M-Borg vs. THE Flavortown U Thread, Orig. by Buckeye Paul, absconded w/by talent.

[Cody_Russell]

Big picture, this news made me happy (I'm being honest). Obviously its never good to be happy about an athlete suffering an injury and you feel bad for the individual player (Miller)... then again, it's ohio state and this has the potential to affect their season in a negative way.

[lineygoblue]

I don't think this affects them too much overall. The strength of the ohio team is their defense, not their offense. To beat them, you have to score on them. Michigan hasn't shown that they can do that consistently against ANYONE, much less ohio.

And I doubt that the injury is as serious as first reported. Its likely a small setback that will have him back in the starting job no later than mid-season. He'll be back to full strength by Thanksgiving weekend. Guaranteed.

[The Oracle]

The strength of their team is defense?? Their front 4 maybe, but overall....hell no.

[lineygoblue]

I thought they were returning something like 8 out of 11 starters?

[Pasadena Blue]

what a shame, if true. I never feel good about an injury to any player ...even an Ohio player. Hope he recover quickly.

[iam416]

Scout Insiders are saying he's almost certainly done for the year. MRI today, but everyone thinks he blew out his shoulder. The only reason that it's "almost" certainty is b/c Brax has overplayed injuries in the past, but this seems legit. It's also the kind of injury that could really give him fits trying to make the NFL.

Teamwise, JT Barrett will most likely start. And now Navy is no given. Oh boy.

[Dr. Strangelove]

From accounts I've read he was in the act of throwing when he simply went down in pain. No contact at all. That seems like we should expect the worst.

[drok]

You can't help but feel terrible for that kid. No one deserves their career derailed like that. Hopefully it somehow isn't serious, but that seems unlikely at this point.

[Optimus Prime]

Dispatch saying that Braxton hurt his shoulder again today in practice. Season could be in jeopardy. Wow

http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/cont...ry-update.html

Navy, VT and Cinci might be interesting. What is with the Ohio respectable OOC?

[Hannibal]

Wooo this means we might lose by less than ten points this year!

[Hannibal]

IMHO Miller doesn't have an NFL future, regardless. His best financial decision is to make sure that he gets his college degree (if it takes a fifth year). I love his deep ball and his college running, but his accuracy on middle to short routes leaves a lot to be desired and I think that his upright, dancing running style translates poorly to the NFL.

[hack]

To the young Muddy Waters in his rehabilitation I wish for the best of luck. But fuck the Buckeyes, and hopefully its an entire season of cold pizza for Meyer.

[whodean]

Inexperienced QB behind an inexperienced OL...Buckeyes are in trouble.

[entropy]

They recruit a lot of 5 stars.. someone will step in.. maybe they won't be NC contenders, but they'll be successful

[hack]

By the time they play Michigan that QB will be ready.