Saturday, I received a direct message on Twitter from a source whom I trust to be 100% reliable. That source had a very detailed (and troubling) story. Those details made a prominent member of the OSU FB team look extremely bad. The problem was, I couldn’t confirm or deny the claims. At best I am a blogger and at worst I am a stay at home dad. I am not a journalist or a reporter, we don’t “break stories” here at this site and I don’t have ways to confirm stories. So together with the editor of this website we made the decision to let the world know something was coming down the pike which would upset fans. We did so through Twitter and it was after a long and arduous discussion. The decision wasn’t easy and we could not imagine how it would be perceived. Some people were angry, others concerned, but overall the most consistent feeling was disbelief.

This story is starting to unravel on social media and it is becoming apparent everyone has some of the story. Here is the story through the eyes of our source who has information we couldn’t verify with multiple sources but do feel confident as being accurate given the rumblings we are hearing.

Below is a copy of the conversation I had with my source. I have redacted the source’s name and those involved.

Hey man whats up?

Carlos Hyde punched one of my roommates in the face last night at the club… And of course (as she should) she’s pressing charges

Her uncle already contacted Luke fickle.

Is this in public yet or just people in the know?

In the know.

Just happened last night

Think this is news I should share with public or wait for something official?

Wait for official. Please and thank you. I will at least keep you updated from what I hear. Ill talk to her later if anything

But something official will most likely come out on Monday… You know how it goes

ok I wont say anything unless I hear something is public…. Can I ask you what her name is just so I can search police records?

[Victim]. Her dad is a cop in Westerville. Thankfully (though unfortunately for her) he is on tour in Afghanistan atm

Have any more details? Where did it happen? When? Is she ok? Is there any injurues?

I want to say _ _ _ _ in Columbus, Friday night. She is fine, face is a little swollen. Other than that no, she has no apparent bruises

Is she sure it was him? Are they going to press charges?

She says that when he ran off, the other ppl in the VIP section said “I can’t believe [Player] just did that”

She is confident that it was him. She does plan on pressing charges, might have already. Apparently she went to police station…

Why did he punch her?

She says that he was insisting that he danced with her. She said not. Says he hit her.

Then he ran off after. According to (victim’s friend)

Ugh this is potentially huge news and I want to wait for something official but seems like too big not to at least allude to it…

But as we both know, allegations are just that, alleged.

I am going to allude to having knowledge of an incident but not use names on twitter…. is that cool?

I do appreciate that 🙂 I know it’s your job to provide as soon as you know. No need to blemish your name

Yeah it is tough not having enough proof but I also cant sit on this and pretend like it may not have happened

Dude I totally understand.

is it ok to give out details but leave names out or just leave it as I have already done?

Details are fine, but yes please leave names out

Any new info?

(Victim) just came and picked up the police report from my roommate. (Victim) is taking reports to police station as we speak

witness statements?

Yes, my bad

As you can see this was a fly by the seat of my pants situation. I have never had to deal with getting this kind of info. While it would have been great to be able to confirm the entire story with a second source or a police report it just wasn’t possible over the weekend. The info I had was specific and detailed and my source has an impeccable reputation with me. As most of you can see by now other sites are running with the info and using names. The victim in this case will not be named by us here at MotSaG and nor will my source. I hope people understand that lives are affected by this situation and we tried to do the best we could for all of them involved even the alleged attacker. We strive to do r best everyday and sometimes we have to just take the lumps with the praise.

Carlos was not arrested at the scene. He has not been charged with a crime as of right now. My sources believe the case is being turned over to the District Attorney to decide if charges are to be filed.

(Post originally published July 22, at 9:28 AM. Bumped to top of front page at 12:10 PM)

In the world is coming to an end after the story I had to write this morning concerning Carlos Hyde. Comes a total apocalypse story that Bradley Roby was also arrested.

According to Tim May in the Columbus Dispatch…

According to Monroe County court records, Roby was arrested early yesterday morning in Bloomington and is facing preliminary charges of battery resulting in bodily injury. Sources told The Dispatch he was asked to leave a bar after a disturbance, refused, and was subdued by bouncers at the bar before being taken into custody.

Also in that same story Mr. May says a source he has says that Carlos Hyde has been dismissed from the team….

Sources told The Dispatch this morning that Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer has dismissed No.1 running back Carlos Hyde, who was named as a person of interest in a weekend assault against a female in a Downtown bar, and that he is still looking into a situation regarding starting cornerback Bradley Roby in Bloomington, Ind., over the weekend.

While I have no doubt that Mr. Mays source is anything less than fully credible I imagine it will be announced as suspended indefinitely. But the truth is the team is in a shambles right now and this wont help anything. Lets just hope that these cases get cleared up quickly and everyone else stays at home when not at practice.

I enjoyed interviewing Parris Campbell Jr. as he was extremely insightful and mature in his answers which is impressive for a kid who just had his 16th birthday last week. Parris is physically superior to most kids at his age as he stands 6″0 184 lbs and running an extraordinary 4.41 40 yard dash. Parris was Ohio States 4th commit and we got lucky on this one from all reports he made a smooth transition to wide receiver at The Opening and was his teams most reliable receiver. He is going to fill in at the famous role that all Buckeye fans are aware of now the “percy harvin” role.

247 lists Parris as the number 13 overall wide recover and 119 overall player in the country
Rivals list Parris as the number 23 overall athlete
Scout lists Parris as the number 9 overall running back

Q: When you were offered by Ohio State, how long did it take you to realize that it was the right school for you?

A: not long at all I always wanted to go to Ohio State. Since I was a kid it was always my dream school. I just had to make sure on my visits and after those visits everything was set. I was all OSU.

Q: When you think of Ohio State football what come to your mind?

A: tradition, national championships, winning, and family

Q: Which Ohio State coach do you speak with the most?

A: Mike Vrable

Q: Are any other schools still trying to recruit you, or have you shut your recruitment completely down?

A: I have completely shut it down but I still get letters from other colleges like TTUN, Alabama, and a lot of other schools

Q: It feels like all the commits are pretty close to each other, did you guys get to spend a lot of time together at The Opening?

A: yes we spent tons of time together. Every night we got together and just chilled in someone’s room

Q: What did it feel like getting invited to The Opening which many consider the greatest accomplishment a high school football player can receive?

A: it was an amazing feeling it was football heaven. I felt really good inside to know I got mentioned as one of the best in the nation and got to compete against the others.

Q: Was it tough making the transition to more of a wide receiver role at The Opening?

A: no not really because I’ve always been like a running back and a slot receiver at my school.

Q: What do you think you learned the most from being at The Opening?

A: that if you want to make it to the pros. It’s not easy at all. It’s all hard work. You decide if you want to succeed no one else.

Q: Who was the best player that covered you?

A: ill have to say Tony brown

Q: What is your personal goal for your senior season at St. Vincent- St. Mary?

A: to win another state championship

Q: What do you need to work on most before you step on the field at Ohio State?

A: probably my route running, and getting a lot stronger and getting faster.

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.

Another Promotion: Buckeye’s Men’s Lacrosse Team announced that Dave Dobbins has been promoted to Associate head coach. Dobbins has been an assistant coach for the last four years. Dave will work primarily the offense and special teams and will oversee the community service and academic programs.

Team Punished: on July 14th this year Marcus Baugh a freshman tight end got himself into a little trouble by getting arrested for under age consumption. Well it appears that hasn’t gone over so well with the Buckeye’s football staff. There’s a report that the entire team was punished for Baugh’s actions. I’m sure that didn’t go over to well with his teamates.

Media Days: As I have previously reported to you the B1G media days start this upcoming Wednesday. This past week was the SEC’s media days and you’ll never guess who was a hot topic on the first day. Go ahead and guess you won’t figure it out. OK I’ll tell you don’t act surprise by this but it was Urban Meyer. I know shocking Meyer brought up at the SEC media days. It seems that the Florida head coach was making headlines. Will Muschamp talked about Ohio State turning in Florida over possible NCAA violations and was quoted as saying;

“You’re 100 percent responsible,” Muschamp said. “I can’t possibly know everything that happens every single night with our football team. But you also can’t stick your head in the sand and pretend everything is okay, either.”

Under Muschamp’s watch there has been 14 arrests since he has been the head coach. Now his arrest quote wasn’t a dig at Meyer but an answer to one of the many questions about Aaron Hernandez and his situation. I know people will want to point out that of those 14 arrests 9 were Urban recruits and 5 were Muschamps. Bottom line there is a problem in The Swamp.

We all know that the B1G media days won’t be as exciting as the SEC but I’m hoping Urban comes out swinging. Before I was hoping he just answered with Muschamp who? SEC who?

Tim Bielik had a nice article on why Urban has the full attention of the SEC.

Well Buckeye Nation until next time…