Co-Defensive Coordinator Luke Fickell - Page 20 - ScarletBuckeye

PHATBUCK13 · 01-11-2012, 11:00 AM

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Whose naming his kids? Landon, Luca, Aydon and Ashton.

Other than Luca, they're no less common than Jonah, right?

hollis · 01-11-2012, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by PHATBUCK13

Other than Luca, they're no less common than Jonah, right?

You'd be surprised how popular the name Jonah has become. in 1986 (when I was born) it was the 581st most popular newborn boy name in the US, in 2008 (my son's year) it was 136th.

And we only went with "Jonah" because my wife didn't like the name "PHATBUCK13"... not because "Phatbuck" isn't an elegant title, but because the number 13 is very unlucky.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 01-30-2012, 09:44 PM

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Luke Fickell will serve as honorary coach for the Ohio State wrestling team when the Buckeyes face Michigan Friday in St. John Arena.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 04-06-2012, 10:47 PM

Scout.com$

Fickell Settles In For Next Chapter At OSU............No one can question the loyalty Luke Fickell has for Ohio State. A year after serving his alma mater as interim head coach, Fickell is back coaching linebackers and getting a fresh perspective by working with new coaches.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 04-12-2012, 10:59 PM

OSUBasketballJunkie · 04-13-2012, 09:29 PM

Luke Fickell ‏ @LukeFickell
Another awesome day for a Spring practice #OhioState #Buckeyes #Football

OSUBasketballJunkie · 05-15-2012, 08:47 PM

ozone.net

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Fickell Expects Seniors to Keep Team Focused Despite Lack of Postseason
By Tony Gerdeman

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The last time the Ohio State football Buckeyes did not participate in the postseason was following the 1999 season. John Cooper's second-to-last team finished 6-6 and found themselves on the outside looking in when it came to a bowl bid.

It was a shock and a surprise, and certainly not something that team had prepared for. This year, however, there will be no postseason for the Buckeyes, and they'll have the next six months to think about it.

How the football team handles this situation will go a long way in dictating how the season goes for them, and if the lack of a postseason is all this team can think about, then they have already lost.

Fortunately, Buckeyes linebacker coach Luke Fickell has confidence in this team, and most notably in his veterans.

"I think it's put in the seniors' hands," said Fickell, appearing on 10TV's Wall to Wall Sports on Sunday night. "You're preaching to build something, and how you leave the program. You want to leave it in better shape than when you came in, or even the year before. I think that's the thing that we continue to sell to those guys."

Leaving the program better than when they came in may be difficult for this group of seniors. After all, of the current rising seniors on this team, last season was the first time that they didn't play in a BCS game.

Still, even though the program wasn't broken when they came in as freshmen, it's pretty clear that it was breaking. This group of 2012 seniors saw the damage that many of last year's seniors (and would-be seniors) did, and they now have a pretty good blueprint of how not to do things.

Despite what many have called a "lost season", Fickell thinks 2011 will go a long way towards keeping this team focused on 2012, bowl game or no.

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