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OSU Defense Looks to Reload with Fresh Talent Ten Has Been As Successful As Ohio State the Past Two Seasons SECTION C, PAGE 6 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2004 THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2004 New faces, same results? OHIO STATE t Coach: Jim Tressel t Year: fourth (32-7) t 2003 result: 11-2 t The skinny: No team in the Big OSU defense looks to reload with fresh talent Ten has been as successful as Ohio State the past two seasons. The By RON MUSSELMAN Buckeyes are 25-2 in that span and BLADE SPORTS WRITER won two Fiesta Bowls, including the 2002 national championship game. If COLUMBUS — When line- Jim Tressel’s squad is going to main- backer A.J. Hawk looks around tain that pace, he’s going to need Ohio State’s defensive huddle, some fi rst-year starters to play well. he doesn’t see many familiar The most obvious void is quarter- faces. back. Craig Krenzel was the signal Seven starters are gone from caller the past two years and won a last year. lot of tight games. How Justin Zwick On top of that, the Buckeyes performs will be a big indicator for Ohio State’s fortunes. Zwick beat have a new coordinator in Mark out fellow sophomore Troy Smith in Snyder, who was promoted a close competition. With a fi rst-year from linebackers coach after player at quarterback, the Buckeyes Mark Dantonio was hired as will need to make some big improve- Cincinnati’s head coach. ments in the running game, which “Scheme-wise, our defense ranked eighth of 11 teams in the Big isn’t much different than last Ten with 122 yards per game. The year,” Hawk said. “The big dif- defense will feature seven new start- ers, but junior linebacker A.J. Hawk ference is, we’re going to have and senior cornerback Dustin Fox a bunch of new faces in there. give Tressel two big playmakers. I’m not worried. I think it’s go- ing to be fun. We have a bunch of exciting, young guys who are 2004 SCHEDULE going to be fun to watch.” Date Opp. Time OSU’s defense, which allowed Sept. 4 Cincinnati Noon 77 rushing yards and 13 points Sept. 11 Marshall 3:30 per game in 2002 during its Sept. 18 at N.C. State 3:30 national championship season Oct. 2 at Northwestern TBA and 62 yards and 18 points last Oct. 9 Wisconsin TBA year under Dantonio, will have Oct. 16 at Iowa TBA a new look up front and at line- Oct. 23 Indiana TBA backer, where Hawk is the only Oct. 30 Penn State TBA returning starter. Nov. 6 at Michigan State TBA “The thing we’re going to do Nov. 13 at Purdue TBA is get our best players on the Nov. 20 Michigan 1 fi eld,” Snyder said. “Different people will be at different po- 2003 RESULTS sitions doing different things, Opponent Score basically, so we can keep people Washington W, 28-9 fresh in these early, hot games. San Diego State W, 16-13 “And if that means a little dif- North Carolina State W, 44-38 ferent look, then that’s the way Bowling Green W, 24-17 we’ll go.” Northwestern W, 20-0 The ninth-ranked Buckeyes, Wisconsin L, 17-10 who open tomorrow against Iowa W, 19-10 Cincinnati and Dantonio, suf- Indiana W, 35-6 fered their heaviest losses on the Penn State W, 21-20 defensive line. Will Smith, Tim Michigan State W, 33-23 Anderson and Darrion Scott, Purdue W, 16-13 a trio of All-Big Ten selections, Michigan L, 35-21 have moved on to the NFL. Fiesta Bowl “They were all three-year Kansas State W, 35-28 starters and tremendous ath- letes,” said end Simon Fraser, 2004 ROSTER the lone holdover. “They’re all in the NFL. That’s huge. We’re No. Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Yr. never going to fi nd another Will 1 Thomas Matthews LB 6-2/220 Sr. 2 Erik Haw RB 6-1/210 Fr. Smith or Tim Anderson or Dar- 2 E.J. Underwood CB 6-1/175 Jr. rion Scott. But we’ve got kids 3 Bam Childress WR 5-10/185 Sr. who have the same talent level. 4 Santonio Holmes WR 5-11/185 So. 5 Mike D’Andrea LB 6-3/248 Jr. They’ve just got to step up and 6 Tyler Everett S 5-11/196 Jr. play.” 7 Ted Ginn Jr. DB 6-0/170 Fr. Snyder is counting on an as- 8 Roy Hall WR 6-3/228 So. 9 Albert Dukes WR 6-1/170 Fr. sorted mix of sophomores and 9 Brent Ullery WR 6-0/193 Fr. juniors to replace the talented 9 Donte Whitner S 5-11/200 So. trio, including Quinn Pitcock, 10 Troy Smith QB 6-1/215 So. THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH 11 Anthony Gonzalez WR 6-0/200 Fr. Marcus Green, Mike Kudla, Da- 12 Justin Zwick QB 6-4/225 So. vid Patterson, Joel Penton and Buckeyes linebacker A.J. Hawk, who had 106 tackles last season, was named Big Ten preseason defensive player of the year. 13 Harlen Jacobs CB 6-1/197 Sr. 14 Antonio Smith S 5-10/190 So. Jay Richardson. 15 A.J. Trapasso P 6-1/220 Fr. “I have high expectations for cream of the crop. We just need 17 Todd Boeckman QB 6-5/235 Fr. myself,” Kudla said. “That is 17 Marcus Freeman LB 6-3/230 Fr. 2003 BIG TEN STANDINGS that experience, and once we 17 Brian Pierce K 6-0/190 Fr. the attitude of the defensive line School Conf. Overall get that, I think we’ll be fi ne.” 18 David Lisko WR 6-0/190 Fr. and, for that matter, the entire Michigan 7-1 10-3 The Buckeyes, 25-2 the last 18 Devon Lyons WR 6-4/214 Fr. team.” 19 Derek Harden WR 5-11/180 Fr. Ohio State 6-2 11-2 two years, must replace six 19 De’Angelo Haslam DB 5-9/170 Fr. Hawk led the Buckeyes in Purdue 6-2 9-4 starters on offense, includ- 19 Brandon Underwood CB 6-2/170 Fr. tackles last year with 106 from Iowa 5-3 10-3 ing quarterback Craig Krenzel 20 Steven Moore CB 5-10/185 Sr. 20 Roshawn Parker RB 5-11/220 Sr. his outside linebacker spot. He Minnesota 5-3 10-3 (24-3 in two years as a starter), 21 Nate Salley S 6-3/215 Jr. has been tabbed as the Big Ten’s Michigan State 5-3 8-5 receiver Michael Jenkins (the 23 Josh Huston K 6-1/195 Sr. preseason defensive player of Wisconsin 4-4 7-6 school’s career leader in receiv- 23 Trever Robinson LB 6-0/196 Fr. 24 Mike Roberts CB 5-11/185 So. the year. Also returning are Bob- Northwestern 4-4 6-7 ing yardage with 2,898) and tight 24 Matt Trombitas QB 6-5/224 Jr. by Carpenter, who started three Penn State 1-7 3-9 end Ben Hartsock. Also gone is 25 Tony Pittman RB 5-11/190 Fr. games last season; Anthony B.J. Sander, who won the Ray 26 Ashton Youboty CB 6-1/188 So. Indiana 1-7 2-10 28 Maurice Hall RB 5-10/205 Sr. Schlegel, a two-year starter at Illinois 0-8 1-11 Guy Award as the nation’s best 29 Shaun Lane DB 5-10/180 Fr. Air Force who sat out last year punter. 30 Lydell Ross RB 6-0/225 Sr. as a transfer; John Kerr, a former Returning starters on offense 30 Sirjo Welch S 6-0/185 Fr. BOWL RESULTS 32 Brandon Mitchell S 6-3/205 So. starter at Indiana who also sat Rose Bowl include center Nick Mangold, 33 John Kerr LB 6-1/246 Fr. out last year as a transfer; and Southern Cal 28, Michigan 14 tackle Rob Sims, tailback Lydell 33 Colby Staubs RB 6-0/200 So. 34 Rob Harley S 6-2/202 Sr. Mike D’Andrea, who had shoul- Fiesta Bowl Ross and fullback Branden Joe. 35 Grant Miller RB 6-0/245 Fr. der surgery in December. Ohio State 35, Kansas State 28 Kicker Mike Nugent also is back. 35 Nick Patterson DB 6-2/210 Fr. “We have so many great line- Highly recruited Justin Zwick 36 Michael DeMaria RB 5-9/200 Sr. Capital One Bowl 36 Curt Lukens S 6-3/228 Fr. backers, there’s no one we’re Georgia 34, Purdue 27 (OT) will start at quarterback in the 37 Dustin Fox CB 6-0/190 Sr. scared to put in the game,” Outback Bowl opener. 37 Jamal Luke WR 5-11/175 Sr. Hawk said. “I think if you measured us 38 Branden Joe RB 6-0/235 Sr. Iowa 37, Florida 17 39 Steve Fender FB 6-4/240 Fr. OSU lost cornerback Chris Sun Bowl and weighed us and ran 40s 40 Ryan Franzinger RB 6-1/250 Fr. Gamble and All-American Minnesota 31, Oregon 30 and had lifts, we would be in the 42 Bobby Carpenter LB 6-3/255 Jr. 43 Brandon Schnittker RB 6-2/250 Jr. strong safety Will Allen to the Alamo Bowl same category as we have been 44 Matthew Johnson RB 5-11/190 Fr. NFL — they were among a re- Nebraska 17, Michigan State 3 in past years,” coach Jim Tressel 44 Curtis Terry LB 6-2/205 Fr.
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