610WTVN has posted the surveillance video of the “altercation” between Carlos Hyde and his accuser that fateful night a couple weeks ago.

Carlos Hyde enters the picture around the 2:25 mark and the “spat” happens at 3:17.

Carlos Hyde is not being charged with anything. Urban Meyer will handle this as he deems appropriate (which the Nation of Mouthbreathers will deem insufficient 30 seconds after) and we can move on to being five days away from camp opening for the 2013 Ohio State Buckeyes.

(If the video does not load, you can view it at 610’s site here)

The MotSaG Reader’s Digest is just that — a quick glance at the past week of content here at Men of the Scarlet and Gray. This will give you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the course of the week. This isn’t everything we posted this week, so we always encourage everyone to subscribe to our feed, sign up for email alerts or simply check the website on a regular basis.

Site News

Jeremiah was on The Wakeup Call with Patrick Schmidt in Chicago last week to discuss Hyde, Roby and the Buckeyes.

Shannon also shared a personal story on his fight against testicular cancer. This has nothing to do with OSU sports, but is a reminder that there are things much more important that what a bunch of meatheads do on a football field on any given Saturday.

Recruiting

Dylan chatted with class of 2014 commit Parris Campbell who said that even though he’s fully committed to Ohio State and has shut down his recruitment, other teams “like TTUN, Alabama, and a lot of other schools” haven’t given up. Dylan also caught up with Terrence Alexander, a 3-star cornerback out of Louisiana. And finally, the tireless Dylan talked with Class of 2014 RB Corey Avery.

Jeremiah spoke at length with Class of 2016 center Alex Gourley. He seems like a smart kid who definitely value academics:

Academics have a large influence on my choice of schools. Stanford, Notre Dame, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, and OSU all have great economic/business programs, which is the field of study I wish to pursue.

Jeremiah also spoke with Shaun Crawford, Class of 2015 WR/CB and a heavy Michigan lean. Can the Buckeyes convince this lifelong Wolverine fan to stay in state?

In case you missed it, Dylan also had an extensive an excellently researched Friday Light Nights preview. We hope to follow up with some of the Buckeye hopefuls with their experiences at the event.

Andrew spoke with Demetrius Knox, the #1 rated Guard of the Class of 2014. Many see the recently-decommitted (from Texas) Knox as an essential building block for the Buckeye offensive line. He’s acutely aware of his standing with the OSU coaches:

I talked to almost all of them. They told me that they have seen all of my film and I am their number one 2014 OL target.

Football

Oof, this was not a good week to be a fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes Football team. We had to report some extremely distressing news, including allegations against Carlos Hyde and the arrest of Bradley Roby.

Rumors were swirling all around Columbus as stories came out that ultimately proved to be false (including the aforementioned Dispatch story that claimed Hyde had been booted off the team). Ohio State eventually released a press release that clarified certain aspects of what was happening with this team. Hyde was suspended indefinitely, Marcus Baugh has had to sit out team activities and will miss the first game against Buffalo and Tim Gardner was sent home after he was charged by Columbus Police with obstruction of official business. Roby was not permitted to attend Big Ten Media days (replaced by Christian Bryant) and could face additional discipline.

Speaking of Big Ten Media Days, we fans braced as we knew Meyer would be bombarded with questions concerning the team and everything that had transpired the weekend before. While he certainly addressed those questions, we here at MotSaG feel that Coach Meyer handled those questions with aplomb. He gets a bad rap from the media nationally, but locally we see that he really does care about his players and considers them family.

Coming up

Another week of recruitment, the top 15-10 B1G players and much more.

We don’t have a guy on the ground at the B1G Media Day, but we do have BTN2Go and we were able to listen in to Urban Meyer’s turn at the mic. A few thoughts.

First and foremost, it’s clear that Urban was going to get a lot of questions about the current status of Carlos Hyde (including responding to Braxton Miller’s claim of “we have good news”). He handled those questions deftly, defelcting any real answer to the “we’ll wait until we see all the facts” response.

He did mention he was “furious” when he received the call about the various issues that cropped up with players (Hyde, Roby, Baugh and Gardner) and mentioned a certain amount of lament that two of them were freshmen and that his staff wasn’t able to “educate them” on certain things. His concern for players really came through, referring to them as “family” and that “you have high expectations for your own children. To walk away from a player, it’s always very difficult to do (knowing their circumstances).”

That being said, he was quick to mention that there will be no leniency. He said that, “disruption is what bothers me. The head coach needs to set the standard, direct, guide, mentor, push and direct these guys but every young person is responsible.” He said that he has people looking to see what other programs do in their cases of discipline and that he “wants to make sure our punishment is hard or harder than any other discipline out there. I want to make sure we are setting the tone.” He feels for the other players who might end up suffering because of the mistakes of “a couple of knuckleheads.”

With respect to actual on-the field matters, he mentioned that Curtis Grant has had an excellent spring and is developing into a leader. He alluded to how Ryan Shazier was “average” at the beginning of last season but developed into a great playmaker. (I wonder if he is comparing the progression of the two. That would be good things if he is.)

When asked who would be the leaders on this team after losing vocal leaders like John Simon from last year’s team, he said that he is, “counting on our quarterback (who) has to become that leader. Our offensive line without question is the heart and soul of our team. They’re strong leaders.” He also said that on defense, he looks to his two safeties, Christian Bryant and CJ Barnett, to step into that leadership role.

It was clear Urban Meyer knows how to handle the media. The difference between his thoughtful, personal answers are in stark contrast to Jim Tressel’s coach/senator-speak. I think considering everything that has led up to this moment in front of the media, Urban Meyer handled things very well and was very much a great representative of Ohio State and its football team.

Thoughts?

The MotSaG Reader’s Digest is just that — a quick glance at the past week of content here at Men of the Scarlet and Gray. This will give you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the course of the week. This isn’t everything we posted this week, so we always encourage everyone to subscribe to our feed, sign up for email alerts or simply check the website on a regular basis.

Site News

We added another writer to the site, Ronnie. Ronnie will be bring us an insightful look at some of the schemes and technical aspects that the OSU football team will be employing this year.

Wrestling

We had another great Ohio State wrestler profile from Garth, this time of JD Bergman:

JD Bergman is a complex and talented man embarked on the mission of his life, which is to say his entire life. He is just the kind of person you think of when you hear the Abraham Lincoln quote which is something like: “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

Recruiting

Jeremiah took a look at the shape next year’s recruiting class is taking in his “Numbers Crunch” post.

We also had interviews with Class of 2014 Shawn Boone, Class of 2015 Drew Richmond, CJ Sanders and Class of 2017 Danny Clark.

Football

We started this week (actually ended last week) with the news that Marcus Baugh was arrested for underage drinking. Boys will be boys, and Marcus is still a young’un. But, since he plays football for Urban Meyer, boys will also run sprints. And Marcus will be running a lot.

For some reason, Brady Hoke and Will Muschamp were throwing shade at Ohio. Frank Solich has no idea why.

Ronnie looked at five Buckeyes that will need to step up their game if Ohio State has a chance to make a run at the BCS Title, including Linebacker Curtis Grant:

However if this defense wants to become elite, Grant must become a more efficient and smarter football player.

Finally, a plethora of Buckeyes were named to watchlists for the various year-end awards. You can find a round up of all of them here.

Basketball

Not much on the basketball front here in July, but Shannon wrote a nice tribute to Buckeye favorite Chris Jent as he prepares to take on his next coaching challenge.

Coming up

We’ve got another full week of content coming up, including an extensive preview of the exciting Friday Night Lights event coming up this week. We’ll also continue our look at the best of the B1G, picking up at #20 on Monday. Will there be any more Buckeyes in the second tier of players? Stay tuned.