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01-03-2005, 11:38 AM
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If Meyer can hire a good DC and Leak can learn the offense Florida will be a force next year. If I were Meyer I would try to get Alex Smith to come down and help out Leak in the spring.
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01-03-2005, 11:43 AM
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Yeah I dont doubt that Utah is a good team, but Pitt sucks. The entire Big East sucks. Think they'd have maybe won 1-2 games in the Big 10.
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01-03-2005, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Dryden
True, but the athletes he'll have at his disposal on offense will similarly be bigger, stronger, and faster. Meyer's offense clearly works very well. The numbers aren't as gaudy as what teams like Boise, Louisville, and Texas Tech put up, it's more traditional in the sense that it's a ball control, possession offense that provides his defense time to rest while picking up 1st downs, not just big play touchdowns. The difference between UM and the others is that his teams play solid, disciplined defense, and the offense isn't designed to score every 1:30 while hanging the defense out to dry.
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Yes Meyer will have better offensive talent in Florida. My point was there is a bigger increase in defensive talent from a mid level to a major conference then there is in offensive talent from a mid major to a major conference. Mid major teams such as Marshall, Toledo, etc have put the mid major's on the map as far as offense goes. These schools are able to get some of the better players because they get to play right away, they will play in a fun system, and they do get exposure to the NFL.
The same thing doesn't hold true for the defense of mid major teams. There are not comparable players to Moss, Leftwich, Rothesname, Pennington on defense in the NFL. It is also alot easier to find a QB that isn't as highly recruited as say a DB or a DL and turn them into a Pennington or Leftwich. QBs can be developed over the years, you don't develop 6' 2" 300lb monsters whom are quick as lightning. Guys like that are born with those physical traits and they go to schools like OSU, FSU, SCUM, USC, Florida, etc, etc.
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01-03-2005, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by exhawg
If Meyer can hire a good DC and Leak can learn the offense Florida will be a force next year. If I were Meyer I would try to get Alex Smith to come down and help out Leak in the spring.
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I saw that Alex Smith declared for the NFL draft today. He will get drafted and make somebody's team, so i don't think that Urban will be able to afford to bring Alex down to Florida.
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01-03-2005, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BuckeyeBill73
I saw that Alex Smith declared for the NFL draft today. He will get drafted and make somebody's team, so i don't think that Urban will be able to afford to bring Alex down to Florida.
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And if he's drafted by Miami? (Though they have big needs at other positions {RB}) or Jacksonville? Just - you never know.
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02-03-2005, 11:20 AM
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http://www.cleveland.com/osufootball...3175348840.xml
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While Meyer was visiting Lawrence at school, he took time to dash across the street to St. Vincent Elementary and meet Lawrence's younger sister, Elizabeth. The style points that effort created were wiped out when the Florida coaches began trashing the OSU and Notre Dame programs during phone calls on Tuesday, Wilson's father said.
Anyone that liked him before can now .....uh... NOT.
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02-03-2005, 11:26 AM
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According to the Beacon Journal it was both ND and FL that shared those tactics.
"Wilson concedes that Notre Dame and Florida recruiters used the Buckeyes' troubles with the NCAA against them. Eugene Wilson II, who hoped his son would select Notre Dame, said Florida recruiters were particularly negative and that soured the family on the Gators."
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02-03-2005, 11:41 AM
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It's an unfortuante part of the game.
I know Coach Meyer fairly well, both from his time at OSU and in his current role. He has a tremendous amount of respect for Ohio State, Woody Hayes and he credits a lot of his coaching knowledge to Earl Bruce.
He also inquired about the Head Coach position prior to OSU selecting JT.
I realized it doesn't sound like it, but he really does like OSU. |
02-03-2005, 11:51 AM
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