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November 15, 2013

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INSIDE TODAY

BuckEyes An inside look at Ohio State football BUCKEYE BRAIN BUSTERS

SAY WHAT?

RECRUITING UPDATE

“Man, it’s so cold my face hurts.�

The subtraction of a recruit from Ohio State’s recruiting class was the big news of the week. Lonnie Johnson (Gary, Ind., West Side), a wide receiver in the 2014 class who had verbally committed to OSU decommitted. Johnson plans to visit Western Michigan, Cincinnati and South Florida. His move reduces OSU’s 2014 class to 16 verbal commitments. OSU still has four receivers in its 2014 class: Noah Brown (Sparta, N.J., Pope John XXIII High School), Parris Campbell (Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School), Terry McLaurin (Indianapolis Cathedral High School) and Curtis Samuel (Brooklyn Erasmus Hall High School). Ohio State’s coaches were on the road talking with recruits during last week’s bye week. Head coach Urban Meyer made an appearance at Cleveland Glenville’s first-round playoff game against Cleveland Brush to look at three of the top senior prospects — cornerback Marshon Lattimore, safety Erick Smith and offensive lineman Marcelys Jones. Lattimore and Smith are still uncommitted and have offers from Alabama, among many others. Jones has verbally committed to OSU. Nineteen Glenville players have gone to Ohio State in the last 17 years. Ohio State offered four 2015 recruits scholarships last week. They are: Scott Patchan (Orlando, Fla., Freedom High School), defensive end; Anthony Wheeler (Dallas Skyline High School), defensive end; Kyle Phillips (Nashville Hillsboro High School), defensive end; and Kendall Sheffield (Missouri City, Texas, Thurgood Marshall High School), linebacker.

1. What was the first overtime game Ohio State played? 2. Who is the last Ohio State football coach named Big Ten Coach of the Year? 3. What is the Big Ten record for most consecutive wins in football? 4. Who is the only Illinois player chosen No. 1 overall in the NFL draft? 5. Where was Illinois legend Dick Butkus selected in the 1965 NFL draft? Answers: 1. Illinois in 2002; 2. Earle Bruce in 1979; 3. 29, Michigan 1901-03; 4. Jeff George (1990); 5. Third overall by the Chicago Bears.

— Texan Dontre Wilson, reacting on Twitter to the coldest morning of his Ohio State career earlier this week.

No. 3 Ohio State at Illinois, noon, ESPN < OFFENSIVE LINE Ohio State has had more than 600 yards total offense four times, including the last two games. Tackle Taylor Decker, who left the Purdue game with a strained medial collateral ligament in his knee, is expected to return this week. Left guard Michael Heitz, a two-year starter, is the most experienced Illini lineman. Right guard Teddy Karras is the great-nephew of former NFL star Alex Karras. Advantage: Ohio State

< DEFENSIVE LINE Sophomore end Noah Spence has emerged as the pass rushing force OSU thought he would be while recruiting him. He has 3.5 sacks in the last two games. Ohio State is second to Nebraska in the Big Ten with 26 sacks. Don Speck | The Lima News Tight end Jeff Heuerman (86) has become a bigger part of OSU’s passing game in Stopping the run has not been a strong point for Illinois. It has allowed recent games. Here he celebrates his two-point catch against Purdue last season a 100-yard rusher in its five Big Ten games, all losses. Indiana’s Tevin with Corey Linsley (71). Coleman had 215 yards rushing and his teammate Stephen Houston ran for 150. The lack of a pass rush (No. 113 nationally) has put pressure on a < QUARTERBACKS shaky defensive backfield. Ohio State’s record for pass completion perAdvantage: Ohio State centage in a season is Troy Smith’s 65.3 percent in 2006. This year, Braxton Miller is completing 72.5 < LINEBACKERS percent of his passes. In the last three games, he Ohio State got a scare when starting linebackhas hit on 79 percent of his throws. ers Curtis Grant (ankle, back) and Joshua Perry Illinois QB Nathan Scheelhaase is a four-year starter who has passed (dislocated finger) left the Purdue game, but both for 2,420 yards with 15 touchdowns and eight interceptions this season. are expected to play Saturday. Early in his career, he carried much of the rushing load for the Illini but he For Illinois, Jonathan Brown leads the Big Ten in has rushed for only 151 yards this season. He threw for a career-best 450 tackles with 88. He has 10.5 tackles for losses, four sacks and an intercepyards in a 52-35 loss to Indiana last week. tion. Mason Monheim has 74 tackles. Brown had 17 tackles against Ohio Advantage: Ohio State State in 2011. Advantage: Ohio State < RUNNING BACKS Carlos Hyde will be going for his fifth consecu< DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD tive 100-yard rushing game against a defense that OSU’s defensive backfield has made enough has struggled against offenses not as good as improvement that “What’s wrong with the pass Ohio State’s. defense?� is not heard nearly as often as it was Illinois’ Josh Ferguson has 515 yards rushing earlier in the season. Much of that improvement and has caught 37 passes for 483 yards. Donovan Young has gained 330 came against two freshman quarterbacks. This yards rushing. week, the Buckeyes will face a four-year starter. Advantage: Ohio State Illinois has intercepted only two passes this season (No. 118 nationally). Safety Earnest Thomas is second on the team in tackles with 76. < WIDE RECEIVERS Advantage: Ohio State Corey Brown (41 catches, 547 yards), Devin Smith (38 catches, 542 yards) and Evan Spencer < SPECIAL TEAMS (21 catches, 209 yards) have caught a pass in OSU’s Drew Basil is 7 for 7 on field goals with a every game. Five different players have led the long kick of 45 yards. Punter Cameron Johnston team in catches in a game this season. averages 40.9 yards per punt. Spencer Harris (34 catches, 301 yards, 1 TD) and Steve Hull (28 Illinois kicker Taylor Zalewski is 8 of 12 on field catches, 504 yards, 3 TDs) lead the receivers for Illinois. Hull, who started at safety the last three seasons, got nearly half of his season yardage total goals but is only 1 of 3 on kicks longer than 39 yards. Punter Justin Duvernois averages 40.2 yards per kick. when he caught nine passes for 224 yards against Indiana. Advantage: Ohio State Advantage: Ohio State

BIG TEN STANDINGS

OSU SCHEDULE

Leaders Division Big Ten W L 5 0 4 1 2 3 2 3 0 5 0 5

Overall W L 9 0 7 2 5 4 4 5 3 6 1 8

Legends Division Big Ten W L 5 0 4 1 4 2 3 3 2 3 0 5

Overall W L 8 1 7 2 8 2 6 4 6 3 4 5

Aug. 31 ................................Buffalo 40-20 Sept. 7.....................San Diego State 42-7 Sept. 14 ...........................California 52-34 Sept. 21 ........................Florida A&M, 76-0 Sept. 28 .........................Wisconsin, 31-24 Oct. 5 ..................... Northwestern, 40-30 Oct. 19.....................................Iowa, 34-24 Oct. 26 ..........................Penn State, 63-14 Nov. 2 ................................... Purdue, 56-0 Nov. 16 ..............................at Illinois, noon Nov. 23.................................. Indiana, TBA Nov. 30 ..........................at Michigan, TBA

Ohio State Wisconsin Penn State Indiana Illinois Purdue

Michigan State Nebraska Minnesota Iowa Michigan Northwestern

2013 OSU LEADERS

Passing Braxton Miller....................................1,316 Kenny Guiton ...................................... 749 Rushing Carlos Hyde..........................................701 Jordan Hall ...........................................519 Braxton Miller...................................... 410 Receiving Corey Brown ...................................... 547 Devin Smith.........................................542 Field Goals Drew Basil.............................................7/7 Interceptions Follow Jim Naveau on Twitter at Doran Grant ............................................ 3 @Lima_Naveau. Bradley Roby ........................................... 2 Copyright Š 2013 The Lima News. Tackles Reproduction of any portion of this material is Ryan Shazier ......................................... 73 prohibited without express consent. Curtis Grant ......................................... 48

Jim Naveau The Lima News jnaveau@limanews.com 419-993-2087

Heisman a ‘what if ’ for Miller COLUMBUS — If Braxton Miller had not been injured and had played the whole season the way he has played in the last three games, he would be in the middle of the Heisman Trophy discussion. A sprained knee ligament cost Miller almost three full games and limited him in his first game back from the injury. But in the last three games, Miller has shown the growth that coach Urban Meyer and offensive coordinator Tom Herman predicted for him this season as a junior. Miller is on a pace to set the Ohio State completion percentage record, hitting 72.5 percent of his passes. His decision making and command have improved. And the ability to break a long run at any time seems to have returned as the knee healed. It’s possible that Miller’s chance to be a factor in the Heisman wasn’t the only thing that took a hit when he went out, though. It might be a stretch, but it is possible that if Miller had played all season and were more involved in the Heisman Trophy race, Ohio State might be closer to the top of the BCS standings. The Buckeyes are unbeaten, but if highlights of Miller doing great things every week were on ESPN, it might have changed the perception of at least one or two voters in the polls that count in the BCS standings. It would be one more way for OSU to get positive exposure. Kenny Guiton was spectacular in relief for the three games Miller missed and OSU won all three. But his success could be something some people are using to reinforce the conventional wisdom that Ohio State’s schedule is less than challenging. If the Buckeyes can beat these teams with their No. 2 quarterback, then the competition must not be that tough. Bottom line: Ohio State has had a great season so far but it might have been even better if Miller had played every game.

COUNTDOWN

WEEKEND SCHEDULE Big Ten Ohio State at Illinois, noon Purdue at Penn State, noon Indiana at Wisconsin, noon Michigan State at Nebraska, 3:30 p.m. Michigan at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m. Top 25 Iowa State at Oklahoma, noon Syracuse at Fla. State, 3:30 p.m. Georgia at Auburn, 3:30 p.m. Miami at Duke, 3:30 p.m. Utah at Oregon, 4 p.m. Alabama at Miss. State, 7 p.m. Texas Tech at Baylor, 7 p.m. Florida at S. Carolina, 7 p.m. Houston at Louisville, 7 p.m. Stanford at USC, 8 p.m.

Michigan vs. Ohio State

15 Days until kickoff

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Drug bust: 23 arrested

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26 people remain at large Officers of the SidneyShelby County Narcotics Task Force Thursday afternoon began rounding up 49 people who have been indicted on 160 drug-related charges. Assisting in the arrests were law enforcement officers from the Sidney Police Department, Shelby County Sheriff ’s

Office, Shelby County Adult Probation Authority, andDEA/ OhioBCI. Sidney Police Chief Will Balling said about 80 percent of the charges deal with heroin. Balling said Thursday’s operation is an example of the Police Department and Shelby County Sheriff’s Office work-

the Sidney police department for an operational meeting. Immediately after its conclusion officers panned out with their arrest assignments to various locations in the city of Sidney and Shelby County. Asof 6 p.m., the main portion of the operation was completed yielding the arrest of 23 of

ing together to hit the drug problem “pretty hard.� According to Shelby County Jail records, suspects were being booked on charges of drug trafficking and permitting drug abuse. The drug trafficking charges listed cocaine and heroin. At approximately 3 p.m., officers and agents met at

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Necessity is the mother of invention Sidney man awarded patent for ‘Starter for Two-Cycle Engine’ Tom Stephens It started with a torn rotator cuff. It ended as U.S. Patent No. 8,539,925. Frank Gleason, of Sidney, was a man with a problem. Following a windstorm several years ago, he wanted to get out his chainsaw to clear the damage inflicted on his property by Mother Nature. But with a torn rotator cuff, he couldn’t get enough yank on his chainsaw’s starter rope to start the two-cycle engine. Ordinarily, Gleason would have had one of his dozens of family members, neighbors or friends who are generally within a fiveminute walk or ride of his Sidney house give it a pull and that would have been the end of it. But on this day, everybody was gone, mostly cleaning up their own properties and so on. “So I loaded the chainsaw in the car and took it down to

Unusual patents noted

Not every invention that receives a patent may not be worthy of mention in the same sentence as the electric light or bread slicer. Below are just a few of some of the more unusual (and downright wacky) patents awarded by the U.S. Patent Office. š 7 Xkh_Wb ijhkYjkh[ for interment of human remains and significant memorabilia. Sounds straightforward enough, right? It ought to be. It’s a pyramid. Ramses just missed getting the patent by 3,000 years. Photo provided š 7d Wdj_#[Wj_d] \WY[ Sidney resident Frank Gleason demonstrates his “Starter for a Two-Cycle Engine� for which mask. No, it’s not prohe was awarded a U.S. Patent in September. tection from the zombie apocalypse. It’s protects the hardware store,� and he said ‘Sure.’ But ended up putting the you from yourself. The Gleason reminisced once he got it started, now-running chainsaw mask is basically a cup that covers your month and is recently. “I asked the I said, ‘Now what?’ � clerk if he could start it Gleason grinned. He See PATENT | 4 See UNUSUAL | 3

FOP plans annual Council hears request to detach property Shop with a Cop Kathy Leese Kathy Leese As members of the local Fraternal Order of Police get ready to brighten Christmas for local youths with the 17th year of Shop with a Cop, they are learning that their good deeds do not go unnoticed. Fraternal Order of Police Chapter 138 has started to see some of the benefits of the work it has done. Vic Elliott, Shelby County Common Pleas Court bailiff, and Shelby County Deputy Bill Booth are in charge of the program that helps needy children and teenagers have a Christmas they otherwise would not have. This year’s Shop with a Cop will take place Dec. 8. Elliott said Thursday that during last year’s

fundraising at Walmart, a woman walked up to them and donated $150 to the Shop with a Cop program. Elliott and Booth were shocked. Elliott said the woman told them, “‘I wanted to give this because you took me one year when I was a kid. I just wanted to pay you back.� Elliott said it was a moment that left the men choked up. It also let them know that their efforts are making a difference in the lives of young people in Shelby County as well as the officers who shop with them. Elliott said it’s a tossup who has a better time during the annual shopping event at Walmart when officers and the See FOP | 3

INTERNATIONAL DAY

Sidney City Council heard a request for the detachment of property from the city of Sidney, held a public hearing regarding the rezoning of a portion of property on Vandemark Road, adopted an ordinance amending a codified ordinance regarding city owned and nonresidential sanitary sewers, and heard the concerns of two local residents Monday evening. Dan Bensman, a local attorney representing ETT Investments, presented a request from ETT for the detachment of 4.367 acres of land in the Plum Ridge Development that are unable to be developed. Bensman said a detachment is the opposite of an annexation of land and the detachment would add the property to Franklin Township and detach it from Sidney. The property had previously been annexed to the city by ETT Investments several years

ago as part of the development of the final phases of Plum Ridge Development. ETT Investments has decided that the property cannot be developed due to the inability to cost effectively provide utilities to that area. Bensman explained that there would be “no adverse financial impact on the city of Sidney� as a result of the detachment. He noted that the property is located near Sidney-Freyburg Road and there might be property owners interested in the land. Council member Katie McMillan asked if the property was wooded and Bensman responded that part of the property is wooded. Council member Steve Wagner said that prior to taking action on the detachment, he wants to see the property. Council held a public hearing on the rezoning of a portion of one parcel of land locatSee COUNCIL | 3

Native American Day

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