Looks like AJ Hawk is banging her..
no pic, but found this...
Posted on Wed, Dec. 14, 2005
Dating Quinn's sister `not a big deal,' says Buckeyes' Hawk
BY MARLA RIDENOUR
Akron Beacon Journal
<!-- begin body-content -->COLUMBUS, Ohio - A.J. Hawk is such a private person that he didn't tell roommate Nick Mangold he was spending the weekend in Arizona with the Playboy All-America team until he got back.
So Hawk's stomach might have been doing flip-flops since it's been revealed Ohio State's senior linebacker has been dating Laura Quinn, older sister of Notre Dame junior quarterback Brady Quinn, for the past four months.
Whether his heart is doing flip-flops, too, only he might know for sure.
"She's a great girl and he's happy," OSU senior center Mangold said.
Speaking to the Columbus media about the romance for the first time Wednesday, Hawk was cagey but more comfortable than last week. He and Brady Quinn squirmed when interviewed together by ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit on the Home Depot College Football Awards show. Asked by the former OSU quarterback how he was handling the situation, Hawk said: "I'm handling it fine. It's you guys that are blowing it up."
That might not be the case if Centerville, Ohio, native Hawk weren't facing Dublin (Ohio) Coffman product Brady Quinn when Ohio State meets Notre Dame on Jan. 2 in the Fiesta Bowl.
"I was definitely hoping to play Notre Dame because I wanted to be part of a game that big," Hawk said. "I'm not worried about all that (talk about Laura). It's not a big deal for us."
And what if he's blitzing and gets a clean shot at perhaps his future brother-in-law?
"Hopefully I don't miss the tackle," he said. "I try to take everyone's head off. I'm not going to play any differently. If it's my own brother, I wouldn't change my play."
Hawk said he and Laura Quinn had been "trying for a little bit" to keep their relationship under wraps. "But we kind of realized once it got out that it might get big," he said.
Hawk didn't exactly deny a rumor going around South Bend, Ind., that he's spending Christmas at the Quinns'.
"On Christmas Day I'll be back in Centerville with my family," he said.
Hawk said he has not had a sit-down dinner with Laura and Brady Quinn and their family. Laura Quinn, a California college student pursuing a career in sports broadcasting, reportedly met Hawk through mutual friends, but Hawk wouldn't give details.
Asked how he was introduced, he said laughing: "To who? This really doesn't have anything to do with the game."
Senior Bobby Carpenter said when the OSU linebackers met Laura Quinn, "she was deciding how she was going to handle the bowl game situation. Funny enough, now we're playing each other. We tease her about it.
"I feel bad for the exposure she's getting. And A.J.'s a very quiet guy and likes to keep to himself. I don't think he likes his personal matters out in the public eye."
Now that Laura Quinn's logistical nightmare of trying to attend two bowl games has been averted, Hawk said there isn't any debate on whom she will be rooting for. "I tell her she's rooting for her brother," Hawk said. "She better; she's known him a lot longer than me."
no pic, but found this...
Posted on Wed, Dec. 14, 2005
Dating Quinn's sister `not a big deal,' says Buckeyes' Hawk
BY MARLA RIDENOUR
Akron Beacon Journal
<!-- begin body-content -->COLUMBUS, Ohio - A.J. Hawk is such a private person that he didn't tell roommate Nick Mangold he was spending the weekend in Arizona with the Playboy All-America team until he got back.
So Hawk's stomach might have been doing flip-flops since it's been revealed Ohio State's senior linebacker has been dating Laura Quinn, older sister of Notre Dame junior quarterback Brady Quinn, for the past four months.
Whether his heart is doing flip-flops, too, only he might know for sure.
"She's a great girl and he's happy," OSU senior center Mangold said.
Speaking to the Columbus media about the romance for the first time Wednesday, Hawk was cagey but more comfortable than last week. He and Brady Quinn squirmed when interviewed together by ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit on the Home Depot College Football Awards show. Asked by the former OSU quarterback how he was handling the situation, Hawk said: "I'm handling it fine. It's you guys that are blowing it up."
That might not be the case if Centerville, Ohio, native Hawk weren't facing Dublin (Ohio) Coffman product Brady Quinn when Ohio State meets Notre Dame on Jan. 2 in the Fiesta Bowl.
"I was definitely hoping to play Notre Dame because I wanted to be part of a game that big," Hawk said. "I'm not worried about all that (talk about Laura). It's not a big deal for us."
And what if he's blitzing and gets a clean shot at perhaps his future brother-in-law?
"Hopefully I don't miss the tackle," he said. "I try to take everyone's head off. I'm not going to play any differently. If it's my own brother, I wouldn't change my play."
Hawk said he and Laura Quinn had been "trying for a little bit" to keep their relationship under wraps. "But we kind of realized once it got out that it might get big," he said.
Hawk didn't exactly deny a rumor going around South Bend, Ind., that he's spending Christmas at the Quinns'.
"On Christmas Day I'll be back in Centerville with my family," he said.
Hawk said he has not had a sit-down dinner with Laura and Brady Quinn and their family. Laura Quinn, a California college student pursuing a career in sports broadcasting, reportedly met Hawk through mutual friends, but Hawk wouldn't give details.
Asked how he was introduced, he said laughing: "To who? This really doesn't have anything to do with the game."
Senior Bobby Carpenter said when the OSU linebackers met Laura Quinn, "she was deciding how she was going to handle the bowl game situation. Funny enough, now we're playing each other. We tease her about it.
"I feel bad for the exposure she's getting. And A.J.'s a very quiet guy and likes to keep to himself. I don't think he likes his personal matters out in the public eye."
Now that Laura Quinn's logistical nightmare of trying to attend two bowl games has been averted, Hawk said there isn't any debate on whom she will be rooting for. "I tell her she's rooting for her brother," Hawk said. "She better; she's known him a lot longer than me."
