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What's most impressive about Ohio State's performance this season? Two things:
The Buckeyes have 13 takeaways?one more than all of last season?for a plus-9 turnover margin. Linebacker James Laurinaitis has intercepted a pass in each of the last four games.
A passing game that features quick slants, long flies and everything in between. Ted Ginn Jr. caught a season-high seven passes Saturday, but he was overshadowed by Anthony Gonzalez's two TD grabs.
Gonzalez is regularly used as a slot receiver, and teams often counter by trying to defend him with a linebacker. Big mistake. The 6-foot, 195-pounder can motor.
"A lot of guys look at him and think [guarding him] is a cakewalk," Buckeyes quarterback Troy Smith said. "But once he gets going, Gonzo is one of the premier athletes in the nation."
What's yours is mine
What's most impressive about Ohio State's performance this season? Two things:
The Buckeyes have 13 takeaways?one more than all of last season?for a plus-9 turnover margin. Linebacker James Laurinaitis has intercepted a pass in each of the last four games.
A passing game that features quick slants, long flies and everything in between. Ted Ginn Jr. caught a season-high seven passes Saturday, but he was overshadowed by Anthony Gonzalez's two TD grabs.
Gonzalez is regularly used as a slot receiver, and teams often counter by trying to defend him with a linebacker. Big mistake. The 6-foot, 195-pounder can motor.
"A lot of guys look at him and think [guarding him] is a cakewalk," Buckeyes quarterback Troy Smith said. "But once he gets going, Gonzo is one of the premier athletes in the nation."
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Dublin Buckeyes
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I'm so excited this sticky is on the mainpage. That means only 5 days until I'm in Columbus and 6 until I'm at The Shoe for the first time in over a year!!!!!!!!
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SanAntonioBuck
RIP Our Friend and Hero
It just moved up to -34.5. Wow!buckeye247;622492; said:
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For the next six weeks it is all about keeping your eyes on the prize. But Saturday that will be very difficult.
OSU will likely play flat. They have it coming. This was a hell of a September and it is time to take a breather. They may well make a lot of silly mistakes and may try to introduce some new schemes and new names in new rotations.
But it wont matter. This team has several characteristics that make it upset-proof against the likes of a BG or an Indiana.
For one they are just too deep at almost every position. If there is somebody who simply can't get up for the game, they can sit while they guy who has been pushing them all fall gets his shot.
Another is Troy. He is just too competitive to let the O take a game off.
Beating the spread is another matter. When you start talking about a five TD differential this could easily be the week that sreak ends. But it will take a reasonably flat OSU and a very spirited BG to make that happen.
This is the first time all season I wont spend much time researching the other time. If I need to know something about a player from BG I will check in Sunday's obits.
OSU will likely play flat. They have it coming. This was a hell of a September and it is time to take a breather. They may well make a lot of silly mistakes and may try to introduce some new schemes and new names in new rotations.
But it wont matter. This team has several characteristics that make it upset-proof against the likes of a BG or an Indiana.
For one they are just too deep at almost every position. If there is somebody who simply can't get up for the game, they can sit while they guy who has been pushing them all fall gets his shot.
Another is Troy. He is just too competitive to let the O take a game off.
Beating the spread is another matter. When you start talking about a five TD differential this could easily be the week that sreak ends. But it will take a reasonably flat OSU and a very spirited BG to make that happen.
This is the first time all season I wont spend much time researching the other time. If I need to know something about a player from BG I will check in Sunday's obits.
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I mentioned before the season began, maybe it was in the NIU thread, that the hallmark of any NC caliber team is one that goes out and hangs 50+ on an opponent or two (or three if you play a Big-XII or SEC OOC schedule). Even the 2002 OSU squad, with their pedestrian offense, dropped half-a-hundred on Kent State and San Jose State. 35 is not asking a whole lot of a legit #1 team to cover in CFB.Oh8ch;623131; said:
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WaitingforKickoff
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Oh8ch;623131; said:
I disagree. I think the offense will come out smoking and put this game away to give some pt to the second teamers. The defense won't come out flat because they are young and understand that they still have a lot to prove, especially for the new starter in the secondary and the LBers/DEs who are battling for position on the depth chart.
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I have 2 tickets for the game. If I get there at 7 a.m. can I offically exchange the tickets for potentially closer seats? Or would I have to buy the closer seats and scalp off my old tickets?
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Dryden;623208; said:
14 of the 51 points we put up on KSU were by interception returns (Doss and Hawk)...just sayin'. :tongue2:
Despite that 34.5 point spread, I think we have a good chance of covering it. Reason is, JT will allow Zwick to throw downfield to get him some game practice once he pulls Troy after we're up by 4 TDs. Even with Justin and our 4th, 5th, and 6th WRs, our passing offense will be formidable against BGSU's secondary...and I don't see our OL allowing much of a pass rush.
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Yertle
Pounding out aggression, turns into obsession
MililaniBuckeye;623232; said:
I agree. The offense will be "vanilla" around the second quarter. The Bucks will be up 21-3, which is enough to start the running attack but not enough to bring in the backups. JT has shown that he gives the backup QBs a chance to play, and the playbook often opens up under those situations.
However, I do think the defense will give up some second half points. More than offense, it takes adreniline to play tough defense. With the Bucks up 45-6 in the fourth quarter, the second string D won't be pumped up, the crowd will be quiet, and the defense will give up at least a TD.
My prediction is 45-16 - Bucks don't cover for the first time since MSU last year.
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Yertle;623237; said:
You're kidding, right? The second-stringers (actually mostly third-stringers, since we already rotate first- and second-stringers) will be out to prove themselves and take out their "bench frustration" on the BGSU offense.
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biggsj6030
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." -Plato
Maybe I'm the only one on this thread who doesn't want the buckeyes to win by 50+ points. When i watch ESPN I see Texas killing some team 100000 to zero (or something like that) now I'm not against scoring points but i want to see the backup's get some major PT. First of all this is BG, secondly I think it's pointless to have the starters stay in after a 4 TD lead (only against small teams like this). There is no need to risk an injury and who are we trying to impress? If we win by 50 and our starters are in till the 4th i'm going to be a little angry. But if the backups score 100 points I would love every second. All i'm saying is that i don't want to risk a stupid injury here and we could develop some depth at other posistions (although they've been doing that all year). What else we need to do is get our kickers some long kicks to get them some confidence in case they are necessary in The Game.
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