TBux

Reworked is fine, but these kids are legit players with a ton of experience, if not starts. Every one of this years "starters" on the DL played meaningful snaps in last years Cotton Bowl. Kenyatta Jacksoon DE played almost the entire 1st half after JTT went down early and another KMac DT was in the game on the 4th qtr stand at the goal line. They performed very well then, on the biggest of stages at crunch time and I have no problems putting these kids on the field against anybody anywhere

I don't see that at all but Sayin is no stiff either...excellent pocket presence and maneuvers well in the pocket. Very capable of extending plays when the pocket breaks down and he's got a few weapons he can look for downfield. My take is that we have two young and inexperienced QB's. One is at home facing a great D front - are they the best we'll see, I don't know but certainly one of the 3 best we'll see all year - with an experienced group in front of him that has been thru the wars. The other is on the road in front of 100,000+ hostile fans with a re-tooled inexperienced Oline facing a very good Dline - all of whom have played alot of meaningful snaps, just limited starts - and what I believe to be one of the best back 7s in the game. If the Dline plays as well as expected, this years Buckeye defense will be better than last. It's gonna be loud, I think your Oline is gonna struggle to protect Arch and he's gonna have his hands full and if he tries to force things into that back 7, it's gonna be a problem. Young QB, inexperienced Oline, big home field advantage here..... I think that's the difference in the game