Buckeyes
The Buckeye DL was average. The Buckeye OL was average. They both met great lines...and that was the difference. No pass rush on Sanchez and you might as well have charged USC's DL rent for camping out in OSU's backfield. I don't care how good the rest of the team is. If you lose the battle up front, you are screwed.
Boeckman is an average journeyman QB. Give him a good or great line and he will produce (Penn State 2007), give him a average to bad line and he won't. He can't carry a team by himself....of course very few QBs can (Vince Young, Peyton Manning, etc.)
SEC speed and USC speed is somewhat of a myth. OSU DB were actually quite good in the game against USC as the Trojan receivers were not running by them. However, there is something known as "Big Speed" (Javaris Moss, Glenn Dorsey, etc.), which OSU lacks and hasn't had since Will Smith and Darrion Scott were there. DBs can only cover for so long.
If RichRod does get his system and players humming in Ann Arbor, Tressel is toast. he won't have the athletes on the DL to compete.
Boeckman is an average journeyman QB. Give him a good or great line and he will produce (Penn State 2007), give him a average to bad line and he won't. He can't carry a team by himself....of course very few QBs can (Vince Young, Peyton Manning, etc.)
SEC speed and USC speed is somewhat of a myth. OSU DB were actually quite good in the game against USC as the Trojan receivers were not running by them. However, there is something known as "Big Speed" (Javaris Moss, Glenn Dorsey, etc.), which OSU lacks and hasn't had since Will Smith and Darrion Scott were there. DBs can only cover for so long.
If RichRod does get his system and players humming in Ann Arbor, Tressel is toast. he won't have the athletes on the DL to compete.