Comments on: Thoughts on The All-Alumni Team: Offense

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:24:22 +0000

Palm Beach Buckeye…….I agree , Kieth Byers should’ve been considered. If it wasn’t for that one hail mary play for Doug Flute , Kieth would have locked the Heisman that yr.

By: Block O

Block O — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:57:34 +0000

What about Clarrett?

By: Team Secret Falcon

Team Secret Falcon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:10:23 +0000

anyone else think that “second team offense” could give the first team a run for their money? hell, if it werent for the clear advantage on the line, i might put my money on the second team…

By: Nick Magers

Nick Magers — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:16:43 +0000

Stringer and Pace are sort of my down point for Tressell. Or should I say his inability to control the line of scrimmage like all other coaches in my life time before him. Then again, you do have to consider just how good Pace is, as mentioned.

By: Brian Fantana

Brian Fantana — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:50:30 +0000

Vico (or should I throw in Batista since we’re using last names now too?)-

I agree with you 100% about the trend towards a recent bias in some of the players. For as good as Teddy Ginn was, he just wasn’t our all-time 3rd best receiver. If you started off the second-team offense like the first one, you would need to consider players like Germaine/Smith/Greene for Qb, I agree with you about Byars-but Hop Cassidy would need to be considered as the other back since two were named to the first team. Bob Ferguson should also get a look at fullback. If you wanted to create a tradtional receiving corp you would need a posession receiver as well as a speedster. (sticking to the 2 WR limit like the first team) As much as I hate to reflect the recent player bias-Mike Jenkins was a clutch possession receiver so it could be a toss-up between him and Boston. For your burner, you need to look at either Galloway or Glenn. Your O-line also looks pretty good, and I would throw Rob Murphy in there. He was that good.

By: Vico

Vico — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:24:53 +0000

Sean: I thought about joking about Ben Person and Steve Rehring being quality second-tier guards for an All-Alumni team, but in spite of me being that guy that obsesses about Earle Bruce and made a whole damn post about 1999, not even I can go there.

Brian Fantana: After I look over the defense, I think I have to create an All-Alumni Second Team Offense. I’m already thinking Schlichter, Byars, Otis as givens (for me, at least) at their respective positions. Putting together an offensive line and a receiver corp is going to fascinate me. Who do I put at tackle? Rufus Mayes? Bill Roberts? Dave Foley? Decisions decisions. Mayes and Foley might work since Foley was a left tackle his senior (national champion) year and Mayes was a right tackle. LeCharles Bentley is going at center, and I know Aurealius Thomas is one of my guards. I don’t know who the other one would be. The popular vote says Rob Murphy, but I’m going to fish for more details before I cave and put in someone recent.

Receiver corp is going to be tricky. My biggest hangup with the “first team” is that Carter and Warfield — hypothetically — wouldn’t compliment each other well. I’m already thinking ahead to who’s going to line up on the line as the split end and who the feature guy is that lines up in the backfield. David Boston was a split end his time at Ohio State (IIRC) and Glenn was a flanker, and I’m inclined to go that route in my selection. That certainly would be a fun duo.

But yeah, you see the recency bias that always irks me in popular polls like this. Time to musk up.

By: Sean N

Sean N — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:36:36 +0000

If Stringer was the third tackle does that mean Alex Boone fell all the way to 4th?

By: PALM BEACH BUCKEYE

PALM BEACH BUCKEYE — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:15:55 +0000

… the one choice left out that probably should be there somewhere… Keith Byars

By: Brian Fantana

Brian Fantana — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:00:12 +0000

I really had no qualms with the offensive starters on here. I thought the O-Line was perfect. I knew RB would be Archie, Eddie, Pete and everybody else. QB surprised me a little bit, but I think the alumni made the right choice. I don’t think I would have beed shocked had it been either Rex, Troy, Artie or Germaine. What did surprise me was the #2 receiver. While Paul Warfield deserved to be on the list, I have just always felt like David Boston played like a man amongst boys while at Ohio State. What bothered me was he wasn’t even third. I look forward to the linebacker debate that emerges in the following post.

By: bup bup bup

bup bup bup — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:07:41 +0000

people may be surprised by this, but by the time his career is over, nick mangold might be the best and most accomplished Buckeye overall in the NFL since orlando pace. he’s already one of the best centers in the NFL, and if he stays healthy he is going to be the unsung hero of some superbowl teams