BuckeyeLew

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Lost the Ohio HS State Championship

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You should watch that game. You will see a player trying to will his team to win despite being drastically outmatched. He was brilliant in that game. Anyone who watched that game knew he would do what he did this year.

Honor him appropriately by giving it to the hardest working player every fall camp. I’d be willing to bet he would appreciate that more than having it retired.

I’m a Burrow fan for life because I watched him in high school. I stared following him after he committed to OSU. I’d never seen anyone play in high school that had committed to OSU. This area of Ohio is not a hot bed for football talent. The few good players around here are hidden on bad teams and never get discovered. A few of of burrows teammates got offers but if they had been on any other team around here no one would have known they existed.

His loss in the state championship game was the best high school football game I’ve ever seen. It was him and a bunch of slow white kids vs a state powerhouse. The school he played was more talented at every position on the field except quarterback. Talent wise Burrow could probably have started at all 22 positions on his own team. Take Burrow off his team and it’s a 6-4 team that isn’t in the playoff picture. Take any 5 people off the team he played and they are still in the championship game.

The game was a shootout and the last team to have the ball won. Unfortunately it wasn’t Athens. Burrow would carve them up and score quickly. The other team could get 4-5 yards an attempt on the ground. The talent gaps on the line was very evident. Usually in high school football when the lines are mismatched like this the game is over at halftime. Burrow was brilliant and what impressed me was that he rose to the occasion. He played his best against his best opponent.

I felt like he suffered the same fate as any other small school talent. His talent was 5 star but for the longest time he was a 3 star recruit. He was hidden in a area that no one looks at. If his numbers weren’t absolutely amazing he wouldn’t have gotten a single offer. I knew after Herman left OSU Joe would get lost behind the bigger recruits Urban was bringing in. Even though Burrow looked better in every spring game it was almost like he was invisible there. Maybe it was because Joe was Toms guy and Uban felt like Joe wasn’t his guy.

So I’m a Burrow guy because I can relate to his story. He has been over looked and under appreciated his whole life. Even now the media keeps saying they aren’t sold. First it was let’s wait till he does this in SEC play. Then it was wait till he plays someone good. Now it’s let’s see how he does against Alabama. For every small town athlete that gets passed over Burrow has the chance to say I told you so.

My buddy sent me a text the other day that sums it up. “Just think somewhere out there is another Joe Burrow just waiting on his coach to put him in so he can win the Heisman.”

I’m starting to believe you are right. I think Aranda has been implementing stuff against weaker opponents so he can tie it in later against better opponents. He has played a lot of zone this year and I believe it’s so he can trick the better quarterbacks by moving in and out of zone coverage. I don’t imagine you will see it all this week. Probably won’t need it with Trask he can probably get away with just Man mostly. I’d say we don’t see everything he has till Bama unless needed.

I agree with you. He looks the part of a great back. His hands could improve but other than that he is shifty and powerful. Fans get too caught up in the recruiting ranking of a player and that’s not always a true representation of talent. Also a developed Upperclassmen should out preform most freshmen.

ESPN is in bed financially with the SEC I don’t think they will try to sway the narrative towards a Big10 guy. That’s FS1’s job to push Fields.

He was the same QB when he arrived at LSU as he is now. The difference is he isn’t under center, has more receivers on the field, faster developing routes and a slightly better line. You can thank Joe Brady for unleashing the real Joe Burrow.

Burrows dad is the only person who should take credit for his development. He has had him working with college coaches at a very early age. He has always been this good just got road blocked at OSU. If anything he should keep his mouth shut for not playing him over Barrett.

Auburn doesn't scare me at all. LSU has a big defensive front and I’m reasonably certain they can stop their ground game. If LSU makes Bo pass the football he will make mistakes.

Burrow’s lack of arm strength is a myth. He just prefers to throw the ball to the receivers hands not through his receivers hands. I remember reading last year that he out threw Haskins in a distance competition during the spring game. He has gas when needed. His release time probably is a little longer than some. That’s probably the only legitimate knock on him.