Is that a RB or a QB?

So here's my Sunday morning reaction, to OSU's Saturday afternoon game.

Braxton Miller can run..... and run and run and run.  He is nothing like your average Dual Threat QB who finds angles and takes off.  Braxton uses his blocking, has excellent field vision and has some pretty nasty juke moves as tacklers are approaching.  In 3 years of TP, we saw the 3rd and long tuck and run perfected.  But TP just relied on his speed.  The closest thing I've seen to Braxton is D-Rob at *ichigan.  D-Rob is much faster, but he runs in much the same way, finding holes and juking tacklers out of their jocks.

As for his passing, he is very raw.  But I think he will leave OSU as an accomplished passer.  You can tell his natural skills to read a defense and make reads are far ahead of where TP was at this point.  My hat goes off to Fickell for starting him verses a team like Colorado where OSU was physically better at every single position.  It gave him an excellent opportunity to get his feet wet against an average opponent.

I look at Braxton as being right in the middle of TP and Troy Smith as far as it comes to his style of play.  He has the escapability that TP had, but not nearly the speed to break big runs.  He also possesses the arm strength/accuracy (although it's still in the raw stages) that Smith had and his quick release will be huge against the tough pass rushes in the Big 10.

It's no wonder Tressel wanted this guy, he is a perfect fit for JT's offense.

Now I want to talk about Jordan Hall.  He has embraced the opportunity to start because of the suspensions.  Not sure what happened to him in the off-season, but he has appeared to pack on some muscle and learned how to read a block and find a hole.  He reminds me so much of Josh Cribbs when he returns kicks.  He isn't going to run by you, but he will find the hole, break a tackle and then it's off to the races.

I've been pretty satisfied for the most part with the O-line play, it'll be nice to get Adams back in a few weeks to protect Braxton's blindside.  There have been consistent holes in the running game all year and I only expect that to continue.

I still hate our WR's.  But it appears that there may be some emergence coming from Devin Smith.  I thought he made some great plays and had some solid catches.  I like the connection that him and Braxton will build over the years.  Similar to Pryor and Posey.  By the way, the catch on the sideline was a catch, no doubt about it.  Guaranteed, if that play happens in bounds it's ruled a fumble.

It was refreshing to see a quality game played by our defensive secondary for possibly the first time this season.  This Buckeye D is extremely young and will make a few mistakes, but for the most part, they've been pretty spot on.

All and all, it was a solid game.  And a great opponent for Braxton to makes his debut.  We are now just 2 weeks from the return of Posey, Boom, Adams and Thomas.  I don't think the Big 10 is ready for the impact that Posey's return is going to make on this offense.