Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel says the anticipation for the Sept. 10 Ohio State-Texas game is justified. There just aren't as many big, intersectional matchups of Top 10 teams early in the season as there used to be. However, Mandel says that Buckeye fans are "obsessing" over this game. I don't know what he's talking about, but he does have a prediction on the game.
Posted by dan at June 7, 2005 11:52 AM"Maybe Texas, knowing that OSU will be expecting Young to run like crazy, will have him throw 40 times."
Give me a break. The only way that noodle-arm throws 40 passes is if the Bucks are up by 30 at the half. If he throws more than 20 times, we win hands down. Tressel has probably logged about 1000 hours of film study on the Rose Bowl already. Remember how we shut down that scrambler from Kansas State in the Fiesta 2 years ago?
Our backers should be more than up to the challenge.
Posted by: Al at June 8, 2005 08:07 AMSame thing we did with the Oklahoma St. QB in the recent Alamo Bowl blowout. Young still scares me, but it's not his arm that's the concern. My other concern is that Texas has tremendous athletic talent and strength on their defensive line, and I'm not sure our OL will be able to deal with them, especially early in the game (and season).
Posted by: dan at June 8, 2005 01:44 PM