Comments on: Dogs and Pokes: Underrated vs. overrated?

By: Charles Preuss

Charles Preuss — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:42:41 +0000

Well the game is over and the crying towels are out. This was a very physical game. I thought in the second half Georgia defense got tired and slowed down a little. Ostate was fresher and was flying to the ball. Ostate defense made good solid tackles….and Georgia did too. I would say that Ostate offense played a sloppy game….too many penalties. Special teams played a bid part in Ostates game. Defense was the best I

By: POKE

POKE — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:30:58 +0000

TRUTH wrote – The same can be said for our safeties who are all young but were 4 and 5 * recruits.

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Once again OSU has not signed a 5 star recruit. Also you are leaving off one important name from that defense. BILL YOUNG. The new DC. His schemes will be the reason that OSU is better on D.

By: POKE

POKE — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:29:00 +0000

TRUTH wrote – The OSU defense has talent and experience. The DE’s chinasa and jones were both 5* recruits.

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Come on dude. Get your facts straight. Your hyping up the team, but with some false info. Those guys were 4 star recruits at best. When OSU gets a 5 star recruit it will go worldwide.

By: The truth

The truth — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:57:20 +0000

I’m not nervous about this game at all, I am more concerned about playing Houston the next week. Houston has an experienced offense that can keep up with our offense. Georgia doesn’t. I think OSU will win this game by several touchdowns. Probably something along the lines of 52-17.

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By: The truth

The truth — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:25:49 +0000

The difference, acfm, is that UGA doesnt have colt mccoy or vince young at quarterback. if joe cox was the qb on those texas teams, OSU wins those games. UGA also doesnt have the rb’s texas had in the past. UGA is staking all of its hopes on a single player, aj green, and praying that a bunch of freshmen and sophomores with little college experience or none at all will get it done, and on the road in a very tough stadium against a veteran team. even on defense osu returns ten of its top 12 tacklers. I just dont see this being a close game. It is very rare for even a highly recruited HS player like marlon brown to record huge stats in his first game. Dez had one reception in his first game, for eight yards. Later on in the year he exploded for 155 yards against NFL pick aqib talib. But first game jitters, unfamiliarity with the road and the new qb usually hurt inexperienced offensive players.

By: The truth

The truth — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:09:10 +0000

Here’s the reality dawg fans: Oklahoma State returns players who have accumulated 5,500 career yards RUSHING the ball. Hunter is over 2200, Robinson over 1500, Toston over 1500, Beau Johnson had 300+ last year. Our third string rb last year had more yards than caleb king. OSU also returns a veteran offensive line, will start 5 seniors, and one of them is projected as the best LT in the NFL draft. There are also experienced backups. The OSU line is expected to be either the best or second best in the big 12. In addition to all this, we have several new RB’s coming out of redshirt…6′3 230 lb Kye Staley a 4* recruit, a powerback running a 4.5 40…Dexter Pratt 5* RB 6′2 225, travis miller, a 4.3 speedster, jeremy Smith, one of the top ten RB’s in the nation last year in HS, and David Paulson a GA fullback who turned down the dawgs at the last minute to come to OSU. Every single one of these guys turned down SEC programs to come to OSU.

This is a powerful running game you are encountering in Stillwater. OSU has talent at TE and WR too…both YOuman and Mosely (who will play) gained significant experience last year while pettigrew was injured. Mosely turned down Tennessee for OSU, he is no slouch. Other than Bryant, OSU has a host of recievers, most coming out of redshirt…Justin Blackmon is expected to be a force. Justin Horton is a 6′4 230 lb 4.5 hybrid guy from Louisiana…Isaiah anderson and Hubert Anayim are our speed guys, 4.4. Anderson has been timed at 4.28 in the 40. Adrian Richardson 6′4, 4.4. another player expected to emerge. Finally there is our late JC recruit Dameron Fooks 6′3 210 who turned down UCLA for OSU.

So yeah, we have weapons other than dez bryant. It’s foolish to base expectations of this game on how OSU closed the season versus OU and Oregon. Kendall Hunter was injured prior to the OU game, played verses OU injured, and then had knee surgery before the Oregon game. Zac Robinson and Dez Bryant were both injured in the middle of the Oregon game.

OSU will be powerful on offense. The big question mark in this game is the OSU defense. The OSU defense has talent and experience. The DE’s chinasa and jones were both 5* recruits. On the interior, derek burton and Swanson Miller were highly recruited. The youth up front is maturing and after a second year in the program Miller is expected to be a dominating force on the DL. We return all of our LB’s going two deep. Lavine and Sexton are all-league caliber players. Perrish Cox at one corner is an NFL pick. The other corner is a concern but there are highly recruited guys ready to step in. The same can be said for our safeties who are all young but were 4 and 5 * recruits. Victor Johnson and Markelle Martin spurned Oklahoma to come here. Most importnantly Lucian Antoine nicknamed the punisher is coming back from an injury.

Expect to see a powerful, bruising running game. OSU will have too many weapons to stop, probably will rack you for 500 yards plus. The question in this game is whether or not UGA can keep up. Can a quarterback with less than 500 career yards lead a cadre of rb’s with less than 500 career yards to victory on the road against a qb with 6000 career passing yards leading a running game featuring 5500 career rushing yards?

UGA may have a nice defense, but it is nothing OSU hasnt seen before. Last year on the road a healthy Kendall hunter put up 160 yards on Texas. OSU put up 460 yards on an OU defense that held florida to 24 points. etc.

You will NOT be shutting OSU down, not even close. OSU will be a dominant team this year. I expect OSU to ram the ball down your throats and use bryant and the other wr’s as blockers. Mark it down. we will run right over you.

By: AF

AF — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:03:54 +0000

Having lived in both Stillwater and Athens I can’t wait for this game and believe I am as impartial as this discussion comes. I think Georgia is the better team and if this game was played in October they would win regardless of where it was played. It being the first game of the year in OK I think Ostate has the advantage. Ostate will jump out early with the veterans then UGA will fight back in the second half but fall just short.

The original blog was a great question and I think Ostate is slightly overrated and UGA is just about where they should be. It doesn’t make a difference because both have juggernauts in their conference that will keep them away from national considerations.

By: AFCM (Oklahoma City)

AFCM (Oklahoma City) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:21:50 +0000

I think many are taking Oklahoma State too lightly; OSU seems to fare well at home. However, I will concede the perspectives introduced here and I can certainly envision Georgia taking a page out of Texas’ book. For those of you who are unfamiliar, reference the past few times Texas has visited Stillwater. Most often, OSU jumps out to a big lead only to find someway to blow it in the fourth quarter. With that said, as a fan of college football, I can’t ask for much more than a game of this caliber in early September. Well, there is OU/BYU. Cheers!

By: OSU fan

OSU fan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:44:36 +0000

Wow!! So much passion!!

This will be a great game. I don’t think either will necessarily dominate. It should be a lot of fun – for both teams.

Georgia will replace stars with up and coming stars. There is always a lot of talent and it just need time to retool after loosing so many key players.

For OSU, this is new territory. Never has OSU had so much talent and been so deep. They truly are challenging elite teams. Only time will tell if when we loose our stars, will we be able to simply roll in the new talent or rebuild.

As for the game, I do believe OSU will win, but it will be a good game.

OSU’s offense, which typically starts out slow and builds over the season, is better prepaired this season. OSU will score 24+ on everyone this season. That is not a boast but supported by the last 2 seasons with much the same talent. And as far as the bowl game, if you did not watch it, Hunter was injured, Bryant got injured, and Robinson tore a muscle in his shoulder. And they still scored!

OSU’s defense will be better. The backfield is raw but talented. The front is as deep as it has ever been – and that speaks to some wonderful talent from recent years, including Antonio Smith (with his new $35m contract). Are any as good as he, maybe not, but overall we are better.

If I were to hazard a guess, because of home field and such: OSU 35-24.

I hope both teams are in the top 5 by year’s end.