How many other good players are just sitting on the bench right now?

Brendon White’s breakout game left us all asking one question:

Why hasn’t this guy been playing?

After Jordan Fuller’s second quarter ejection for targeting, White came on to lead Ohio State with 13 tackles (two TFL’s) and immediately looked like one of the best players — if not the best — on the defense. For a secondary that’s been starving for good play this season, why did it take Fuller’s ejection for him to see the field?

On this episode of the Hangout in the Holy Land, Patrick Mayhorn and I talk about White’s breakout game, Ohio State’s narrow win over Nebraska, and wonder if any other really good players are just sitting on the bench right now.

Show Notes

3:57- Another close game against a bad team. At this point, this is just who Ohio State is.

7:33- If Fuller doesn’t get ejected, do we ever even see Brendon White this season?

14:02- Urban Meyer asks his coaches why young players aren’t playing, and doesn’t just decide to play them himself, for some reason.

16:15- The linebackers were downright bad.

20:30- It’s time for Greg Schiano and Bill Davis to go.

22:40- Colton wonders what exactly Meyer’s job is right now, (With reference to Patrick’s recent piece about the similarities between how he left Florida and now.)

30:03- Wyatt Davis is a difference-maker at guard; so why isn’t he playing more?

36:40- We’ll see how much the run game is actually improved against Michigan State.

42:03- Dwayne Haskins’ worst game, and wondering if the coaches aren’t getting the most out of the passing game.