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Well one of them that was being alleged in the winter was Oregon. Would have loved to see that culture clash.
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but what are they doing on offense
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2007: The inside story of the greatest season in college football history
Les Miles and 2007 were made for each other all along
By Spencer Hall
Hello. This is a project all about the 2007 college football season, the wildest season ever. We've included dozens of interviews, stories, and other fun stuff in this package (take a look around!), but first, let's talk about Les Miles.
Maybe the problem with every other team in 2007 was this: they insisted that things make sense, while Les Miles and LSU never did. In a season of gambles and black swans, Miles was wearing a ghillie suit at the roulette table. It’s not that he had planned it that way, mind you. It’s just what he always wore, and one day, the perfect moment would come along for the outfit.
Consider that LSU might have had another unfair advantage from the start: being three teams at once.
One was the LSU that destroyed Mississippi State and Virginia Tech to start the season, a physically superior crew of crowbar-wielding sprinters and trench monsters so frightening, they scared poor Michael Henig of Mississippi State into throwing six interceptions in a single game.*
*Full disclosure: by the time he threw his fifth, everyone watching wanted him to throw six, because...well, his public failure had come full circle to a kind of valiant achievement, hadn’t it?
Another LSU was a defense-averse scoring machine bent on playing deep into triple overtime. That team lost twice — twice! in a national title year! — to Arkansas and Kentucky and roared to victory in a shootout with Alabama.
The final LSU was the one everyone remembers best, the LSU that passed with one second left against Auburn or pulled off fourth down conversion after fourth down conversion against Florida in a comeback win or called a bizarre fake field goal for a TD against South Carolina or needed a pick six to win the SEC Championship Game.
It’s hard to beat three teams, but it’s also hard to be three teams. Fortunately, Miles mostly won with all three, though it was clear which one he preferred, even if that version was the one that forced LSU fans to drink even more after victories, simply to take the edge off what they’d just seen.
Full Article is here:
https://www.sbnation.com/a/2007-college-football-season
Les Miles and 2007 were made for each other all along
By Spencer Hall
Hello. This is a project all about the 2007 college football season, the wildest season ever. We've included dozens of interviews, stories, and other fun stuff in this package (take a look around!), but first, let's talk about Les Miles.
Maybe the problem with every other team in 2007 was this: they insisted that things make sense, while Les Miles and LSU never did. In a season of gambles and black swans, Miles was wearing a ghillie suit at the roulette table. It’s not that he had planned it that way, mind you. It’s just what he always wore, and one day, the perfect moment would come along for the outfit.
Consider that LSU might have had another unfair advantage from the start: being three teams at once.
One was the LSU that destroyed Mississippi State and Virginia Tech to start the season, a physically superior crew of crowbar-wielding sprinters and trench monsters so frightening, they scared poor Michael Henig of Mississippi State into throwing six interceptions in a single game.*
*Full disclosure: by the time he threw his fifth, everyone watching wanted him to throw six, because...well, his public failure had come full circle to a kind of valiant achievement, hadn’t it?
Another LSU was a defense-averse scoring machine bent on playing deep into triple overtime. That team lost twice — twice! in a national title year! — to Arkansas and Kentucky and roared to victory in a shootout with Alabama.
The final LSU was the one everyone remembers best, the LSU that passed with one second left against Auburn or pulled off fourth down conversion after fourth down conversion against Florida in a comeback win or called a bizarre fake field goal for a TD against South Carolina or needed a pick six to win the SEC Championship Game.
It’s hard to beat three teams, but it’s also hard to be three teams. Fortunately, Miles mostly won with all three, though it was clear which one he preferred, even if that version was the one that forced LSU fans to drink even more after victories, simply to take the edge off what they’d just seen.
Take a chunk out of the cult of coach by pointing out how many of LSU’s biggest plays of 2007 happened because of perfectly timed individual contributions, usually in well-portioned turns. Craig Steltz popped up with pass breakups and interceptions exactly when required. Trindon Holliday, all five-foot-nothing of him, would snap a game open with a kick return. Cornerback Jonathan Zenon turned into Erik Ainge’s best receiver at the worst possible time for Tennessee, returning an INT for a conference-winning score.
LSU was a team of five-star talent and two-star heart, and the peak example was running back Jacob Hester. With a corps of fearsome locals, LSU’s leading rusher would be a fullback with male pattern baldness at the age of 22. Hester wasn’t supposed to end up where he did, but when you keep ending up across the first down line, it’s hard to take you out of the lineup.
It was hard to say exactly who would fall from the rafters at exactly the right moment and save LSU’s ***.
It was easy to say who was fine with that and would openly dare probability not to cough up a positive return on a gamble, even when the gamble was mathematically insane. Whether it was because he was a bull**** artist too scared to ever admit it or so ebulliently confident he infected his whole team, he thrived in it.
And for one year, Miles turned up exactly where he was supposed to, every time, with exactly the right answer.
He was perfectly on time when he called the fake field goal.
He did not just call a fake field goal. He called a flip toss by the starting QB over his shoulder to LSU’s kicker. The burn on trick play enthusiast Steve Spurrier, standing on the opposite sideline, was so precise, Miles made the noise "heheheheh" when watching a replay at Tiger Stadium.
heh
He could have made the same noise all five times he decided LSU was going for it on fourth down against Florida, a backbreaking series of gambles that completed LSU’s 28-24 comeback at home. Miles might have chuckled his way through that whole second half, for all we know. It was very loud in there, and I couldn’t hear my own heartbeat, much less a coach laughing several hundred yards away.
He was on time when LSU was tied with Auburn, with the clock burning down and everyone in the stadium assuming LSU would try to win 26-24 with a Colt David field goal.
When Demetrius Byrd brings down the TD, listen to the crowd’s screams and hear everything all at once: that LSU passed up the obvious answer, nearly blew the last second it could’ve used to kick if the pass had fallen incomplete, and scored despite risking an interception.
You can read some inspired defenses of this play, if you want to go deep enough into the archives. Don’t. It makes no sense, never will, was late, and ... was right. This is a horse**** play, and it worked. Later in his career, Miles and LSU would get in serious trouble with clock management, and this would all seem less than cute, but in 2007, LSU was unstoppably lucky.
They pressed that luck, even when they became phenomenally unlucky. The Tigers spit the bit at Kentucky and at home to Arkansas. The Kentucky game seemed like enough of an anomaly, the kind voters could forgive. True to bizarro form, LSU outgained Kentucky in yardage, had fewer turnovers, and still lost in triple OT.
Arkansas was worse. A sleepy, 7-6 game at halftime caught fire in the second half, and the three-headed backfield with three future NFL starters — Peyton Hillis, Felix Jones, and Heisman finalist Darren McFadden — ate up yardage until another triple OT loss* surely destroyed LSU’s hopes for a title run.
* There is another achievement LSU can claim, in addition to being the first two-loss AP champ since 1960: the only title team to ever lose two games in overtime, let alone triple overtime. Not that anyone would ever want to claim that, knowing what it’s like to chug rubbing alcohol at 11:45 p.m. while watching your team do this again.
***
Miles showed up when he was supposed to show up, even when he wasn’t supposed to.
2007 was my first year covering college football for money, and the 2007 SEC Championship was just my second game as credentialed media. I still did not know how anything worked, so during pregame, when LSU informed the collected media that "Coach Miles wishes to make a statement," I assumed this was normal.
The SEC
Have a great day
I was informed it was not.
Set this all in context. LSU had just lost a shot at the BCS Championship and would be starting its backup QB in a conference title game against a dangerous, 9-3 Tennessee. The SEC title seemed like a consolation prize, and reports of Miles, a Michigan alum who played and coached under Bo Schembechler, talking to the Wolverines about their coaching vacancy were everywhere.
Whether it was ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit reporting on TV that morning that Miles was as good as gone, or whether a fourth cup of coffee hit Miles sideways in the Georgia Dome locker rooms, or whether years of the accumulated WCW in the air possessed him, Miles felt the need to cut a wrestling promo live on the carpet in Atlanta.
When Miles was done with his speech to a room of baffled and bemused reporters, he appeared again exactly where and when he was supposed to appear. He had told ESPN to kiss his *** and made ESPN show it live on ESPN. He proclaimed in what was suddenly the thickest of Ohio accents that he had a "damn strong football team." He did it for himself, he said, and I believe it; his team, sequestered in the locker room, didn’t see the speech live and couldn’t have used it as some kind of motivational tool.
Miles punctuated his speech with the most truculent "have a great day" ever. Later, after the national championship and grown men from the Bayou running naked down Bourbon Street, the Tigers would put the phrase on the back of their equipment truck, so the whole world could kiss their gear’s *** as it rolled down the highway.
Starting the backup QB in a mop-up game, LSU let Ainge throw the winning TD to LSU’s Zenon. Everyone kept showing up in the right place at the right time, even people who were on other teams.
LSU was a team of five-star talent and two-star heart, and the peak example was running back Jacob Hester. With a corps of fearsome locals, LSU’s leading rusher would be a fullback with male pattern baldness at the age of 22. Hester wasn’t supposed to end up where he did, but when you keep ending up across the first down line, it’s hard to take you out of the lineup.
It was hard to say exactly who would fall from the rafters at exactly the right moment and save LSU’s ***.
It was easy to say who was fine with that and would openly dare probability not to cough up a positive return on a gamble, even when the gamble was mathematically insane. Whether it was because he was a bull**** artist too scared to ever admit it or so ebulliently confident he infected his whole team, he thrived in it.
And for one year, Miles turned up exactly where he was supposed to, every time, with exactly the right answer.
He was perfectly on time when he called the fake field goal.
He did not just call a fake field goal. He called a flip toss by the starting QB over his shoulder to LSU’s kicker. The burn on trick play enthusiast Steve Spurrier, standing on the opposite sideline, was so precise, Miles made the noise "heheheheh" when watching a replay at Tiger Stadium.
heh
He could have made the same noise all five times he decided LSU was going for it on fourth down against Florida, a backbreaking series of gambles that completed LSU’s 28-24 comeback at home. Miles might have chuckled his way through that whole second half, for all we know. It was very loud in there, and I couldn’t hear my own heartbeat, much less a coach laughing several hundred yards away.
He was on time when LSU was tied with Auburn, with the clock burning down and everyone in the stadium assuming LSU would try to win 26-24 with a Colt David field goal.
When Demetrius Byrd brings down the TD, listen to the crowd’s screams and hear everything all at once: that LSU passed up the obvious answer, nearly blew the last second it could’ve used to kick if the pass had fallen incomplete, and scored despite risking an interception.
You can read some inspired defenses of this play, if you want to go deep enough into the archives. Don’t. It makes no sense, never will, was late, and ... was right. This is a horse**** play, and it worked. Later in his career, Miles and LSU would get in serious trouble with clock management, and this would all seem less than cute, but in 2007, LSU was unstoppably lucky.
They pressed that luck, even when they became phenomenally unlucky. The Tigers spit the bit at Kentucky and at home to Arkansas. The Kentucky game seemed like enough of an anomaly, the kind voters could forgive. True to bizarro form, LSU outgained Kentucky in yardage, had fewer turnovers, and still lost in triple OT.
Arkansas was worse. A sleepy, 7-6 game at halftime caught fire in the second half, and the three-headed backfield with three future NFL starters — Peyton Hillis, Felix Jones, and Heisman finalist Darren McFadden — ate up yardage until another triple OT loss* surely destroyed LSU’s hopes for a title run.
* There is another achievement LSU can claim, in addition to being the first two-loss AP champ since 1960: the only title team to ever lose two games in overtime, let alone triple overtime. Not that anyone would ever want to claim that, knowing what it’s like to chug rubbing alcohol at 11:45 p.m. while watching your team do this again.
***
Miles showed up when he was supposed to show up, even when he wasn’t supposed to.
2007 was my first year covering college football for money, and the 2007 SEC Championship was just my second game as credentialed media. I still did not know how anything worked, so during pregame, when LSU informed the collected media that "Coach Miles wishes to make a statement," I assumed this was normal.
The SEC
Have a great day
I was informed it was not.
Set this all in context. LSU had just lost a shot at the BCS Championship and would be starting its backup QB in a conference title game against a dangerous, 9-3 Tennessee. The SEC title seemed like a consolation prize, and reports of Miles, a Michigan alum who played and coached under Bo Schembechler, talking to the Wolverines about their coaching vacancy were everywhere.
Whether it was ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit reporting on TV that morning that Miles was as good as gone, or whether a fourth cup of coffee hit Miles sideways in the Georgia Dome locker rooms, or whether years of the accumulated WCW in the air possessed him, Miles felt the need to cut a wrestling promo live on the carpet in Atlanta.
When Miles was done with his speech to a room of baffled and bemused reporters, he appeared again exactly where and when he was supposed to appear. He had told ESPN to kiss his *** and made ESPN show it live on ESPN. He proclaimed in what was suddenly the thickest of Ohio accents that he had a "damn strong football team." He did it for himself, he said, and I believe it; his team, sequestered in the locker room, didn’t see the speech live and couldn’t have used it as some kind of motivational tool.
Miles punctuated his speech with the most truculent "have a great day" ever. Later, after the national championship and grown men from the Bayou running naked down Bourbon Street, the Tigers would put the phrase on the back of their equipment truck, so the whole world could kiss their gear’s *** as it rolled down the highway.
Starting the backup QB in a mop-up game, LSU let Ainge throw the winning TD to LSU’s Zenon. Everyone kept showing up in the right place at the right time, even people who were on other teams.
Full Article is here:
https://www.sbnation.com/a/2007-college-football-season
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From the above article, here are all the subjects covered in detail in different articles:
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- Les Miles, chaos master
- Pitt vs. West Virginia
- Oral history: Oregon's heartbreak
- Kansas-Missouri mattered!
- Interviewing Tebow, a football player
- How App State beat Michigan
- Spurrier on wrecking UGA
- Hawaii Sugar Bowl?!
- LSU's two 3OT losses
- Former No. 2 USF!
- lol ULM beat Saban
- CFB's 11 wildest seasons ever
- A calendar year of madness
- The Curse of No. 2
- Ranking 2007's biggest upsets
- 2007's 25 weirdest facts
- The silly No. 2 club
- Why 2007 happened
- Imagine the 2007 Playoff
- What if UAB hired Jimbo?
- Houston Nutt vs. FOIA
- Highest-scoring games ever
- 2007's new coaches
- Kiffin/Petrino, NFL coaches
- Hey there, Chip Kelly!
- Re-appreciate the Gundy Rant
- A&M's coach did what??
- When Florida-LSU caught fire
- Harbaugh vs. Carroll begins
- Navy finally beats Notre Dame
- UGA danced! Meyer punished.
- Schnelly's *other* championship
- Guess who went 3-9?
- Zook beat Ohio State!
- Even Tennessee was good!
- FSU's bizarre bowl
- The strangest Heisman-winners ever
- The Wildcat offense's legacy
- Birthing the SEC chant
- What if WVU beat Pitt
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That what is WV beat Pitt article is great.
Damn
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Worst season ever
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todd reesing was fun in 07
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Day 1 of Pac-12 Media Day was mediocre at best. Tomorrow belongs to the big boys.
Justin Wilcox seems over his head with this gig. Good luck.
Jake Browning. Wow. Kid was small. I just don't see NFL on that kid.
Phillip Lindsay was that dude. Like the kid. Way too intense. Small man syndrome, i guess. But he's cool.
Still blown away Josh Rosen wasn't there. Probably would have been asked about his injury at least 20 times.
Rich Rod looked like deadman walking.
And sorry about the huge pics. Still trying to learn this new NT. Did i choose a wrong option?
Justin Wilcox seems over his head with this gig. Good luck.
Jake Browning. Wow. Kid was small. I just don't see NFL on that kid.
Phillip Lindsay was that dude. Like the kid. Way too intense. Small man syndrome, i guess. But he's cool.
Still blown away Josh Rosen wasn't there. Probably would have been asked about his injury at least 20 times.
Rich Rod looked like deadman walking.
And sorry about the huge pics. Still trying to learn this new NT. Did i choose a wrong option?
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First Place Votes ( )
North Division
1. Washington (309 points), (49)
2. Stanford (247), (1)
3. Washington State (206), (1)
4. Oregon (163), (1)
5. Oregon State (101)
6. California (64)
South Division
1. USC (309 POINTS), (49)
2. Utah (220), (1)
3. UCLA (209), (1)
4. Colorado (182), (1)
5. Arizona State (109)
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WazZu with that respect this year!
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Prob means they win 5 or 6 games with an upset vs USC or UW.
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looking at the conference, it looks like a very down year for the Pac-12.
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More pre season reading (I don't see Mike Weber leaving personally):
NevadaBuck:
Kevin Wilson is enamored with J.K. Dobbins. Believes he is more talented than any running back he had at Indiana. That may not sound like much on the surface, but go back and look at the backs he had there, some of them are pretty good players on Sundays right now. The staff feels that Dobbins is a threat to score every time he touches the football and despite his height, he can handle a big work load as he is one of the strongest guys on the team, pound-for-pound, already.
- Building off of that, one little wrinkle that should be added with the addition of Wilson is the use of more two running back sets. Something to watch for this fall. Also watch for the offensive line to consistently be put in better spots than they have in the past. Wilson is an offensive line guy and the OC. He understands the nuance of the position and will not isolate guys that are struggling, but will design plays to accentuate their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. The Oline guys LOVE him for it.
- A lot of optimism right now around Johnnie Dixon. He has been far and away the best receiver on the team this off-season and has stayed healthy.
- Wilson is also enamored with Parris Campbell. Campbell has been much better this off-season with catching the ball. He has always been one of the best athletes on the team. The hope is that the consistency he has found in practices this off-season will carry over to games. If it does, he could have a big season.
- He has not been full go yet, but Trevon Grimes looks the part so far. Coaches are eager to turn him loose and see what he can do. A ton of athletic ability.
- Big camp and big season for Ben Victor. Flashes of greatness but very inconsistent. Needs to put it together on a consistent basis. One of those guys who could go either way. If it clicks he could be a three-and-done, if not he could be one of those guys that everyone expects a lot out of and never quite delivers what people hope for. This fall could be the turning point.
- Watch out for Wyatt Davis at that open right guard spot. That wasn't lip service by Urban Meyer at Big Ten media days. He will get a real look.
-Sam Hubbard and Tyquan Lewis will be your starters at end. But their contributions go way beyond the playing field. They are the type of team mates that you dream about having. Both are wise and mature beyond their years. Both did big time internships this summer and will have careers in the NFL and the business world beyond.
- Malik Harrison is up to 240-pounds and running like a deer. Might be the freakiest athlete on the team. If he gets cleared early enough in camp he could push Booker at the SAM backer position.
- Chris Worley has taken on a major leadership role this off-season on the defense. His last go round and he is making the most of it. More vocal than he has ever been.
- The incoming defensive back class was highly regarded by the recruiting sites. The early returns are those sites were correct. A lot of them are going to play this year.
- If Dre'Mont Jones stays healthy, this could be his last year in Columbus. NFL people have come through the facility and they all love him. He has had an amazing off-season, just unblockable. Could be the breakout star on this year's team.
-On the freshman DB's. Not one of them came in scared. Sheffield, Okudah and Wade came in with major swagger and haven't backed down one bit. May be the fastest defensive backs trio that we've ever had here at Ohio State---like ever. Probably should be expected with those three being five-star type recruits and Sheffield already spending time at Alabama. But Isaiah Pryor and Marcus Williamson have had a similar attitude, playing at IMG against other elite players every day prepared them well mentally and physically. Amir Riep coming from a powerhouse program like Colerain isn't going to be intimidated by the receivers or the upperclassmen either.
-Isaiah Prince is a man child -expect a gigantic season from him. Just a freaky athlete even among the elite talent at Ohio State. Has made HUGE improvements in his game from last season. Fully healthy and far and away the fastest Olineman on the team. Will be a team strength for sure.
- Barring unforeseen injuries, Mike Weber and Jerome Baker are playing their final seasons in Columbus. Weber has seen what happens when you come in and have a big year(ala Marshon Lattimore) and the light has gone on for him. Never late to class anymore. Good guy on the field and in the locker room. If you are looking for a parallel look no further than Carlos Hyde---as their career's have followed similar arcs. And that's a huge compliment.
-This team has the look of National Championship squad. Experience where you want it--youth where you need it. Find a dependable kicker and you have an almost perfect team.
Go Bucks...
NevadaBuck:
Kevin Wilson is enamored with J.K. Dobbins. Believes he is more talented than any running back he had at Indiana. That may not sound like much on the surface, but go back and look at the backs he had there, some of them are pretty good players on Sundays right now. The staff feels that Dobbins is a threat to score every time he touches the football and despite his height, he can handle a big work load as he is one of the strongest guys on the team, pound-for-pound, already.
- Building off of that, one little wrinkle that should be added with the addition of Wilson is the use of more two running back sets. Something to watch for this fall. Also watch for the offensive line to consistently be put in better spots than they have in the past. Wilson is an offensive line guy and the OC. He understands the nuance of the position and will not isolate guys that are struggling, but will design plays to accentuate their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. The Oline guys LOVE him for it.
- A lot of optimism right now around Johnnie Dixon. He has been far and away the best receiver on the team this off-season and has stayed healthy.
- Wilson is also enamored with Parris Campbell. Campbell has been much better this off-season with catching the ball. He has always been one of the best athletes on the team. The hope is that the consistency he has found in practices this off-season will carry over to games. If it does, he could have a big season.
- He has not been full go yet, but Trevon Grimes looks the part so far. Coaches are eager to turn him loose and see what he can do. A ton of athletic ability.
- Big camp and big season for Ben Victor. Flashes of greatness but very inconsistent. Needs to put it together on a consistent basis. One of those guys who could go either way. If it clicks he could be a three-and-done, if not he could be one of those guys that everyone expects a lot out of and never quite delivers what people hope for. This fall could be the turning point.
- Watch out for Wyatt Davis at that open right guard spot. That wasn't lip service by Urban Meyer at Big Ten media days. He will get a real look.
-Sam Hubbard and Tyquan Lewis will be your starters at end. But their contributions go way beyond the playing field. They are the type of team mates that you dream about having. Both are wise and mature beyond their years. Both did big time internships this summer and will have careers in the NFL and the business world beyond.
- Malik Harrison is up to 240-pounds and running like a deer. Might be the freakiest athlete on the team. If he gets cleared early enough in camp he could push Booker at the SAM backer position.
- Chris Worley has taken on a major leadership role this off-season on the defense. His last go round and he is making the most of it. More vocal than he has ever been.
- The incoming defensive back class was highly regarded by the recruiting sites. The early returns are those sites were correct. A lot of them are going to play this year.
- If Dre'Mont Jones stays healthy, this could be his last year in Columbus. NFL people have come through the facility and they all love him. He has had an amazing off-season, just unblockable. Could be the breakout star on this year's team.
-On the freshman DB's. Not one of them came in scared. Sheffield, Okudah and Wade came in with major swagger and haven't backed down one bit. May be the fastest defensive backs trio that we've ever had here at Ohio State---like ever. Probably should be expected with those three being five-star type recruits and Sheffield already spending time at Alabama. But Isaiah Pryor and Marcus Williamson have had a similar attitude, playing at IMG against other elite players every day prepared them well mentally and physically. Amir Riep coming from a powerhouse program like Colerain isn't going to be intimidated by the receivers or the upperclassmen either.
-Isaiah Prince is a man child -expect a gigantic season from him. Just a freaky athlete even among the elite talent at Ohio State. Has made HUGE improvements in his game from last season. Fully healthy and far and away the fastest Olineman on the team. Will be a team strength for sure.
- Barring unforeseen injuries, Mike Weber and Jerome Baker are playing their final seasons in Columbus. Weber has seen what happens when you come in and have a big year(ala Marshon Lattimore) and the light has gone on for him. Never late to class anymore. Good guy on the field and in the locker room. If you are looking for a parallel look no further than Carlos Hyde---as their career's have followed similar arcs. And that's a huge compliment.
-This team has the look of National Championship squad. Experience where you want it--youth where you need it. Find a dependable kicker and you have an almost perfect team.
Go Bucks...
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Wyatt Davis is the trooof!
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Glad Johnnie Dixon is finally healthy.
O$U is so loaded smh.
O$U is so loaded smh.
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Why not?
Weber is a RB, you should be trying to get paid as soon as possible at that position.
Not surprised about JK. Second best RB in the class behind Cam IMO.
Weber is a RB, you should be trying to get paid as soon as possible at that position.
Not surprised about JK. Second best RB in the class behind Cam IMO.
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I agree about Wilcox. Wish him well though.
Browning will be the downfall of the Dawgs. No way he can match Darnold blow for blow in a close game down the stretch. At least, I don't believe it yet.
Yep.
