Originally Posted by
The Bet Master
Your killing me here. Your going to trash the defense for having only 4 returning starters? This will be at the very least a top 10 defensive unit. The only question mark for the defense will be corner back, but they know they have at least one solid guy in Travis Howard.
The offense may need some work, but I don't think it will take long. Braxton Miller will be the QB, and he looks to already be a more accurate passer than Pryor and has nice speed. The WR position is most questionable, but they have guys like Corey Brown, James Louis, and a red zone threat in T.Y. Williams that should step up before the return of Posey. With that being said the offense will run through the running backs, where there is loads of talents and they go 3 deep before the return of Herron. The offensive line will only have Brewster and Shugarts as returners before the return of Adams, but they have lots of people to vill the voids left by the seniors last year. The OL will be good in September but great in mid October.
Ohio State will start 5-0. Miami has some talent but across the board Ohio State just has more, plain and simple. And with Michigan State, they can't hang with the big boys, and they won't beat OSU in Columbus. Nebraska and Wisconsin pose threats to OSU more then any other teams, they will most likely lose to at least one if not both, but after those 2 I don't see them losing. Michigan is going to have to rebuild once again, and that defense is just terrible. Illinois, well I just don't see that happening. I want to see how Penn State is playing before I say anything about them, what I saw from them last year is just Inconsistency.
Bottom Line, don't count Ohio State out. This is a team that has been run on defense the last few years, and expect that to be the case again. And that coach with 0 experience, is the guy who has been running the teams main asset. You actually think the Violations are going to affect the guys on the field that had nothing to do with them? No, they are just going to go out and play football. To say Ohio State could lose 5+ games is just idiotic, maybe your the fan of a team that has been beaten up by them the last few years, but the talent is still there and by looking at the recruiting classes, it's not going away any time soon.