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Nah, you just need to have the immobile QB hand the ball off and run to the outside like he kept the ball. It really throws the defense off balance.
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Got the answer to this question today. According to Fields they have been practicing quite a bit taking the snap from under Center thus far.
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RYAN DAY FEELING GOOD ABOUT OHIO STATE'S DEPTH UP FRONT AS OFFENSIVE LINEMEN COMPETE FOR PLAYING TIME EARLY IN FALL CAMP
Dan Hope on August 6, 2019 at 4:45 pm @dan_hope
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Although the next four weeks are a crucial time for Ohio State’s offensive line to build cohesiveness as a unit going into the season opener on Aug. 31, the Buckeyes aren’t rushing into setting their lineup up front.
That’s been evident in the first two practices of preseason camp that have been open to the media this August, in which the Buckeyes have opened practices with two different sets of starting offensive tackles. In the first practice on Friday, Joshua Alabi worked with the first-team offensive line at left tackle, while Nicholas Petit-Frere worked with the first-team offensive line at right tackle. In the fourth practice on Tuesday, Thayer Munford was the first-team left tackle and Branden Bowen was the first-team right tackle.
Ohio State has also been rotating on its second-team offensive line, where the tackles have changed depending on who’s with the first-team unit while Gavin Cupp, Matthew Jones and Ryan Jacoby have all taken second-team reps at guard.
For the most part, the starting spots up front should be accounted for – Munford, who did not practice this spring after undergoing back surgery, should start at left tackle as long as he is fully healthy, while Jonah Jackson, Josh Myers and Wyatt Davis have been taking all the first-team reps on the interior offensive line. But the Buckeyes are giving a multitude of offensive linemen the opportunity to compete early in camp to see what they can do.
“We're going to roll those guys up front,” Ryan Day said after the Buckeyes’ first practice of camp on Friday. “Especially the first few days, some guys will get reps with the ones, some guys will get reps with the twos. So you'll see a lot of guys running with the ones, running with the twos. And then as camp goes on, I think it will be more solidified.”
Although Munford is the only returning starter from last year, Day said he believes the Buckeyes have seven or eight offensive linemen “that can get in there right now and play.” Jackson, Myers, Davis, Bowen, Alabi and Petit-Frere can all be assumed to be in that group, and Day suggested that Ohio State could even find ways to play offensive linemen off the bench on a regular basis if they prove they belong on the field.
“If enough guys deserve a chance to play, then we’ll roll guys at different positions like we did at receiver last year,” Day said.
Day said Friday that he feels “as good as I've felt in the last couple years” about Ohio State’s depth on the offensive line entering this season, which increases the competition to earn a spot in the starting lineup or on the two-deep for the Buckeyes in the trenches.
Ohio State now has 15 scholarship offensive linemen on its roster – including former walk-on Kevin Woidke, redshirt sophomore Max Wray and true freshmen Harry Miller, Enokk Vimahi and Dawand Jones – and all of them have been on the field and participating in practice, unlike this spring, when Munford was sidelined by injury and Jackson, Miller, Vimahi and Jones had yet to arrive.
Jackson was a starter at Rutgers before arriving at Ohio State as a graduate transfer. Bowen, Davis and Alabi have all started games for the Buckeyes, while Myers, Cupp and Woidke have each also now been in the program for multiple years, which has Day feeling comfortable with the experience the Buckeyes have up front.
That’s not stopping the Buckeyes, though, from giving talented young players like Petit-Frere and Miller – both five-star recruits – a chance to compete for playing time right away. Petit-Frere has a real chance to win the starting right tackle job, while Miller has been running as the second-team center.
Day said Tuesday that Petit-Frere has put on 20 pounds since last season and “improved immensely.”
“He's doing a really good job,” Day said of Petit-Frere. “I'm really proud of where he's at, and I think he's going to really help us this year, and he's battling hard to be a starter right now.”
Nicholas Petit-Frere (78) is competing with Branden Bowen (76) to be the Buckeyes' starting right tackle this season.
Day said he wasn’t sure whether Miller “should” be the Buckeyes’ backup center this year, given that he is a true freshman, but said he believes Miller has the ability to be that if they need him to be, and Day expects Miller to get some playing time this season one way or another.
“I think he's going to have to continue to grow as the season goes on,” Day said. “I do see him getting on the field. How much will be dependent upon our depth, injuries, how the season goes, a lot of different things, and how he develops in the next couple weeks. But he has the ability. He's very intelligent. He can process, he can bend, he can do those things.”
Day did make it clear, though, that any playing time players earn won’t be because of the hype they came in with, but because of what they’ve done since they arrived in Columbus.
“Sometimes when the recruits get in here as freshmen, we have them come up in front of the team and introduce themselves, and then some of the guys will say, ‘How many stars did you have?’ And the minute it comes out of their mouth, they all yell out, ‘We don't care!’ Not right in those words, but you can just imagine what they say,” Day said. “Nobody cares. Stars don't mean a thing. It's like being a first- or second-round draft pick. You have to produce. This is a game of production.”
With Miller and Jacoby both getting second-team reps inside as true freshmen, it would appear that the Buckeyes have stronger veteran depth at offensive tackle – with four legitimate potential starters there – than at guard and center. If needed, though, the Buckeyes could move Bowen – who started the first seven games of the 2017 season at right guard before suffering the leg injury that sidelined him for the rest of that season and all of last year – back inside to fill a spot there.
“He's at right tackle now. The good thing for Branden is he's got a lot of versatility, so he's played some different positions for us,” Day said Tuesday. “A lot of the calls are the same, so you can kind of move – if you understand the offense and understand the calls, a double team on the frontside is very similar to a double team on the backside. In pass protection, it's a little different, but he's done both. I think he feels confident really for the first time on that leg, which is great for him, and so he's practicing with a lot of energy right now.”
Over the next couple weeks, the Buckeyes will have to decide on both their starting five up front and how the depth chart will stack up at each position so the unit can work together to build chemistry in the positions they will play against Florida Atlantic – in which, if all goes according to plan, Ohio State will likely be able to get its backup offensive linemen on the field once it builds a significant lead.
For the time being, though, they’ll likely continue to experiment with various lineups and give each player who isn’t already locked in as a starter the chance to make his case for why he should get a chance to move up the depth chart.
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Dan Hope on August 6, 2019 at 4:45 pm @dan_hope
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Although the next four weeks are a crucial time for Ohio State’s offensive line to build cohesiveness as a unit going into the season opener on Aug. 31, the Buckeyes aren’t rushing into setting their lineup up front.
That’s been evident in the first two practices of preseason camp that have been open to the media this August, in which the Buckeyes have opened practices with two different sets of starting offensive tackles. In the first practice on Friday, Joshua Alabi worked with the first-team offensive line at left tackle, while Nicholas Petit-Frere worked with the first-team offensive line at right tackle. In the fourth practice on Tuesday, Thayer Munford was the first-team left tackle and Branden Bowen was the first-team right tackle.
Ohio State has also been rotating on its second-team offensive line, where the tackles have changed depending on who’s with the first-team unit while Gavin Cupp, Matthew Jones and Ryan Jacoby have all taken second-team reps at guard.
For the most part, the starting spots up front should be accounted for – Munford, who did not practice this spring after undergoing back surgery, should start at left tackle as long as he is fully healthy, while Jonah Jackson, Josh Myers and Wyatt Davis have been taking all the first-team reps on the interior offensive line. But the Buckeyes are giving a multitude of offensive linemen the opportunity to compete early in camp to see what they can do.
“We're going to roll those guys up front,” Ryan Day said after the Buckeyes’ first practice of camp on Friday. “Especially the first few days, some guys will get reps with the ones, some guys will get reps with the twos. So you'll see a lot of guys running with the ones, running with the twos. And then as camp goes on, I think it will be more solidified.”
Although Munford is the only returning starter from last year, Day said he believes the Buckeyes have seven or eight offensive linemen “that can get in there right now and play.” Jackson, Myers, Davis, Bowen, Alabi and Petit-Frere can all be assumed to be in that group, and Day suggested that Ohio State could even find ways to play offensive linemen off the bench on a regular basis if they prove they belong on the field.
“If enough guys deserve a chance to play, then we’ll roll guys at different positions like we did at receiver last year,” Day said.
Day said Friday that he feels “as good as I've felt in the last couple years” about Ohio State’s depth on the offensive line entering this season, which increases the competition to earn a spot in the starting lineup or on the two-deep for the Buckeyes in the trenches.
Ohio State now has 15 scholarship offensive linemen on its roster – including former walk-on Kevin Woidke, redshirt sophomore Max Wray and true freshmen Harry Miller, Enokk Vimahi and Dawand Jones – and all of them have been on the field and participating in practice, unlike this spring, when Munford was sidelined by injury and Jackson, Miller, Vimahi and Jones had yet to arrive.
Jackson was a starter at Rutgers before arriving at Ohio State as a graduate transfer. Bowen, Davis and Alabi have all started games for the Buckeyes, while Myers, Cupp and Woidke have each also now been in the program for multiple years, which has Day feeling comfortable with the experience the Buckeyes have up front.
That’s not stopping the Buckeyes, though, from giving talented young players like Petit-Frere and Miller – both five-star recruits – a chance to compete for playing time right away. Petit-Frere has a real chance to win the starting right tackle job, while Miller has been running as the second-team center.
Day said Tuesday that Petit-Frere has put on 20 pounds since last season and “improved immensely.”
“He's doing a really good job,” Day said of Petit-Frere. “I'm really proud of where he's at, and I think he's going to really help us this year, and he's battling hard to be a starter right now.”
Nicholas Petit-Frere (78) is competing with Branden Bowen (76) to be the Buckeyes' starting right tackle this season.
Day said he wasn’t sure whether Miller “should” be the Buckeyes’ backup center this year, given that he is a true freshman, but said he believes Miller has the ability to be that if they need him to be, and Day expects Miller to get some playing time this season one way or another.
“I think he's going to have to continue to grow as the season goes on,” Day said. “I do see him getting on the field. How much will be dependent upon our depth, injuries, how the season goes, a lot of different things, and how he develops in the next couple weeks. But he has the ability. He's very intelligent. He can process, he can bend, he can do those things.”
Day did make it clear, though, that any playing time players earn won’t be because of the hype they came in with, but because of what they’ve done since they arrived in Columbus.
“Sometimes when the recruits get in here as freshmen, we have them come up in front of the team and introduce themselves, and then some of the guys will say, ‘How many stars did you have?’ And the minute it comes out of their mouth, they all yell out, ‘We don't care!’ Not right in those words, but you can just imagine what they say,” Day said. “Nobody cares. Stars don't mean a thing. It's like being a first- or second-round draft pick. You have to produce. This is a game of production.”
With Miller and Jacoby both getting second-team reps inside as true freshmen, it would appear that the Buckeyes have stronger veteran depth at offensive tackle – with four legitimate potential starters there – than at guard and center. If needed, though, the Buckeyes could move Bowen – who started the first seven games of the 2017 season at right guard before suffering the leg injury that sidelined him for the rest of that season and all of last year – back inside to fill a spot there.
“He's at right tackle now. The good thing for Branden is he's got a lot of versatility, so he's played some different positions for us,” Day said Tuesday. “A lot of the calls are the same, so you can kind of move – if you understand the offense and understand the calls, a double team on the frontside is very similar to a double team on the backside. In pass protection, it's a little different, but he's done both. I think he feels confident really for the first time on that leg, which is great for him, and so he's practicing with a lot of energy right now.”
Over the next couple weeks, the Buckeyes will have to decide on both their starting five up front and how the depth chart will stack up at each position so the unit can work together to build chemistry in the positions they will play against Florida Atlantic – in which, if all goes according to plan, Ohio State will likely be able to get its backup offensive linemen on the field once it builds a significant lead.
For the time being, though, they’ll likely continue to experiment with various lineups and give each player who isn’t already locked in as a starter the chance to make his case for why he should get a chance to move up the depth chart.
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OHIO STATE SEARCHING FOR EMERGENCE OF BACKUP RUNNING BACK TO COMPLEMENT J.K. DOBBINS
Colin Hass-Hill on August 6, 2019 at 2:40 pm @chasshill
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Everything Ryan Day and Tony Alford have said since Mike Weber declared for the 2019 NFL Draft, clearing up the running back picture at Ohio State, signals a significantly increased workload for J.K. Dobbins.
Now a junior, Dobbins doesn’t have to worry about splitting carries and snaps with Weber.
“I loved having Mike here,” Dobbins said on Friday. “And there was benefits to sharing carries. But knowing that I'll be getting more carries than in my first two years is kind of a good feeling because I'll be able to get into a rhythm and stuff like that. I think that helps a lot.”
Expecting an increased role, Dobbins cut his body fat percentage from 12 to eight in the offseason. He lost fat and built muscle – remaining right around 215 pounds – to get back to his freshman form after a 2018 season that the harsh grader deemed a “failure.”
Dobbins has put plenty of pressure on himself to perform with increased touches. Day has referenced him as somebody who has to play well – especially early in the season – in order for the offense to reach its peak form as quickly as possible.
But Day also wants to see another running back himself as the Buckeyes' No. 2 option at the position.
“We don't have that,” Day said on Tuesday. “We have a lot of guys battling for it, but we do not have a legitimate backup running back right now.”
Whichever player wins that job likely won’t have a chance to crack 900 rushing yards, which Weber did last season. But they’ll have a guaranteed role in an offense that will utilize multiple running backs designed to keep Dobbins fresh – especially since the Buckeyes end the season with games against Penn State and Michigan.
“THE HOME RUNS WILL COME. WE WANT THOSE GUYS TO GET GOOD PAD LEVEL, WE WANT THEM TO RUN THE BALL WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RUN, AND THEN WIN ON CONTACT.”– RYAN DAY ON WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR IN A BACKUP RUNNING BACK
Master Teague and Demario McCall appear to be the leading candidates to serve as Dobbins’ backup, with freshmen Marcus Crowley and Steele Chambers in the mix, too.
Teague, a second-year back who redshirted in 2018, has the look of an every-down back. He’s well built at 5-foot-11, 220 pounds, and he clocked a 4.31-second 40-yard dash at an Ohio State camp during the summer before his senior year of high school.
The redshirt freshman lacks much experience, though, since he had just 17 carries for 106 yards and a touchdown in three early-season games before not playing the remainder of last year. Teague also missed Tuesday’s practice, which he spent rehabbing on a side field, with an undisclosed injury. If his injury hinders him for an extended period of time, it would set him back in his chase for the backup job.
McCall, preparing for his fourth year at Ohio State, once again finds himself working with the running backs after bouncing around positions throughout his career. The 5-foot-9, 195-pound speedster has flashed the past couple years, but he hasn’t found a modicum of consistency.
A combination of factors – including the lack of a position, injuries and slight stature – have held him back. But with a job wide open for him to win, it’s up to McCall to finally produce well enough in practice to earn the uptick in touches that would come with the backup spot.
“The first thing he's got to do is he's got to become the backup running back,” Day said. “That's the first thing he has to do, and that's what he's working on right now. But he's worked at receiver for different camps, whether it was spring camp, bowl practice or preseason. So he has a wide variety of skills, and so there's a lot of things that we can do with him. You saw that toward the end of last year. We're really just focusing on him being the backup running back because J.K. can't handle all of that by himself. He's going to need help.”
McCall should be able to offer help in ways unlike anybody else in the running back room.
He’s not built like a prototypical running back, but he’s explosive with the ball in his hands and has spent enough time at receiver in recent years to make him an intriguing pass-catching option out of the backfield.
“If he can win that (backup running back) job, then that'll be his role and then we can expand that as we go, and if he doesn't, then we have to figure out a package for him,” Day said. “But that's kind of the backup role right now that is critical for us on offense to try to figure out who that is.”
If neither Teague nor McCall runs away with the job, Alford and Day could consider turning to one of their freshmen.
Crowley, last year’s Gatorade Player of the Year in Florida, got a head start this spring by early enrolling. Chambers joined him in the backfield this summer.
“They're some hard workers,” Dobbins said. “I feel like if they keep working hard they'll be good. They've just got to keep learning the offense and just watching and learn how to do it here so you can succeed.”
If Day and Alford have everything go their way, though, the players they’ve spent years coaching will come through. Teague has a year of experience in the program, and McCall – even though he has bounced around positions – should be capable of winning a backup job as a fourth-year player.
The coaches, Day said, are looking for a backup who can pass protect and secure the ball. Ideally, they want somebody who can grind out five or six yards on any given carry.
“That's what we're asking this year,” Day said. “The home runs will come. We want those guys to get good pad level, we want them to run the ball where it's supposed to be run, and then win on contact. So if a linebacker is there to make a tackle or if a safety comes up with a tackle, we want them to run through contact, like a lot of running backs have done here in the past, and play with toughness and great pad level.”
Ohio State doesn't need Dobbins 2.0, and it doesn't have to find the next coming of Weber to be Dobbins' backup.
The team just needs reliability, and Day doesn't feel like he has seen that from the backup options quite yet.
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Colin Hass-Hill on August 6, 2019 at 2:40 pm @chasshill
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Everything Ryan Day and Tony Alford have said since Mike Weber declared for the 2019 NFL Draft, clearing up the running back picture at Ohio State, signals a significantly increased workload for J.K. Dobbins.
Now a junior, Dobbins doesn’t have to worry about splitting carries and snaps with Weber.
“I loved having Mike here,” Dobbins said on Friday. “And there was benefits to sharing carries. But knowing that I'll be getting more carries than in my first two years is kind of a good feeling because I'll be able to get into a rhythm and stuff like that. I think that helps a lot.”
Expecting an increased role, Dobbins cut his body fat percentage from 12 to eight in the offseason. He lost fat and built muscle – remaining right around 215 pounds – to get back to his freshman form after a 2018 season that the harsh grader deemed a “failure.”
Dobbins has put plenty of pressure on himself to perform with increased touches. Day has referenced him as somebody who has to play well – especially early in the season – in order for the offense to reach its peak form as quickly as possible.
But Day also wants to see another running back himself as the Buckeyes' No. 2 option at the position.
“We don't have that,” Day said on Tuesday. “We have a lot of guys battling for it, but we do not have a legitimate backup running back right now.”
Whichever player wins that job likely won’t have a chance to crack 900 rushing yards, which Weber did last season. But they’ll have a guaranteed role in an offense that will utilize multiple running backs designed to keep Dobbins fresh – especially since the Buckeyes end the season with games against Penn State and Michigan.
“THE HOME RUNS WILL COME. WE WANT THOSE GUYS TO GET GOOD PAD LEVEL, WE WANT THEM TO RUN THE BALL WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RUN, AND THEN WIN ON CONTACT.”– RYAN DAY ON WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR IN A BACKUP RUNNING BACK
Master Teague and Demario McCall appear to be the leading candidates to serve as Dobbins’ backup, with freshmen Marcus Crowley and Steele Chambers in the mix, too.
Teague, a second-year back who redshirted in 2018, has the look of an every-down back. He’s well built at 5-foot-11, 220 pounds, and he clocked a 4.31-second 40-yard dash at an Ohio State camp during the summer before his senior year of high school.
The redshirt freshman lacks much experience, though, since he had just 17 carries for 106 yards and a touchdown in three early-season games before not playing the remainder of last year. Teague also missed Tuesday’s practice, which he spent rehabbing on a side field, with an undisclosed injury. If his injury hinders him for an extended period of time, it would set him back in his chase for the backup job.
McCall, preparing for his fourth year at Ohio State, once again finds himself working with the running backs after bouncing around positions throughout his career. The 5-foot-9, 195-pound speedster has flashed the past couple years, but he hasn’t found a modicum of consistency.
A combination of factors – including the lack of a position, injuries and slight stature – have held him back. But with a job wide open for him to win, it’s up to McCall to finally produce well enough in practice to earn the uptick in touches that would come with the backup spot.
“The first thing he's got to do is he's got to become the backup running back,” Day said. “That's the first thing he has to do, and that's what he's working on right now. But he's worked at receiver for different camps, whether it was spring camp, bowl practice or preseason. So he has a wide variety of skills, and so there's a lot of things that we can do with him. You saw that toward the end of last year. We're really just focusing on him being the backup running back because J.K. can't handle all of that by himself. He's going to need help.”
McCall should be able to offer help in ways unlike anybody else in the running back room.
He’s not built like a prototypical running back, but he’s explosive with the ball in his hands and has spent enough time at receiver in recent years to make him an intriguing pass-catching option out of the backfield.
“If he can win that (backup running back) job, then that'll be his role and then we can expand that as we go, and if he doesn't, then we have to figure out a package for him,” Day said. “But that's kind of the backup role right now that is critical for us on offense to try to figure out who that is.”
If neither Teague nor McCall runs away with the job, Alford and Day could consider turning to one of their freshmen.
Crowley, last year’s Gatorade Player of the Year in Florida, got a head start this spring by early enrolling. Chambers joined him in the backfield this summer.
“They're some hard workers,” Dobbins said. “I feel like if they keep working hard they'll be good. They've just got to keep learning the offense and just watching and learn how to do it here so you can succeed.”
If Day and Alford have everything go their way, though, the players they’ve spent years coaching will come through. Teague has a year of experience in the program, and McCall – even though he has bounced around positions – should be capable of winning a backup job as a fourth-year player.
The coaches, Day said, are looking for a backup who can pass protect and secure the ball. Ideally, they want somebody who can grind out five or six yards on any given carry.
“That's what we're asking this year,” Day said. “The home runs will come. We want those guys to get good pad level, we want them to run the ball where it's supposed to be run, and then win on contact. So if a linebacker is there to make a tackle or if a safety comes up with a tackle, we want them to run through contact, like a lot of running backs have done here in the past, and play with toughness and great pad level.”
Ohio State doesn't need Dobbins 2.0, and it doesn't have to find the next coming of Weber to be Dobbins' backup.
The team just needs reliability, and Day doesn't feel like he has seen that from the backup options quite yet.
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Ohio State Football Notebook
August 8, 2019by Tony Gerdeman0 comments
And Knowing is Half the Battle
In a perfect world, Dwayne Haskins would be back for his redshirt junior season this year and the only question about the Ohio State quarterbacks would be how many tickets would be needed for the Heisman ceremony in December.
Instead, Haskins did what anybody would have done and began the career that he went to college to pursue.
Now Buckeye head coach Ryan Day has to find a new starting quarterback. The expected eventual winner of the job is Justin Fields, but they still need to see that eventuality take place on the practice field.
There is about a two-week battle for somebody to unseat Fields, because at that point, Day would like to know who the starter is so that they can begin tailoring the reps and preparing for the season opener.
“To know the starter is a big thing because you know who’s going to be the leader of the offense,” Day said. “That’s the general of the offense. Going into training camp it’s a competition. About that second week, it’s time to start getting ready, toning things up because we’re going to start getting ready to play our first game.
“So after those first two weeks, you need to know who your general is on the offensive side. That’s somebody who’s got to speak up. That’s the one we have to follow at the end of the day.”
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August 8, 2019by Tony Gerdeman0 comments
And Knowing is Half the Battle
In a perfect world, Dwayne Haskins would be back for his redshirt junior season this year and the only question about the Ohio State quarterbacks would be how many tickets would be needed for the Heisman ceremony in December.
Instead, Haskins did what anybody would have done and began the career that he went to college to pursue.
Now Buckeye head coach Ryan Day has to find a new starting quarterback. The expected eventual winner of the job is Justin Fields, but they still need to see that eventuality take place on the practice field.
There is about a two-week battle for somebody to unseat Fields, because at that point, Day would like to know who the starter is so that they can begin tailoring the reps and preparing for the season opener.
“To know the starter is a big thing because you know who’s going to be the leader of the offense,” Day said. “That’s the general of the offense. Going into training camp it’s a competition. About that second week, it’s time to start getting ready, toning things up because we’re going to start getting ready to play our first game.
“So after those first two weeks, you need to know who your general is on the offensive side. That’s somebody who’s got to speak up. That’s the one we have to follow at the end of the day.”
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scarletngray
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Excited to hear that DeMario McCall has a (leg up) to be the #2 RB. I think that he is the most dynamic guy we have when he has the ball in his hands. I also love his pass catching abilities and getting him in an open field. He has been very successful in running the wheel route. Has big play written all over him.
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1926Buckeyes
Head Coach
Agree. His ability to get mismatches catching the ball out of the backfield or when motioning to the slot could be huge. Hopefully he keeps getting better.
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Pulling for him hard. We know he can do some great things with the ball in his, just get him on the field.
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djtidebuck
Hang on Sloopy
I feel the line will be stronger this year, but I hope the younger players get plenty of playing time before the conference schedule really gets going.
l hope this thread meets the satisfaction of the mods since the one about the AP Top 25 obviously did not.
Thank you mods, you are such a breath of fresh air.
l hope this thread meets the satisfaction of the mods since the one about the AP Top 25 obviously did not.
Thank you mods, you are such a breath of fresh air.
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bucknut502
Hall of Fame
I don’t agree with the thread title. Ohio State has four legit BigTen caliber starters at OT in Munford, Bowen, NPF, and Alabi. We good.
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sammyjenkis
Hall of Fame
I'm concerned about the depth of our posters. No real content to spur discussion... No intelligent commentary... OP should be a post everyone ignores in an established thread. Is shadow banning an option? He'd never know.
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scarletngray
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Obviously he is referring to Over Time because there is no way that he can be talking about our Offensive Tackles.
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