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Michigan State said William Gholston had the wind knocked out of him. Braxton looked like he was knocked out for a second, or at the very least extremely woozy. I'd bet a doctor would diagnose him with a concussion. OSU has no obligation to say anything about his injury. Therefore, when they do comment, they have no obligation to be forthcoming.

I'm glad that Miller is not seriously hurt. But he at least suffered a mild concussion IMO, no matter what the "official word" is from OSU.

No one mentioned the spotting of PU balls ran out of bounds and forward progress... Swear one was about 2&half extended gain for 1st down.

Storm got beat but all the other guys were on the wrong side of the field. A linebacker is not supposed to be able to cover a running back one on one.
This play showed how weak our coaching and teaching on defense is. There is no way Klein should have had to cover the whole left side of the field by himself. The same thing happened onPurdue's last score when a simple bubble screen allowed one guy to run right by five defenders untouched. Lets play for help before next week.

Don't forget that first 'fumble' - Braxton clearly had the ball and he was down at that point!

What a crazy game.

ok, now, KG really came through. We all know the way Braxton runs this team needs a solid backup passer. His long ball wasn't too good though, that pickoff he under threw the pass. I also was very upset on that called safety penalty, that was clearly a horrible call !

That said, I don't think this team is if *that* bad, I mean, they really played well against Nebraska. I think the problem with this team (let's just talk offense.. lol) is that it's clear they go how Braxton goes. Today he wasn't on. His passes were overthrows (reminds me of last year, this is the same problem he had last year, the overthrows are uncatchable), outside of the run where he got hurt, he had like something like 5 yards running up to that point ?

I think Hyde is showing he has the will to run, and run hard. Nearly 100 years on 19 carries is a solid day, and his run on 4th and a yard was tremendous.

The o-line, imo is much better this year than the last 4 years.

Another positive : I thought Boren played well. I watch him and he is definite a ball hawk. He was in on the tackles. I prefer him over Storm. I'm not happy with Storm, to me he should sit on the bench. That first big play was just horrible (and where is the safety for that ?)

That all said, I think Urban should get alot of credit for what he is doing already - taking a team that couldn't win last year and going 8-0. It says that having good coaches can offset youth and inexperience.

For a year that I consider year one of 'rebuilding' where there is no bowl game pressure, they are doing better than I expected.

We learned Kenny G cut one hell of a debut LP today...lets just hope he's not a one hit wonder !

Dave, I really do understand your opinion and for the most part I agree with it. We have flaws, sometimes numerous and so very apparent but go back in time to 2002. I just did and looked at tOSU's game results for the season: we lucked out against Cinn. and won by 4, down the stretch we won over Wisc. by 5, Penn St. by 6, and of course the 4th down TD to beat this same Purdue by 4, then we had to beat Ill. in OT and of course Miami in 2 OT. Now I'm not gonna say that this team is the equal to that team BUT I wouldn't count us out either. I like Kenny, he sees the field well and goes to many different receivers. He kinda reminds me of the QB that beat tOSU from Fla., no not Tebow the starter. Ok, here's my pressing question to you, how can there not be a better LB than Klein? The kid may know what to do, he just can't do it. Is it a case of Fick not being able to judge talent, remember how long it took him to figure out #10 was the best of his LBers last year. Playing a kid can't be any worse than playing Klein.....

LB's shouldn't cover Wr's..
LB's cover running backs all the time...nice excuse for Storm "Tortoise" Klein...
He's surpassed Steve BelliSORRY and Joe Bauserman in the worst Buckeye of all time category...that guy couldn't catch my grandfather in the open field.

We should have lost to Cincy and Purdue in 2002...Illinois as well...

Dave:
I agree with your analysis. It almost had to have been a concussion. He looked very confused and unable to focus and also unable to maintain his balance. Those are classic concussion symptoms. We should know more as the week progresses. If he is able to start against PSU, it will indicate that the concussion was mild. If not, the concussion was more significant. At least we know that Guiton can handle the job if he can't start or play. Even if he can start, some consideration should be given to getting Guiton in for a few series just to get him more experience and, mor eimportantly, to keep Miller out of harm's way for a few downs.

That is an incredibly flippant and arrogant comment about Braxton Miller's injury, sir.
You are saying OSU lied on the record about Braxton Miller's injury and you are diagnosing it with how many years of medical training on your resume?
For an administrator at this site to chastise others in this thread and then make a mocking post like that accusing the school of lying to the media and the fans is simply incredible. I expect more from you, sir, much more.