Ted Ginn Jr's Stride

Alberto Juantorena, Edwin Moses, Steve Wiliams and Tommie Smith.

too bad he broke his foot after his teammates jump on him after the opening kickoff...59:45 to go...let not celebrate until the game is over...

It looked like he was covering 2.5 yds every stride. When he ran the sideline, every two strides he hit right on the next hash mark five yards down the field. That was a impressive display of speed.

What he did at the state meet his senior year is the most impressive thing I've ever seen in track. It's a shame he never did track at OSU.

jumpin jack wrote:

too bad he broke his foot after his teammates jump on him after the opening kickoff...59:45 to go...let not celebrate until the game is over...

No? Are you kidding? Is that really how he got injured?

I don't believe it? wrote:

No? Are you kidding? Is that really how he got injured?

That's it!

Possibly more impressive than Ginn's stride is his father, Ted Ginn Sr. The guy was the security guard at Glenville HS, an inner-city Cleveland HS. He took over the football team and after a few short years, currently has something like 23 players with DI scholarships.

I suspect Glenville did what Collinwood has done on the girls' side--cherry-pick the best athletes from the entire city. Ginn's senior year at the state track meet was impressive, but Nelloms had a better meet three times.

Some really nice athletes have transferred to Glenville, but by and large, Coach Ginn takes the kids from that neighborhood (and Smith lived in Glenville) and gives them an opportunity to make something of their lives. With Collinwood it's pretty much the same story-both places aren't blessed with great facilities as you might know if you've ever driven East on St. Clair from downtown-they are some of the most crime ridden areas of Cleveland.

Coach Ginn and Coach Slap should be given credit for working their asses off under adverse conditions and getting their kids to do the same.

I don't believe it? wrote:

No? Are you kidding? Is that really how he got injured?

Hello? Hello? Anybody home? McFly?

The REAL John Lintz wrote:

What he did at the state meet his senior year is the most impressive thing I've ever seen in track. It's a shame he never did track at OSU.

Supposively, his football coach won't let him. I don't know if he doesn't want to, but you can bet your ass the OSU track coach is pretty torn up about it.

The old track coach Rodgers retired last year. They have a new head coach that supposedly is pretty tight with Tressel. Look for some help from football in the near future.

As for Ted Jr., most guys going pro do not wait prepare for the combine and remain eligibile academically just to run track when millions are at stake for the NFL.

The bowl broadcast showed Butch Reynolds on the OSU sideline and the announcers mentioned he was their speed coach. You'd think he'd have a tad bit of pull with Tressel to perhaps let the kids run some track.

I had some pretty good sources who said Ginn wanted to run track as a freshman. Ginn Sr. contacted Rogers and wanted a workout & meet schedule plan so they could coordinate it with football workouts and spring practices. After several proddings, it became obvious that Rogers either couldn't or wouldn't bother to create a plan, so Ginn moved on.

Rogers couldn't do much of anything. His leaving is the best thing that could've happened to OSU track.

Here's a picture of my stupid teammates jamming up my foot.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070110/SPT01/701100416/1078/COL02

I thank you and jumpin jack for informing us about Ginn's injury. I had wondered why he hadn't returned after Florida's first score.

William Jurena.

The REAL John Lintz wrote:

What he did at the state meet his senior year is the most impressive thing I've ever seen in track. It's a shame he never did track at OSU.

Really? The only individual event he won was the hurdles (a relay or two won as well). I was there and was impressed, too, but it certainly wasn't the most impressive thing ever. Glenville as a whole was incredible though - Jamario O'Neal seemed nearly as fast. So was the kid who won the 400 that year (short kid, red and white uni, bow-legged, ran 46.?)

You must be rather young, or else you'd remember Robert Smith and Chris Nelloms, both of whom put together better performances than Ginn in the mid 80s.

Ginn is fast, true, but not blazing. His best bet in track would be the 400H. This really is the only event in which he could be Olympic caliber.

In pads and compared to others on the field, Ginn is one of the fastest I have seen. He took a short slant versus Texas and made their DB's, who are obviously fast, look like linemen. This has been the case many times in his career.