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anyone got any insider info on brax's injury?!!

I bet Grant has not had the best attitude about being demoted.  Most likely the cause for his complete lack of playing time.

He is absolutely lost out there. Takes horrible angles on stretch runs and has no sense of where wide outs and backs are at in pass coverage. All you can do is blitz him when he's in there so he doesn't have to think and screw something up.

Jason Ott - way worse.

Curtis Grant. 

I'm sure he's better than players who weren't even good enough to get on the field. I think circumstances have forced him to play more than his talent really justifies, though plays like the first TD today have more to  do with lack of basic recognition than with sheer talent.

It's easy to say that when we have had a steady diet of Hawk, Carpenter, Lauranitis, Shazier and Rolle.

His girlfriend got away in the living room, and you want him to track down running backs in the flat? :o)

Clearly he is better than the guys that aren't seeing the field.

These threads aren't locked away in a box. Trashing our guys when they are doing what they can is BS BuckeyeJason. Missed the point as usual.

Find it hard to believe Curtis Grants atheltic ability just running around could be any worse than Storm. 

Curtis Grant reminds me of Sabino. I think after this year, perhaps a redshirt might help him get his head straight. I think Luke Roberts could possibly be the next great leader at MLB for OSU. That is an incredibly talented kid with a very high aptitude.

I was speaking of people in general missing points attempting to be made. I personally know the family of a player on the team and they see and read a lot of things. I will have to tell them that you know they don't. I think you're violating the commenting policy by saying I am obviously moronic btw.

I hate to say it, but Zach Boren looked much better to me in that spot than Storm Klein did. I'm for giving Boren the majority of the playing time there from here on out.

Gentlemen i in no way disagree that hes an average ( at best ) linebacker. I would just like to throw in a comment that storm klein is an ohio state buckeye. He suits up in scarlet and gray and has resolved his issues with his gf at least in the legal viewpoint. He has earned the staffs trust to be on the field. Continue discussing the topic, but he is one of our own.

Jason Ott is the worst I've seen at Ohio State. Also, Curtis Grant is worse. Otherwise he'd be out there instead of both Klein an true freshman Joshua Perry.

edit: I see I'm not the first to list Jason Ott. I'm glad someone else knows what I'm talking about. Jason Ott on the field for Ohio State was some of the worst shit I've ever seen.

Spitler was not bad. wtf? Spitler was a solid LB. He wasn't an all-american but he was pretty solid. 

Storm Klein is a fifth-year senior. Curtis Grant is a true sophomore.

Same could be said about Shazier and Sabino.

look, just goes to show you that Grant isn't very good or intelligent enough to be on the field when a not so good Klein who was injured most of the off season and was involved in a legal situation is playing instead of him. To make things worse..they'd rather move their all-American fullback to the position who hasn't played there in 5 years instead of Curtis.

Yeah, Ramzy I understand he's just a sophomore...but they're just looking for whoever they can put onto the field. You'd think they'd go to Grant regardless of his age, considering he was the starter at the beginning of the season, rather than going to a true freshman in Perry or a convert in Boren. The fact that he can't supplant a bad Klein, regardless of age, says a lot. Grant proved to be so bad that they couldn't afford to have him on the field. He's still no Jason Ott. That was tortuous watching that guy on the field.

Some things never change. Thought RecruitBuck got the BanHammer.

Ki-jana Carter 2nds the Rudzinski vote.

I don't remember that..I mean is the Sam even supposed to cover very much? Totally different from Klein playing the Mike. All we used Spitler for was to rush the passer and stop the run. Spitler came out in the nickel and it was just Rolle and Homan with Hines subbing in.

@BuckeyeJason:

Taken from the Five Things article that Chris wrote for the Cal game:

"The 2009 trio of Rolle, Homan and Austin Spitler was less effective than the ’10 version. Rolle was coming into his own, Homan was serviceable and Spitler was at times a disaster."

Our recollections of Spitler must be very different.

This argument about Klein vs Grant is tough. Do you prefer a less athletic guy taking bad angles or a much faster and athletic guy running in the wrong direction every other play?

I say Curtis Grant is worst! First of all, Klein is starting in his place. I understand the whole "he is only a sophomore" argument but he was the #2 overall rated recruit. He had the opportunity to be the guy. He failed and Klein actually out performed him. He has to be considered worst than Klein. With the expectations and current production, that adds up. Its like saying a 2nd round pick in the NBA being bad is worst than Sam Bowie! 

So Spitler got drafted.... So did Ebner???  that doesn't prove a lot.  I think our problem now will be recruitng the right guys to play the position. We've already got 7 Freshman LB's, and we cant find one that isn't a liability??  that sounds like a big problem.  I agree with the guy about Luke Roberts, I'm surprised the high IQ guy isn't getting a shot. Most coaches would rather have the kid that doesnt screw up, than a more talented player who blows assignments IMO.

Folks, Meyer has repeatedly said the best players will play.  Storm Klein is on the field and Curtis Grant is not.  That should make it obvious who is the better 'backer right now.  The thing is, Grant still has two years to turn things around so he still has a chance to be the better player over the course of his career.

Also, I find it a little surprising that some people in this thread dont think there are players on the team that read this site.  These guys dont live in a bubble and this is one of the larger Ohio State themed blogs.

......And last year's staff thought Bauserman was a better choice than Kenny G @ Nebraska....yikes!!

Sorry Joe Bauserman if you read this LOL

Curtis may be able to get better or may be not.  However Storm never did live up to the hype.  He was a better RB in HS at Licking Valley then he was a LB.  He's never been able to be fast enough at LB nor bring the big hits like he did in HS.  Sometimes good HS kids don't make good DI football players.  

I could have been the worst linebacker in Ohio State history! Apparently, the exact reason Earle Bruce never offered the scholarship. I can only dream of the abusive comments from the fans and the taunts from opponents, that I missed out on. If only I could have donned the scarlet and gray and not lived up to the expectations of adoring fans. It's got to be the dream of every youngster, doesn't it. Playing for tOSU on scholarship, an experience you can't put a value on. Being a Buckeye football player and getting trashed like a Michiscum Wolverqueen on an Ohio State site? Why, it must be absolutely priceless!!!!

kid's not all- world, but i can think of several worse: everybody behind him on the depth chart.

so, my advice to you is this: stop making ridiculously short- sighted threads about a sport and a program to which you will always be on the outside looking in.

when i was little, i remember being at the shoe with my father. 105,000 people around us always knew better than the coach who had the program at 11-2 every year. my father would always just smile. he'd lean in and whisper: "never played the game."

The coaches see storm klein every day in practice. So I will take their opinion over ours. Like someone said earlier, we as fans have been spoiled by having a hell of list of stud lbs come through this program in recent history. And there isn't any of that caliber in the program currently. Is klein the best around? No. But he's the best available. So I will take him for what he is...a guy who goes ou every day and puts in the work to be prepared for battle on saturdays. He's not going to conjure up images of aj hawk or lauranatis, but he's busting his ass and doing the best he can. And as far as the whole offseason incident? We've seen the swift hammer of justice meyer wields when it comes to off field discrepancies. The fact he was reinstated means he did what was asked and took the necessary actions to be welcomed back by the coaches and his teammates. But don't trash a guy for his shorcomings...he's still a buckeye and he's still giving it is his all out there. Something the majority of us only dreamed of having the opportunity to do.

AJ Hawk was a three-star recruit.

a big fat YES!!!!