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2008 Open Night Practice (Monday, Aug. 18th)

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jameswes44;1232282; said:
Yes but its supposed to a family event like the spring game, I don't bring my kids with me to tailgate and go to games so this is their chance to get into the shoe and get a few pictures...what is the big deal????
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Who said this is supposed to be a family event? Your sense of entitlement is ridiculous--it's not enough that OSU is opening its practice to you and the public for free, but the team must also let you take pictures? Get over it, and be happy that you get to go to the practice at all.
 
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I know it's not ideal, but I'll have a gallery up tonight with about a billion photos from practice. If you throw bags of gold at me down there, I'll even take a pic of you standing along the rail :p
 
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Buckeyes practice before 12,000 fans
8/18/2008
By RUSTY MILLER
The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? A full 2 1/2 hours before the Ohio State Buckeyes showed up for their annual open-to-the-public workout ? a practice, mind you ? there were already a couple dozen fans standing in line in the withering heat waiting to get into Ohio Stadium.

Those losses in the last two national championship games were already forgotten by the faithful. A new season of hope brought an estimated 12,000 out to watch the Buckeyes, ranked No. 2 in the preseason, go through an otherwise meaningless series of drills and plays.

With a little less than two weeks to go before the season-opener on Aug. 30 against Youngstown State, a Football Championship Subdivision program he used to coach, head coach Jim Tressel said he wasn't concerned about what opposing scouts might find out about his team.

He joked that offensive coordinator Jim Bollman had made 4,000 revisions to the plays he would show to the public.

"He was wondering, 'Oh, am I doing too much?' and I said, 'Hey, if they can figure it out that'll be just fine (because) they have to figure out WHEN you're going to do it.'"

Few of the elite programs in the nation unveil their plays and players in an open practice. Ohio State's coaches know that there is a line between the need for the public to know and for opponents to find out too much.

"We had a supposedly closed scrimmage on Saturday and some of our people brought in little blog sites (that said) 'We saw this' and 'We saw that,'" Tressel said before the session while circled by cameras and reporters in the south end zone. "Our coaches work hard on what we're trying to prepare and would rather not have their thoughts and ideas and game plans out there kicked around until they get to showcase them."
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Buckeyes practice before 12,000 fans - NewsFlash - cleveland.com
 
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