Game Two: Texas 25, Ohio State 22 (final)

[gregorylee]

Originally Posted by texhornfan

message board for predictions on osu--tex and breakup of big xii.

Ya think they could've squeezed a few more popups on that site?

[jwinslow]

Originally Posted by texhornfan

message board for predictions on osu--tex and breakup of big xii.

I posted over there, but it seems a little dead right now. Hornfans seems a little more populated, at least right now.

[High Lonesome]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeFROMscUM

I posted over there, but it seems a little dead right now. Hornfans seems a little more populated, at least right now.

hornfans is almost always more populated and orangebloods is no better than any other rivals.com board. you always end up with jack asses that have no real point

[Chalumpa]

From the Ohio St. preview on College Football News...

With more talent than anyone else on its schedule (including the teams from Ann Arbor and Austin), Ohio State has to open up the attack a little bit more and start to use all of its weapons.

This just got me thinking and maybe I'm biased (of course I'm biased) but I disagree. I think we've both got talent coming out of our ears but I think Texas has a slight edge. Which may or may not equal a win in September. Here's my rundown of who has the advantages on offense and defense.

Offense:
QB - Texas
RB - Equal (Both have unproven talent that may really step it up this year)
WR - Ohio St.
TE - Texas (I understand Ryan Hamby is a pretty good TE but David Thomas is top 5 in the nation)
OL - Texas

Defense:
LB: Ohio St.
Secondary: Texas
DL: Texas

OL and DL are probably where we have the biggest edge over Ohio St. and the rest are pretty comparable. Well I'd say we have a huge edge over y'all at QB but that may not be how it works out in the game. Your LB's versus Vince is going to be really interesting. Of course this is all opinion, but I think it's pretty fair and and I think that even though I have Texas with the edge in 5 of the 8 categories, that we're actually really close teams talent wise.

Thoughts...

[HabaneroBuck]

I think by "talent," the writer is referring to difference makers with the ball in their hands. Texas has some players, but the writer probably meant Santonio and Ginn in particular when he wrote that. I could be wrong, but you don't generally refer to the most talented team as the one with the biggest hogs up front. Besides, the context is the offense needing to utilize more of its weapons. We've got a bunch of good receivers and return men, with some speed in the backfield (including at QB), so that's the gist....

BTW, I don't think the Horns have a big advantage in their offensive line this year, but I will grant you an advantage (perhaps large?) in comparing the defensive lines. That's not a result of detraction from your front five, but confidence that ours will step up this year.

[Chalumpa]

I can see what you're saying about playmakers. We've got the huge threat in Vince and then the list falls off quickly. Ramonce Taylor might really light teams up next year but he hasn't been tested as a full time back yet. David Thomas is a big time threat but he's a tight end and only gets the ball a handful of times each game. After that it's pretty much a list of guys who may be big time playmakers but haven't seen the field yet in any capacity.

[wdg01]

Offense:
QB - Texas
RB - Equal (Both have unproven talent that may really step it up this year)
WR - Ohio St.
TE - Texas (I understand Ryan Hamby is a pretty good TE but David Thomas is top 5 in the nation)
OL - Texas

Defense:
LB: Ohio St.
Secondary: Texas
DL: Texas

Seems reasonable, except i think we have the better Secondary.

[Chalumpa]

Here's a comparison of the secondaries, it has the stats from CFB.com for your projected starters and last years stats for the top four returning secondary players from UT. This is not a list of our projected starters but the stats for the best four returning players. Andrew Kelson (soph.) figures to be a cog in our secondary this year, but only played in one game last year because we were set with Huff and Geiggar(grad.) at safety.

Texas:
Michael Huff (S/CB): 73 tackles, 2 int, 14 broken up passes
Cedric Griffin (CB): 68 tackles, 2 int, 6 bup
Michael Griffin (S): 49 tackles, 1 int, 3 bup
Tarrel Brown (CB): 38 tackles, 2 int, 3 bup

Ohio State:
Ashton Youbouty (CB): 61 tackles, 4 int, 14 bup
Nate Salley (FS): 55 tackles, 2 int, 4 bup
Donte Whitner (SS): 69 tackles, 1 int, 1 bup
Tyler Everett (CB): 39 tackles 1 int, 6 bup

After looking at this I change my advantage Texas to a push. We have four solid players and Kelson is a stud that may be able to make a huge impact next year, but I don't know if y'all have a player like that who CFB.com didn't account for.