Source: The Lima News, OhioJan.迷你倉 04--FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Braxton Miller is like the brilliant improvisational musician applying for a job in a symphony orchestra.He might not be a perfect fit, but his unique talent makes him interesting. A little risky, but still interesting.Carlos Hyde is like a traditionally trained musician who never misses a note, consistently brings his best to a concert or practice, produces the sound of three ordinary players and can carry his entire section on his back.Which one do you want?Which one do you want, Hyde or Miller, if you are an NFL team?The answer right now seems obvious.If Hyde, a senior running back for Ohio State, lasts past the second round of the NFL draft, a lot of teams will have made a really bad mistake.Miller, the starting quarterback for OSU the last 2 1/2 seasons, is a junior who appears to be seriously considering declaring himself eligible for the NFL draft even though most people think if he does that he will be making a mistake.When the possibility of Miller turning pro before his senior season was first raised, many people, including me, were surprised.But going into Friday night's Orange Bowl game between OSU and Clemson, it appeared to be a 50-50 proposition.The case for Miller to stay at Ohio State another year starts with the fact that even though his passing showed dramatic improvement this season, at least until November, he is still far from a finished product.The case for him to go now begins with the fact that another year might not help him a lot with the NFL and that he would be leaving money on the table.As good as Miller is, and there was a time as late as last season when he was Ohio State's only offensive weapon, the answer to the question of how ready he is for the NFL is still in domini storagebt.Ready or not, he might be going.But maybe a little more appreciation for Hyde and a little less apprehension over Miller's future might be appropriate.Going into Friday night's game, the 235-pound Hyde was averaging 7.7 yards a carry. No other Ohio State back, big or small, who rushed for 1,000 yards in a season ever did that.Archie Griffin is second on the list at 6.6 yards a carry in 1974. When Eddie George set the OSU season rushing record with 1,927 yards in 1995, he averaged 5.9 yards a carry.After sitting out the first three games of this season, Hyde ran for 1,408 yards, an average of 140.8 yards a game. George averaged 147.7 yards a game in his record-setting season and Griffin averaged 141.2 yards a game in his best season.Expand Hyde's numbers to a full season and he would have rushed for more than 1,800 yards and probably would have been a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. He also ran for 970 yards in 2012.What many people have forgotten is that in a moment of anger two years ago, he also talked about leaving early.After leading Ohio State in rushing through the first six games in 2011, Hyde got the ball for only three carries in a 17-7 win over Illinois. Dan Herron, in his first game back after a six-game suspension, got 23 carries and Jordan Hall had 12.Hyde went on Twitter and said, "Guess I'm not good enough. Take myself elsewhere."He later deleted the tweet and went on to become one of the key players in Ohio State's almost uninterrupted success the last two seasons.That does not mean staying instead of leaving is always a better decision. But it certainly worked out well for Hyde and Ohio State.Copyright: ___ (c)2014 The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) Visit The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) at .limaohio.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage
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