OSUArthur, Fayetteville (9/27/2008 10:47:19 AM)

Seriously Troy's defense is not that good. Ohio's defense, which by the way is winless through 4 games, limited Ohio State to fewer rushing yards than Troy did and, Ohio State had Wells at the time, who they didn't have during the Troy game. Granted, Wells didn't play the whole game but, the difference between the Oklahoma State run game and the Ohio State run game are so vastly different that it's unreal. Troy didn't even hold Ohio State below their average. They actually allowed 9 more yards than Ohio State had been averaging. That does include the loss to USC but it also includes wins over Ohio and Youngstown State. These teams aren't exactly real competition. Ohio State put up two more yards of rushing against Ohio than WYOMING! Ohio State's rushing game is ok with Wells and absolutely terrible with out him. Troy's other competition consists of Middle Tennessee State and Alcorn State. I'm just guessing but, those defensive stats might be slightly inflated. It is the best defense OSU has fast so far but, that means absolutely nothing. All that means is that Troy at least has a defense to speak of. The real question is whether the OSU defense can limit Troy to 21 or less. If that happens this should be a huge win. If not, this is going to be a shootout.

By the way the turnovers last year were 2 fumbles by Keith Toston in the first half I believe. I also think Zac threw and interception and fumbled the ball. Even if OSU only has one turnover per half that game would have been completely different. That's about like saying the OSU offense was in full force for the OU game. We were without Dantrelle Savage and had just started a new quarterback on the road in a Thursday night game where the new quarterback barely got any days as the starter in practice(3 days) before he was thrown out to face this team against Troy. Even if we are just missing Brandon Pettigrew our offense shouldn't slump that much. I'm thinking OSU puts up at least 40 in this game. If Pettigrew doesn't play maybe 35 or so. This is going to be an offensive game.