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As I posted in a previous thread, when only comparing the players who will actually be playing this game, Texas has the slight talent advantage over Ohio State.

Ohio State's RT (Josh Fryar) was the weak link on the OL last season. Whether it is Phillip Daniels (the favorite at this point) or Ethan Onianwa, the RT position will be better for Ohio State.

I know what you are saying, but this is also based on practice reports from the spring all the way through fall camp. By all reports, Kenyatta Jackson Jr is looking and playing like a 1st or 2nd round pick. Although I will grant you that not much has been said one way or the other about Caden Curry/Beau Atkinson on the other side. As for linebacker - Cody Simon was a leader and very experienced, but Arvel Reese has a much higher ceiling and is much faster and more athletic than Simon was, plus Sonny Styles was always a safety, last season was his first at linebacker, so we are expecting another jump for the former 5* #12 overall prospect. As for DB's. Denzel Burke was experienced, but never a lockdown cornerback. We are expecting an upgrade with Jermaine Matthews Jr taking his snaps. Matthews Jr is an actual NFL prospect, where I don't even think Burke made an NFL roster. Losing Jordan Hancock doesn't worry us just because of the insane recruiting at the CB position. Lathan Ransom could be the biggest loss of the secondary and one that may hurt Ohio State the most. That will be Jaylen McClain and Malik Hartford competing to replace him. As for defensive tackles, there was never a concern about the starters (Eddrick Houston & Kayden McDonald), the concerns have been about 3-5. I am personally still concerned about the depth, but Ryan Day seems confident that they developed good depth over the off season, so hopefully that isn't an issue either.

I know I'm biased, but I think Ohio State might not have the #1 TE in the country, but has the #1 TE room in the country. They legitimately go 4 deep with guys who could playing meaningful snaps against Texas. I think Klare is going to be one of the top TE's in CFB, but maybe not #1 or #2.

Billy "Sure" Schott!

I'm very surprised tight end is that low, also interesting that the Big 10 and SEC have the lower % for QBs yet have a higher number of top QBs vs the ACC and Big 12.

Yes, I’d be surprised. You don’t want to acknowledge the amount of experience you lost on defense. Houston has played 141 snaps, 27 versus an atrocious Purdue. McDonald has 247 snaps. Will Smith has 34. Malone 250. After last year Williams and Hamilton had over 1,600 snaps each. Curry and Jackson around 500 each. That’s decent. Sawyer, JTT had a combined 4,000. Hicks at 226 then Atkinson has two years of good reps. You lose a lot with Simon behind them. But of the 3 groups, this is the most experienced grouping returning. On the back end, Burke, Ransom, Hancock played a ton too. And as best as I can tell, the guys leaving were Ohio State guys that were in the program for the duration. Almost all of whom were logging reps for 3 or 4 years. 3 or 4 years of more reps than Jackson and Curry have been logging in single years. You’ll have some guys hit and probably big, but that’s a lot of truly unknown quantities you are asking to come thru early in the season.

TE can go either way but may lean OSU here.. Special teams I need to see it to believe it after last year (although was good previous years)..

It’s because many of these players have been in the program for 3-4 years already, and we know what we are getting from them. It doesn’t mean Texas won’t win, or there won’t be hiccups though

My father and I will try to join! We’ll be arriving a little after 5pm.

Maybe this was why: I guess you can probably count on the refs again this year if they’re Big10.

My opinion only based on what is returning for both Teams and caliber of new starters. QB-Advantage Texas RB-Advantage Texas WR-Advantage OSU O-Line advantage OSU TE- Even (slight lean Texas) D-Line-Advantage Texas LB- Even (slight lean Texas) DB’s Advantage OSU Special Teams- Even

Couldn't agree more, I have an idea on what I would like to see and would do, but I'm just a fan. Nothing I say is bound to happen, I would like for Texas to pull it out. And if you're right about anything 🤣 if Texas does win, it's because they listened to me and I'm applying for the first coaching job available at Texas.

Same. It’s free and should be easy. I don’t love that Fox got the contract for this game anyway, but it is what it is.

Somebody should send Meyer some Jacksonville chubbies.

No one. Eleven Warriors like Loving buckeye mentioned is a good source , both articles and forum space are decent. Still mostly a homers perspective but overall good content.

Klatt still shows TEXAS a lot of love, generally speaking.

The football world evolves and access is at an all time. Yet it amazes me the narratives that pop up and take off. And admittedly it makes me more cautious regarding this game. I remain confident about the Horns chances. If the players are in that mindset, it’s a good place to be. The confidence on the OSU side comes off as overconfidence. Your defense was the backbone of your team as was ours. OSU lost a ton of reps there and has minimal reps returning at certain spots. Yet the talk comes off as this unit will be ready and raring to go. Nevermind you have a new DC. OSU lost their most veteran receiver but added a TE so that’s somehow an immediate upgrade. Yet we’ll ignore that Texas returns 5 starters out of the back 7. That does not include Williams and McDonald, both with starts and one that was logging significant reps until hurt. And supposedly LeFau is known for his pass coverage ability. Advantage OSU. The OSU Oline is getting significant talk apparently about how good they are. This is based on a team accomplishment. Their most accomplished guy from last year is gone. Both starting tackles are gone to be replaced with a relatively inexperienced, new to the position guy and a transfer with limited experience. We are replacing guys upfront defensively, but they’ve been replaced with a good balance of experience, maturity and variation to match opposing offenses. Advantage OSU. We lose considerable experience offensively but relative to the OSU defensive losses it’s very possible we net out ahead there. Cole Hutson is much like OSUs two most experienced guys. He needs to step up and prove it. Campbell given pedigree, production and the live bullets he’s seen should be considered the top olineman in the game. Goosby has limited but quality game experience. Guys like Robertson and Neto have been here going on 4 years. We lose Golden, Bond and Helm. Two first year st Texas WRs, both less than 100% in last years meeting. Helm was not much of a receiver until he was. Wingo is the best combo of size/speed on our last two teams, and Endries has better numbers than Klare to date. There’s a good chance we’re better at TE this year than last. An underappreciated element here may be the production each team gets from their TEs blocking. Advantage OSU. OSU at RB has a transfer with experience and one dude with little experience. We have two guys with experience albeit one returning from injury. The run games are probably more to do with what happens upfront than any spectacular efforts from the RBs. Do advantage OSU. QB. We shall see, but you’d have to give us the nod. Arch has been around longer and has more live reps. Sounds like his skill set is more varied. Advantage OSU. From a non-Texas fan perspective, there are some elements that may go under the radar. Defensively, we’ve made a concerted effort at certain positions to rotate that are not typical. Safety for one. We rotate pretty well upfront too. Simmons is not a retuning starter. Moore may be a returning starter but is not starting this year. We also present different skillsets and can mix and match our opponents. We are well balanced and an injury or two should be navigated well. Then there is the continuity element although we lost some back-end coaches here. It will come down to who plays closest to their potential. And it could be a drop here, a missed tackle there or an overthrow or perfectly thrown pass that is the final key play. Then the respective winning fans can beat their chests about how right they were in their pregame analysis in the toss-up 3 point game.

If the deal doesn't get done I'll sign up for the Foxone streaming app like a lot of others to get through the first weekend.

I know most of Arch's time came against lesser competition, but I would watch the games against UTSA, ULM, and State. That would give a better assessment of what to expect from an Arch/Sark offense instead of Quinn/Sark. There's a noticeable difference between the two.

1. I agree and like the mentality. Frankly I would like OSU to do that with Sayin and our WR's to start the game. If you are going to make a mistake make it early.... If Sayin is slinging it around moving chains and leads a scoring opening drive the confidence goes through the roof.

Not saying Ohio State will be surprised in a sense they can't stop Texas, but more of this isn't what we expected. Last year we couldn't hit on deep shots, so the offense was designed to get the ball to athletes and space. Unfortunately, that meant a lot of screens and passes behind the line of screen and yeilded a lot of tackles for loss. This year the offense will be more vertical. Just like Texas, Ohio State will have to stop the run with a light box.

Frankly not impressed with him. I know he had some injury issues last year he did not disclose to the coaches and it really showed up in a couple games with his kick offs and FG attempts He was solid in the playoffs, but a 40+ yarder to win the game. I am closing my eyes and praying.

We need an update once the deadline passes. If it's not one thing, it's another.

With it be Ohio State that is surprised, or Texas? I can just as easily see Texas being surprised that there is no drop off in Ohio State’s D (if that happens).