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DE Mike Vrabel (All B1G, All American, Pro Bowl, All Pro, Super Bowl Champion)

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2. MIKE VRABEL, 1995
Appearing for the third and final time on this list, Mike Vrabel's junior season is the best of his career. Vrabel averaged two tackles behind the line of scrimmage per game (No. 1), a chaos factor of 0.462 (No. 2), and one sack per game (No. 3).

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Vrabel was named the conference's Lineman of the Year following the 1995 season. He was inducted into the Ohio State Hall of Fame in 2012.

3. MIKE VRABEL, 1994
Playing next to Matt Finkes, Vrabel's sophomore year is one of the most underrated seasons in program history. His 1994 season saw him average nearly one sack per game in addition to the best tackles per game mark of his career.

The Cuyahoga Falls native was showing just a preview of his career in his first year as a starter, saving his best for the years to come.

6. MIKE VRABEL, 1996
By his senior season, Vrabel was already a household name in the Big Ten. The Ohio native continued to exceed expectations in his final year in Columbus, averaging the fifth most tackles for loss per game in program history.

Vrabel was named the Big Ten's top defensive lineman following his senior campaign, becoming just the second player to ever win the award twice. He was named to Ohio State's All-Century Team in 2000 and is the program's leader in career sacks.

Just sayin': Some people may have forgotten (or are too young and just never knew) just how good Mike Vrabel was. He and Matt Finkes were quite a pair back of DEs in the mid 90s; put Luke Fickell at DT and it was really a formidable DL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team
 
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TOSU education working hard with this one:

Did a brilliant intentional penalty enable the Titans' comeback vs. Texans?

Mon, October 19, 2020, 11:11 AM CDT·4 mins read

The Tennessee Titans are still undefeated, and their heroes on Sunday against the Houston Texans were the usual suspects. Ryan Tannehill led a game-saving drive in the last two minutes of regulation. A.J. Brown’s touchdown catch sent the game to overtime. Derrick Henry and his 264 total yards won it in OT.

But it’s not unreasonable to say that none of that would have been possible without a Titans defensive penalty – which they appeared to commit intentionally.
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https://sports.yahoo.com/titans-intentional-penalty-mike-vrabel-texans-161114454.html
 
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SKULL SESSION: MYLES GARRETT COULD HAVE GONE TO OHIO STATE, MIKE VRABEL IS A FOOTBALL GENIUS, AND MICHIGAN IS HILARIOUSLY BAD ON THE ROAD AGAINST RANKED TEAMS

MIKE VRABEL, FOOTBALL GENIUS. Mike Vrabel is an evil genius. On Sunday, the dude successfully pulled off an absolutely epic clock-saving move that effectively gave his team an extra time out and more time to inevitably tie and eventually win the game.

Behold:



"That's an unforced error. Big mistake." is some hilarious analysis in hindsight.

Every bit of this is awesome, but his extremely Belichickian press conference response is the icing on the cake.



Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...e-vrabel-is-a-football-genius-and-michigan-is
 
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I’d imagine recruiting is a bigger pain in the ass as a position coach than as the head coach. It’s probably more time consuming for the head coach but there’s less of the bullshit you have to deal with.
 
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There’s a system that has been put in place by OSU that really has over a decade of organizational experience at this point.

Urban Meyer laid the groundwork with Mark Pantoni and it has rolled over with Ryan Day. Everything from player talent evaluations to deep dives into their personal lives (what kind of kid are you getting?).

I honestly can’t see Vrabel as the type to sit down and break down a HS kids tape and do a talent evaluation. Not that he isn’t capable I just don’t think he’d personally view it as a good use of his time. I think Day does this religiously as part of his recruiting process. I think guys like Saban and Dabo are intimately involved in recruiting evaluation as well.

Not to say Vrabel couldn’t be a really good college coach (he has the acumen and temperament to coach at any level). I just think he’d need a massive amount of help in regards to navigating recruiting classes and NIL because I believe he’d feel that type of stuff is an annoyance.

Pantoni is amazing at his job so that’s a start….but I also wonder how many of the internal guys who have built the machine would feel about it. There’s a lot of risk in it, IMO.
 
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sg86 said:
I’d imagine recruiting is a bigger pain in the ass as a position coach than as the head coach. It’s probably more time consuming for the head coach but there’s less of the bullshit you have to deal with.
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The head coach can delegate assignments but not responsibility. I doesn't matter who is doing the "nuts and bolts" of the recruiting process, the head coach is still ultimately responsible for the results. And needless to say, if it isn't successful; it will always come back to bite the head coach in the ass.
 
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