QB/WR Braxton Miller (B1G POY, National Champion, OSU HOF)

[Bucknut24]

Glad to hear he is back. Guarantee you he will play a crucial role for us this year one way or the other...he has helped build this team back to an elite program even before Urban came to town and this team rallies around him. Can't wait to see what 2015 holds for Braxton, one of my favorite players to ever watch here.

agreed, no matter what happens in 2015, he will go down as one of my favorite Buckeyes of all time

 

[jwinslow]

Did he get a ring for 2014? Not sure if you have to contribute on the field or be on the team?
Would love to see him go out with a ring he was directly involved in...

Yes.

 

[muffler dragon]

I'm so pleased that I get to see him in the S&G again.

 

[OSUK]

He is one of those guys that when he finds open field, you hold your breath. Last guy that did that for me was Ted Ginn, so they don't come along very often.

 

[Buckeye Maniac]

He is one of those guys that when he finds open field, you hold your breath. Last guy that did that for me was Ted Ginn, so they don't come along very often.

I don't know, I held my breath every time Ray Small touched the ball too.

 

[Oh8ch]

Miller said that other programs were coming after him pretty hard.

Is that not an NCAA violation?

 

[colobuck79]

Were there tattoos involved?

 

[OSUK]

I don't know, I held my breath every time Ray Small touched the ball too.

But for different reasons!

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I'm afraid for what happens when he throws his first interception. The kid seems like a class act and a true Buckeye.....I hate to see what the crappier part of the fanbase can/will do.

 

[Fremont Buckeye]

I don't know, I held my breath every time Ray Small touched the ball too.

I held my breath the moment right before he touched the ball, like fielding a punt.

 

[Oh8ch]

I'm afraid for what happens when he throws his first interception. The kid seems like a class act and a true Buckeye.....I hate to see what the crappier part of the fanbase can/will do.

This is the unfortunate flip side of all the speculation on who will start. Folks form attachments to the positions they have been arguing all summer. And we have all seen what the crappier part of the fanbase is capable of.

None of these three deserves to be looking over their shoulder. Thank goodness it is Urban at the controls.

 

[OSUK]

I'm afraid for what happens when he throws his first interception. The kid seems like a class act and a true Buckeye.....I hate to see what the crappier part of the fanbase can/will do.

This is inevitable. The first sign of imperfection and then will come the criticism "but X would do so much better".

The worst thing I saw the "crappier" faction do last year was attack Jalin Marshall when his mistakes made the Minnesota game closer than it should have been. One guy told him via Twitter that he should kill himself. But I think most of that was coming from degenerate gamblers who lost money and couldn't find any joy in a 7 point Buckeye win under difficult circumstances - particularly the weather. Jalin comes back the next week, scores 3 TD's late and pretty much single-handedly puts Indiana down. That's how you shut people up.

When Braxton makes mistakes (at QB or whatever), I feel pretty confident he will make up for it.

 

[Zurp]

Is there a vbet for who will be starting quarterback in the first game? My vmoney is on Braxton.

 

[Saw31]

Eh, if this happens I have full confidence that Brax would have already thrown/run for 4 TDs that game before the INT.

 

[pianobuck46]

Miller said that other programs were coming after him pretty hard.

Is that not an NCAA violation?

Don't think so if player in question has already graduated, and has eligibility remaining. There was no problem with Russell Wilson, right?