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SanAntonioBuck
RIP Our Friend and Hero
Dexter, welcome to our family! :gobucks3: :gobucks4:
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Camden Way
THE Ohio State University
Nice pick up. Looks like he could fill any number of roles going forward. Welcome Dexter!
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BuckeyePride
All-Ohio
anytime we beat scUM in anything... it's always good.
Welcome to tOSU Dexter. Here's to tons of sacks :cheers:
Welcome to tOSU Dexter. Here's to tons of sacks :cheers:
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WestonBuckeye
Junior
Larimore's mom " I like Carr but JT morals won me over"
wow...what a slap in the face to Carr
Larimore also played a joke on Tressel
http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/sports/z1/12-19-05_z1_spor_04.html
By Mark Lazerus / Post-Tribune staff writer
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Dexter Larimore’s workday lasted all of 50 seconds on Wednesday. That’s how long it took him to record a pin in Merrillville’s wrestling victory over Crown Point.
But wrestling legend and Iowa State assistant coach Cael Sanderson came all the way out to see it. So did Michigan’s head football coach, Lloyd Carr. And half of Columbus, Ohio, seemed to visit the Larimore household in the past few weeks.
It was time.
“It got nuts; I was cooking every third or fourth night for some coach coming over,” said Theresia Larimore, Dexter’s mother. “I told him, 'Oh, Dexter, you need to make a decision soon.’ ”
He finally did. Larimore made it official late Saturday night, accepting a scholarship offer from Ohio State. The Post-Tribune Defensive Player of the Year and first-team offensive lineman will be a defensive linemen for the Buckeyes next fall.
The 6-3, 285-pound Merrillville senior already had narrowed it down to Michigan and Ohio State — each of which offered scholarships back in September — and he had long since settled on football over wrestling (not that it deterred wrestling recruiters from wooing him further).
Larimore made his official visit to Michigan the weekend of Nov. 18. He visited Columbus three times, with his official visit coming two weeks ago.
When it came down to it, Larimore said Ohio State was simply a better fit than Michigan.
“I like both schools obviously,” he said. “But at Ohio State, I think the coaches, the school itself, the campus, the players on the team — I just like everything about it.”
Larimore — a lifelong Michigan fan, by the way — made the team he grew up rooting against squirm a bit first. When he called Ohio State’s Doc Tressel — his recruiting coach and the older brother of head coach Jim Tressel — at about 10 p.m., Larimore somberly told him he had decided to attend Michigan.
“Oh, that’s a heartbreaker,” the elder Tressel said. “Really?”
Then Larimore let him off the hook.
“He thought it was funny,” Larimore said. “It was a good laugh.”
Larimore then spoke with Ohio State defensive line coach Jim Heacock. By then, it was too late to talk with Jim Tressel, but Larimore expects to do so soon.
Larimore broke the news to his recruiting coach at Michigan on Sunday afternoon.
“They really thought I was going to go there, but they respected my decision,” he said. “They didn’t try to push me.”
While she liked Carr, Theresia Larimore said Jim Tressel’s “moral values” won her over.
“He’s a very religious man,” she said. “I felt like trusting him with my son five hours away was something I could do with him. A lot of times with parental decisions, it just comes down to instinct.”
Larimore will likely redshirt next year as he gets acclimated to life in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes have authorized him to continue wrestling and to participate in the track season and the IFCA All-Star Football Classic in July.
For now, the most immediate impact will come in the form of gifts — “I guess I’ll get a lot of Ohio State stuff for Christmas,” he said — and rest.
“I think I’ll get more sleep now,” he said. “It’s been a tough time. It was pretty intense. Coaches coming in and visiting and talking — now I’ll know what I’m doing and I can call my coach and get my workout regimen and all that good stuff. It’s more focused now.” Contact Mark Lazerus at 648-3140 or [email protected]
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wow...what a slap in the face to Carr
Larimore also played a joke on Tressel
http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/sports/z1/12-19-05_z1_spor_04.html
By Mark Lazerus / Post-Tribune staff writer
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[FONT=Arial,Helv]
Dexter Larimore’s workday lasted all of 50 seconds on Wednesday. That’s how long it took him to record a pin in Merrillville’s wrestling victory over Crown Point.
But wrestling legend and Iowa State assistant coach Cael Sanderson came all the way out to see it. So did Michigan’s head football coach, Lloyd Carr. And half of Columbus, Ohio, seemed to visit the Larimore household in the past few weeks.
It was time.
“It got nuts; I was cooking every third or fourth night for some coach coming over,” said Theresia Larimore, Dexter’s mother. “I told him, 'Oh, Dexter, you need to make a decision soon.’ ”
He finally did. Larimore made it official late Saturday night, accepting a scholarship offer from Ohio State. The Post-Tribune Defensive Player of the Year and first-team offensive lineman will be a defensive linemen for the Buckeyes next fall.
The 6-3, 285-pound Merrillville senior already had narrowed it down to Michigan and Ohio State — each of which offered scholarships back in September — and he had long since settled on football over wrestling (not that it deterred wrestling recruiters from wooing him further).
Larimore made his official visit to Michigan the weekend of Nov. 18. He visited Columbus three times, with his official visit coming two weeks ago.
When it came down to it, Larimore said Ohio State was simply a better fit than Michigan.
“I like both schools obviously,” he said. “But at Ohio State, I think the coaches, the school itself, the campus, the players on the team — I just like everything about it.”
Larimore — a lifelong Michigan fan, by the way — made the team he grew up rooting against squirm a bit first. When he called Ohio State’s Doc Tressel — his recruiting coach and the older brother of head coach Jim Tressel — at about 10 p.m., Larimore somberly told him he had decided to attend Michigan.
“Oh, that’s a heartbreaker,” the elder Tressel said. “Really?”
Then Larimore let him off the hook.
“He thought it was funny,” Larimore said. “It was a good laugh.”
Larimore then spoke with Ohio State defensive line coach Jim Heacock. By then, it was too late to talk with Jim Tressel, but Larimore expects to do so soon.
Larimore broke the news to his recruiting coach at Michigan on Sunday afternoon.
“They really thought I was going to go there, but they respected my decision,” he said. “They didn’t try to push me.”
While she liked Carr, Theresia Larimore said Jim Tressel’s “moral values” won her over.
“He’s a very religious man,” she said. “I felt like trusting him with my son five hours away was something I could do with him. A lot of times with parental decisions, it just comes down to instinct.”
Larimore will likely redshirt next year as he gets acclimated to life in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes have authorized him to continue wrestling and to participate in the track season and the IFCA All-Star Football Classic in July.
For now, the most immediate impact will come in the form of gifts — “I guess I’ll get a lot of Ohio State stuff for Christmas,” he said — and rest.
“I think I’ll get more sleep now,” he said. “It’s been a tough time. It was pretty intense. Coaches coming in and visiting and talking — now I’ll know what I’m doing and I can call my coach and get my workout regimen and all that good stuff. It’s more focused now.” Contact Mark Lazerus at 648-3140 or [email protected]
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tsteele316
Mr. Such and Such
an excerpt from Weston's link above. Dexter was named post-tribune defensive player of the year and first-team offensive lineman. just making sure Larimore's accomplishments get noticed.
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