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2009 tOSU Defensive Line Discussion

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Duane Long's post today deals with this topic. He seems to think that Wilson and Rose might be eligible for a medical RS. Is that possible? I understand about Wilson, but Rose? I thought he played late in the season all for years.

:topic:How will that affect the number of schollies available for 2010? Something to think about, but off topic.
 
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ant80;1554905; said:
Duane Long's post today deals with this topic. He seems to think that Wilson and Rose might be eligible for a medical RS. Is that possible? I understand about Wilson, but Rose? I thought he played late in the season all for years.

:topic:How will that affect the number of schollies available for 2010? Something to think about, but off topic.
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This is Wilson's 5th year, with 2007 being a medical redshirt. He wouldn't be eligible for another one for 2008 because he played until the Purdue game (game 7). He played in most of the games in both '05 and '06; so I don't see how he could get another year.

To get a medical redshirt, a player must have a season-ending injury that prohibited him from playing in the second half of the year, and he must have played in no more than 30% of a team's games, rounded up (which is a max of 4 games in a 12 or 13-game season).
 
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I'm really please with this Defensive Line, but I was wondering what some other people thought about the pass rush.

I think against the run, this DL is great; a top 5 unit. But against the pass I think they're a good unit, but not great. There were times against Indiana in which the QB had a good amount of time. Of course you're not going to get massive pressure every snap, but I don't think this unit is quite as good as some are saying (that being the '02 line comparisons).

I thought Gibson would step up and get 8-10 sacks, but so far he's getting a lot of attention and has been shut out. He's playing great, on pace for 12TFL and 5 FFs, but he's not the big time rusher I thought he would be. That's all this DL really needs, a big time pass rusher and they'd really be up there with '02.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
I'm really please with this Defensive Line, but I was wondering what some other people thought about the pass rush.

I think against the run, this DL is great; a top 5 unit. But against the pass I think they're a good unit, but not great. There were times against Indiana in which the QB had a good amount of time. Of course you're not going to get massive pressure every snap, but I don't think this unit is quite as good as some are saying (that being the '02 line comparisons).

I thought Gibson would step up and get 8-10 sacks, but so far he's getting a lot of attention and has been shut out. He's playing great, on pace for 12TFL and 5 FFs, but he's not the big time rusher I thought he would be. That's all this DL really needs, a big time pass rusher and they'd really be up there with '02.
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Chappel, IU's QB, hasn't been sacked much this year. That's a combination of an improved line and IU's quick hits, where they try to get the ball to Doss, Belcher and Evans in space.

The run D is better than the pass D. But the run defense is f'n elite.
 
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1926Buckeyes;1559580; said:
I'm really please with this Defensive Line, but I was wondering what some other people thought about the pass rush.

I think against the run, this DL is great; a top 5 unit. But against the pass I think they're a good unit, but not great. There were times against Indiana in which the QB had a good amount of time. Of course you're not going to get massive pressure every snap, but I don't think this unit is quite as good as some are saying (that being the '02 line comparisons).

I thought Gibson would step up and get 8-10 sacks, but so far he's getting a lot of attention and has been shut out. He's playing great, on pace for 12TFL and 5 FFs, but he's not the big time rusher I thought he would be. That's all this DL really needs, a big time pass rusher and they'd really be up there with '02.
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Usually that means that the opposition turns to the passing game, but not the Hoosiers. They continued to try to establish some semblance of a running game right to the bitter end. Indiana Head Coach Bill Lynch explained why.

"Because if you decide that you can't run, that we're just going to throw it, then it can really get away from you with the kind of pass rushers that they have," said Lynch.

"It looks like you're giving up and not trying to win, but that's not the case at all.

"I've been in those games before where you play against those great defenses and if say you're going to throw it every down then it becomes a sack-fest, and sack-fest becomes the quarterback getting hurt and it becomes turnovers and all that, so we were determined we were going to keep trying to find some semblance of a running game which was difficult because they don't let you run the ball very well."
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Pass rush has been outstanding, IMO. Navy there weren't many opportunities(though I believe we still came away with 2 sacks). USC kept in their TE's and RB's to block our DL. They didn't try to spread us out. Even then we started to get some heat on Barkley in the second half and you saw why USC was so conservative when Barkley was planted into the turf. Opelt was downright scared of our DL, throwing it away even when there wasn't pressure which wasn't often. We had 5 sacks or so against Illinois. And of course that quote should sum up the Indiana game.

This D has been top notch in both areas.
 
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If we had played a pro style offense instead of Navy we would have 18-19 sacks instead of 14. We have faced some offenses that are hard to get alot of sacks against. Too bad the don't keep track of hits on the QB and hurries...we would lead the conference by a country mile. Stats are...bullshit half the time.
 
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Posted this in the defense thread, but thought it more applies here:

Our DL depth is off the charts. But, I'd like to see the young pups get some PT so we can have similar experienced depth next year. We've played as many as nine different guys on the DL in a game so far. Here are the DL players I've seen play so far this season:

Worthington *
Larimore
Gibson
Heyward
Denlinger *
Williams
Rose *
Wilson *
Thomas
Simon
Goebel
Newsome (ST only?)

* Seniors

Over the next few games, if we get out to a big lead I'd like to see a little more of Simon, Thomas, and Goebel...and get Keith Wells out there, too. With a starting four of Gibson, Larimore, Heyward, and Williams next year we'll need a complete second four that has quality experience.
 
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BUCKYLE said:
I'll rep the shit out of anyone that can find me pics of our D line without helmets.
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Big Doug
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Denlinger and Gibson
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Another of Thad (little scruff going on)
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Goebel and Dex
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I just did the ones with some beard, you can find more at theozone.net > photo gallary>sort by player (and 'All Events')
 
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