Bigten...If your talking about OU's defense, I'm fairly concerned...What the Sooners have is a linebacker corp that's kind of patched together..The only experience there will be Ryan Reynolds...One of the best in the nation...But he's also been very injury prone in his career. If he goes down again we're going to be in trouble there.. He's been moved to the MLB this season..But the two young players beside him don't have expereince at the position..One will probably be a freshman..The other will be a converted SS. Behind the LB, the safety positions will be among the best in the country...But our CB position is a big concern. There will be two players making their first starts in a pass happy spread offense league who runs alot of no-huddle offenses..So these players will have to learn to adjust on the run.. I've also never been a big fan of co DC Bobby Jack Wright, who coaches the defensive backfield...So yeah, I do have some concerns..I think our defensive line will take some pressure off of the back seven...But overall, I have some doubts that OU's defense will be as good as last season..In regard to strengths and weaknesses of both units, I'm not sure OU's defense will be any better than the Texas defense..We'll know alot more when the season gets underway.
Yeah, I just saw this...
Suspended Buckeyes conveniently available for USC
August 8th, 2008, 10:32 am · Post a Comment · posted by MICHAEL LEV, OCREGISTER.COM
Ohio State suspended two defensive backs for the first two games of the season.
Conveniently for the Buckeyes, those games are against Youngstown State and Ohio.
They don’t play USC until Week 3.
It makes you wonder if the suspension would have been only for 1 week had the USC game been scheduled for W2. Hmmmmmm?
Suspended Buckeyes conveniently available for USC
August 8th, 2008, 10:32 am · Post a Comment · posted by MICHAEL LEV, OCREGISTER.COM
Ohio State suspended two defensive backs for the first two games of the season.
Conveniently for the Buckeyes, those games are against Youngstown State and Ohio.
They don’t play USC until Week 3.
It makes you wonder if the suspension would have been only for 1 week had the USC game been scheduled for W2. Hmmmmmm?
Now that I think about it, OSU covered in 2001, winning straight up at the Big House to give Illinois the outright Big Ten Title. They covered in 2002, winning the national title. Can't remember what happened in 2003, but I'm pretty sure Michigan won and covered. And OSU covered the last 4 years, I'm sure. They OWN Michigan under Tressel.
No doubt OSU is a solid team, but IMO they are overrated every year and it's proven when they step on the field against the generally faster teams in the SEC at bowl time. (See: FLA, LSU).
I see USC handling them easily when they travel to the Coliseum next month, and I also see Wisconsin as a strong candidate to beat them this year as well since we all know it's not easy to go into Madison and come out on top. Not stating that the Badgers definitely win, but it looks like the best chance for OSU to falter in the conference.
With that said, I think with one loss in the Big 10, they either win the conference or get an at-large BCS since all the other games seem like no-brainer OSU wins. If they match up with any of the SEC teams in the BCS, I'd go out on a limb and take the SEC team SU.
I see USC handling them easily when they travel to the Coliseum next month, and I also see Wisconsin as a strong candidate to beat them this year as well since we all know it's not easy to go into Madison and come out on top. Not stating that the Badgers definitely win, but it looks like the best chance for OSU to falter in the conference.
With that said, I think with one loss in the Big 10, they either win the conference or get an at-large BCS since all the other games seem like no-brainer OSU wins. If they match up with any of the SEC teams in the BCS, I'd go out on a limb and take the SEC team SU.
