Last year tOSU had a fantastic front four, and a weak O-line. Well, the O-line got better by practicing against that great D-line, and this year that almost same O-line is rated in the top 5 in the country.
Using my leap-of-faith logic, that now great O-line will be practicing against the brand-new D-line, and ergo, after a year of that practice, the D-line will become very good, as well. And next year, replacing four starters on the O-line, the now fantastic D-line (assuming no one goes pro) will break in the O-line and get them ready.
We'll see how the LBs fare, but if tOSU is in the nickel alot, then we'll use only two LBers, and five DBs (which we've got plenty of). By the way, Shazier got to 'free lance' alot last year because Boren 'stayed home', allowing Shazier to shoot the gaps, so we'll see how well Shazier does now that he's the 'rock' as a LB. Might see Perry put up some big numbers as well. Or the LBers all stay home, and let Spence and Washington do the blitzing damage from the outside......any way we slice it, it'll be fun to watch. By the way, the 26 dropped interceptions last year would equal a big turn around if could manage to hold onto at least 1/2 of them. 'Scoring Defense' would be alot higher.....
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