I’ll leave this one to you but this is what we’re up against. Yep, those are members of the Troy State football team — granted it’s a couple of years old and all.
If just three weeks ago, anyone had told me that Troy might prove to be a difficult game, I would have laughed you off the blog. Two weeks later though and here we are with a number of questions to ask?
Q: Can our offensive line give Terrill Boeckman(*) the pass protection he needs?
A: Got me.
Q: Can our defense handle Troy’s no huddle offense?
A: Who knows?
Q: Will the Buckeyes be able to regroup after such a devastating loss last weekend?
A: I have no idea.
Q: And finally, will the leaders on this team be able to realign their national championship goals in order to do what needs to be done?
A: Maybe?
And that’s what this weekend’s game is all about. The Buckeyes have a lot to answer for this weekend and their performance on the field will either reinforce the chants of “Over-rated” we all heard coming from the LA Colusieum and the rest of the college football world this weekend or prove that this team still deserves to be in the hunt for at least a BCS Bowl appearance.
According to Tressle, Prior will see more playing time. At Tuesday’s press conference he said it would be something like 50/50. For Boeckman, this is everything. If he is going to play a quarterback role on this team, he needs to prove he can do it. If he doesn’t perform, he’ll be watching most of the rest of the season from the sidelines.
And dont’ think for a moment Troy doesn’t smell blood. They are used to playing the big game in the big stadium and if it wasn’t for hurricane Ike they would have already faced off against LSU. If ever there was an opportunity to kick a giant when they’re down, this is it.
Watch the second quarter of this game. If the Buckeyes start to struggle, as they so often do, then this will become a war of attrition and it will up to the depth of Ohio State to wear down Troy in the second half. Outlasting them may equal a win but it will be an ugly win at that.
However, if the Buckeyes can go into the half with a commanding, and I mean very commanding lead, then maybe it will be the shot in the arm this team needs to pull themselves back into the position we all want to think they can be in. However, anything but a blowout and we may be looking at a very long season ahead.
* You like that? I just coined it myself.
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I will have Yager Miester on stand by with Everclear as a chaser if things get ugly for the 3rd consecutive week……..
C’mon Bucks , show up this week.
Troy 28 OSU 21 hard-fought game but Troy can put up the numbers.