Ohio State OL vs Virginia Tech DL

This is where the game will be decided for Virginia Tech in my opinion. If y'all can wreak as much havoc as you did last year in our offensive backfield, you have a great chance to win even if your offense isn't firing on all cylinders.

Ohio State's power spread is built on being successful at the bread and button: power O and read-option. These two players set up the counters, jet sweeps, speed options, etc. But they are all predicated that the defense has to honor the base offense. Zeke only got 8 carries last year, because y'all set up a tent in our backfield and didn't leave the entire night. Part was scheme, part was inexperience at OL for Ohio State(where continuity, and chemistry are vital) and a large part was personnel getting the job done.

I blocked out the memory of last year's VT game but I was really surprised to look at your depth chart and see the size of your starting DL. Obviously VT is known for great size and athleticism in the defensive backfield, but the DL was shocking.

VT's starting 4 DL average out at 6'2, 257. That's unreal.

It's pretty incredible that VT had such success last year against Ohio State being undersized by so much. Lots of credit due for that performance.

To put it into perspective, Ohio State's starting OL is 6'4 305. That's two inches and 50 pounds a man.

Have y'all always used undersized quicker DL or is this something new?

And again, FYI: 14 days, 18 hours, 2 minutes and 3 seconds til kickoff.

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