Big Gain wrote: Saine is too injury prone to make him carry 90% of the load.

And Beanie wasn't?

Dumb statement

Saine=Beaine?

Dumb question.

BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Can't watch the game today, can someone give me a few bullets of high points and low points today?

DE Keith Wells stood out ALL day. He was all over the place, making plays left and right. I cannot even begin to express how pleasantly surprised I was with his performance.

Next player who stood out has to be QB Kenny Guiton. Kid was quite impressive. I've always been a Bauserman fan, but Guiton has to be the #2 QB at this point. There was almost a horrific ending as with 30 seconds left in the game the Gray team (Guiton) dropped back to pass and Scarlet's Keith Wells came rushing in and dove to tackle Guiton. Problem was, he took out Guiton's right leg and it really looked like it was going to be a season ending injury. Does anyone have any updates on how Guiton is doing?

I know WR Taurian Washington is notorious for drops, and I know he had a couple in the game, but I was pretty impressed with his performance. He was open almost all day and managed to haul in 2 TD catches. Probably could have had one more if he would have caught the ball.

RB Brandon Saine sure looked nice. As another posted mentioned, if he is running like that with a sore hammy, then look out for what he can do when and if he heals up.

The punting game was atrocious. Both sides looked awful. Someone better step up or this is going to cause some serious problems for us this season.

RB Jordan Hall looked impressive with the little touches he had. Same goes for RB Dan Herron. RBs Jamaal Berry and Carlos Hyde were nonexistent.

The player who I was probably most disappointed with was WR DeVier Posey. Posey had at least 2 drops that would have been HUGE gains. I'm not hitting the panic button because he was absolutely clutch last season, but he definitely did not look polished on Saturday.

SQ_Crazies wrote: Saine=Beaine?

Dumb question.

what? Who said that Saine is Beanie? The fact is that Beanie was often injured and he still garnered most of the carries, Saine is proving to be the best back that OSU has, so why would him having 1 injury that has affected him during the season keep him from getting the majority of the carries? The fact is, I think Tressel is a little smarter than to worry about injury vs talent.

Scarlet_Buckeye wrote:

BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Can't watch the game today, can someone give me a few bullets of high points and low points today?

Jamaal Berry[/b] and were nonexistent.

Just an FYI Berry was out with an ankle

Yeah, but Beanie was much better than Saine ever will be when he was a FRESHMAN. We have too much other talent in the backfield for Saine to get 90% of the carries. And with a QB who runs it'll be nearly impossible for him to get 90%.

As others on here mentioned, I forgot too, DT John Simon was a beast. He looks like he will be the real deal for sure at DT. It will be nice to finally have a strong presence there.

Also, TE Jake Stoneburner looked very good. I hope we end up devising some creative ways to get him the ball. With his size and speed, he could create some serious mismatches.

I'd really like to see our defensive front like this...

DE Nathan Williams ... DT John Simon ... DT Cameron Heyward ... DE Keith Wells

LJ wrote:

Scarlet_Buckeye wrote:

BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Can't watch the game today, can someone give me a few bullets of high points and low points today?

Jamaal Berry and were nonexistent.

Just an FYI Berry was out with an ankle

Thank you for the clarification. I thought I had read that he was going to be out due to injury, but I wasn't 100% positive.

SQ_Crazies wrote: Yeah, but Beanie was much better than Saine ever will be when he was a FRESHMAN. We have too much other talent in the backfield for Saine to get 90% of the carries. And with a QB who runs it'll be nearly impossible for him to get 90%.

Unless someone is handing the ball off to Pryor I don't count those carries. Herron is nothing more than a 3rd down back, Tress will stay with him a bit because he is loyal, but I don't think he is the 2nd best back. Throughout the season either Hall or Berry will pick up slack on the rest of the carries slowly dropping the amount that Herron gets.

BTW, no one ever said that Saine WOULD get 90% of the carries, just that he is WORTHY of 80-90% of the carries. His 1 season of being injured is not a factor in that as he is proving to be the best overall back on the team.

D-Line played real well in the spring game

Stoneburner looked outstanding, as did Guiton. I was very impressed. The broadcasters said he was picked before Bauserman. That tells me everything I need to know about the back-up QB situation. Guiton missed some open guys but with some experience that'll be a non-issue; he has the arm to make the throws.

TP looked solid in limited action. He still reverted to bad mechanics here and there, but he looks like he is a step closer to being a legit passing QB.

I want to see Taurian Washington succeed, but he has won the "Spring Game Hero" award (no that is not a real award haha) a couple years in a row, but it doesn't translate. He did play solid though.

Saine is obviously (should be anyways) the #1 RB. There's no reason he shouldn't be

jordo212000 wrote: TP looked solid in limited action. He still reverted to bad mechanics here and there, but he looks like he is a step closer to being a legit passing QB.

Pryor will never be a "legit passing QB" until he learns how to look-off his receivers. I'm not sure I have ever seen a QB lock on to one wide receiver as intently as Pryor does. He hasn't even heard of a check-down, let alone a progression.

LJ wrote:

SQ_Crazies wrote: Yeah, but Beanie was much better than Saine ever will be when he was a FRESHMAN. We have too much other talent in the backfield for Saine to get 90% of the carries. And with a QB who runs it'll be nearly impossible for him to get 90%.

Unless someone is handing the ball off to Pryor I don't count those carries. Herron is nothing more than a 3rd down back, Tress will stay with him a bit because he is loyal, but I don't think he is the 2nd best back. Throughout the season either Hall or Berry will pick up slack on the rest of the carries slowly dropping the amount that Herron gets.

BTW, no one ever said that Saine WOULD get 90% of the carries, just that he is WORTHY of 80-90% of the carries. His 1 season of being injured is not a factor in that as he is proving to be the best overall back on the team.

So you mean handoffs? Because whether or not YOU consider Pryor running a carry, it is in the stat book.

And I disagree about Saine getting that many carries. He is the best overall back, should get the most and probably will. But if running back by committee is better than your best overall back is by himself, that's what you go with. I think that's what we have, I don't think Saine is THAT good.

I want to see Taurian Washington succeed, but he has won the "Spring Game Hero" award (no that is not a real award haha) a couple years in a row, but it doesn't translate. He did play solid though.

That would be the Bam Childress Spring MVP award.

I'm finally watching this game. I'm a big time Chris Spielman fan since he was playing for the Bucks. That was pretty special to have the pink numbers and honoring Stefanie at halftime. I was at the HoF game in '99 and got a Browns tshirt with Spielman 54 on the back. Glad I passed on the Tim Couch jersey.