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Originally Posted by goodguy
Freeman. Solid player, but hasn't put it all together for entire season. He played well in the NC game...what else?
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i think he is still a little afraid of the knee. as soon as he gets his confidence back and stops playing with it in the back of his mind he'll be fine.
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Little Animal. More than solid, is well coached, but he still hasn't wowed me yet. But that's just my opinion. (I know he didn't play the same position as JL, but Hawk had that wow factor)
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nope. he's in all the right places at all the right times. but hasn't wow'd me yet either. which of course should be taken with a cup o salt considering he was a sophmore
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Larry Grant. Hasn't started much until now!
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hasn't started, but has played considerably. hopefully he has fully adjusted to this level of play as he certainly wasn't ready last season. he's earned the starting spot and looked solid in the spring game so im confident in his ability.
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Originally Posted by OSUsushichic
I'm amazed at the number of posters who haven't been wowed by Lauranaitis, yet he won the Nagurski Trophy and almost the Butkus as a sophomore!
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***disclaimer*** i grade the lb position VERY harsh.
i was more than a little surprised that he was a butkus finalist. then i rememberd awards are popularity contests. jl shouldn't have been a butkus finalist. im sure ill get dinged for that, but its the truth. i see jl as being a guy who plays his position very well. but he doesn't define the position with his play, yet. thats the way butkus played. thats the way guys like hawk, and the big kat, and speils played. if i wanted to teach a kid who had never seen football before how to play olb, id pull out a tape of aj hawk and tell him to watch it until he had every play memorized. thats what the butkus is to me. its not a guy who plays his role well. its a guy who defines the position with his play.
jl simply put isn't to that point yet. look out when he gets there though.