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Robert Smith (sprinter)
Robert Scott Smith (born March 4, 1972) is an American college football analyst for Fox Sports and the Big Ten Network. He played professionally as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, and played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Early life Born and raised in Euclid, Ohio, a suburb on the northeastern border of Cleveland, Smith became the first player to win Ohio's Mr. Football Award twice (in 1988 and 1989). junior at Euclid High School, he gained 1,564 yards on 177 rushes (8.8 yards per carry) and averaged 31 yards on 10 punt returns. senior season in 1989, he gained 2,042 yards on 203 carries and scored 31 touchdowns and was awarded the Bobby Dodd National Back of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Atlanta. During his Panthers' career, he rushed for a total of 5,038 yards on 548 carries with 67 touchdowns. In track and field, Smith posted personal best times of 10.68 seconds in the 100 meters, 21.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Running Back
A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offense, rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and Blocking (American football), block. There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play, depending on the offensive formation. A running back may be a Halfback (American football), halfback (in certain contexts also referred to as a "tailback" — see #Halfback/tailback, below), a wingback (American football), wingback, or a Fullback (American football), fullback. A running back will sometimes be called a "feature back" if he is the team's key player/more prominent running back. With the increase in pass-oriented offenses and single set back formations, it is more common to refer to these players as simply running backs. Halfback/tailbac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Ten Network
Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network based in Chicago, Illinois. The channel is dedicated to coverage of College athletics, collegiate sports sanctioned by the Big Ten Conference, including live and recorded event telecasts, news, analysis programs, and other content focusing on the conference's member schools. It is a joint venture between Fox Sports (United States), Fox Sports and the Big Ten, with Fox Corporation as 61% stakeholder and operating partner, and the Big Ten Conference owning a 39% stake. It is headquartered in the former Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House building at 600 West Chicago Avenue in Chicago. Big Ten Network is carried by most major television providers and as of 2022, had an estimated 50 million U.S. subscribers. By June 2023, this number has dropped to 48.7 million households. Big Ten Network was the second U.S. sports network to be devoted to a single college sports conference, having been preceded by the MountainWest Sports Network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio State Buckeyes
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Ohio State University, located in Columbus, Ohio. The athletic programs are named after the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and after the state tree, the Ohio buckeye. The Buckeyes participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I and the Big Ten Conference in most sports. The Ohio State women's ice hockey team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The school colors are scarlet and gray. The university's mascot is Brutus Buckeye. "THE" is the official trademark of the Ohio State University merchandise. Led by its football program, the Buckeyes have the largest overall sports endowment of any campus in North America. Ohio State is one of only seven universities to have won an NCAA national championship in baseball and men's basketball, and be recognized as a national champion in football. Ohio State has also won national champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Meters
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. The inaugural World Championships were in 1983. On an outdoor 400-metre running track, the 100 m is held on the home straight, with the start usually being set on an extension to make it a straight-line race. There are three instructions given to the runners immediately before and at the beginning of the race: "on your marks", "set", and the firing of the starter's pistol. The runners move to the starting blocks when they hear the 'on your marks' instruction. The following instruction, to adopt the 'set' position, allows them to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles: this will help them to start faster. A race-official then fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track And Field
Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. Though the sense of "athletics" as a broader sport is not used in American English, outside of the United States the term ''athletics'' can either be used to mean just its track and field component or the entirety of the sport (adding road racing and cross country) based on context. The foot racing events, which include sprint (running), sprints, middle-distance running, middle- and long-distance running, long-distance events, racewalking, and hurdling, are won by the athlete who completes it in the least time. The jumpin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Team
The 1991 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach John Cooper, the Buckeyes compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Big Ten. Ohio State was invited to the Hall of Fame Bowl, where the Buckeyes lost to Syracuse. The team played home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State's game against Northwestern was played in Cleveland. Schedule Game summaries Iowa Personnel Coaching staff * John Cooper, head coach (4th year) * Bobby April, defensive backs (1st year) * Larry Coyer, defensive Babas (3rd year) * Joe Hollis, offensive line (1st year) * Ron Hudson, quarterbacks (4th year) * Gene Huey, wide receivers (4th year) * Bob Palcic, offensive line (6th year) * Fred Pagac, linebackers (10th year) * Elliot Uzelac, offensive coordinator (1st y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Team ...
The 1992 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fifth-year head coach John Cooper, the Buckeyes compiled an overall record of 8–3–1 with a mark of 5–2–1 in conference play, placing second in the Big Ten. Ohio State was invited to the Florida Citrus Bowl, where the Buckeyes lost to Georgia. The team played home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Schedule Roster Awards and honors * Korey Stringer, Big Ten Freshman of the Year 1993 NFL draftees References {{Ohio State Buckeyes football navbox Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes football seasons Ohio State Buckeyes football The Ohio State Buckeyes football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing Ohio State University in the Big Ten Conference. Ohio State has played its home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, since 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Team
The 1990 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach John Cooper, the Buckeyes compiled an overall record of 7–4–1 with a mark of 5–2–1 in conference play, placing fifth in the Big Ten. Ohio State was invited to the Liberty Bowl, where the Buckeyes lost to Air Force. The team played home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Schedule Game summaries Texas Tech At Boston College USC Illinois At Indiana At Purdue Minnesota Northwestern At Iowa At Wisconsin Michigan Liberty Bowl (vs Air Force) Personnel Awards and honors * Robert Smith, Big Ten Freshman of the Year 1991 NFL draftees References {{Ohio State Buckeyes football navbox Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes football seasons Ohio State Buckeyes football The Ohio State Buckeyes football team competes as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio State
The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollment in the United States, with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly 15,000 graduate students. The university consists of sixteen colleges and offers over 400 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". the university has an endowment of $7.9 billion. Its athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I as the Ohio State Buckeyes as a member of the Big Ten Conference for the majority of fielded sports. It is a member of the Association of American Universities. Past and present alumni and faculty include 6 Nobel Prize laureates, 9 Rhodes Scholars, 7 Churchill Scholars, 1 Fields Medalist, 7 Pulitzer Prize winners, 64 Goldwater scholar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 UCLA Bruins Football Team
The 1990 UCLA Bruins football team represented University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Terry Donahue the Bruins compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Pac-10. UCLA played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. UCLA finished with a losing record in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1963 and 1964. Schedule Game summaries Oklahoma Stanford At Michigan At Washington State Arizona San Diego State At California Oregon State At Oregon At Washington USC *60th meeting *Maddox 409 yards passing, Miller 175 yards receiving (single game school records) Roster Awards and honors * All-Americans: Roman Phifer (OLB), Eric Turner (S), Scott Miller (WR, third team)2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics, 2014 * All-Conference First Team: Eric Turner (S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 USC Trojans Football Team
The 1990 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Larry Smith, the Trojans compiled an 8–4–1 record (5–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 348 to 274. USC began the season by beating Syracuse in the eighth Kickoff Classic. They also won non-conference games against Penn State and Ohio State, the latter of which was suspended with 2:36 remaining because of severe thunderstorms. The Trojans would finish second in the Pac-10 and lost to Michigan State in their bowl game in an outcome reminiscent of their 1987 season. Quarterback Todd Marinovich led the team in passing, completing 196 of 322 passes for 2,423 yards with 13 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Mazio Royster led the team in rushing with 235 carries for 1,168 yards and eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Miami Hurricanes Football Team
The 1990 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 65th season of football. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl, Orange Bowl. Coming off the school's third national championship in six years in 1989, Miami came in to the 1990 season favored by most experts to repeat as national champions. However, a season opening loss to BYU and a later defeat by Notre Dame dashed those chances and the Canes finished the season 10–2 overall. They were invited to the 1991 Cotton Bowl, Cotton Bowl where they defeated 1990 Texas Longhorns football team, Texas, 46–3. Schedule Rankings Game summaries BYU California Iowa Florida State Kansas Notre Dame Texas Tech Pittsburgh Boston College Syracuse San Diego Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
