Game Two: #1 Ohio State 24, #2 Texas 7 (9/9/06)

[MililaniBuckeye]

Texas will not be the same team they were as national champions, on offense or defense.

The loss of Vince Young cannot be over-emphasized...he added a completely new dimension to their offense. If Young wasn't playing in the Oklahoma State game, no way in hell does Texas come back from the 28-12 haltime deficit on the road...same could be said about the game a Texas A&M. Oh yeah, Young's absence probably would've had an effect on a certain little game played on Sept 10th. Texas will have either a redshirt freshman will next to no game time experience or a true freshman who may find the stadium with a map and GPS assistance. This is about as far a step down in the most important offensive position as you can get. They also lose tackle Jonathon Scott, guard Will Allen, and tight end David Thomas on their line. Special teams loses place kicker David Pino.

Their defense also gets a hit, losing Rodrique Wright at tackle, Aaron Harris at linebacker, Cedric Griffin at corner, and Michael Huff at safety.

Obviously, the big question will be our new defense against their new quarterback. Our offense will move the ball...the question will be if we can keep Texas from doing the same.

[Saw31]

Originally Posted by ScriptOhio

The likely starter will be Colt McCoy, a freshman who redshirted in 2005.

Colt McCoy, eh?...Sounds like a bounty hunter...

[High Lonesome]

The one thing that the big twelve does have more of than any other conference is mobile quarterbacks. last year alone saw, Vince young, Reggie McNeal, and brad smith. Then you have osu, baylor, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><ST1kansas</ST1</st1:State>, and k-state all using a mobile qb. hell even bomar is no statue. Admittedly only one of those guys is as good as troy smith and we never had to play against him. We do have plenty of practice against mobile qbs and we use different schemes all the time, there will be a spy some of the time and other times there will not be. Regardless it will be a challenge.<O</O

[BuckeyeNation27]

Originally Posted by High Lonesome

The one thing that the big twelve does have more of than any other conference is mobile quarterbacks. last year alone saw, Vince young, Reggie McNeal, and brad smith. Then you have osu, baylor, <st1:state w:st="on"><st1 ="">kansas</st1></st1:state>, and k-state all using a mobile qb. hell even bomar is no statue. Admittedly only one of those guys is as good as troy smith and we never had to play against him. We do have plenty of practice against mobile qbs and we use different schemes all the time, there will be a spy some of the time and other times there will not be. Regardless it will be a challenge.<o =""></o>

Come on now HL. Vince Young is better than Troy Smith. It's foolish to say that only Reggie McNeal is as good. Don't sell your own guy too short.

[barlow1802]

Made it offical yestrday that me n 5 buddies are taking an rv and heading from columbus to austin. anyone else know if they are going yet?

[BB73]

Originally Posted by barlow1802

Made it offical yestrday that me n 5 buddies are taking an rv and heading from columbus to austin. anyone else know if they are going yet?

My nephew is getting married that day. Since he's not getting married in Austin, I will be missing that ceremony.