Ohio St. names Sayin as starter

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Just now, harveycmd said:

I know Juck says Onianwa is just a whiff. He says he wishes they had spent there money somewhere else. 

I don’t know who Juck is, but I haven’t heard that at all. Although there’s a reason he’s not the starting RT, assuming it’s even true that Phillip Daniels beat him out, nobody knows for sure yet.

I admit that nobody is raving about Onianwa either. I personally think he struggled athletically against the edges and they realized quickly he’s better suited as a guard, but Ohio State has 3 unquestioned starters on the IOL

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1 minute ago, harveycmd said:

Siereveld must be a really big mover.

Yeah, he was always a guard. Him being moved to not only tackle but left tackle took everyone by surprise. However, everyone has been singing his praises all off season, we’re expecting big things from him with the way those around the program are talking about him. He supplanted Onianwa very quickly in fall camp.

[harveycmd]

Juck has a podcast called Juck on Bucks. He's also now on Buckeye Huddle. 

[TBux]

15 hours ago, Here for the Wins said:

They really didn’t play a prominent role.  If you believe that, then you need to say we have 3/5 guys on the Oline because that’s how many have played “prominent” roles in championship or playoff games.  I’m guessing a number of those reps are in the final one or two drives after it was game over.

This is after you said they’ve played hundreds more snaps than Arch, which is clearly not the case.  For a QB, two starts is valuable.  There’s some value in the limited snaps versus UGa, A&M and OSU.  For him, more than his lack of experience, is whether he gets good pass protection.  Same for Sayin.  Reps certainly matter, but his pedigree is wholly unique.

By and large it’s evenly matched.

Of the 3 returning OL, Siereveld and Hinzman started all 4 CFP games and Montgomery rotated in the 1st two CFP games and started the last two versus Texas in the Cotton Bowl and in the ND national championship game. We've seen what they can do against the best fronts in college football on the biggest of stages with all the chips on the table at crunch time. They can play championship football

Edited 3 hours ago by TBux

[Here for the Wins]

1 hour ago, TBux said:

Of the 3 returning OL, Siereveld and Hinzman started all 4 CFP games and Montgomery rotated in the 1st two CFP games and started the last two versus Texas in the Cotton Bowl and in the ND national championship game. We've seen what they can do against the best fronts in college football on the biggest of stages with all the chips on the table at crunch time. They can play championship football

I understand I’m mixing it up here a bit.

Many of the names I rattled off were Ohio State defenders so if those guys were in prominent roles, then I’d expect 3/5 of our Olinemen to be designated as such by the Ohio State contingent.  I don’t really care except to the extent that you’re consistent.  It was not a comparison of our Oline to yours.

Now perhaps your interior Oline played prominent roles in the last month.  Fine.  But you also lost some pieces of that Oline.  You also lost experienced RBs.  They had experienced pieces around them in suppport.  They’ve got ability sure.  I hate to tell you (again it doesn’t really matter), but an independent source grading these dudes says these guys didn’t play quality football but rather their teammates picked them up.  They aren’t the same players as last year.  There is no reason to believe they’ll be dominant and certainly not against us.

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23 minutes ago, Here for the Wins said:

I understand I’m mixing it up here a bit.

Many of the names I rattled off were Ohio State defenders so if those guys were in prominent roles, then I’d expect 3/5 of our Olinemen to be designated as such by the Ohio State contingent.  I don’t really care except to the extent that you’re consistent.  It was not a comparison of our Oline to yours.

Now perhaps your interior Oline played prominent roles in the last month.  Fine.  But you also lost some pieces of that Oline.  You also lost experienced RBs.  They had experienced pieces around them in suppport.  They’ve got ability sure.  I hate to tell you (again it doesn’t really matter), but an independent source grading these dudes says these guys didn’t play quality football but rather their teammates picked them up.  They aren’t the same players as last year.  There is no reason to believe they’ll be dominant and certainly not against us.

The IOL didn’t just play a month of football, they lead Ohio State to a national championship. That is a proven national championship winning IOL

[Here for the Wins]

Great.  Is your national championship caliber K back?  Because that would scare me.  Perhaps change my view.

[LovingBuckeye]

1 hour ago, Here for the Wins said:

Great.  Is your national championship caliber K back?  Because that would scare me.  Perhaps change my view.

 

1 hour ago, Here for the Wins said:

Great.  Is your national championship caliber K back?  Because that would scare me.  Perhaps change my view.

Sarcasm noted haha. Ohio State hasn’t had a championship caliber K in over a decade though

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[lemonandaturd]

This game comes down to OSU quarterback play.  More power to him if Sayin, in his first start, plays as well as Sam Leavitt, Cade Klubnick, or Will Howard.   I don't think he will.