| 23 May 2009
Yesterday Adam made this comment:
[quote=Adam]The interesting question is whether this change in defensive recruiting philosophy makes us more likely to win the big bowl games but less likely to get there because we'll have more trouble beating a Wisconsin in Madison in an inch of snow.[/quote]
Madison has not been the only problem. Look at what Ron Dayne did to us here in '99. They did not really need to huddle. They just ran Dayne down our throats. I think that day will always stick in the Buckeye psyche. Winning week in and week out in with a speed defense in this conference has always been a concern. I think the conference is changing though. Outside of Wisconsin and Penn State, where are the power running teams in the conference? I think the staff may have come around to believing we have a better chance of winning against the Big Ten teams with a speed defense than we do of beating USC and Florida with our physical teams. The way the Buckeyes are dominating the Big Ten right now, not difficult considering that the conference top to bottom is not as strong as it was just 5 years ago, it is a very sound strategy.
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