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This has been the MO the last few years with the football team. I can think of OSU two years ago as well (although Sudfeld got hurt as I recall).  It's a much better problem to have then getting blown out but we haven't been able to close out or put away good teams. We let them stick around and then lose in a nail bitter. The one time we did do it was to Mizzou b/c we put the clamp down on the run game. WE have to have some kind of run game this year if we hope to beat these teams. 

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14 minutes ago, TXHoosierDaddy said:

This has been the MO the last few years with the football team. I can think of OSU two years ago as well (although Sudfeld got hurt as I recall).  It's a much better problem to have then getting blown out but we haven't been able to close out or put away good teams. We let them stick around and then lose in a nail bitter. The one time we did do it was to Mizzou b/c we put the clamp down on the run game. WE have to have some kind of run game this year if we hope to beat these teams. 

One thing that would help our run game is if the QB play can at least keep the defense honest, and last season Lagow couldn't do that.  If we can't keep the defense honest they start to focus on stopping the run and daring the QB to beat them through the air.

The OL has to open up rushing lanes, but the QB play has to be better than it was as well.

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No offense to dinardo.... But he's been wrong a lot about players. Lol. Love the guy as he brought my cousin to IU for football scholarship, but from what I'm hearing we have a lot of young OL that seem ready and are actually really impressing coaches. 

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That's good...although unless you're the #1 QB, you're still holding a clipboard most of the time.

I would think that unless Tronti has a chance of unseating Lagow, it would be better to redshirt him.  Don't need to burn a year of eligibility just for a few backup snaps here or there. 

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Schiano says D-Line of OSU better than D-Line he had in Tampa. I'm very interested to see if our O-line can hold their own in this game and open up some holes for the RB's/give Lagow enough time to find open WR's

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/08/06/ex-bucs-coach-greg-schiano-ohio-states-d-line-better-than-what-he-had-in-tampa/?utm_term=.077a070c7bc4

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