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Originally Posted by Cicero
When is the last time you saw our offensive line knock a decent defensive line off the ball?
Don't get me wrong, I love what Tressel has done here. We have great skill players and the best defense in college football. We have a top ten class of recruits every year, but without a smash mouth offensive line we will lose one or two games a year to speedy defenses.
Look at our NC season, we ran the ball with authority. We ran at and over teams because our line was able to get a push. Imagine what this team could do with just a good offensive line.
BTW, if you disagree with me fine, I love a good debate. I will not give you bad reputation points simply because I disagree with your view points. I hope in the future to get the same kind of treatment.
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It's not a man, drive blocking scheme. It's more of a lateral, create seams or gaps in the defense and requires a RB with good vision to find the gap and then make the quick cut. In 2002, when healthy, Clarett excelled in this scheme. But Ross and Hall never seemed to fare as well.
Bollman brought this scheme with him from the NFL. It's certainly not designed for a behemoth, smash mouth lineman prototype. Rather it requires agile, mobile (usually smaller players) with good lateral movement.
The NFL is the copycat league and unless the NFL outlaws the cut-block, the zone blocking scheme will be the trend, which means if you use it at the college level, your lineman that go on to the NFL will be prepared to make early contributions, since this scheme typically takes more time to fully grasp. And, of course, that's exactly what you want quality OL recruiting prospects to see when they are considering Ohio State.