OHIO ST BUCKEYES

QB Braxton Miller

POSITION OUTLOOK FOR 2012 QUARTERBACKS - Terrelle Pryor (PS#1) st'd 10 as a true frosh in '08. In '09 he threw for 2,094 (57%, 18-11) and became the first QB to lead OSU in rushing (779) s/Heisman winner Les Horvath ('44). Pryor was the MVP of the Rose Bowl. Bkp Joe Bauserman (PS#59) hit just 6-19 for 124 in '09. In '10 Pryor's 157.9 pass eff nearly topped Bobby Hoying's schl rec (163.4 in '95). He became the first primary starting QB to lead his team to B10 Titles in his Fr, Soph and Jr yrs. LY when I wrote the magazine he was expected to return after a 5 game susp but he left early for the NFL. In Aug, 26 yr old Bauserman (16-22-174) won the 4-man battle over soph Kenny Guiton (PS#116), true frosh Braxton Miller (PS#2, IFS) and rFr Taylor Graham (PS#35). After an embarrassing loss in Miami where Bauserman hit just 2-14-13 (3 drops), interim HC Luke Fickell went with Miller. Bauserman hit 9-16-114 in the next 2 but came in for an inj'd Miller vs Neb to hit 1-10-13 (Bucks blew 27-6 3Q lead). Bauserman would not att another pass. Miller, who is not a physical freak in the mold of Pryor at 6'2" 210, is still a dangerous runner (81 yd td run vs Ind, longest ever by OSU QB). The coaches said he was a much better passer as a frosh than Pryor was but seemed reluctant to let him air it out. Miller had just 4 att vs Ill in the win then avg'd just 14.5 att the next 4 wks. He showed his potential in throwing the GW 40 yd td pass with :20 left vs Wisc. They finally took the reins off vs Mich (14-25-235, 100 yd rush). In the bowl he hit 18-23-162. Miller earned B10 FOY throwing for 1,159 (54.1%, 13-4) while also finishing as the #1 rusher (715, 4.5). Bauserman (3 st) and Graham are gone leaving OSU with just 3 schlp QB's TY. With Meyer's success coaching QB's like Josh Harris, Alex Smith and Tim Tebow, Miller has a shot at being the B10 OPOY. RUNNING BACKS - Daniel Herron finished #1 with 1,155 (5.3) in '10 while true frosh Carlos Hyde (PS#29) had 141 (5.9). LY Herron was susp the first 6. Hyde (6'0" 235), who is the fastest of the RB's (4.4) finished as the #2 RB rusher with 566 (5.3). Jordan Hall (DNP 3) finished #3 among the RB's with 408 (4.1). Herron ret'd with a "Boom" and had 114 vs Ill, 160 vs Wisc and 141 vs Indy but did not have another 100 yd gm in the L/4. He finished #2 (behind QB Miller) with 675 (5.0). Herron's 13 gm streak with a rush td ended vs Wisc which was OSU's longest streak s/Pete Johnson had 13 ('75-'76). Despite the loss of their top guy (#6DC CIN), Herron only ply'd in 7 so this could be an improved group with more contributions from VHT Rod Smith (PS#9) and spg arrival Brionte Dunn (PS#10).

RECEIVERS - Ohio St had 3 first round WR picks in '06 -'07. In '09 they had to replace #2 and #4 DC's. It was an inexp group in '09 and soph PS#4 DeVier Posey (11 rec true) led with 828 (13.8) while Dane Sanzenbacher was #2 (570, 15.8). In '10 Sanzenbacher led with 948 (17.2) while Posey was #2 (848, 16.0). TE Jake Stoneburner (PS#4) was on pace for the most rec's by a TE under former HC Jim Tressel until an inj (#3, 222, 10.6). LY they had to replace Sanzenbacher and Posey was susp for the first 10. The WR's lacked exp (2 So, 2 rFr, 2 Fr), big play ability and battled inj (just 1 ret WR ply'd in all 13). True frosh Devin Smith (PS#36) led with a paltry 294 (21.0) while soph Corey "Philly" Brown (PS#18) was #2 (205, 14.6) despite missing 4. Stoneburner had 7 td's on his 14 rec. TY they only lose Posey (3 st, 162, 13.5, #3DC HOU) and should have one of the most improved receiving corps in the country. OFFENSIVE LINE - In '10 the Bucks had 93 car sts back and improved to 220 ypg rush with their 5.2 ypc being OSU's best in over 2 decades (22 sks, 6.3%) as Pryor's mobility helped. LY they had to replace two 3Y st'rs (1st Tm B10 LG) and 2 bkps. They had 77 car sts ret but did not have 1st Tm B10 LT Mike Adams for the first 5. Despite still having a mobile QB, the unit allowed 46 sks (18.8%!) and dropped to 191 ypg (4.4), their fewest ypg s/'06 and lowest ypc s/'04. TY they lose 2nd Tm B10 LT Adams (8 st, 2Y st'r, #2DC PIT), C Mike Brewster (13 st, 4Y st'r, 1st Tm AA '10, 2nd Tm B10 '11) and RT JB Shugarts (12 st, 3Y st'r). They drop to 42 car sts but have 5 VHT's that have st'd and could improve after underperforming LY. DEFENSIVE LINE - In '10 the Buckeyes had an inexperienced line but still fared well allowing just 97 ypg (3.1) but with just 23 sks (fewest in over a decade). LY they had to replace 2 st'rs incl the 3rd OSU DL in 2 yrs to be drafted by the Steelers (#1DC) prompting PIT HC Mike Tomlin to remark that OSU's D is the closest in the college game to what the Steelers run. Top DE Nathan Williams was OFY after 1 st and Urban Meyer called him a great player and the D's heart and soul. It wasn't your typical OSU season LY as the Bucks yielded 142 ypg rush (3.8, 23 sk). This year the only loss is Solomon Thomas (4 tkl) and they get Williams back so after having their worst ypg rush D s/'99 (160 ypg), this figures to be a vastly improved def front with 3 VHT st'rs and a 317 lb NT as well as the addition of 4 of my top 15 DL freshmen. LINEBACKERS - Last year OSU had to replace their #1 and #2 tkl'rs (both #6DC's). They ret'd their #9 tkl'r along with Etienne Sabino who RS in '10. The 3 st'rs were PS#7, PS#7 and PS#13. OSU all'd 21.0 ppg, their most s/'99. TY they lose 2nd Tm B10 Andrew Sweat (11 st, #2 tkl'r, 5 tfl), STAR Tyler Moeller (10 st, 44 tkl, 2 tfl) and Nate Oliver (7 tkl). Ryan Shazier st'd the last 3 earning B10 Fr POW with 15 tkl vs Penn St in his 1st start (#6 tkl'r). He joins Sabino and Storm Klein (#5 and #9 tkl'rs) making this unit more exp'd and I also look for a bigger impact from PS#1 Curtis Grant (2 tkl true) who impressed in spring getting the bulk of reps at MLB. DEFENSIVE BACKS - Since '97 OSU has had seven #1DC DB's with 24 drafted overall. Even in a year like '06 when they had to replace all 4 st'rs (#1, #3, #4DC's), OSU still finished #12 in my PDR (10-21 ratio). They lost #1 and #4 DC's in '09 but finished #12 (10-24 ratio). In '10 they had to replace 2 st'rs (#7DC) and improved to #5 (54%, 9-19) despite having 4 S's OFY by Halloween. LY they had to replace a 1st Tm AA CB (#4DC) and 2 other st'rs (#3 and #4 tkl'rs, #5DC). They also dealt with some susp and inj issues and actually fell to #63, their lowest s/'99! TY they lose CB Dominic Clarke (2 st, 12 tkl) but return all 4 st'rs and should have one of the nation's most improved PDR's. SPECIAL TEAMS - Tressel always put a premium on ST play so it was surprising they finished #41 and #49 his last 2

yrs after finishes like #1 in '04 and #5 in '08. LY they only had to replace their K. Soph Drew Basil (PS#8) missed his first 2 FG but had OSU's 3rd longest streak (Mike Nugent 24 '01-'02 & Vlade Janakievski 15, '79-'80) with 12 str ending on a 50 yd att (16-19 yr). Basil did have a key xp blk'd vs Purdue. Ben Buchanan (34.3 net '10) improved to avg 41.3 (37.4 net) in '11. OSU was +3.6 yds on PR and +4.4 yds on KR diff. Fickell did a good job moving them to #31. ST's stalwart Nate Ebner (11 tkl, #6DC NE) departs, but with all of the top players back they will contend for the top spot. COACHES - In his 2nd yr Jim Tressel became the 1st cch to win an NCAA Title at both the IAA and IA levels. He had DD wins in 8 of his last 9 yrs. A 5 game susp for '11 turned into a coaching change on Memorial Day. DC Luke Fickell was named the interim HC and OSU finished with a losing record for the 1st time s/'88. Despair turned into enthusiasm when Ohio native Urban Meyer was named HC. Meyer has a pair of Nat'l Titles during his tenure at Fla ('05-'10) as well as going 22-2 at Utah ('03-'04) and 17-6 at BG ('01-'02). Fickell (here s/'02) was retained as co-DC and will be joined by Everett Withers who was NC's DC s/'08 and also the Tar Heels interim HC LY. OC Tom Herman's previous stops incl OC at Iowa St ('09-'11), Rice ('07-'08) and Tex St ('05-'06). Ed Warinner is the co-OC after spending 2Y at ND (OL, run gm coor) and 5Y at Kansas (OC L/3). Ohio St actually finished outside of the AP Top 25 for 3 str yrs prior to '02. I rated Ohio St #7 in '02 which was far higher than almost every other source. I called them my #1 Surprise Team (dark horse contender for the Nat'l Title) while only 2 other magazines even picked OSU to win the B10. OSU took home their first Nat'l Title s/'68 (Woody Hayes' 3rd) when they defeated Miami. Since then, OSU has finished in the AP Top 5 six of L/9Y. Prior to LY the other 2 non-top 5 finishes were #9 and #20. They played for the Nat'l Title in '06 and '07 but lost to two SEC schools. They had lost 3 str BCS bowls but defeated Oregon in the '09 Rose Bowl finishing #5. In '10 OSU got to #1 but lost at Wisc and finished 12-1 (#5) after beating an SEC tm (Ark) in the Sugar Bowl. OSU finished in a 3-way tie for tops in the B10 (+164 ypg, #1 by far), the 6th str time they won at least a share of the B10 Title. In '10 OSU benefitted from +15 in TO's, 2 net close wins, had just 7 sts lost to inj and an off ypp of 11.6. LY AFTER I wrote the magazine, Tressel was fired and OSU was the lead story on ESPN on almost a daily basis. Luke Fickell became the 1st OSU HC s/Woody to win his first gm by a shutout. OSU played 12 true frosh in the opener (3rd most FBS) as depth became as issue (a lot of susp). They barely escaped Tol, 27-22. After they were whipped by Miami, 24-6 they dropped out of the polls for the 1st time s/'04 ending the nation's longest poll streak (103 wks). After beating Colo, they only got a late td to avoid a home shutout vs Mich St. They led Neb 27-6 in the 3Q but QB Miller was inj'd and Bauserman hit just 1-10 and OSU lost by 7. They knocked off a #16, 6-0 Illinois tm on the road and then upset #12 Wisc 33-29 in a rare role as HD. After a lackluster win over Ind, they got a td with :55 left for the apparent win vs Pur but the xp was blk'd and they lost in OT. They had no shot at the B10 Title and Penn St, in their first road gm after Paterno was let go, won 20-14. Braxton Miller had a fine reg ssn finale at Mich 2 days before they hired Urban Meyer but they came up 6 pts short. In the bowl OSU had a 299-263 yd edge but they allowed 2 ST td's and lost 24-17 (first losing ssn s/'88, 3rd s/'60). OSU was -45.5 ypg in B10 play (4th worst). OSU will be ineligible for the Leaders Title due to their NCAA mandated 1 yr bowl ban. Meyer did bring in a great recruiting class and LY's tm had 4 net close losses, has a +5.5 in my Stock Market Indicator (pg 27) and TY has 15 ret sts with no further susp looming over their heads. OSU makes both my Most Improved and Surprise Team lists.

PHILS FORECAST

Jersey # IN SCARLET QB 5 BRAXTON MILLER SO. 6-2 210 PS#2. L/10 st, 1159 (54%, 13-4), 715 rush (4.5), B10 FPOY as true. 13 Kenny Guiton (6'2" 206 Jr) PS#116. 6 gm 2Y. 12 Cardale Jones IFS. Justin Siems (6'2" 212 Sr). 1 gm 3Y. Ross Oltorik (6'1" 223 Sr). RB 7 Jordan Hall Sr. 5-9 198 PS#45. 409 (4.8) '09-'10. 3 st, 408 (4.1) LY. 34 Carlos Hyde (6'0" 235 Jr) PS#29. 141 (5.9) true. 3 st, 566 (5.3) LY. 2 Rod Smith (6'3" 230 So) PS#9. 116 (4.0) rFr. Bri'onte Dunn PS#10. WR 10 COREY 'Philly' BROWN JR. 5-11 186 PS#18. 1 st, 105 (13.1) true. 9 st (inj), 205 (14.6) LY. FB 44 ZACH BOREN (6'0" 246 Sr) PS#46. 10 st '09-'10. 12 st LY. 49 Adam Homan (6'3" 245 Sr) PS#53. 3 rec 3Y. Darryl Wood (5'9" 247 So). WR 15 DEvIN SMITH SO. 6-1 196 PS#36. #1 w/294 (21.0) true. 9 Verlon Reed (6'0" 200 So) PS#78. 5 st, 132 (14.7), OFY rFr. 18 Tyrone Williams (6'6" 229 So) PS#60. 1 st, 74 (14.8) rFr. 29 Taylor Rice (5'10" 185 Sr). From DB. WR 80 Chris Fields Jr. 6-0 197 PS#24. 8 st, 114 (14.2) LY. 83 Michael Thomas (6'2" 196 Fr) PS#93. 16 Evan Spencer (6'2" 205 So) PS#34. 78 (26.0) true. Peter Gwilym (6'1" 192 rFr). Frank Kangah (6'0" 190 rFr). Ryan Ross (5'11" 190 So). TE 11 JAkE STONEBuRNER SR. 6-5 245 PS#4. 10 st, 193 (13.8), HM B10 LY. 86 Jeff Heuerman (6'5" 247 So) PS#24. 11 gm true. Nick Vannett (6'6" 248 rFr) PS#9. Kyle Schuck (6'1" 222 So). 88 Derek Burkholder (6'6" 230 So). C 71 Corey Linsley Jr. 6-3 292 PS#23. 6 gm rFr. 10 gm LY. 51 Brian Bobek (6'2" 275 So) PS#18. 5 gm as true. Pat Elflein PS#80. LS 41 Bryce Haynes (6'4" 209 rFr). 56 George Makridis (6'2" 225 So) 1 gm rFr. 13 gm LY. RG 79 Marcus Hall Jr. 6-5 317 PS#5. 1 st RT, 9 gm true. RS '10. 1st 5 st, 11 gm LY. 55 Tommy Brown (6'4" 310 rFr) PS#83. 50 Jacoby Boren PS#81. IFS. 64 Ivon Blackman (6'3" 310 Jr). 4 gm 2Y. 67 Ben St. John (6'3" 277 So). LG 78 ANDREW NORWELL JR. 6-6 304 PS#8. 11 gm as true. 13 st (5 LT, 8 LG), HM B10 LY. 73 Antonio Underwood (6'2" 301 So) PS#81. 1 st RT, 4 gm true. 69 Eric Kramer (6'4" 285 So). 1 gm rFr. 70 Tim Trummer (6'1" 283 rFr). RT 77 Reid Fragel Sr. 6-8 298 PS#13. 13 gm on ST true. 5 st TE, 13 gm, 121 (13.4) '10. 4 st TE, 13 gm, 64 (12.8) LY. +18 lbs with move from TE to OT in spg. 68 Taylor Decker PS#31. IFS. 60 Joey O'Connor PS#24. LT 74 JACk MEWHORT JR. 6-6 310 PS#29. 10 gm rFr. 13 st (1st 5 LG, L/8 RG), HM B10 LY. 76 Darryl Baldwin (6'5" 292 So) PS#46. 7 gm, 3 tkl, 1 sk rFr. Moved from DL for spg. 66 Kyle Dodson (6'6" 310 Fr) PS#33. k 24 DREW BASIL JR. 6-1 210 PS#8. 0-2 FG, 87 KO, 9 TB true. 16-19 FG, L/47, 63 KO, 14 TB LY. 17 Ben Buchanan (5'11" 190 Sr) PS#3. 2 KO, 0 TB 2Y. 39 Kyle Clinton (6'1" 212 Fr). IFS. 20 Russell Doup (6'1" 183 rFr).

OFFENSE

2012 PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP

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Jersey # IN SCARLET DEFENSE DE 43 NATHAN WILLIAMS SR. 6-3 249 PS#27. 11 st, 90 tkl, 10 sk '08-'10. 1 st, MedRS LY. OFS '12. 8 Noah Spence PS#2. 50 JT Moore (6'2" 250 So) PS#47. 4 st, 9 tkl rFr. Adolphus Washington PS#8. 91 William McCary (6'1" 234 Sr). DT 53 GARRETT GOEBEL SR. 6-4 285 PS#14. 11 tkl '09-'10. 13 st, 33 tkl, 4 tfl LY. 63 Michael Bennett (6'3" 277 So) PS#11. 17 tkl, 3 sk true. 90 Tommy Schutt PS#11. 72 Chris Carter (6'4" 358 rFr) PS#54. From OL. Dalton Britt (6'2" 295 Sr). NT 52 JOHNATHAN HANkINS JR. 6-3 317 PS#94. 16 tkl true. 13 st, 67 tkl, 11 tfl, HM B10 LY. 51 Joel Hale (6'4" 295 So) PS#53. 4 tkl true. 86 Kenny Hayes (6'5" 285 rFr) PS#14. Chase Farris (6'4" 286 rFr) PS#36. Kharim Stephens (6'2" 280 Sr). DE 54 JOHN SIMON SR. 6-2 260 PS#20. 13 st, 56 tkl 2Y. 13 st, 53 tkl, 7 sk, 3rd Tm AA LY. 93 Adam Bellamy (6'4" 292 Jr) PS#89. 10 st, 25 tkl LY. 88 Steve Miller (6'3" 255 So) PS#20. 2 gm true. Logan Beougher (6'3" 263 Fr). WLB 10 Ryan Shazier So. 6-2 226 PS#21. L/3 st, 57 tkl, 3 sk, 2 tfl as true. 5 Camren Williams PS#27. 42 Luke Roberts PS#91. IFS. 59 Stewart Smith (6'3" 230 Sr). 5 gm 2Y. 48 Andy Reed (6'2" 231 Jr). Walk-on. MLB 32 STORM kLEIN SR. 6-2 242 PS#7. 10 tkl true. 18 tkl '10. 10 st, 45 tkl, 2 tfl LY. 14 Curtis Grant (6'3" 235 So) PS#1. 10 gm, 2 tkl as true. #1 MLB spg. 36 Conner Crowell (6'1" 233 rFr) PS#39. 34 Jamal Marcus is PS#44. SLB 6 Etienne Sabino Sr. 6-3 237 PS#7. 6 tkl, 13 gm mostly ST's as true. 6 tkl, 13 gm '09. RS in '10. 5 st, 62 tkl, 6.5 tfl LY. 15 Joshua Perry is PS#15. IFS. 25 David Perkins is PS#40. Claudius Mbemba (6'2" 235 rFr). CB 7 TRAvIS HOWARD SR. 6-1 196 PS#86. 15 tkl, 2 int '09-'10. L/11 st, 41 tkl, 7 pd LY. 12 Doran Grant (5'11" 188 So) PS#3. 13 gm, 6 tkl true. 3 Corey Brown (6'1" 197 Jr) PS#15. 5 tkl rFr. 4 tkl LY. Vincent Petrella (5'11" 173 So). CB 25 BRADLEY ROBY SO. 5-11 190 PS#134. 12 st, 47 tkl, 3 int, 6 pbu rFr. 24 Armani Reeves PS#17. 18 Najee Murray PS#55. 9 Adam Griffin (5'8" 180 So) 1 gm, 1 tkl rFr. 13 Julian Vann (5'10" 178 So). Tyvis Powell PS#58. IFS. SS 2 CHRISTIAN BRYANT JR. 5-10 190 PS#27. 1 st, 10 tkl true. 9 st, 68 tkl, 8 pbu LY. 19 Orhian Johnson (6'3" 210 Sr) PS#101. 11 st, 60 tkl, 3 pd '09-'10. 4 st, 32 tkl, 3 int LY. 21 Jamie Wood (6'1" 207 Jr) PS#14. 17 tkl 2Y. FS 4 CJ BARNETT JR. 6-0 202 PS#25. 2 st, 9 tkl '09-'10. 13 st, 75 tkl, 8 pd, 2nd Tm B10 LY. 16 Zach Domicone (6'2" 216 Sr). 18 tkl 3Y. 28 Ron Tanner (6'0" 192 rFr) PS#29. 30 Devan Bogard PS#43. Nik Sarac (5'9" 180 rFr). P 17 BEN BuCHANAN SR. 5-11 190 PS#3. 4 punts (42.8), 1 gm rFr. 44 (41.0), L/59, 2 blk'd, 34.3 net '10. 70 (41.3), L/60, 27 In20, 2 blk'd, 37.4 net LY. 24 Drew Basil PS#8. PK, no punts 2Y. 26 Kevin Niehoff (6'3" 196 Fr).

Phils Homefield Edge-5.25 2012 Schedule Difficulty-#23

Date Sep. 1 Sep. 8 Sep. 15 Sep. 22 Oct. 6 Oct. 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 10

Opponent Miami, Oh UCF California UAB Nebraska Purdue Illinois

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Sep. 29 at Michigan St Oct. 13 at Indiana Oct. 27 at Penn St

1. Art Schlichter 7,547 78-81 1. Archie Griffin 5,589 72-75 1. Michael Jenkins 2,898 00-03 0-0 / 104-23 SU 0-0 / 12-4 Vs Top 10 2. Bobby Hoying 7,232 92-95 2. Eddie George 3,768 92-95 2. David Boston 2,855 96-98 0-0 / 57-7 Home 0-0 / 20-10 Vs Top 25 3. Joe Germaine 6,370 96-98 3. Tim Spencer 3,553 79-82 3. Gary Williams 2,792 79-82 0-0 / 33-13 Away 0-0 / 22-4 Vs BCS Tms Neutral 0-0 / 20-2 Off A Bye OSU has won 33 str home openers by 22 ppg with the last loss vs Penn St (78). Ohio St is 4-0 0-0 / 14-3 vs instate Miami & the L/gm was in 05 (34-14). OSU is 16-0 vs the MAC S/00 winning by 25 ppg. 0-0 / 62-19 Vs Conf 0-0 / 17-4 Off A Loss RETuRNING STARTERS: 2011 RECORD: First meeting. OSU originally had Cincinnati (Meyers alma mater) as their opp but in Nov of LY signed OFFENSE: 6* a contract to play UCF. Ohio St is 3-7 against tms from FL (avg win by 10 ppg & avg loss by 15 ppg). DEFENSE: 9 Ohio St is 5-1 vs Cal but the L/meeting was in 1972 (OSU won 35-18).The Buckeyes are 17-2 S/91 LETTERMEN: hosting BCS non-conf schools but 3-2 the last 7 seasons (both losses by 3 pts, #3 USC & #2 Texas). Returning: 48 (25,20,3) First meeting. Into 2012, the Buckeyes are 41-7 vs non-conf opps in the reg ssn the last Lost: 24 (10,12,2) 10 years. Ohio St has won 10 str the game prior to Big Ten play by an avg of 22 ppg. Ohio St is 6-1 in trips to East Lansing incl 3 str wins by an avg score of 38-11. LTH (08) the #12 - LEADERS Buckeyes beat #20 MSU 45-7, taking advantage of 5 Spartan TOs building a 28-0 lead mid-2Q. Could apply, OSU is 10-9 their L/19 gms vs ranked foes. LY Ohio St was up 27-6 mid-3Q but had just 4 FDs and were outgained 328-73 as Nebraska scored the gms last 28 pts. The Buckeyes have won 8 str in Bloomington by 21 ppg (L/loss in 88). LTH (09) OSU won 33-14 holding IU to just 18 yds rushing. Ohio St has won 17 straight overall vs Indiana. Into 12, OSU has won 11 of 13 B10 HGs by 24 ppg. LY OSU trailed 17-7 at HT being outgained 23797. OSU forced OT w/:55 but settled for a fg and alld a 3&12 FD pass setting up PUs winning td. OSU has won their L/2 visits to State College by 17 & 20 pts. LTH (09) OSU won 24-7 holding PSU to 201 yds (gm was tied 7-7 until 17 unanswered). Into 12, OSU is 22-5 their last 27 Big Ten road gms. LY OSU led 17-0 4Q despite 4 less FDs and 57 less yds. Ohio St completed just 1 pass marking the 1st time since 76 that OSU had gone through a gm w/just 1 comp, 22-21 loss to Missouri.

CAREER PASSING LEADERS

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Nov. 17 at Wisconsin Nov. 24 Michigan

NEWCOMERS

Dec. 1 STADIUM: OHIO STADIUM (102,329) (#4) PLAYING SURFACE: ARTIFICIAL (FieldTurf)
STRAIGHT uP Home Away Neutral vs Conf vs Non-Conf ATS Home Fav Home Dog Away Fav Away Dog Neutral vs Conf vs Non-Conf Off SU Win Off SU Loss
RuSHING

OSU has lost 2 of 3 in Madison. LTH OSU trailed 21-0 but cut the deficit to 3 (4Q) before allg a 73/10pl drive. LY OSUs 7 gm winning streak was snapped vs rival UM, in fact OSU hasnt dropped B2B gms since 1999-00. OSU did cut the deficit to 37-34 w/7:09 4Q and got the ball back down 6 but Miller was intd near midfield w/:39 left.

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 10 Yr Total
14-0 8-0 4-0 2-0 8-0 6-0 8-6 7-1 0-0 0-4 0-0 1-1 3-5 5-1 7-6 0-0 11-2 8-0 2-2 1-0 6-2 5-0 5-7-1 3-4-1 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-0 3-4-1 2-3 2-7-1 2-0
951 718 578 421 116 63

2011 STATISTICAL LEADERS

159 134 106 100 29 19
ATT GAIN LOST NET TD AvG PLAYER

8-4 10-2 12-1 11-2 10-3 11-2 12-1 5-1 6-1 7-0 6-1 6-1 6-1 8-0 2-3 3-1 5-0 5-0 4-1 3-1 3-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 2-0 1-0 4-4 7-1 8-0 7-1 7-1 7-1 7-1 4-0 3-1 4-1 4-1 3-2 4-1 5-0 7-5 9-3 9-4 7-5 6-6 9-4 10-2-1 3-2 5-2 5-2 3-3 1-4 4-2 8-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-2 3-1 3-1 4-1 4-0 1-2 1-2-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 4-4 7-1 6-2 5-3 5-3 5-3 5-2-1 3-1 2-2 3-2 2-2 1-3 4-1 5-0 4-3 7-2 8-4 6-5 5-5 7-3 8-2-1 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 1-0
715 675 566 408 116 19 7 3 6 2 1 1 4.5 5.0 5.3 4.1 4.0 1.0 75 72 68 67 62 57 53 47 45 44 41 33 32 25 17 12 11 10 9 7 0 0 0 3 2 3 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 8 4.5 2 9 3.5 1 2 0.5 3 0 0.5 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 8 0 1 0 3 6 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6-7 5-2 1-4 0-1 3-5 3-2 6-7 2-4 1-0 0-1 3-1 0-1 4-4 2-3 1-5 4-2

CJ Barnett Andrew Sweat Christian Bryant Johnathan Hankins Etienne Sabino Ryan Shazier PASSING ATT COMP PCT YDS TD INT John Simon Braxton Miller 157 85 54.1 1159 13 4 Bradley Roby Joe Bauserman 86 40 46.5 492 5 1 Storm klein RECEIvING REC YDS AvG TD LONG Tyler Moeller Devin Smith 14 294 21.0 4 40 Travis Howard Corey Brown 14 205 14.6 1 54 Garrett Goebel Jake Stoneburner 14 193 13.8 7 36 Orhian Johnson DeVier Posey 12 162 13.5 2 43 Adam Bellamy verlon Reed 9 132 14.7 0 28 Michael Bennett Chris Fields 8 114 14.2 0 33 Dominic Clarke Jordan Hall 12 114 9.5 3 38 Nate Ebner Evan Spencer 3 78 26.0 1 33 Zach Domicone Tyrone Williams 5 74 14.8 0 23 JT Moore Carols Hyde 10 73 7.3 0 12 Nate Oliver Reid Fragel 5 64 12.8 0 20 PuNT RETuRNS PuNTING NO YDS AvG FC NET BLk In20 Chris Fields Ben Buchanan 70 2889 41.3 25 37.4 2 27 Jordan Hall Braxton Miller Dan Herron Carlos Hyde Jordan Hall Rod Smith Joe Bauserman 236 43 12 13 0 44
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Drew Basil

36-37 6-6 4-4 6-8 0-1 16-19 47 Jordan Hall Post #5 Score

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5 88 17.6 1 69 12 70 5.8 0 27 26 683 26.3 0 90

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105,001 105,016 66,279 105,096 105,306 85,426 55,229 105,511 105,195 43,334 105,493 114,132 61,312

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OSu Pre #2 2008 RESULTS Rank Opponent Line

Score

Akron 517 27 51-224 4.4 20-28 293 0 90 5 27-35 1.3 Toledo 301 17 34-112 3.3 16-30 189 0 338 16 30-46 1.5 at Miami, Fl 209 15 37-174 4.7 4-18 35 2 363 16 42-240 5.7 Colorado 336 20 47-226 4.8 7-15 110 3 314 13 16-76 4.8 Michigan St 178 12 39-35 0.9 12-25 143 9 321 15 31-71 2.3 at Nebraska 351 16 41-243 5.9 6-18 108 1 423 25 51-232 4.5 at Illinois 228 14 51-211 4.1 1-4 17 4 285 18 35-116 3.3 Wisconsin 357 16 58-268 4.6 7-12 89 3 342 15 29-89 3.1 Indiana 401 17 46-346 7.5 5-11 55 6 333 19 49-159 3.2 at Purdue 298 15 48-166 3.5 8-18 132 5 363 23 42-129 3.1 Penn St 289 15 43-206 4.8 7-17 83 3 327 16 39-239 6.1 at Michigan 372 18 31-137 4.4 14-26 235 4 444 23 50-277 5.5 Florida 299 20 37-137 3.7 18-23 162 6 263 14 38-131 3.4 TOTALS 4136 222 563-2485 4.4 125-245 1651 46 4206 218 479-1840 3.8 AvERAGES 318 17.1 43-191 4.4 51.0% 127 18.8% 324 16.8 37-142 3.8 ATT 105,231 (#2) HOME 340 17.7 45-202 4.5 53.6% 137 17.4% 295 14.1 32-102 3.2 70,952 (#10) AWAY 293 16.3 41-178 4.4 47.7% 115 20.6% 357 19.8 43-188 4.4 Post #5 OSu Pre #2 2010 RESULTS Post #9 OSu Pre #6 2009 RESULTS
Rank Opponent Line Score Rank Opponent Line

07 BCS Championship - #1 +3 LSU - #2 24-38 105-24 65-7 08 Fiesta - #10 +8 Texas - #3 21-24 32-13 09 Rose - #8 +4 Oregon - #7 26-17 8-4 10 Sugar - #6 -3 Arkansas - #8 31-26 64-16 11 Gator +2 Florida 17-24 41-8 76-49-2 OFFENSE - LAST 7 YEARS - DEFENSE RET DEF TOTAL DEF DEF DEF PASS AvG DEF SkS 41-24-1 RET OFF TOTAL OFF OFF OFF PASS AvG OFF SkS TOTAL STS PTS OFF RuSH YPC PASS % PLAY YPP vS TuRN STS PTS DEF RuSH YPC PASS % PLAY YPP BY 3-1 7 24.5 318 191 4.4 127 51.0 5.1 13.0 46 +5 2011 4 21.0 324 142 3.8 182 60.8 5.1 15.4 23 18-16-1 8* 38.8 449 220 5.2 229 65.3 6.5 11.6 22 +15 2010 6 14.3 262 97 3.1 166 53.8 4.3 18.3 23 6-4 5 29.0 369 195 4.5 174 55.1 5.5 12.7 24 +17 2009 7 12.5 262 91 2.9 172 54.2 4.1 20.9 30 8-4 47-31-2 10* 27.6 343 192 4.6 150 59.9 5.5 12.4 29 +16 2008 9 13.9 294 110 3.5 184 57.5 4.5 21.1 28 5 31.4 394 196 4.6 197 63.9 5.8 12.5 19 -3 2007 6 12.8 233 83 2.5 150 53.2 3.6 18.2 43 29-18 55-42-2 7* 34.6 385 170 4.6 215 65.0 6.1 11.1 19 +9 2006 2 12.8 280 98 3.3 182 58.3 4.6 22.0 38 14-6 9* 32.7 422 197 4.7 226 64.9 6.3 12.9 18 -9 2005 9 15.2 281 73 2.2 208 60.7 4.3 18.4 44 Weekly 2012 stats on philsteele.com 2011 STATS OFFENSE DEFENSE GAME BY GAME Total Rush Pass Sks Total Rush Pass Sks Net Off vs Def vs Gm ATT Foe Off FD Att-Yds Avg Co-Att Yds vs Def FD Att-Yds Avg Co-Att Yds by Yds TOs Foe Def Foe Off Grade
Urban Meyer

DL DL DL DL RB DB LB OL LB OL OL RB DB LB TE LB DB DB QB WR OL OL WR LB WR

Noah Spence 6-4 245 PS#2 Adolphus Washington 6-5 245 PS#8 Tommy Schutt 6-3 300 PS#11 SeVon Pittman 6-5 245 PS#15 IFS Brionte Dunn 6-1 214 PS#10 IFS Armani Reeves 5-10 185 PS#17 Joshua Perry 6-4 231 PS#15 IFS Joey OConnor 6-4 295 PS#24 Camren Williams 6-2 215 PS#27 Taylor Decker 6-8 315 PS#31 IFS Kyle Dodson 6-6 310 PS#33 Warren Ball 6-2 205 PS#26 Devan Bogard 6-0 175 PS#43 David Perkins 6-2 220 PS#40 Blake Thomas 6-4 245 PS#13 Jamal Marcus 6-2 235 PS#44 Najee Murray 5-11 172 PS#55 Tyvis Powell 6-3 196 PS#58 IFS Cardale Jones 6-5 226 PS#41 11 IFS Frank Epitropoulos 6-3 197 PS#67 Pat Elflein 6-3 285 PS#80 Jacoby Boren 6-2 283 PS#81 IFS Michael Thomas 6-2 196 PS#93 IFS Luke Roberts 6-2 225 PS#91 IFS Ricquan Southward 6-2 190 PS#99

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OHIO STATES ALL-TIME BOWL RECORD 20-23

YR BOWL/TM RK LINE OPPONENT SCORE

TE Jake Stoneburner LAST 5 BOWL GAMES

Luke Fickell (Interim HC entire season)

JIm Tressel 2001

7-19 21-42 16-23 22-39 20-32 16-22 20-34 20-32 11-21 25-37 10-18 14-17 12-16 214-352 60.8% 54.7% 69.1%

55 292 123 238 250 191 169 253 174 234 88 167 132 2366 182 193 169

5 4 0 1 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 23 6.5% 8.4% 4.0%

Post #5 Score

OSu Rank

427 0 #3 98 #1 205 -37 0 #12 -109 #2 155 -154 0 #12 -165 #5 16 22 +2 #11 -112 #6 35 -143 +2 #12 -107 #2 75 -72 -1 #7 0 #9 -47 -57 +3 #10 -63 #4 77 15 -1 #4 44 #2 138 68 -1 #9 -63 #6 30 -65 +1 #11 -106 #7 15 -38 -1 #7 -38 #6 17 -72 0 #5 54 #8 -43 36 +1 #6 -1 #7 71 -70 +5 #8 -567 #5 744 -5 0.4 #99 -44 #23 57 45 +1 #103 -41 #15 93 -64 +4 #96 -47 #33 15 Pre #18 2011 RESULTS
Opponent Line

83.3 75.6 63.0 72.9 74.3 76.7 81.7 92.7 65.5 70.1 70.4 84.2 84.4 76.5 #50 #54 #51

Post Score

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BIG TEN BIG TEN

BIG TEN BIG TEN

#11 #12 #10 #8 #8 #4 #3 #1 #1 #1 #1 #7

Youngstown St Akron at Washington Northwestern at Minnesota at Purdue - #23 Kent St Michigan St at Penn St - #24 Wisconsin Illinois at Michigan - #23

NL -29 -3 -23 -24 -7 -31 -18 -3 -16 -15 -4

38-6 20-2 33-14 58-7 30-7 23-7 48-3 24-17 37-17 38-17 21-28 14-3

#2 #3 #5 #13 #14 #14 #12 #12 #10 #12 #10 #10

Youngstown St Ohio at USC - #1 Troy Minnesota at Wisconsin - #18 Purdue at Michigan St - #20 Penn St - #3 at Northwestern at Illinois Michigan

-36 -33 +12 -20 -20 -1 -18 -3 +2 -11 -9 -20

43-0 26-14 3-35 28-10 34-21 20-17 16-3 45-7 6-13 45-10 30-20 42-7

#6 #8 #11 #13 #9 #9 #7 #18 #17 #15 #10 #9

Navy USC - #3 Toledo Illinois at Indiana Wisconsin at Purdue Minnesota New Mexico St at Penn St - #11 Iowa - #15 at Michigan

-22 +7 -21 -14 -17 -16 -13 -16 -44 +5 -16 -11

31-27 15-18 38-0 30-0 33-14 31-13 18-26 38-7 45-0 24-7 27-24 21-10

#2 #2 #2 #2 #2 #2 #1 #11 #10 #8 #8 #8

Marshall Miami, Fl - #12 Ohio Eastern Michigan at Illinois Indiana at Wisconsin - #18 Purdue at Minnesota Penn St at Iowa - #21 Michigan

-28 -8 -29 -44 -16 -23 -3 -23 -25 -18 -3 -17

45-7 36-24 43-7 73-20 24-13 38-10 18-31 49-0 52-10 38-14 20-17 37-7

#18 #15 #17

Akron -31 42-0 Toledo -17 27-22 at Miami, Fl +2 6-24 Colorado -16 37-17 Michigan St -3 7-10 at Nebraska - #14 +10 27-34 at Illinois - #16 +3 17-7 Wisconsin - #12 +7 33-29 Indiana -27 34-20 at Purdue -7 23-26 Penn St - #21 -6 14-20 at Michigan - #17 +7 34-40

OHIO ST BUCKEYES OHIO ST BUCKEYES

OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

Columbus, Ohio URBAN MEYER (Career 104-23) Meyers Bowl 1st Year at Weather (937) 383-0031 BGSU 01-02, Utah 03-04,Ohio St Record: 7-1 Florida 05-10 CAREER RuSHING LEADERS CAREER RECEIvING LEADERS Meyer AT OHIO STATE/OVERALL

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