Chris Wells, your preseason All-American tailback, your workhorse...22 carries, 55 yards for a grand whopping total of 2.5 yards per carry! The offensive line got no push, there were no holes, no cutback lanes, nothing...
Alex Boone (6'8", 316), Bryant Browning (6'4", 312), Ben Person (6'4", 323), Steve Rehring (6'7", 335), Jim Cordle (6'4", 300), Michael Brewster (6'5", 295)...Not one player under 295, and you're gonna try and tell me that you can't make a hole?
This isn't just about Penn State: it's about Ohio, Troy, and USC too. The only thing consistent about this unit all year has been its inconsistencies. When Michael Brewster, a true freshman, is your best offensive lineman among four-year starters and multi-year starting seniors...there is a big problem.
And don't tell me that the reason OSU can't run the football is because the Buckeyes aren't a threat to throw the ball deep. It's garbage.
Navy leads the nation in rushing annually, and everyone from the opposing head coach to Lil' Tommy the 10-year-old popcorn vendor in section 146 ZZZ knows it's coming. But the Naval Academy offensive line, (which by the way, probably AVERAGES about 275 pounds per lineman), are tough, hard-nosed, and disciplined. They know their assignments and they execute them, and they carry out their game plan.
Oh...game plan? Almost forgot! Leads me to my next dose of Pepto...
An offensive coordinator for Ohio State...I think the time has come for the alumni association, the board of trustees, and the fanbase to rise up together and DEMAND one. And NO...I don't mean a "co-offensive coordinator" like Jim Bollman claims to be. And NO...I don't mean bringing in some coordinator who is a puppeteer for Jim Tressel.
I'm talking a full-blown, independent, young, energetic, filled with new ideas, offensive coordinator that Jim Tressel can have a good working relationship with.
Because I, along with the rest of BuckeyeNation, am sick to death of an offense that used to have explosive weapons all over the field (Terry Glenn, Eddie George, David Boston, Joey Galloway, Teddy Ginn, Rickey Dudley, Maurice Clarett etc....etc....etc....) and has potential now with DeVier Posey, Lamaar Thomas, Terrelle Pryor, Chris Wells, Brian Robiskie etc....being wasted in the philosophy of "Tresselball."
This is an offense where our offensive coordinator thinks the most important play in football is the punt! Wrong, Mr. Tressel: The most important play in football is the play that gets you first downs, moves the damn chains, and gets you into the end zone! That's the most important play in football!










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