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Point/Counterpoint: Who will win the national championship?
Kevin: West Virginia Mountaineers; Mike: Ohio State Buckeyes
Kevin Duffy and Mike Mauro
Issue date: 8/28/08 Section: Sports
Mike: But not capable of winning the games they are supposed to win to get into the title game. The Buckeyes have the experience of getting to the title game and this team is better than what they have been the past two years with the addition of the nation's top recruit Terrelle Pryor. Pryor will provide a Tim Tebow-like presence to the quarterback position and be used like Tebow was when Florida won the National Championship two years ago against the Buckeyes. Now its Ohio State's turn to hoist the Championship trophy
Kevin: The dual-quarterback system rarely works, and I suspect Todd Boeckman will struggle as he is looking over his shoulder with Pryor waiting in the wings. As dominant as Ohio State's defense is considered to be, it has a lot of trouble with speed (see: Juice Williams and Rashard Mendenhall for Illinois last season). If the Mountaineers and Buckeyes meet for the BCS Championship, it will surely mark Ohio State's third straight blowout loss in that game.
Mike: If the two teams did meet, you'd have to scrape the Mountaineers' defense off the ground because Wells and the mammoth Buckeyes' offensive line, led by tackle Alex Boone, would bulldoze through them as if they were high-schoolers. Ohio State recruits the top prospects like every other top school and they have plenty of team-speed to drag down Noel Devine and Pat White to come out as victors. The third time will be a charm for Ohio State and they will win the National Championship.
Kevin: The dual-quarterback system rarely works, and I suspect Todd Boeckman will struggle as he is looking over his shoulder with Pryor waiting in the wings. As dominant as Ohio State's defense is considered to be, it has a lot of trouble with speed (see: Juice Williams and Rashard Mendenhall for Illinois last season). If the Mountaineers and Buckeyes meet for the BCS Championship, it will surely mark Ohio State's third straight blowout loss in that game.
Mike: If the two teams did meet, you'd have to scrape the Mountaineers' defense off the ground because Wells and the mammoth Buckeyes' offensive line, led by tackle Alex Boone, would bulldoze through them as if they were high-schoolers. Ohio State recruits the top prospects like every other top school and they have plenty of team-speed to drag down Noel Devine and Pat White to come out as victors. The third time will be a charm for Ohio State and they will win the National Championship.
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Todd
posted 8/28/08 @ 10:34 AM EST
How can you say Ohio State's "mammoth" offensive line would bulldoze WVU's defensive line and LB's? Last year, everyone said OU's line would blow away the DL. (Continued…)
Eric
posted 8/28/08 @ 4:43 PM EST
I am trying to figure out how anyone can say tOSU's OL would "bulldoze" the WVU defense? OU had arguably one of the best offensive lines in the country last year and they were just too slow to stop the blitz by WVU. (Continued…)
tim
posted 8/28/08 @ 5:21 PM EST
Are u a total moron...tress is 9-5 vs top 5 teams..yet they cant win a big game? tress is 28-10 vs top 25 teams cant win big games???? mendenhall had 40 rushing yards vs osu. (Continued…)
Tre
posted 8/29/08 @ 12:06 PM EST
Hey Tim, What ind of a lying douche are you? Mendenhall had 88 yards rushing against OSU last year (not 40 as you say), and did you forget Juice Williams had 70, and Daniel Dufrene had 106 yards on just 8 carries! Juice and Dufrene are both back this year by the way. (Continued…)
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