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LB Brian Rolle (Official Thread)

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Rolle really impressed me this year...I'm definetly looking forward to more great play out of Brian. He looks great on ST's but I think that play is going to translate well to LB also. I wouldn't mind seeing a special package for Rolle with a S/LB position like Georgia does (ROVER I believe it's called). Me and my dad just call him the human missle. Who cares what his size is when he plays ball like that.
 
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Immokalee's Rolle looks to make mark for Ohio State in title game
By SCOTT HOTARD (Contact)
Sunday, January 6, 2008

The play to turn the game can come from anywhere. And it can be made by anyone.

You keep hearing the same names. Ohio State's Chris "Beanie" Wells and James Laurinaitis. LSU's Glenn Dorsey and Matt Flynn.

But every play counts. Every player counts.

Brian Rolle, the Immokalee High product whose role -- for now -- is to make an impact on special teams, will do his part for Ohio State on Monday night the same he has all season.

He will cover kickoffs looking to make a bone-jarring tackle. He will line up on the punt return team and try to spring a Buckeye for a long gain.

And who knows. Maybe it will be Rolle, No. 36 in scarlet, who flips the momentum when it matters most. Maybe he -- not Wells or Laurinaitis, Dorsey or Flynn -- will make the game's big play, the one that shows up on all the highlights 10 years from now.

"Everybody is important," Rolle said Saturday from New Orleans, as he and his Ohio State teammates prepared to play LSU for the BCS championship. "Everybody has a job to do."
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"I'm never satisfied," Rolle said. "I think I had an all right freshman season, but there's always room for improvement. Next year will be even better."

But that's next year.

Rolle still has one more game to play as a true freshman, and he knows he'll have the chance to leave his mark on it.


Everyone will.

"Every aspect of the game is a factor," Rolle said. "Everybody on the field has to do their part to ensure that we come out with a victory."
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Immokalee's Rolle looks to make mark for Ohio State in title game : Immokalee : Naples Daily News
 
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i love brian rolle, he clearly loves the game and plays for the sake of playing, not his own ego or anything.

and, in tribute to the post he made, from now on everytime i see him make a monster hit i'm going to shout "HI GUYS.ITS BRIAN ROLLE"
 
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giacOSU;1134748; said:
Haven't read much about him this spring. With scum going to the spread and Illinois perfecting it, it seems Rolles's speed and hitting ability would be good against the spread.
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Judging from comments in recent articles, it looks like Rolle is the 3rd string Will LB behind Freeman and Homan.
 
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OregonBuckeye;1135089; said:
Illinois "perfecting it"? Take it easy on the hyperbole, chief.
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Oh, oh, the English police are out in force - or is it an English major? :roll2:

Using perfecting is not necessarily hyperbole, I just meant they were striving to get better at it. Actually, I can remember a game last fall where it worked to near perfection, just ask the OSU defense, they certainly had no answers for it. The game at Ill. worries me this year. Hoping Rolle could help! :)
 
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giacOSU;1136018; said:
Oh, oh, the English police are out in force - or is it an English major? :roll2:

Using perfecting is not necessarily hyperbole, I just meant they were striving to get better at it.
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Big difference in "perfecting" and "getting better at" something. Illinois may have beat us last year with the spread, but they are by no means near "perfecting" it (see the Rose Bowl).
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1136021; said:
Big difference in "perfecting" and "getting better at" something. Illinois may have beat us last year with the spread, but they are by no means near "perfecting" it (see the Rose Bowl).
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Sorry - I was just asking an honest question among Buckeye lovers about Rolle's chances of helping against spread offenses - especially now that scum is going to use it. Never meant to offend or even insinuate that Ill. was perfect. I just thought they were striving to improve or get better using the spread offense. Regardless of how they did in the Rose Bowl - they sure waxed us!
 
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giacOSU;1136060; said:
Sorry - I was just asking an honest question among Buckeye lovers about Rolle's chances of helping against spread offenses - especially now that scum is going to use it. Never meant to offend or even insinuate that Ill. was perfect. I just thought they were striving to improve or get better using the spread offense. Regardless of how they did in the Rose Bowl - they sure waxed us!
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Yeah, 28-21 and 60 yards difference in total offense was a real wax job. :roll1:

I really wouldn't worry a whole lot about Illinois...they had their once-a-decade solid season.



Bask to Brian, I think he's going to be more of a factor than some think...
 
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"The Human Missile".
His second year so he should have a much better grasp of what's going on.
He played fast last year. How fast can he play this year?
How big a factor can he become this year?
Some big explosions(hits) could bring energy to the whole team.
That's what we all hope for. :biggrin:
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1136073; said:
Yeah, 28-21 and 60 yards difference in total offense was a real wax job. :roll1:

I really wouldn't worry a whole lot about Illinois...they had their once-a-decade solid season.



Bask to Brian, I think he's going to be more of a factor than some think...
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How about we got waxed in the last 8 minutes.
 
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