Just heard Buck Showalter on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight and he predicted that Kerry Wood would lead the American League in saves. If he’s right the Indians will be playing in October. It’s exciting to think about how goodthe Indians can be if Wood stays healthy.
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The Buckeyes are recruiting quaterback Nick Montana, Joe Montana’s son.
According to several reports, quarterback Nick Montana, Joe’s son, said he is flying to Columbus for an unofficial visit on Monday and Tuesday before going to check out Texas for two days. He said the Buckeyes told him he is their No. 1 quarterback target in the next recruiting class.
“They told me I was going to be pretty much their guy until I tell them that I’m not interested or unless I tell them otherwise,” Montana told BuckeyeSports.com. “Until that, they won’t be looking for another quarterback.”
Remember those San Francisco 49ers who came in last summer to give the Buckeyes a pep talk — Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, Roger Craig and … Joe Montana? Former 49ers owner Ed DeBartolo Jr. is a Tressel friend from Youngstown. So, yes, Joe Montana played at Notre Dame and his Nick’s older brother, Nate, walked on as a quarterback for the Fighting Irish. But Jim Tressel is no stranger to the Montana family.
I remember seeing a report several years ago about Montana’s sons. Joe compared Nick to John Elway, citing his rocket arm. If Nick has Elway’s arm and Montana’s brains, he’ll be one hell of a player.
The Ohio State Buckeyes will need to replace Chris “Beanie” Wells in the backfield next season, and the will hae plenty of candidates, including Dan Herron and a number of freshmen who were included in Ohio State’s steller 2009 recruiting class.
Doug Lesmerises has an excellent series on Cleveland.com reviewing each of the positions on the Buckeye roster for 2009. In his latest installment, running backs coach Dick Tressel reveals to Lesmerises that Brandon Saine is still in the mix, despite past injuries.
Is Brandon Saine a tailback or some combination of a fullback and receiver out of the backfield? Where does he fit it?
Tailback. The fact of the matter was he had a great spring last spring, so we came into this fall, we have all these good tailbacks, how are we going to get them on the field? So he can do these other things, so maybe he’s the guy you move around to do these other things. He had injury issues, so it all didn’t happen for him and us. Fortunately, we get to regroup and have him in a position to move forward.
The Cleveland Browns will not raise ticket prices for the 2009 season.
The announcement means that Browns tickets remain the lowest priced among AFC North division teams, and that the club’s average ticket price now ranks 31 out of 32 NFL teams. The team has raised its prices just twice over the last six years.
In addition, the Browns $32 ticket continues to be the single lowest priced ticket offered by any AFC North team. Tickets in this pricing tier include those located in the Cleveland Browns Family Zone presented by Applebee’s – a family-friendly, alcohol-free area in Cleveland Browns Stadium.
The Buckeyes have had some tough breaks this season, but their excellent shooting has made them competitive.
Ohio State is shooting 50.1 percent from the field in conference games, and the next-best team (Michigan State) is shooting 44.9. Roughly the same percentage gap separates the Buckeyes and Spartans as separates the Spartans and the Big Ten’s worst shooting team (Michigan).
In the past 15 years, only one team (Michigan State in 2004) has shot better than 50 percent for the season. The Buckeyes are on pace despite three guards — Evan Turner, William Buford and Jon Diebler — doing most of the shooting.
Chief among the reasons (other than 7-foot B.J. Mullens shooting nearly 70 percent), Big Ten coaches say, are Matta’s coaching style, Buford’s rapid development and the difficulty of matching up with the 6-7 Turner, who can create shots for not only himself but teammates, too. He ranks first in Big Ten scoring and ninth in assists.
“They cut extremely hard,” Indiana coach Tom Crean said, “and along with that cutting, they screen for each other very well, especially (for) Diebler and Turner.”
As well as freeing his shooters to shoot, Matta gives them much freedom to shoot, said Iowa coach Todd Lick-liter, who coached with Matta at Butler.
“If you look back over Thad’s career, I think he’s done a great job of encouraging shooters to shoot the ball and giving them confidence,” Lickliter said.
Can they keep this up? Who knows, but nobody wants to face a hot shooting team in the NCAA tournament.
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