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WR Dane Sanzenbacher (Official Thread)

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The Warrior and Boom

http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...09/osufb-11-9-xxx-art-gr8ags82-1.html?sid=101

We know who has made an impact this year. Heart and soul on the offense with a lot of great players in there with them.

One of them seems to relish contact, finishing off many runs with a lowered shoulder and an extra few yards.
It's why they call Ohio State tailback Daniel Herron "Boom."
The other leads the Buckeyes in the unofficial category of getting pasted while leaping to make a catch, arms and legs splayed as he falls while observers cringe and wonder how he can keep getting up.
It's why they call Dane Sanzenbacher "a warrior."
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On a little side note. I saw the "warrior's" Dad at the checkout line in Kroger's. I said as we shoke hands "Hey Lee, Dane is having a good year" and he replied beaming about his son's recent successes "I'm so happy for him". I said "he could have had 5 TDs againist EMU but he got tripped up on a side line route". He commented that would have been in the records books for a long time to which I replied, "he will be in the record books with 4 for a long time". Then he randomly mentioned a little know fact about his son's 40 time as if he needed to explain why he got tackled on that one route. "Dane has been working on his 40 and he's been timed at 4.4 sec." Don't so much care about his 40 as long as he his taking the ball in the endzone every week. Does he know that Dane will be best known for his fierce and feerless play? My guess is Dad will be really happy when his son gives his Mom another pair of gold pants to wear this year! :osu:

Sorry Lee, this story had to be told. :biggrin:
 
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utgrad73;1808114; said:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...09/osufb-11-9-xxx-art-gr8ags82-1.html?sid=101

We know who has made an impact this year. Heart and soul on the offense with a lot of great players in there with them.



On a little side note. I saw the "warrior's" Dad at the checkout line in Kroger's. I said as we shoke hands "Hey Lee, Dane is having a good year" and he replied beaming about his son's recent successes "I'm so happy for him". I said "he could have had 5 TDs againist EMU but he got tripped up on a side line route". He commented that would have been in the records books for a long time to which I replied, "he will be in the record books with 4 for a long time". Then he randomly mentioned a little know fact about his son's 40 time as if he needed to explain why he got tackled on that one route. "Dane has been working on his 40 and he's been timed at 4.4 sec." Don't so much care about his 40 as long as he his taking the ball in the endzone every week. Does he know that Dane will be best known for his fierce and feerless play? My guess is Dad will be really happy when his son gives his Mom another pair of gold pants to wear this year! :osu:

Sorry Lee, this story had to be told. :biggrin:
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Good Lord......I'm gonna miss Dane. He just does all the big and little things right. and that goes for on and off the field

Kid is a football player and will have long pro career.
 
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Tipped pass + great hands = TD

http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...ohio-state-penn-state-game-story.html?sid=101

Devon Torrence returned an interception 34 yards to give Ohio State the lead in the third quarter, Dane Sanzenbacher plucked a tipped pass for a 58-yard TD that boosted it and Daniel "Boom" Herron hit the gaps for a career-high 190 yards rushing as the Buckeyes awakened to beat Penn State 38-14 today in Ohio Stadium.
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This was kind of like a hook and ladder play, long hook and a step ladder :biggrin:

It just gets better and better - congrats to the team. Great character defining game.
 
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Immaculate Reception or Just Luck?

http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20101114/SPORTS16/101119748/-1/sports16

COLUMBUS The "Immaculate Reception" is a somewhat irreverent tag placed on one of the most famous plays in NFL history.

As two other players collided pursing a pass, the ball was deflected, and Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris grabbed it just before it struck the ground and took the ball in for a touchdown to win a playoff game.

In Saturday's critical Big Ten meeting with Penn State, the Buckeyes dug themselves out of a hole and were nursing a 17-14 lead in the fourth quarter when a deep pass bounced off OSU receiver DeVier Posey's hands inside the 5-yard line as he and two Penn State players converged on the ball.

Dane Sanzenbacher, trailing the play, swept the ball out of the air and stepped into the end zone for a 58-yard touchdown that finally afforded the Buckeyes some breathing room on their way to a 38-14 victory
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That opportunistic catch will be part of Dane's legacy. Against Penn State it was the catch that started the second half dominance on offense. He was shutout in the first half and only made that "catch" in the second but it was enough to help start the momentum swing for the Buckeyes. Herbstreit asked who will step up and leed the Buckeyes in the second half? Well that player was overwhelmingly Boom with over 180 yards rushing. It takes a big play to set the tone and to get the team on the same page to win games like this. And the big plays came with Dane's catch, the pick six interceptions by Howard and Torrence, Pryor's runs, Saine's dash along the sideline, Stoney's TD, great special teams coverage and some inspired play by the defense. I'm sure I missed someone here but you get my point. It was Tressel that recognized the circus catch and momentum changer in what Sanzo did:

Did Ohio State coach Jim Tressel see it as college football's Immaculate Reception?

"It was better than that," Tressel said about the play that started a 21-point fourth-quarter outburst by the Buckeyes.
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This Sunday Morning as I sit and reflect on the outcome (can't wait to watch the replay) I see this team as the best team in the country with balance on both sides of the ball, I see a team with a never quit attitude, I see a coach who can motivate his team, and I see a collection a very good footballers that defy the odds and take luck completely out of the picture. Its skill that wins these games and team effort. OK, just maybe the fortuitous bounce of the ball too once in a while!

:osu: Thanks Dane
 
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http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...o-state-iowa-football-game-story.html?sid=101

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Ohio State remained in contention for its sixth straight Big Ten title with a 20-17 victory today over Iowa in Kinnick Stadium. Daniel "Boom" Herron's winning touchdown capped a 76-yard drive engineered by Terrelle Pryor and fueled by a spectacular, leaping catch by Dane Sanzenbacher.
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His catch was key. This team knows how to win the big ones "on a national stage". Go Bucks

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http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20101121/COLUMNIST08/11200391

A few plays later, Pryor would make a throw and Toledo's Dane Sanzenbacher would make a catch that will be remembered for years. It was one of six he grabbed Saturday, one of 118 in his career, to date, but, yes, this is the one that will be the senior's legacy. If you remember Anthony Gonzalez against Michigan in 2005, then you'll remember Dane Sanzenbacher against Iowa in 2010. Eerily similar, they were.
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Catches like that are going to be his legacy as a WR at OSU

"At the position we play you have to have a short memory," Sanzenbacher said. "There really wasn't time to say anything to [Posey]. We were all downfield and we were going no-huddle and we had to hurry back and get a play off. Fortunately, we have a guy who can pass it or run it and make it happen."


That guy, of course, is Pryor. He had options, said coach Jim Tressel. "You send five receivers out, so you have five options there, plus you have the option to run it. That's about as many options as you can get for a fourth-and-10."


Five of the six options weren't looking good. "I think we had most of their receivers covered up," said Iowa free safety Brett Greenwood. "But [Pryor] just snuck out. It just comes down to him pulling the ball down and taking off. He is a great athlete, everybody knows that, and he made the play."
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Dane gives praise to his QB.
 
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