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Originally Posted by Kitchel30134
1. Curtis Painter will start against the Bucks. Back-up QB Joey Elliott came in on the final Purdue drive against #6 Penn State and led a 75 yard TD drive. For some reason, Tiller still wants to stick with Curtis. . . Also for those who love watching quarterbacks who stare at one receiver the entire play, Painter is a great example of what happens when a QB has tunnel vision.
3. Kory Sheets is a very underrated back, but is only successful if his O-Line can make holes up the middle on the lead draw plays from shotgun. Refer to point #2 on that case.
4. Greg Orton is a big play receiver for the Boilers, but Painter tends to never look his way...EVER.
Defensive Recap - Pryor and Beanie are going to be a 2-man wrecking crew and could both have over 100 yards rushing. I wouldn't be too surprised if Beanie goes over 200 in this one. Tressel could basically have this offense score at will in this one.
Special Teams
- Boilers are strong in the return game, with Desmond Tardy (6) but Penn State completely took that aspect of the game away by punting and kicking away from him. OSU will probably do the same.
- Kicker Chris Summers (13) has gone 1-4 in his last 3 games kicking and even shanked an extra point against the Nittany Lions. He has been replaced by freshman Carson Wiggs (37) as the Boilers place kicker. Summers will take over the punting duties.
Basically, the my Buckeyes shouldn't have any problems with my Boilermakers. Although historically, Ohio State has had a tough time playing against Purdue at home, but this isn't Drew Brees or Kyle Orton playing on offense. GO BUCKS AND BOILER UP. |
Thanks for an extensive breakdown. I saw the Oregon game and thought that the Boilers were going to work an upset. They played better IMHO than what you gave them credit.
Even the loss vs. PSU was an impressive performance holding that high powered HD offensive scheme to just 20 points.
Sheets and Orton are two big weapons that if used properly have potential to move the chains. It just seems like they are not too far away from a game plan that will be successful and pull a surprise when things begin to click.
So if Tiller does make some of the adjustments you suggest, how much improvement are we talking here?