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We doubted Taafe and have been trying to replace him his whole career, but if you throw at him it's a mistake. When you talk about IQ and always in position to make a play Taafe is one of the best safeties in the game.

Taafe in the last two years have 5 picks and 11 passes defended. That's during the same time frame. Like I said as a high safety give me Taafe as a chess peice or box safety I'll take Downs. That's not disrespecting Downs, check the coverage grade and I bet Taafe grades higher.

Yes, his athleticism is a huge difference between him and Taafe.

Nice to hear from you Nostradamus! Stick around, it's a good group 👍

More than anything, Downs' strength is his football IQ and how quickly he reacts. He is also one of the surest tacklers I have every seen come through Columbus. He just doesn't miss tackles.

No doubt thats because he's going to test well and Taafe will not.

All I know is, the moment you bring up excuses, you have already lost.

Downs has 4 career interceptions and 6 PBUs. His strength is in his all around game. But those numbers are limited and I believe the puck versus us was garbage time.

This was 3rd and 8, 4th quarter, tie game, Texas' best edge rusher. Officials should have had eyes on it. On top of that, Howard had an abnormally long time to throw, which should have raised red flags. This was terrible officiating at best.

That hold saved a sack fumble with the game tied. Brutal.

Taffe's an All-American, of course he's good. Caleb Downs is a top 10 NFL draft pick playing in college football.

I'm going off of tape though. Go watch the Aggie game, the touchdown he saved against Arizona State, the play he made against Miss State playing from his safety position. He really is a difference maker. As a safety does Downs numbers come close? https://youtube.com/shorts/PFTO6VM3V5k?feature=shared

And several blue chips don't pan out each class. For all schools. It all sorts out in the wash on these types of comparisons. Just take it for what it is. We have talent.

I agree with you, no doubt it was.....find me a game, any game where every holding infraction is flagged. Every fan base across the country always cherry picks a clip that show their guy being held and whines about it.....suck it up, don't whine, happens to everybody only the losers whine. BFD go play.... BTW, Simmons is a monster and I expect him to have a major impact on Saturday. He'll have plenty of eyeballs on him, he's a game wrecker

No, Ohio State's offensive line dominated their defensive lines. Ohio State could have scored 70 against Tennessee if they wanted, ran right through Oregon and Notre Dame, due to the clean pockets the OL created, and the running lanes they created for Judkins and Henderson.

Those guys did not dominate those teams. Your teams did. If you don’t win it all this year, will your tune change to well maybe it was something else that won it? Again, many Horn fans will tell you that you are fortunate Williams played over Goosby. That might have been enough to enable us to say national champs. That’s how narrow it is.

I'll be honestly, I didn't even know the name of Klare until he committed to Ohio State. And Ohio State even played Purdue last season. But everybody keeps telling me he is an elite TE so I'm excited to see it lol

That is certainly a homer comment, and an opinion that nobody outside of maybe you and a few others in the UT fan base would hold if they actually had a chance to pick one of the two safeties, but I've made plenty of homer comments, so I don't judge you.

That could be true but this was an egregious no call

He can tell some stories of the Darrell Royal days.

This may seem like a homer comment, but if we're talking pure safety play(eraser and being the communicator on the back end) I'm taking Taafe all day everyday, but if we're talking football player and defensive chess peice. No question, it's Downs everytime.

I get it, but you need to know (you in general, not you literally) which practice reports you throw out and which ones to listen to. Pay attention to how the players react when certain names are brought up, or is there one consistent player a certain coach, or all of the coaches keep bringing up all off season, especially when unprompted. Also pay attention to position battles and how quickly they are won or lost. As far as Siereveld goes, Ohio State gives out what they call the "Iron Buckeye" aware for winter and spring lifting and general weight room competitions. Seireveld was an Iron Buckeye in the winder, and again in the spring and then won the starting LT position very quickly over Ethan Onianwa. On top of multiple coaches saying Siereveld has been playing very well.

Quinn holds a special place in my heart. He was the first major recruit I ever really followed. He also brought this program out from a very dark place. He wasn't the perfect QB, but he is an all-time Horn.

Julian Sayin is the #1 question mark I am most excited about learning about on Saturday, #2 is what a Matt Patricia D looks like. I'm expecting a lot of exotic blitzes and simulated pressures against that new look OL.

Agreed, was a big fan of Klare coming out of the portal. Another reason I give you guys the advantage is because I'm not entirely sure how the TE will look this year as opposed to the past few years with Quinn. As you and everyone else knows, he had no deep ball and excelled in the mid-range and the TE was his best friend. Arch is quite the opposite so curious how many targets we are looking at TE wise this year.. I do like Endries a lot though and could see improvement vs Helm but we shall see.