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RB Brandon "Zoom" Saine (official thread)

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illinoisbuckeye said:
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I'm pretty sure that he will be running track here at OSU. If you have the premium membership, check out the article. It talks about why he choose OSU and how he plans to run track in college.
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Tressel not only said he can play track but encourages it with Saine's running ability. No worries for me though since he looks to be maintaining strength throughout track season and getting faster.
 
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Interestingly, Brandon's uncle works at the YMCA where I work out. He is a huge scUM fan, so I will give him plenty of grief AND congratulations when I see him next. That said, he told another guy who works at the Y a day or two ago that Brandon was down to ND and OSU as his final 2-scUM did not make the cut........
 
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DDN

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OSU football lands speedy Saine

By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Moments after committing to play football at Ohio State, Piqua junior Brandon Saine got a daunting assignment.
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<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> "They said they wanted me to replace (Ted) Ginn," Saine said Wednesday night. "That sounds fun. He's pretty good."
Saine, a 6-foot, 205-pounder, said he may play running back or receiver and be a punt and kick returner at OSU. Ginn — like Saine an exceptionally fast athlete with a track and field background — may be in the NFL by fall 2007, when Saine will be a freshman.
Saine is the defending Division I 100- and 400-meter state champion. He set personal bests in the 100, 200 and 400 in front of OSU football coach Jim Tressel at last week's Wayne Invitational.
On the football field, Saine led the Greater Western Ohio Conference with 1,894 all-purpose yards and 21 touchdowns. He rushed for 1,308 yards (7.65 average) and 17 TDs and added 297 receiving yards, 215 on kick returns and 74 on punt returns. He made the Division II All-Ohio first team.
Wednesday morning, Piqua football coach Bill Nees called Tressel's cell phone.
"I was nervous," Saine said. "I'm pretty shy. I didn't know how to start the conversation. He started talking about the track meet. He said he'd never seen anyone run that fast before. I was like, 'I'm pretty sure you probably have.' "
That would be Ginn, whose shoes Saine hopes to fill.
 
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Dispatch

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OHIO STATE FOOTBALL
Quick back from Piqua commits to Buckeyes
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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Brandon Saine, one of the fastest high-school sprinters in Ohio, has decided to play football at Ohio State.
The Piqua running back and track standout yesterday committed to sign a national letter of intent with the Buckeyes in February. He also had been sought by Michigan and Notre Dame.
"I picked Ohio State because it’s my favorite school," Saine said. "I like the coaches a lot, and it’s close to home. It has everything I’m looking for."
Last season he ran for 1,313 yards, with 10 of his 21 touchdowns coming in the last two games. Bill Kurelic rated him the No. 3 prospect in the state for 2007 in the May issue of Ohio Football Recruiting News.
"He is the fastest kid in the state of Ohio," Piqua athletics director David Palmer said . "But there is a lot more to him than just speed. He has a great personality, he’s humble, and he’s an excellent student."
Saine is the defending Division I champion in the 100 meters and the 400. On Friday, he ran the 100 in 10.34 seconds at the Wayne Invitational in Huber Heights, near Dayton, and the 200 in a state-best 21.15. He also is the fastest in the state in the 400 (46.80).
Saine is the second member of the Ohio State 2007 recruiting class, joining Nate Oliver, a defensive back from Lakewood St. Edward, who committed on national signing day in February. Oliver is ranked No. 2 in the state by Ohio Football Recruiting News.
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What a total surprise!
Not that he picked tOSU, but that it came this soon.
Man, between the '06 calss and the '07 class we will end up with, they can start writing about that Ohio speed.
Saine and Ray Small on KO returns in a few years? WOW
 
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This kids speed is In-Saine. :eek: Does that sound like a good nickname? Anyways, after hearing him on Bucknuts radio, I came away feeling good about this kid. He's very well spoken, humble and down to earth. I like him alot.
 
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sandgk said:
ntd - there are other views - none of which might convince you, but put simply, you can see 7 as the first number in one, 7 or 77 as the middle or last two numbers in the others.

It would be easy to make a 7 look like a 3 with ruffling or wrinkling of the number tag - which is what you may be seeing. It is virtually impossible to alter a 3 to a 7 in a similar fashion - or any fashion for that matter.
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The middle number sure looks like a 3 here:
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http://koktejl.czech-press.cz/preview/1997/09/166.jpg
 
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What I like best about him running the ball is his first 4 or 5 steps when he needs to accelerate. When he sees the hole....he shoots through like a bullet. He also shows very good vision in picking his spots. And he's not afraid of contact.
 
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My analysis of the SunshinePreps video:

Saine most reminds me of Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson, in the beginning of the season, when the computer defenses can't keep up. The last clip, where Saine lines up as a receiver, is especially illustrating, as he is seemingly open by 20 yards and has to wait for the ball to get to him and the defense still can't get to him.
 
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His running style as previously stated looks funny but after watching his highlights again it provides a tremendous advantage to him. His feet are never far off the ground, therefore, if he needs to change direction he can do so quickly after striding. Also as for his elusiveness his speed seems to hurting him at the high school level. He is so much faster than everyone else he rarely needs to change direction after the second level of defenders, instead he just runs past them. His burst when he makes the tackle from behind is second to none at the high school level. He would have caught the player from behind evenutally but the explosion that you see in the video is absolutely incredible. He went from catching the guy in 20 yards to catching him in 5 in an instant.
 
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JohnnyCockfight said:
My analysis of the SunshinePreps video:

Saine most reminds me of Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson, in the beginning of the season, when the computer defenses can't keep up.
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Oddly enough, that's exactly what I was thinking :biggrin: ...I loved playing LA on that game, one play I'd take it to the house with Bo and the next with Marcus Allen. The video had some excellent shots of him taking on tacklers as well

sandgk said:
When I'm wrong, I'm wrong. That is a good photo of the broad jump.
Chalk one up for ntd and yourself :wink2:
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Woohoo :) I think the important fact is that although Jesse Owens has nothing to do with this thread, he is probably the greatest athlete in the history of tOSU and perhaps much much more...:osu:
 
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