Alabama in trouble? Eddie George impressed with Ohio State's Playoff performance: 'I don't see anyone in the country that can play with them'
After seeing what Ohio State did to Clemson in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff, many Alabama fans are anxious to see which version of the Buckeyes show up on Monday night in the title game.
Will it be the version that struggled against Indiana and Northwestern or the version that smoked Clemson?
During a recent appearance on Nashville-based Midday 180 of 104.5 The Zone, former Ohio State and Tennessee Titan running back Eddie George was asked to share his thoughts on the Buckeyes’ performance against Clemson.
“I thought they did a phenomenal job of getting after Trevor Lawrence and then Clemson offense, and making the adjustment of not being exposed on the perimeter,” George said on the show. “And they attacked the perimeter earlier on, had great success, but then as the game wore on, they made some great adjustments came up and pressed their receivers forced them to come inside.
“That’s a game that Clemson could not play on the inside with Ohio State, and I believe the Buckeyes took it personally and they did an exceptional job with that.”
Much like many of us, George expected Ohio State to slow down its offense after Justin Fields was injured against Clemson and the Buckeyes up big, but that’s not what happened.
If that version of Ohio State shows up, the former Heisman Trophy winner from Columbus believes his school will be bringing home another national title.
“Kudos to Justin Fields and just how he came back from the injury to the ribs,” George added. “I thought for sure that it would affect his game thereafter. I thought (Ohio State would just go with) short passes, run game, (just) hold on (to the lead), but they remained very aggressive in their play call and still was able to throw the ball deep.
“I don’t know where (Fields’) health is now, but that version of Ohio State, I don’t see anyone in the country that can play with them – including Alabama.”
That’s a bold comment but few saw Ohio State’s upset of Clemson coming either.
Hopefully he’s not betting a whole bunch of money on that prediction
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Spoken like a true Ohio Duckeye and yes I said Duckeye.
i mean what do you expect. he’s and OSU grad
Of course he’s gonna say that,I’d be surprised if he didn’t rave about how good his Buckeyes are. All I can say is Alabama ain’t Clemson and Alabama has more weapons. Good luck Buckeyes y’all gonna need it. I’m no Bama fan but this could be Saban’s best team.
totally agree
Saban’s best OFFENSE YES! Best team? NO WAY!!!!! Teams have DEFENSE!!!!! Something that used to mean something in Alabama and the SEC!!!!! Now the only SEC team that plays any defense is UGA!!!!!
If Alabama wants to win. They better play some defense!!!!! THE TEAM THAT PLAYS OFFENSE AND DEFENSE WILL WIN THIS GAME!!!!
PS. Somebody is going to find out. THAT DEFENSE STILL WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! I’ll go with Ohio State!!! But if Alabama wins. They will have played GREAT DEFENSE!!!!! Wait and see. DEFENSE DECIDES THIS ONE EITHER WAY!!!!!!!!
King Negan
Just so your DA knows, Bama has the #1 in the SEC. Georgia is a close 2nd.
This article was posted less than an hour ago. But I seem to recall another article quoting the Ohio State Bucknut Heisman trophy winner, Eddie George saying he thinks his alma mater will win. Is he the only guy you writers at SDS can find to prop up the Bucknuts? You need fresh material, not a rewrite.
Thanks Eddie. Appreciate the love. Although our defensive line is very quick and may exert some pocket pressure, our DB’s can’t run with their receivers. That will be the difference in the game…..
What a wonderfully homeristic assessment of your team Eddie J…of course you know that Bama can hang with your team. You know that you have yet to see an offense as complete as the one that OSU will see Monday night.
Bratton you missed the most important part of the quote “that version”. EG is probably right, “that version” would probably beat anyone including Bama, but will they actually be “that version” again?
OSU beating Clemson is more a reflection of Clemson being overrated than OSU being dominant
I remember that patrick didn’t fair to well against the 3 headed monster Chase,Jefferson,and Marshal last year against LSU. So if he fails again against 1 elite receiver in the natty, perhaps he’s not as good as many think.
This isn’t Last year, and he has already proven himself against better receivers, and better passing teams than OSU.
I mean to be fair, your CB Wade has allowed 6 TDs this year…tied for 3rd most w less games. Surtain has something like 2-3…
Homer Eddie George never won a Natty.
He is still in the fog from that hit Rey Lewis put on him in the playoffs.
Well, is his opinion based on the fact that half their schedule was cancelled?
Then Eddie go place a bet for a few million on OSU. The idiots that write these articles, and the ones that are mentioned in them, seem to forget that Bama is not Clemson. If Bama scores as many points against OSU as they did against Kentucky, I don’t see OSU being able to stay with them.