Buckeyes WR Says There Isn't Much 'Drop Off' From Julian Sayin to the Backups

Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Devin McCuin certainly had some stuff to say in front of the microphones on Wednesday, just a few short days before the Buckeyes head west to take on the USC Trojans.

The Buckeyes are doing the thing right now where they are not saying who is going to be the starting quarterback on Saturday as a little bit of gamesmanship heading into the big matchup.

McCuin believes that whoever it is going to be, there hasn't been much drop-off from Julian Sayin. He said that both of the backups have a "true command" of the offense, and they basically have picked up right where Sayin left it.

I'm going to choose to believe that this is a glowing endorsement of the two potential backups and not an indictment of the starter, Sayin.

Whatever the case, the Buckeyes do not need anything special from the guy under center on Saturday night. They just need him to play smoothly.

The game plan has to be very simple for them: establish the run, win the line of scrimmage, and put the quarterback in advantageous positions to throw the football. The flip side of this is also true. If I'm the Trojans, my number one goal would be to get a lead and get the Buckeyes into chase mode. If they do that consistently, it could take the Buckeyes out of their game plan and make them force the issue with their young signal caller.

If and only if they get it to that point, would they have a chance. However, if that does happen, then a heavy dose of Jeremiah Smith enters the equation. 

A true pick your poison situation if you're the Trojans.

The falloff from Sayin to either Luke Fahey or Tavien St. Clair isn't going to be all that much. The major positive is that the Buckeeys are just so loaded everywhere else on the team that, even with a backup, they are still going to be in the driver's seat on Saturday.

Development is going to be the name of the game for whoever gets the nod. Their first start is going to be the worst they've ever played. They need to lay the foundation and then continue to just get better from there for some of the major games that are yet to come. 

Devin McCuin believes that there isn't much of a drop-off from starter to backup, just a few days until they get the opportunity to prove him right.