DB Dustin Fox (official thread)

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27

... we would still be masking our terrible offense with Ws.

Better than Ls with the same terrible offense...

[BuckeyeNation27]

like last year?

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27

like last year?

Yep. You think we're going to go 11-2 with a BCS bowl win this year?

[BuckeyeNation27]

not now....but those previous Ws had most fans thinking it b4 NW. thus bringing my point full circle.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27

not now....but those previous Ws had most fans thinking it b4 NW. thus bringing my point full circle.

Fox wasn't in the NW game or the Wisky game. The circle keeps turning...

[BuckeyeNation27]

not really....i stopped talking about fox a while ago

[jenkinswoody]

So Fox will prolly be back for Iowa then?

go-bucks!!!

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeNation27

not really....i stopped talking about fox a while ago

Uh you said, quote: "if we have fox back there or not....our run game still sucks. say we win those 2 games because of more inspired defense........are we really that much better off? we would still be masking our terrible offense with Ws."

We may not be much better off, but I'll take a W any time. No one is disagreeing about the woes of or running game. I'll mask a bad offense with a W rather than let it show through with an L any day.

[BuckeyeNation27]

We may not be much better off, but I'll take a W any time. No one is disagreeing about the woes of or running game. I'll mask a bad offense with a W rather than let it show through with an L any day.

ill take a W any day also, but not at the expense of getting better. theres a point where the Ws mask the terrible offense so much that we dont understand how bad it is....like last year and this year.

[Sdgobucks]

Originally Posted by FKAGobucks877

I'm not a "doomsday prophet", but I don't think we could do worse with a defensive coordinator than Snyder...

Maybe if he moves to the booth, he'll improve, but I have my doubts.

Dantonios defense wasn't stellar his first year either, sometimes it takes players a year or so to adjust and no doubt it may take Snyder the same amount of time to adjust. I will agree though that if Dantonio was still here the defense would be better, because there wouldn't be a learning curve. I just think we should give Snyder a chance, if you want to know why we are 3-2 look no farther than Jim Bollman and his great O-line coaching. Although im sure it is just the youth, because we had such a great O-line last year. Just My humble opinion.

[bucknut11]

Not to stir the pot or anything, but....

"I played some safety in the fourth quarter," said OSU corner Dustin Fox. "At one point it was me and Mitchell at safety, Underwood and Ashton at corner. It was awesome, man, awesome. It's different."

I hadn't noticed this (probably because the announcers were clueless), but the only reason he did it was because of the injuries we've had to our safeties. They just needed to get a body out there. I wouldn't be looking for a permanent change.

[jimotis4heisman]

he played two full series at saftey

[Folanator]

Originally Posted by Silverbullet

Some of you people [censored] me off all you can do is look at the bad side of everything.

SB this is the most positive board on the net. No brainless slamming of JT and the O. (If someone has a beef it normally is well thought out and supported by post counts.)

Naw, they make good arguments around here. Not like other boards that just rip because that is what everyone else is doing.

[Buckeye513]

His first 40 time was 4.54, second was 4.47. I'll try to find his times for the other drills, but he looks pretty good so far.

[jimotis4heisman]

http://www.dispatch.com/football/foo...00.html&chck=t

Fox says he’s ready for NFL challenge
Ex-OSU cornerback might be asked to switch to safety
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Bill Rabinowitz
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
INDIANAPOLIS — Safety or cornerback? Doesn’t matter.

Concerned about the risk of working out at the NFL scouting combine? Not at all.

Fretting about where you’ll be drafted? Nope.

To Dustin Fox, attending the combine is a privilege he plans to make the most of. Same with an NFL career.

Besides, having the Fox name and playing a high-risk position like cornerback at a highpressure college like Ohio State is pretty good preparation for the meat grinder that can be life as an NFL prospect.

"It’s a big transition going from being a student-athlete to being a professional," he said Sunday. "It’s a step I think I’m ready for. I’m mature enough to handle the situation. My coaches have prepared me for it."

So has his family. Four of his uncles played at Ohio State and his brother Derek played briefly in the NFL after a career at Penn State.

"Having a great family tree helps as far as the scouts looking at it and seeing that the kid has a lot of background and he’s athletic and he’s been successful at all phases and levels," Fox said. "That’s good. For me, it creates expectations — having to live up to things my uncles and my brother have done. It’s tough at times, but it keeps me motivated and challenged."

Fox said any pressure has been self-imposed, never from his family. During the combine, he and Derek have been in continual contact through text-messaging.

"He says, ‘Relax, just have fun,’ " Fox said. "He didn’t get invited to the combine when he came out. He was a free agent. He thinks I’m in a better situation than he was and that I should take advantage of it to the fullest."

That’s why Fox has decided to work out here today rather than wait until Ohio State’s pro day March 9. He’s not worried about posting a subpar 40-yard dash time on the notoriously slow turf in the RCA Dome. He said he consistently has run in the 4.4 range.

"Whatever you put into your training should show here," he said. "We train on AstroTurf all the time."

Fox came to Ohio State as a safety and was switched to cornerback early in his career. Many scouts have projected him as a free safety in the pros, though at 190 pounds he’ll probably have to bulk up.

"A lot of teams have me as a safety. A lot of teams have me as a corner," he said. "The thing I tell them is I have no preference. Whatever they want me to play is what I’m going to do."

Fox missed three games his senior season because of a broken forearm. He said teams have been "poking it like crazy," but that the arm is good. He will return to Indianapolis on April 1 for further examinations.

Early draft projections have Fox as a secondday selection, possibly a fourth- or fifth-rounder.

"Wherever," he said. "Honestly."

Fox laughed when told he’ll be playing in front of smaller crowds in the NFL than he did in the Horseshoe. The spotlight in the pros won’t be any harsher, either.

"There’s a ton of pressure and a ton of expectations (at Ohio State)," he said. "If you get beat for a touchdown, people think you’re a bad player. If you lose a game, you can’t walk the street. How seriously they take it in Columbus has prepared me for going to the next level."


brabinowitz@dispatch.com