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09-06-2008, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by O Nasty
Why did Ray's number get changed from 4 to 82? I didn't catch it when ESPN spoke about it, I was thrown off by the constant stuttering of Pam and them showing laurinaitis's picture with trapasso's stat line.
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In an interview a week or two ago, Ray stated that although he had been going to class, he was showing up late, not doing what he needed to be doing. JT took #4 from him and gave him #82. Ray said "I make the number, the number doesn't make me". |
09-06-2008, 03:45 PM
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Small's Punt return was impressive.
I'd like to see more of that September 13th.
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09-06-2008, 04:10 PM
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Ray is a big improvement in the punt return game over Hartline. And his effort as a WR is showing. Great job, Ray!
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I agree! 
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09-06-2008, 04:17 PM
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Break out the #4 for Ray in the USC game to pump him up!!!!!!
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09-06-2008, 04:21 PM
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Ray has been solid and clutch when we have needed him (reminds me somewhat of Roy Hall and his ability as the #3 receiver).
2 weeks in a row he has finished second on the team in receiving yards. He has also played a big roll in field position as he has been doing very very well.
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09-06-2008, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by osucollegebuck
Break out the #4 for Ray in the USC game to pump him up!!!!!!
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Ray said he might like to stay with 82 and leave 4 in the past
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09-06-2008, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by osucollegebuck
Break out the #4 for Ray in the USC game to pump him up!!!!!!
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He's done well in #82, I'd like to see him keep it |
09-06-2008, 05:15 PM
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Small cites 'class' difference between OSU and USC
September 6, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The two teams that meet next week at the L.A. Coliseum have enjoyed tremendous success with dramatically different philosophies.
Ohio State wide receiver Ray Small pointed out some of those differences after Saturday's too-close-for-comfort 26-14 win against Ohio. Small, like several players in the Ohio State-USC game, visited both schools during the recruiting process.
"As I took my visit to USC, I'm like, 'How are they successful? They're not even serious about the game,'" said Small, who caught five passes and had a 69-yard punt return for a touchdown against Ohio. "Before the game, they're all going crazy. Me and [Buckeyes defensive end] Rob Rose was on the visit and I'm looking like, 'Wow.' And then the coach said, 'You better get out of here. It's 'bout to get hectic.'
"And then I come [to Ohio State] on the visit and before the game, it's all quiet, everybody getting taped, coaches talking. It's the total opposite."
Small can't figure out how two divergent programs achieve such similar results. But he knows he made the right choice with the Buckeyes.
"It's more of a class thing," he said. "We took what [former USC quarterback] Carson Palmer said. I don't think somebody from Ohio State would have ever said that remark."
Palmer, the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback, sounded off in July, telling an L.A. radio station how he "cannot stand the Buckeyes and having to live in Ohio and hear those people talk about their team, it drives me absolutely nuts." He later apologized, saying he does respect the Buckeyes.
"Here at Ohio State, they teach you to be a better man," Small said. "There, it's just all about football."
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ESPN - Small cites 'class' difference between OSU and USC - College Football Nation
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