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Who Is the Greatest Buckeye Defensive Tackle?

Who Is the Greatest Buckeye Defensive Tackle? (Please make FOUR selections)

  • Tim Anderson

    Votes: 45 59.2%
  • Aaron Brown

    Votes: 6 7.9%
  • Nick Buonamici

    Votes: 6 7.9%
  • Pete Cusick

    Votes: 11 14.5%
  • Jerome Foster

    Votes: 2 2.6%
  • George Hasenohrl

    Votes: 1 1.3%
  • Jim Marshall

    Votes: 39 51.3%
  • Ryan Pickett

    Votes: 20 26.3%
  • Darrion Scott

    Votes: 15 19.7%
  • Jim Stillwagon

    Votes: 56 73.7%
  • Dan Wilkinson

    Votes: 64 84.2%
  • Other

    Votes: 2 2.6%

  • Total voters
    76
  • Poll closed .

LordJeffBuck

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Welcome to the tenth installment of the "Greatest Buckeyes Ever" poll - this one allows you to vote for the best Buckeye defensive tackle. Every Saturday, we will post a poll on "Who's the Greatest Buckeye" at each of the positions. The last poll, head coach, will open on the day of THE GAME, and close on December 30th. By New Years Day, we will have the Buckeye Planet All-Time Buckeye Team.

All players selected for the poll will be from the "modern era", which we have more-or-less arbitrarily determined to have begun with the hiring of Woody Hayes in 1951. However, there will be a special poll for the older Buckeye stars, where you will be allowed to choose amongst such greats as Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, Chic Harley, etc.

Please vote on each poll, if you can. Also, please note that each poll will allow you to vote at least twice, as we would like to compile a first and second team. If you vote for "other", please let us know your selection(s) by setting forth the name(s) in a post.

Polls will be posted as follows:

1. Quarterback (CLOSED - Rex Kern is the first team QB, with Craig Krenzel as the second team selection)
2. Tailback (CLOSED - no surprise: Archie is first team, Eddie is second)
3. Athlete (CLOSED - Paul Warfield and Chris Gamble are first team; Cie Grant and Brian Bashnagel are second)
4. Fullback (CLOSED - Pete Johnson made first team, Jim Otis lead second team)
5. Wide Receiver (OPEN - Cris Carter, David Boston, and Michael Jenkins lead, with Joey Galloway and Terry Glenn vying for fourth place)
6. Tight End (OPEN - John Frank and Rickey Dudley lead)
7. Offensive Tackle (OPEN - Orlando Pace, John Hicks, and Korey Stringer lead by a large margin)
8. Offensive Guard (OPEN - Jim Lachey and Jim Parker lead, with Rob Murphy also receiving plenty of votes)
9. Offensive Center (OPEN - LeCharles Bentley and Jeff Uhlenhake lead)
10. Defensive Tackle (OPEN)
11. Defensive End
12. Outside Linebacker
13. Middle Linebacker
14. Safety
15. Cornerback
16. Kicker
17. Punter
18. "Old Timer"
19. Head Coach

So, please vote now for your All-Time Greatest Buckeye Defensive Tackle; please make FOUR selections.

Note: Many of the players on the list were All-Americans: Jim Stillwagon (1969, 1970); Jim Marshall (1958); Pete Cusick (1974); Aaron Brown (1977); Dan Wilkinson (1993). All Big Ten selections include all of the above, plus Nick Buonamici (1975, 1976), Jerome Foster (1980, 1982), George Hasenohrl (1972), Darrion Scott (2002), and Tim Anderson (2003). Ryan Pickett did not receive any post-season honors, but was a first round draft choice of the St. Louis Rams.
Thanks for your participation.
 
I went with Stillwagon, Marshall, Cusick, and Brown (close over Big Daddy).

Brown's quickness at NT was amazing. Just watched him again on ESPN Classic with the '77 Oklahoma game.
 
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BuckeyeBill73: "I went with Stillwagon, Marshall, Cusick, and Brown (close over Big Daddy)."

I had to vote for Big Daddy on that list. He had the best physical skills package of any DT I've ever seen: big, fast, quick, exceptionally strong, and tall as a tree. At the college level, there's only one DT I've seen that was "hands down" better than Wilkinson, and that's Steve Emtman.

He just never cared enough, and that's why he busted in the pros.
 
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Coachchuck;1996516; said:
I coached the following defensive linemen George Hazenohl, Pete Cusick, Arron Brown, Nick Bounamici, Eddie Beamon, - Stillwagon was legendary when I was coaching in Columbus. I coached against Jim Marshal, when he was one of the "Purple People Eaters" and i was coaching the D-!ine for the Eagles


wow strong first post
 
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#1 Big Daddy - #1 pick in NFL draft

#2 George Hasenohrl - lived on a couple doors down the hall from him in Smith Hall dorm, great guy.

#3 Jim Stillwagon - key player on 1968 National Championship team

#4 Jim Marshall - a little before my time at Ohio State, but was NFL HOF player.

Honorable mention: Cameron "Little Ironhead" Heywood :biggrin:
 
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Coachchuck;1996516; said:
I coached the following defensive linemen George Hazenohl, Pete Cusick, Arron Brown, Nick Bounamici, Eddie Beamon, - Stillwagon was legendary when I was coaching in Columbus. I coached against Jim Marshal, when he was one of the "Purple People Eaters" and i was coaching the D-!ine for the Eagles

Did you know Clifford Heffelfinger?
 
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