Comments on: Breaking Down the Rose Bowl: Battle of the RBs http://uosportsdude.com/2009/12/15/breaking-down-the-rose-bowl-battle-of-the-rbs/ Where Sports and College Humor Collide Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:37:08 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: spencer096 http://uosportsdude.com/2009/12/15/breaking-down-the-rose-bowl-battle-of-the-rbs/comment-page-1/#comment-270 spencer096 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:41:37 +0000 http://uosportsdude.com/?p=707#comment-270 oh, don't get me wrong, as far as pure talent goes, i'd go with the ducks backs as well. saine is my favorite of the two, but for some reason, the undersized, slow boom herron still gets a bulk of the carries. OSU got hurt real bad by two things this year in the RB dept... 1. tressel sticking with upperclassmen who aren't especially good 2. carlos hyde's academic issues and jamaal berry's hammy/ankle but i'll spare yall with the buckeye talk. have a nice holiday, oregon peoples...only a few more days. oh, don’t get me wrong, as far as pure talent goes, i’d go with the ducks backs as well. saine is my favorite of the two, but for some reason, the undersized, slow boom herron still gets a bulk of the carries.

OSU got hurt real bad by two things this year in the RB dept…

1. tressel sticking with upperclassmen who aren’t especially good

2. carlos hyde’s academic issues and jamaal berry’s hammy/ankle

but i’ll spare yall with the buckeye talk.

have a nice holiday, oregon peoples…only a few more days.

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]]> By: Keith Becker http://uosportsdude.com/2009/12/15/breaking-down-the-rose-bowl-battle-of-the-rbs/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Keith Becker Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:07:08 +0000 http://uosportsdude.com/?p=707#comment-268 It's a nice change of pace to have a Buckeye fan's opinion instead of another pat on the back. That said, I still say Oregon's backs are better and I think you are also underestimating the Pac-10. Also, I don't think Iowa and PSU are anything special, they just look that way because of soft non-conference schedules and the deterioration of the Big Ten. But I guess we'll find out soon enough. It’s a nice change of pace to have a Buckeye fan’s opinion instead of another pat on the back. That said, I still say Oregon’s backs are better and I think you are also underestimating the Pac-10. Also, I don’t think Iowa and PSU are anything special, they just look that way because of soft non-conference schedules and the deterioration of the Big Ten. But I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

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]]> By: spencer096 http://uosportsdude.com/2009/12/15/breaking-down-the-rose-bowl-battle-of-the-rbs/comment-page-1/#comment-267 spencer096 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:13:37 +0000 http://uosportsdude.com/?p=707#comment-267 buckeye fan here, but not one of those batshit crazy ones... i think you underestimate the buckeyes running game, and i can't necessarily blame you considering that they were only beastly for 5 games or so... but considering that they topped 200 yards against two incredibly stout run defenses in iowa and penn state, where their OL gelled and was dominant at times can't go underscored (and it is something you touched on). you have your points, salient ones at that, but at the same time, this just boils down to fandom at it's core. i think the buckeyes are better because they don't play in a pussified conference where tackling is a four letter word and you think all big 10 teams are slow plodding behemoths. it is what it is, and while RB's taken at face value might give the edge to the ducks, OSU will have their hosses going up against a relatively undersized DL while the ducks will be going against a defense that absolutely wrecks zone blocking schemes. you just can't take a running game at face value...RB's are as dependant in positional terms as QB's. i love the series though, so don't take my criticism as a sign of hate speak. should be a great game...go bucks.

buckeye fan here, but not one of those batshit crazy ones…

i think you underestimate the buckeyes running game, and i can’t necessarily blame you considering that they were only beastly for 5 games or so…

but considering that they topped 200 yards against two incredibly stout run defenses in iowa and penn state, where their OL gelled and was dominant at times can’t go underscored (and it is something you touched on).

you have your points, salient ones at that, but at the same time, this just boils down to fandom at it’s core. i think the buckeyes are better because they don’t play in a pussified conference where tackling is a four letter word and you think all big 10 teams are slow plodding behemoths.

it is what it is, and while RB’s taken at face value might give the edge to the ducks, OSU will have their hosses going up against a relatively undersized DL while the ducks will be going against a defense that absolutely wrecks zone blocking schemes. you just can’t take a running game at face value…RB’s are as dependant in positional terms as QB’s.

i love the series though, so don’t take my criticism as a sign of hate speak.

should be a great game…go bucks.

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]]> By: Dylan http://uosportsdude.com/2009/12/15/breaking-down-the-rose-bowl-battle-of-the-rbs/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Dylan Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:19:15 +0000 http://uosportsdude.com/?p=707#comment-242 Oregon has one of the mos explosive backfields in the country. How can you not like LMJ ,, KB , Blunt and Masoli. They all have something special. The one thing that Ohio State has struggled with the last few years is teams with speed. We have a similar kind of speed that LSU and Florida had in which OSU lost. Ohio State does have some speed on D so that's a concern but we should be able to move the ball on them. The question is can we slow down Pryor. Our D is pretty fast up front but OSU is physical up front as well. Oregon has one of the mos explosive backfields in the country. How can you not like LMJ ,, KB , Blunt and Masoli. They all have something special. The one thing that Ohio State has struggled with the last few years is teams with speed. We have a similar kind of speed that LSU and Florida had in which OSU lost. Ohio State does have some speed on D so that’s a concern but we should be able to move the ball on them. The question is can we slow down Pryor. Our D is pretty fast up front but OSU is physical up front as well.

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]]> By: Breaking Down the Rose Bowl: Battle of the WRs | The UO Sports Dude http://uosportsdude.com/2009/12/15/breaking-down-the-rose-bowl-battle-of-the-rbs/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Breaking Down the Rose Bowl: Battle of the WRs | The UO Sports Dude Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:43:45 +0000 http://uosportsdude.com/?p=707#comment-241 [...] Continuing with position breakdowns, today I’ll go over the running backs. If you missed yesterday’s, you can read about the running backs here. [...] [...] Continuing with position breakdowns, today I’ll go over the running backs. If you missed yesterday’s, you can read about the running backs here. [...]

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]]> By: Keith Becker http://uosportsdude.com/2009/12/15/breaking-down-the-rose-bowl-battle-of-the-rbs/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Keith Becker Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:35:49 +0000 http://uosportsdude.com/?p=707#comment-236 Would you rather have LMJ, Blount, Masoli and KB or the Buckeye trio? I think I'll go with whatever team LMJ plays for. Is that Oregon? Oh yea, then I'll pick them.

Would you rather have LMJ, Blount, Masoli and KB or the Buckeye trio? I think I’ll go with whatever team LMJ plays for. Is that Oregon? Oh yea, then I’ll pick them.

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