Hawk Flies to Orlando and Begins First of Three Days in Sunshine State – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 8, 2005
Thursday, Dec. 8 It was another long day. I had to catch an early flight from Houston to Orlando. We have another nice hotel here. We had a little bit of free time this afternoon and then it was off to the Home Depot College Football Awards show tonight. That was a couple of hours long and we got back to the hotel about 10 o’clock.
This afternoon I was able to get in a workout – lifted and did some cardio – which is what I have been doing the whole trip. It was nice to get it in this afternoon instead of 6 o’clock in the morning like I had been doing. After that I had a couple of hours before my parents got here and then I had to put on my suit to get ready to go to the show tonight.
I got to be here for the show last year, so I had experienced that before. If you haven’t been there it is neat to watch how they work around deadlines. Everything has to be a certain amount of time. I think that is the reason they don’t let guys just talk and have Chris Fowler ask questions, so he can cut them off if the show is running long. It is a great experience. Being around so many great players is a great thing and I appreciate how good all the guys were.
Paul (Pasluszny) won the (Bednarik) award tonight and he deserves it. He has played unbelievable this year and he is a great guy and I am glad to get to know him.
I’ve seen almost all these guys at prior events and we talk about what we did last year when we were out in Phoenix for the Playboy Pre-season All-American photo shoot. That is how I met most of these guys was through Phoenix. We talked about that and they asked me about some of my teammates and I ask about guys on their team; just seeing what is going on with each others’ teams and where everyone is going for their bowl games.
I get to go to an amusement park tomorrow after we visit the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and eat lunch at the Butkus Award golf outing that raises money for scholarships. It should be an exciting day that ends with another show (the Cingular ABC Sports All-America presentation). This is the fourth journal entry by A.J. Hawk, the Buckeye linebacker, co-captain and team MVP. Hawk, also the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, began a six-day award tour Tuesday in Houston for the Lombardi Award he won Wednesday night. The Cingular ABC All-America Team program which tapes Friday night can be seen on a tape-delayed basis Saturday at 2 p.m. on ABC. Hawk will have two more award presentations. The Butkus will be awarded Saturday night and then on Sunday, Hawk will be in Newport Beach, Calif. for the Lott Trophy presentation.
