04-02-2009, 12:24 PM
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OVR: 13
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Columbus, OH/Toledo, OH
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Re: the Buckeyes...
Here is what I see:
Competing for the Big Ten Title, PSU and OSU being interchangable at first and second.
A more creative offense. Lining up in the I with a healthy Beanie and running was good enough to beat a lot of teams (not the elite ones, but even some of the top 25 it was good enough for). No real "big" names on offense except for Pryor. The way this offense is built should be great for the spread or some variety of it. OSU has great talent at WR (though untested). OL should continue to improve without Boone. We will see if Adams is up to the billing. Look out for Boren, the guy has been tearing it up in practice.
Defense. This defense won't be as good as last years in terms of star power, however the DL is coming together, and that is what hurt the defense the last couple years. Replacing JL and Jenkins will be difficult (especially Jenkins), but having two three year starters at safety coming back should help the defense out, plus great recruiting.
Overall, I see a loss to USC (furious about the student ticket fiasco that occurred for that game, i had tickets, then OSU's wireless kicked me off...and lost tickets), though not as bad as the last time. Penn State may be a loss, but games with them are always hard to predict. If Morelli were still there, then OSU would win easily, but alas, he moved on. I miss that guy. I think we beat Michigan, as I don't think Forcier can stay healthy a whole season, so it will be Sheridan time again. Other than that, the Big Ten is still down and PSU is the only real threat on the conference schedule, as MSU is off and Illinois is still recovering from last year. I am predicting a 10 or 11 win season. Who knows though, if Pryor goes down, we would be screwed. This team has something that previous years didn't have across the board: fire. I remember reading after the USC game, Marcus Freeman putting things in perspective saying that it didn't matter if they lose, because football is just a game (which it is, however that kind of lack of anger at a loss like USC was kind of sad).
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