By: Doug Harris (MiddletownJournal.com) –

Ohio State may be a consensus top-10 team in the national polls, but don’t look for Terrelle Pryor and Co. to be there by the end of the season. I believe they’ll be held back by a problem that’s plagued the program throughout the Jim Tressel years: poor offensive line play.

I’m trying Viagra Without Prescription to think of the last time the OSU line actually mashed an opposing defensive front — something I recall being relatively common in the 1990s. The Buckeyes have had trouble in recent seasons getting any kind of push even against the likes of Ohio University. What’s going to happen when they face Southern Cal?

Judging by recruiting ratings, Tressel without question has assembled the best offensive talent in the Big Ten since his arrival in 2001. But in the last eight years, the Bucks have finished sixth or worse in total offense in the league every year but one.

In 2006, they were second in that category, but they were loaded at the skill positions with a Heisman-winning quarterback (Troy Smith), two NFL first-round picks at receiver (Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzalez) and two future pros at running back (Antonio Pittman and Chris Wells). And they STILL unraveled against Florida in the national title game because they couldn’t block anybody.

OSU won’t be hobnobbing with the elite teams until its line play improves dramatically, and I’ve heard nothing from preseason camp to make me think a transformation is in the works.

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