scarletngray said:

So, basically, last game Texas relied heavily on their RBs in the passing game. Their only two TDs came from passes to their RB. How does Patricia scheme against this?

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The real question is. How good is Ransoms replacement? That defense was so dominate because we had 2 all time great safeties and designed the defense to let them KILL. We still have a top 3 draft pick at one of the safety positions, and he will be the focal point, but we need another dominate guy on the other side of the ball to become elite.

Maybe Sonny could become a killer this year, he has the tools and even a little more ass over Ransom. Yes I know he is a LBer on paper.

Northwestern.

https://www.on3.com/teams/ohio-stat...ng-nil-landscape-blurred-new-rules-old-rules/

Great article from Birm, on OSU beginning to shift their recruiting strategy. In his words, they will be more aggressive but not reckless. I wouldn't expect them to match some over the top numbers from Texas, Miami or USC, but hopefully they can close the gap more

Don't like the #1, but there's no obvious choice, so might as well be.

If Arch ends up being a Heisman finalist, I don't think his performance in this game will help or hurt him. Unreasonable to expect him to go on the road in such a high profile game against what will be a good defense and light up the scoreboard, but I don't think he gets totally shut down either. I'm guessing a stat line of 20-35-250-2-1 or something around there, with some yards on the ground. For the season, I think he surpasses what Ewers did last year, which is a pretty high bar if we're being reasonable (many TX fans and media aren't), but I don't think he meets all the expectations being thrown at him.

Defenses on both sides way out in front of opposing offenses in game 1, so I think this is low scoring. 20-17 Texas. Wouldn't be surprised if Ohio St pulls off the "upset" though (and may not be viewed as an upset when looked at in hindsight by the time we get to November).

Also, Raiola might be dating/married to an intolerable shrew? I don't want to short the kid on comparisons that only God but also he 1000% has control over.

Trusting the coaches and withholding judgment on this one. Hopefully, bringing some competition in helped him and, if not, gives us a workable alternative.

Captain Buckeye said:

Just dumb the narrative around Texas.

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Complacency would be a much bigger threat without this many doubters. No need for Kirby style "they doubted us" shenanigans.

TDunk said:

I will pitch this to my cousin who has a few scripts to her name. Including, "A Knight before Christmas" (which I never saw). But I would watch that one. The dog(s) angle could be the crying cunt versus the egomaniac.

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So, I just read the Wiki entry for that movie, and the description was quite entertaining.

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They are acting like DFBIA did with scUM last year when it comes to the OL. Yes those players had reps in garbage time against garbage teams.....but they twist it like they were changing their OL like hockey lines and those reps were actually greatly impressive and meaningful

Captain Buckeye said:

Bottom line is both teams lost a lot. I believe I heard both teams have over 80% of their production to replace and both send over 12 players to the draft.

So it’s confusing why we hear that Texas is loaded on defense. How so? They lost half their damn defense. Texas offensive line returns a lot of players with reps. Cool I guess but they return 1 starters, lost their RT in camp, and their starting LT has a hand in a club now.

Just dumb the narrative around Texas.

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Most of sports media had a greater self and financial interest to pimp the SEC team. That's where this logic that Texas is somehow loaded and Ohio State has scraps leftover is coming from.