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Game Thread Game Two: Texas 25, Ohio State 22 (final)

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Some smack from a Texas Player...

http://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/shared/sports/ncaa/football/stories/0908osunotes.html



Texas DB jabs at Ginn, Holmes

By Doug Harris
Dayton Daily News
Thursday, September 08, 2005 COLUMBUS — Texas players are showing they're just as good at talkin' smack as Ohio State's Bobby Carpenter.
While Ted Ginn Jr. and Santonio Holmes are considered perhaps the best receiving tandem in the nation, Longhorns cornerback Cedric Griffin hasn't been all that impressed.
"I've played against guys who are better than them," Griffin said. "Santonio Holmes can beat you with his route running. But I haven't seen Ginn do any kind of route running."
Griffin added: "I don't think their athletes beat our athletes at all. It's dead even. If anything, I think we have the edge because I believe in our athletes."
But Texas coach Mack Brown knows Ginn and Holmes are capable of inflicting much damage.
"They're two guys who have a chance to score every time they touch it, whether it's in the kicking game or on offense," he said. "With their spread system right now, they have the ability to get it to either one of them on every play. They just scare you to death with their ability to get the big play."
Defense lets loose
First-year defensive coordinator Jim Heacock called for repeated blitzes against Miami, and his aggressive style was a hit with OSU players.
Of the five sacks they registered against the RedHawks, only one was recorded by a defensive lineman. And their new approach has left Texas puzzled.
"We're not sure whether they blitzed so much because they felt like they could get to Miami or whether they are just taking a different attitude and blitzing more this year than they have in the past," Brown said. "We will have to prepare for a lot of blitzing this weekend and understand that's part of who they are."
But linebacker A.J. Hawk knows the tactic could backfire against a seasoned quarterback like Vince Young.
"Coach Heacock has the philosophy that you have to affect the quarterback," Hawk said. "But we also know we can't blitz every play. Sometimes you've got to play your base defense and execute."
Squib kicks
• Ginn on making the Sports Illustrated cover this week: "It's great. That's all I can say. It's a dream come true."
• The Buckeyes haven't lost to a Big 12 school since a 29-28 decision against No. 3 Oklahoma in 1977, and their all-time record against the conference is 27-3-1.
• The Longhorns registered three sacks in their 60-3 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday. They needed seven games to reach that total in 2004.
Contact Doug Harris at 225-2125.
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High Lonesome said:
the one closest to your OH-IO cheer is the Texas - Fight
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Actually, what Oh8ch mentioned is different from what I think you're thinking of. The OH ... IO cheer is normally done in the parking lots, at the tailgates, and in the bars between just two people. The cheer that actually occurs in the stadium is O-H-I-O, one letter from each side of the stadium. It'll go around-and-around a few dozen times for Texas.

When the crowd is amped it can get pretty loud. The cheers at Sun Devil Stadium in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl against the Hurricanes were absolutely amazing. OSU crowds can usually get the chant going at Indiana too. :p
 
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scarletngrey77 said:
wow that is smoking, i believe that that translates to a 3.9 40???
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Yes and no. 40 times are mostly from the world of pretend... most are hand held which no T & F authority would recognize. The middle and last section of a 100 dash is where the runner's speed is fairly even, how fast he gets to that speed is the secret to a 40 time so trying to take a 100 time and break it into a 40 is fruitless. If you ask me the most dangerous aspect to Ginn is that he doesn't waste anytime on his first steps. Trained as a sprinter/hurdler, his first two steps are straight ahead and get him on top of a corner right now. VY is fast, but what impresses me most is his balance, not his speed. What I like about the Texas offense is that VY touches the ball on every play thus increasing the odds that he will break one. Ginn could concievably get fewer than six touches in the same game, reducing the odds that he will break one.

I still like the Bucks in a tight game. Our LBs and secondary are much better tacklers than Michigan's were in the Rose Bowl. I be much more confident if I thought Pittman was the back to bring back our running game. I remain a skeptic on that issue.
 
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Griffin did a bang up job covering Braylon Edwards ... 10 catches, 109 yards, 3 TDs.

The only mention of Griffin in SI's Rose Bowl recap was this:

"Edwards' first TD catch against Texas was a classic. Racing past cornerback Cedric Griffin, then angling to the sideline away from Phillip Geiggar, Edwards ran under Henne's long, high throw and snared the ball in the end zone just over Geiggar's fingertips."

He's pretty cocky for a guy who can't cover as well as Dustin Fox ... and Dustin Fox sucked. :wink: :p
 
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