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I'm sorry, but I'm a little lost here... have we offered Thoma yet? Do we plan to? Are we trying to get him to walk-on for a year before we offer him a schollie or what?

Also,
In high school you get to kick field goals off of a tee
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I would say he was referring to a kicking block, which serves pretty much the same purpose as a tee. I held for field goals and extra points in high school. Kicking blocks do add an advantage since they raise the ball off of the playing surface by a couple of inches. I think osugrad21 is right on this one.
 
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msj2487 said:
I'm sorry, but I'm a little lost here... have we offered Thoma yet? Do we plan to? Are we trying to get him to walk-on for a year before we offer him a schollie or what?
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"Thoma would get a scholarship when and if he becomes a starter", Tyrrell said.

(also from the $nuts story, the sentence before the statement about official visits and scholarships)
 
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Yeah, but there is certainly more pressure at the college level, and consistency, placement, and getting the ball off quickly are more important. It's probably easy to think that a punter or kicker can just keep doin' what they were doin' in HS, but there's a reason BJ Sander was a state-record holder in HS, then fell off the map until his final year. There's a reason Mike Nugent wasn't all that good his freshman year. There are still some adjustments and growth required at the postion, just like any other.

This is also the reason I like the idea of JT bringing in a substantial number of kickers. The high numbers may concern some, but if you are going to place such importance on the kicking game, you better make darn sure you have good kickers. One good way to do that is to make sure there is plenty of good competition to be the starter. I would hope there wouldn't be a situation where the jobs are just handed to the most experienced guy at the postion. Ohio State is too good to have a "kicker by default"
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I understand where you are coming from... but there is a definite gap in the difference from HS to college for a kicker and, say, and LB'er.
 
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There is a huge difference btween H.S. kicking and college kicking. Mesko the Michigan recruit wasn't nailing the ball that great in the AA game. He averaged 48 yards a punt in H.S. Mesko had to kick the ball faster than he was used to...just imagine next year.

H.S. kickers take a long time to get the ball off...not gonna happen in college.

Dave Brytus was a stud kicker out of P.A. last year...he had horrible numbers at Purdue this year. Kickers and QB's are affected by the jump from college to H.S. more than any other player because timing is the most important aspect of their positions.
 
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Normally you question the reason for tieing up a few scholarships in kickers, but the last few years have demonstrated that they can win a game for you. The potential of this kid is sky high, 48 yard average in his first year as a punter? Damn :biggrin: . Imagine what he'll do with some college coaching.
 
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Great Posts Award for MegaWoody. Great kickers are absolutely vital for field position. Having Nugent and Groom in 2002 and Nugent and Sander in 2003 were crucial factors in going 25-2 those years. Nugent may have personally kept us from losing the Marshall game this year. What a punter can do to both hurt and help a team was evidenced in The Game. His 21-yard shank in the first gave Michigan the ball at our 41, from where they scored their second TD and almost started running away with the game. He came with that 71-yard bomb in the fourth which pinned Michigan at their 20 when they were again gaining momentum right after their TD bomb to Edwards and then stuffing us thee-and-out. We all know it led to Edward's now-famous fourth-down drop and an insurance FG, but just imagine if Turano only got off a "decent" punt, say 41 yards. Michigan would've got the ball at midfield with great momentum. In my mind, that punt was a potential 10-point swing.
 
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Interesting. One of the posters on BN is good friends with Thoma and has the following to say (take it FWIW)....


He's a pretty good friend of mine, I've gone to school with him since... well, since I've gone to school.

He's about 6'2 190, was second team all state I believe this year, and this was his first year of kicking. He's played soccer all four years of high school, and is by far the most athletic kid at our school. This year (just senior year) he will earn 5 varsity letters. Honestly, I think if he goes to OSU he will start from day one, and will be one of the strong points of the team. Especially with more experiance, he could be the new Ray Guy Award for OSU.

He's also an excellent student. He's been in honors classes all through high school and has something like a 3.8 GPA I think. He's the last person you would have to worry about getting negitive press for the program.

Right now he's debating between OSU and Louisville, with OSU having a slight lead as of 10 minutes ago.
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Louisville and OSU both want him to walk on, at Louisville he will get the first open scholarship while at OSU he will have to win the job to get it. Kent has offered a scholarship, but he won't be going there unless something changes drastically.
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"Tell them I want to play for a winner, that's why it's Louisville or Ohio State."

- Jonathan Thoma, 30 seconds ago
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Yes, Washington told him right when he commited to OSU. Robiskie said he likes the Canes best, but he was very impressed by OSU and his parents are pushing the Bucks. Nothing about Gwaltney.
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http://mb23.scout.com/fohiostatefrm2.showMessage?topicID=14925.topic
 
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Thoma visited OSU this weekend. He was told by the staff that he would be on the 105-man roster but that he would not be a scholarship player until he earned the starting job. Kent State called him on Sunday and emphasized that he would be on scholarship there from day 1. However, Kent State also told him that they have offered three kickers and whoever verbals first gets the scholly. He only spent one night at OSU because of swimming commitments. YSU also offered.
 
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