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What's Mandel thinking now?

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No way we're the #2 team in the country with our young defense. With Whitner supposedly having decided to go pro, we lose six out of our deep seven, and if Youboty declares we lose the entire deep seven. Couple that with the graduation of Kudla and Green, and we return at the most three starters on defense. With Whitner deciding to bail, I don't see Youboty staying either. Things could be scary at Austin if Young returns...
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
No way we're the #2 team in the country with our young defense. With Whitner supposedly having decided to go pro, we lose six out of our deep seven, and if Youboty declares we lose the entire deep seven. Couple that with the graduation of Kudla and Green, and we return at the most three starters on defense. With Whitner deciding to bail, I don't see Youboty staying either. Things could be scary at Austin if Young returns...
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You are right about that 100%. One thing that is going our way next year is our Big Ten schedule.

we get scUM and PSU home.
 
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I want to give Mili some support. I've got a homer heart 10 miles wide but my mind says that this defense will go to Austin on training wheels.

There are a quite few wildcards. We don't know how good those defensive youngsters will be by next year. We also don't know about a few offense wildcards, such as the new Mr Wells, who simply looks awesome.

It is an incredibly interesting scenario: Jim Tressel, Mr. Sweatervest, disrespected for supposed conservativism, but who really plays the cards he's dealt, puts an offensive juggernaut on the field and mixes smashmouth, clock control and big plays while the defense gets its stripes.

How many days until the first game?
 
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Steve19 said:
I want to give Mili some support. I've got a homer heart 10 miles wide but my mind says that this defense will go to Austin on training wheels.
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The lone bright spot is that all the new defensive studs will get their shot in camps guarding our offensive #1s.

Our offensive #1s are pretty good. :wink:

If our LBs can figure out how to get to Troy, and if our DBs can figure out how to cover Ginn and Gonzo, they should be well prepared.

As great as Hawk is. Or Whitner. Or Salley. Or Anthony. Or anyone else. The toughest losses will really be Carp and Kudla as rush ends. It helps to have a ton of pressure when you've got young, green DBs. Somebody is going to have to step-up this offseason on the edges in a hurry, or that alone could determine whether OSU goes 12-0, 11-1, or 8-4.

I'm having nightmares of the problems on the D-Line in 2004 trying to fill the shoes of Smith and Scott.
 
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If we are going to start nashing teeth over pre season polls then get ready to focus on 1 team over all others ....WVU.

They will play a BE schedule with a pre season top 5 ranking....this will be a problem folks.

I am getting immune to the ND/scUM/OU standard overhype. They always get exposed.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
If we are going to start nashing teeth over pre season polls then get ready to focus on 1 team over all others ....WVU.
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WVU opens their 2006 Big East schedule at Louisville. They've actually got an early season stretch of 3 straight road games and will have to play half a dozen teams that have developed good reps at throwing the ball.

Did I mention that WVU loses virtually their entire secondary of 4th and 5th year seniors?

To be honest, assuming the popular Top-5 suspects right now (OSU, Texas, WVU, ND, USC) and considering significant losses to graduation and the NFL, especially if VY and other well-hyped juniors jump to the NFL, I can see matchups where every single preseason Top-5 team could have at least one loss by mid-October.

VY is truly the wildcard. The entire 2006 projection is a total crapshoot.
 
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Dryden said:
WVU opens their 2006 Big East schedule at Louisville. They've actually got an early season stretch of 3 straight road games and will have to play half a dozen teams that have developed good reps at throwing the ball.

Did I mention that WVU loses virtually their entire secondary of 4th and 5th year seniors?

To be honest, assuming the popular Top-5 suspects right now (OSU, Texas, WVU, ND, USC) and considering significant losses to graduation and the NFL, especially if VY and other well-hyped juniors jump to the NFL, I can see matchups where every single preseason Top-5 team could have at least one loss by mid-October.

VY is truly the wildcard. The entire 2006 projection is a total crapshoot.
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You have a link for the WVU schedule?

I was looking at one completely different than that.
 
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Steve19 said:
I want to give Mili some support. I've got a homer heart 10 miles wide but my mind says that this defense will go to Austin on training wheels.

There are a quite few wildcards. We don't know how good those defensive youngsters will be by next year. We also don't know about a few offense wildcards, such as the new Mr Wells, who simply looks awesome.

It is an incredibly interesting scenario: Jim Tressel, Mr. Sweatervest, disrespected for supposed conservativism, but who really plays the cards he's dealt, puts an offensive juggernaut on the field and mixes smashmouth, clock control and big plays while the defense gets its stripes.

How many days until the first game?
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239 and counting. :biggrin:
 
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