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OC/WR Coach Brian Hartline (National Champion)

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Which Buckeye had the greatest impact on the Ohio State history of the position he played?

  • Brian Hartline

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MililaniBuckeye said:
Boy had better work on his bench. I hadn't lifted in six months up until two weeks ago, and even then I put up 225 eight times (and I'm 47 years old, 6'0", and 215 with most of it on my gut). With weight training these days, there's no excuse for any football to not be able to max out on the bench at 1 1/2 times his weight (in his case, 270).
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Woos....
 
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  • On what he remembers about Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck being a coach at Ohio State when he played for the Buckeyes: “P.J. was great. Going back to the early 2000s, he was a reference point at that point, he was a good that played some good ball and played some different spots. I was picking his brain. He was always available and always had the passion like he does now. I feel like I learned a good deal from being around coach Fleck and I appreciate our relationship to this day.”
  • On wide receivers blocking this year: “We’ve thrown a lot into the perimeter blocking game. We always were pretty willing, but when push came to shove, we needed to do a better job at executing at times. But they’ve really bought in. And it has to continue.”
  • On the growth of Carnell Tate: “I would say it’s the natural growth of a young athlete becoming a grown athlete. When you’re young the body of work is not there and you usually need a body of work to build trust. I’d say he kind of defied that by making corrections the first time he made a mistake and he did a good job of preventing a lot of mistakes. I can’t speak highly enough about him. He’s doing a great job. He was rolling through camp, got dinged up in camp, then it kind of took him until the bye to get healthy again. Once that happened, he picked up where he left off. I expect him to carry that momentum through the rest of this year and into next year.”
  • On Marvin Harrison Jr. getting Heisman consideration: “It’s a big testament to him getting the hype. It’s also a big testament to his university and his offense. When people think of the level of which we’re playing, he’s been a major focus of our offense and still productive with Emeka being out and Julian banged up. I don’t get caught up too much, he’s very deserving based off the work he’s put in, but I’ll echo what he says, he’s here to win championships.”
  • On if he’s happy to see a wide receiver is earning consideration for the Heisman: “It’s really cool. You hope these awards aren’t just stat awards. There’s a lot that goes into things. If it was a stat award, they should just call it that. But if they’re trying to find the best player in college football, and obviously I’m biased, but he’s the best player in college football. It just depends on what you’re looking for.”
  • On Emeka Egbuka dealing with injury: “I think Emeka is a warrior. He’d tell you where he is and say ‘Oh I’m 100 percent’ where the reality of it is he’s good enough to play, which I appreciate. But you can’t tell me you feel as good as he feels in January. He’s battling, he always will and it’s a huge testament to him how he’s playing with that injury.”
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Listen I know it's Zach Smith but just for discussion can anyone comment on the WR room currently? Apparently the blocking grades for all of them were horrendous. Then there's the int where Marv doesn't even fight for the ball and then doesnt even chase after will Johnson.
 
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Run blocking grades on PFF for the season:

Fleming - 70.9
Johnson - 68.7
Marvin - 63.7
Tate - 52.0
Egbuka - 51.8

Nobody else really has enough to be statistically relevant. Egbuka's is bad but he also played hurt a decent amount. The rest are fine.

Don't listen to anything Zach Smith says about the wideouts. They got tremendously better once he left and he picks every nit he can now to make himself look better.

If you want to single out Marv on Saturday, he had the highest run block grade on the team for Saturday.

Matt Jones' pass blocking grade on Saturday was 4.4 out of 100.
 
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