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barlow1802
Troy Has Legs
02 Michigan
02 PSU
05 UT
are the 3 loudest i've been to.. 2002 penn state was rocking man
EDIT: today in sports for spectators i heard 5 pounds of pot... obviously this isnt true or else it would be all over
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MyMamaTastesFunny
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You are right. RT is a big threat on the field. You have have to account for him on every play, or he can burn you. His playmaking ability will be missed, in a huge way, and don't think the OSU defensive coaches aren't happy to see him gone.
I meant as a disrupting influence, he won't be missed. It's the classic TO syndrome; the pros of a players on-field abilities can outweigh off-field issues, but often, those off-field problems eventually outweigh the positives.
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xrayrandy
Blowhard Statistician
While he certainly is a weapon that will be missed, it was getting increasing difficult to get him on the field. Do you pull Charles at RB to put in Taylor? Not unless he needs to rest. Taylor is not as good and is prone to negative yardage plays. Would Taylor takes snaps form Selvin? This is one where I disagree with the coaches, since I would favor Taylor, but they don't seem to think that way. He certainly wouldn't replace Melton in short yardage situations.
How about wide reciever? Do you pull Quan, Pittman or Shipley to give Ramonce more chances? I don't think so. All three of them are more polished as wide receivers. Quan is just as fast, stronger, and with a year of experience should be more dangerous. Pittman had 7 40+ yard receptions last year, which happens to be the same number as Ginn last year. Would you bench Ginn and put in Ramonce? I don't think so. And Shipley is better than any of them. Ok well maybe he substitutes for Sweed, but he is not a true split end type WR, and we have another good one Hardy is already looks more polished at WR than RT and possibly even Sweed.
RT probably would have returned kickoffs, but even there UT has other return men who are very good (Ross, Charles...). Overall it would have been difficult to get him 10 touches a game next year. And, if he stayed in the coaches doghouse with his other issues, it could easily have been less than that.
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BDtheBuckeye
Live Fast. Die Hard
Its going to be tough to replace the great LB core we lost last year, but i still think OSU comes out the victor in this game. As long as they play that same style of play that they after the Penn St. game. Which was basically, make every opponent look like a school girl.
THE Ohio St. Buckeyes: 28
Texas Longhorns: 20
THE Ohio St. Buckeyes: 28
Texas Longhorns: 20
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MyMamaTastesFunny
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Its going to be tough to replace the great LB core we lost last year, but i still think OSU comes out the victor in this game. As long as they play that same style of play that they after the Penn St. game. Which was basically, make every opponent look like a school girl.
THE Ohio St. Buckeyes: 28
Texas Longhorns: 20
Question: What went wrong during the Penn St game, and what changed following that game? I missed the game.
Also, I feel the score of the game will be lower. Don't know why, just think the defenses will have the advantage in this game.
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A better question might be what went right....
PSU was pumped up big time, OSU was flat... Bad pick thrown by TS put PSU with a 1 and G at the 1 or so.. it was a stalemate but for that, really.
Edit - I should say, the O was flat, the D did all it could do, really.
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MyMamaTastesFunny
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That was one heck of a d you had last year. Think this one could be as good?
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scarletngrey11
All right, all right, all right.
In time maybe, but not by the second game of the season. There are plenty of names to remember though.
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That's a tall order, but I do think this year's version will surprise people. Yeah, when you lose 9 of 11 starters, you're gonna feel it. Maybe I'm optomistic (and I am sure I am) but OSU has seemingly moved in to "reload" status. D has not been OSU's problem since... well, maybe late 01.. but definately since 02.
And, I should say, there have been several coaching and personnel changes over the course of those years.. Strikes me as something in favor the "reloading" theory.
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Last year's team faced a truckload of good to elite offenses. Texas, Iowa, Penn St, Mich St, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame. (and Mich isn't even on that list). This year, outside of Texas, MSU and Mich I'm not sure the rest are locks to be offensive powers. As such, I don't think the defense has to be as excellent to be successful.
My contrast of the units:
DL: 06 - very good | 05 - good
LB: 06 - good | 06 - lights out
DB: 06 - somewhat good | 05 - good
the DL will be more disruptive, especially off the ends (Richardson will breakout, seniors step up under Tressel... ie Kudla). The LBs will be very solid, how great they can be is debatable IMO, Freeman is probably the only elite LB for most of 06 (Homan is a year or two away)... this year's DL will be allow our DC to run a legit nickel package with fast LBs (last year saw Carp to DE, Freeman hurt, thus Schlegel out there on 3rd and long). The secondary will have growing pains, and will not be as good at setting up the coverages. However, Salley was slow and whiffed on a lot of tackles last year (moreso than 04), and Youboty played hurt all year and could be burned. The 06 squad will make mistakes, but I feel that aggressive approach will also result in more big plays (OSU was uncharacteristically low for INTs in 05). Also, a more effective DL will make it easier on the back seven.
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