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2007 Buckeye Linebackers

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I'm shocked Grant is starting above Terry... I thought it would be Freeman, Animal, Homan! But shoot I hope Grant proves us wrong!

Strong side backer what do you really have to do as a strong backer? Because Homan is bigger and probably a little more instinctive than Grant so why is he not at strongside?
 
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DDN

Linebackers are heart of OSU defense

Buckeyes have six players, three of them local, who could start for most teams.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

COLUMBUS ? James Laurinaitis is considered one of the best linebackers in the nation.
But when the junior All-American and Bronko Nagurski Award winner looked at his fellow Ohio State linebackers after spring practice Tuesday, he saw bigger, faster and stronger.


"It's humbling," Laurinaitis said, using his hands to illustrate his level of play. "You go from here (shoulder) to up there (over his head). Still, in my mind, I still picture myself down here (at his waist).
 
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OZone

Football
Linebackers Hoping to Play Faster in 2007
By John Porentas
OK all you I-can-quote-everybody's-40-time football fans out there, pull up a chair and learn something. There's a difference between being fast and playing fast.
At least that's what a relatively young crop of Buckeyes linebackers are saying these days. What's interesting is that the group we're talking about is for the most part players who are entering their second year in the lineup, and it is just now that they are discovering what we're trying to tell you about 40 times and playing fast.
When 40 times are measured there aren't a whole lot of variables. You have a runner, a start line, and a finish line. When the timer says go, the runner runs as fast as he can from the start line to the finish. Pretty simple. It isn't all that simple on a football field.

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We have a great group of linebackers and each and everyone of them knows they have to bring their "A" game everytime to start or play. The best will play.
They not only have to play fast but quick. Quick can beat fast, Fast can beat quick given the positions. Great foot work is essential in LB and every other position.
Quickness and Speed and Footwork = Miami
 
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bukIpower;796781; said:
I'm shocked Grant is starting above Terry... I thought it would be Freeman, Animal, Homan! But shoot I hope Grant proves us wrong!
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I agree. I was, perhaps wrongly, disappointed with Grant's awareness and speed to the ball last year in comparison to my lofty expectations. I really had high hopes for him (dazzled by the 5 stars, maybe??).

I have now read in a few places this year that Grant is looking good. I can't wait for him to prove my doubts unfounded; there is no better feeling.
 
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1) I just hope we have some replacements for Quinn Pitcock and other d- linemen. Nothing like a couple of ass kickers up front to make your linebackers look fantastic. I thought last year's down linemen were some of the best in OSU history.

2) I hope the Buckeyes use a more aggressive scheme with the LBs than the one they showed in the BCS game. It looked to me like they were 15 yards down field on each play and seldom in position to make a play.
 
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cincibuck;810587; said:
1) I just hope we have some replacements for Quinn Pitcock and other d- linemen. Nothing like a couple of ass kickers up front to make your linebackers look fantastic. I thought last year's down linemen were some of the best in OSU history.

2) I hope the Buckeyes use a more aggressive scheme with the LBs than the one they showed in the BCS game. It looked to me like they were 15 yards down field on each play and seldom in position to make a play.
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1) We're absolutely covered on the ends. The bodies are there in the middle, but they're largely unproven.

2) Which BCS game? The LB's looked great against ND.
 
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[quote='BusNative;81062;8]1) We're absolutely covered on the ends. The bodies are there in the middle, but they're largely unproven.

2) Which BCS game? The LB's looked great against ND.[/quote]

The Florida debacle.
 
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