[Yertle]

Awesome thread topic!!! Who gave you the idea? Because I know you couldn't have pulled this one out of your smelly ass.

Quarterback: 2002 - Craig Krenzel - Most of this has to do with his ability to win the clutch games at Purdue, at Illinois, Michigan, and then the NC game. Who knows what TB still has in store for him.

Running Back: 2007 - Chris Wells, Maurice Wells, Brandon Saine - interesting similarities between Beanie and MoC - dominating youngsters with injury problems. Saine puts this group over the top though.

Fullback: 2002 - Branden Joe, Brandon Schnittker - Joe was one of the best FB's I've seen at Ohio State. Very underrated.

Wide Receiver: 2002 - Michael Jenkins, Chris Gamble, Chris Vance - Very tough one!!! Can't really lose with either one, but Small isn't proven enough yet.

Tight End: 2007 - Rory Nicol - Neither are all-world, but I'd go with Nicol.

Offensive Line: 2007 - Alex Boone, Steve Rehring, Jim Cordle, Ben Person, Kirk Barton - I think this year's line is playing a bit better than 2002's line, and it has potential to be MUCH better.

Defensive Line: 2002 - Darrion Scott, Tim Anderson, Kenny Peterson, Will Smith - WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!! Those are 8 of the greatest D-linemen to ever play college football. The 2002 d-line won the NC for us though, so I could never vote against them.

Linebackers: 2007 - Marcus Freeman, James Laurinaitis, Larry Grant - Wilhelm is one of the all-time greats, but Freeman and Grant are proving to be on the same scale as Laurinaitis.

Defensive Backs: 2002 - Dustin Fox, Chris Gamble, Donnie Nickey, Mike Doss, Will Allen - Gamble and Doss are just too dominating to lose this comparison. Jenkins and DWash are fantastic, but they still lose this one.

Kicker: 2002 - Mike Nugent - duh. (No offense, Ryan)

Punter: 2002 - Andy Groom - duh again (no offense, AJ)

That gives 2002 a total of 7 votes, and 2007 a total of 4 votes (only 1 on defense).