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Game Thread Miami (FL) at tOSU, Sat Sep 11, 3:40 ET, ESPN

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cane4life;1764652; said:
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Both teams are about Equal when it comes to throwing the ball
i see this as a huge miami advantage...Harris is a winner has been his whole life.... yes he struggled some last year...but I expect improved decision making and reads this year. i think he will put 350 plus against you, i think pryor will be at 180 or so....our other big advantage i think will be on st... you guys didnt look very good last week...our return game and blocking units will excell !!
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Wait... you see throwing the ball as a huge advantage for Miami because Harris has been a winner his whole life? IF that's your metric, so has Pryor. Wash.

350 plus? Dude... it's possible... but, I can't recall the last QB who put 350 on Ohio State. It doesn't happen very often.

On the ST... Ohio State will definitely have to do better than they did last week.
 
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cane4life;1764639; said:
seems like Hines might be on the weak side... typically Db's start as soph or jr if they are good... on your O line.... tackles or inside is strongest to you?
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Just because he didn't start as sophmore doesn't mean he isn't good. He was our nickel/star for most of his carreer. Just going by memory but i would say we were in nickel about 60-65% of the time. He is really good.
 
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i will be estatic as well:wink2::wink2:
 
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cane4life;1764652; said:
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Both teams are about Equal when it comes to throwing the ball
i see this as a huge miami advantage...Harris is a winner has been his whole life.... yes he struggled some last year...but I expect improved decision making and reads this year. i think he will put 350 plus against you, i think pryor will be at 180 or so....our other big advantage i think will be on st... you guys didnt look very good last week...our return game and blocking units will excell !!
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Hmm, your right! TP never won any football state championships. Oh ya and he never won the ROSE BOWL! TP also has been a winner his whole life!:osu:
 
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cane4life;1764652; said:
Both teams are about Equal when it comes to throwing the ball
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i see this as a huge miami advantage...Harris is a winner has been his whole life.... yes he struggled some last year...but I expect improved decision making and reads this year.
i think he will put 350 plus against you, i think pryor will be at 180 or so....
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That's rather unrealistic. Harris has done that once in his career, and it was against a horrific FSU secondary, and he only cleared that total by 36 yards.

Factor in Miami's issues at tackle going against an elite defensive line, and that doesn't seem like a very credible prediction.
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Just because he didn't start as sophmore doesn't mean he isn't good. He was our nickel/star for most of his carreer. Just going by memory but i would say we were in nickel about 60-65% of the time. He is really good.
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wasnt a slap at him cause he's a buckeye.. just most d1 teams throw there db's into the fire if they have the talent... unless he was playing behind a first round pick guy of course!!

so if he is even a half step slow... i look to us to roll out the pocket to buy time, and try to go over the top in this game...
 
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cane4life;1764639; said:
seems like Hines might be on the weak side... typically Db's start as soph or jr if they are good... on your O line.... tackles or inside is strongest to you?
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Hines is fine - if we have concern in the secondary it's the other safety position, where CJ Barnett started last week over Orhian Johnson since Johnson missed a few practices at the end of camp.

The inside of the OL is more solid than the tackles. Brewster just had his highest game rating by the coaches - he makes the line calls. The guards are solid - Boren came from That School Up North and he's an all-conference performer. The other guard is Browning, who played out of position at tackle 2 years ago but was solid at guard last year.

The tackles are JB Shugarts at RT, who started last year and did all right with occasional issues with false starts and pass protection. LT is the area of concern - Mike Adams was supposed to grab hold of that spot last year, but he struggled against quick pass rushers. The 2nd line tackles are Andrew Miller, a converted TE who's a solid backup, and Andrew Norwell, a true frosh who's on the 2-deep since the the guy ahead of him is being redshirted for an academic issue.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;1764640; said:
That's what Marshall did. Now, I'm not saying Miami is Marshall, but I am suggesting that it's not something that Ohio State is unprepared to deal with. In fact, a lot of teams have tried attacking Ohio State like that over the years. Only a handful have beaten them with it. Illinois 2007 being one.

As for no huddle... meh... it's not a new thing. I don't know how much you know about Ohio State football in that you don't follow the Buckeyes, but... this isn't 1975 bro. Despite the perception of slow plodders, Ohio State has played against every style of offense you can imagine... including the triple option, even. lol

Pryor the Soph and Fresh was fairly easily rattled. That's not a bad plan, but the Pryor I saw in the opener was calm, cool, confident and collected. I have some confidence in Ohio State's O-Line, but I also expect that when that breaks down (and it will) Pryor has good legs too. Miami will get to him, I'm sure, but it's going to take fresh legs all game to do it. Miami has a good secondary, but even the best can't cover forever. So... pressure, like you say, will be key. Again, I like that Pryor can get outside the pocket and he keeps his eyes down field.

I give Miami's secondary a slight edge over Ohio State's. But, the "speed" thing is typical BS.... There's speed everywhere in college football, and certainly at your top tier schools - including Ohio State. No DB on OSU's roster is going to struggle with footspeed vis a vis Miami's recievers. As for size... well... Once again... Miami isn't full of "never before seen" people. It's pretty common for teams to have match up problems, or even a couple of them, on the roster. Miami isn't any different.


:tibor: Let's not start this [censored] again.
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Not all no huddle offenses are the same.

We know Pryor is a beast and will be tough to bring down. He has improved a lot since that Purdue game. We will want to be in his face as much as possible to make those mistakes.

I saw major difference in speed with OSU against Florida & LSU, so I have to disagree with you there.
 
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