboy]

He might say that we slighted him, but the fact is that he was a scUM fan. Therefore, he probably wouldn't have gone here if both scUM and tOSU recruited him. He should feel just as slighted by scUM, and we all saw how well he did against them.

[iambrutus]

i dont think he gets 100, our d will step it up and he gets less than 50

[Brutus1]

The bottom line for him is that he's in the perfect system for his talents. If he was here, he's a scout team player.

Just show up and try to beat us on Saturday.

[BuckBackHome]

I'm assuming this is total yards, not just running?

[BuckeyeSoldier]

I had assumed it was just running actually. If not that changes things a bit. Maybe.

[sandgk]

Regardless of whether this is rush, rush and catch or all purpose yards I am counting on the Defense to have a great outing against NW.
From a motivational standpoint I don't really buy what Sutton is trying to sell. It sounds very much as if he is trying to whip himself up into a lather over perceived slights. Ohio State didn't take a look at him and tell him to go back to Akron. For that matter neither did sCUM or Penn State or other B10 schools.
Overlooked - no. Offered? Well hell if his attitude is that the Buckeyes should have come knocking on his door cap in hand I think he has some serious ego issues going on. He had the opportunity to try and make an impression on the Buckeyes and others, got the mailers, follow up on them! The fact that he did not says to me that he went with the only school that explicitly showed him "love."
He is lucky to have the opportunity at NW, and Saturday's contest excluded I wish him well. As for his rhetoric providing an inspirational boost, well, what of the twinkle it puts into the eyes of the LB corps? I would think (I surely hope) by now that they are plain sick and tired of in-state non-Buckeyes griping about how they didn't get a fair chance to play in the Shoe every other Saturday in the fall.
Bottom Line: Talk like Sutton's can work two ways, my guess is he gets a strong dose of Hawk, Carp and Boar-Hunter come Saturday afternoon.

[exhawg]

I can't pass up those odds. I think he goes for 100 to 150. All he'll have to do is get by our LB's 3 or 4 times to put him near 100 yards. NU's offense will confuse our defense every once and a while and get a few big gainers.

[buckeyeboy]

This is big talk coming from someone who's coming off his worst two rushing performances of his career (50 yds vs. scUM and 65 vs. Iowa). He should just concentrate on holding onto the ball...

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune....-college-print

[Steve19]

You makes your bets, you takes your chances!

[wdg01]

2218 on he does, 2218 on he doesn't. The worst I could do is break even

[Oh8ch]

The bet is for rushing yards only.