LovingBuckeye

The funny thing is that even though WH was 6’4 225, Sayin has a stronger arm than Will Howard. And when I say stronger, what I mean is he can throw the ball further than Will Howard. Can he throw it further and be as accurate? We will find out, but Sayin can launch the ball.

Yeah, Tua was the most accurate deep ball thrower I have ever seen. I hope no Buckeye is comparing him to Tua. Sayin’s defining trait is his processing speed.

I wouldn’t recommend basing anything off of spring games

But you may be right on the 5-7 step drop backs. Texas’s front 6/7 might not allow that anyways

Very interesting opinions. From all local reports, Sayin’s arm strength is one of his best attributes

Innis is a dawg, and will be replacing Egbuka in the slot. I’m not worried about Innis being able to step up, I’m worried will Julian Sayin be able to thread the needle like Will Howard did against Texas. There were 3-4 passes that Will Howard threw that if they were just an inch lower, or a millisecond behind they would have been intercepted. Texas’ defense was outstanding. Ohio State was very fortunate.

In all seriousness, Ohio State has NFL wide receivers in Innis and Tate BUT they are not burners and they are not genetic freaks. I would do the exact same thing Texas did in the sugar bowl, I wouldn’t change a thing

They should focus on Carnell Tate and Brandon Innis. Jeremiah Smith is overrated. Put Anthony Hill on him!

Yup, 100%. If Texas rattles him early it’s going to be very hard for Ohio State to move the ball.

I think that the play calling, offensive line, tight ends, and wide receivers will cover up a lot of his inexperience.

Ohio State’s offensive line will be as good or better than the one Collin Simmons & Anthony Hill Jr faced in the Cotton Bowl, for better or for worse. Simmons had 4 tackles and zero sacks or tackles for loss. I wouldn’t expect much different on 8/30 TBH. Ohio State should have one of the best offensive lines in CFB this season. Also, Ohio State had the #1 D in the country last year, Texas may be #1 this season, but Ohio State will be 1B.

I don’t know but Day definitely wants his QB’s playing inside of the pocket. I would think more Dwayne Haskins/CJ Stroud than Justin Fields

The only things that have been reported out of Ohio State’s camp is pretty much what has been said about Sayin since he was the #1 QB recruit, which is that he has been processing and getting the ball out very quick and accurately and that he has a strong arm. Other than that, there hasn’t been much reporting on whether he’s had his struggles or even if he’s been dominant. Just that he’s been good.

My personal opinion, and I’m sure this is where I’ll get booted from this forum (which has been awesome by the way), is that Arch isn’t nearly prepared to face a defense like Ohio State as many Texas fans (or national media) believe he is. My opinion is that Julian Sayin will leave 8/30 getting all of the hype that many believed would go to Arch. Just my biased two cents

Yeah for sure. Regardless, a real game against Texas’ defense is a hell of a lot different than practice reps. So even if he has been amazing in camp, doesn’t mean he’ll be amazing on 8/30.

If Lagway’s even healthy at that point

He’s bigger than Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray

The same can be said for Texas’ offense. It’ll come down to who makes the first big mistake, my money is on Arch making the first big mistake 😉

That has not been reported anywhere and is completely made up.

Is this two of the past three #1 QB recruits going head to head?

As an Ohio State fan it makes me happy that he gets two full weeks of all of the QB1 reps before facing Texas.

Ryan Day’s press conference is today at 11:30am EST. Many believe he will announce QB1 at that time. Julian Sayin is still believed to be the overwhelming favorite.

Especially tough because Justice Haynes left for Michigan in the portal.

Also, Larry Johnson expands the DL rotation based on how many guys he has that has earned playing team. If there are only one or two backups that are ready to play at a high level, there won’t be much rotation. Historically LJ prefers to rotate often, which early in his tenure made Buckeye fans mad because we didn’t want Joey Bosa or Chase Young, etc taken off the field.

This isn’t accurate at all. Please do not forget that Larry Johnson is an elite DL coach, a better DL coach than Knowles is a DC, and Knowles is a damn good DC. The reason Knowles left is because Penn State offered him $3M/year, which Ohio State was never going to match that, nor should they have.