How many people remember last year, before the Marshall game, when Doc Holliday commented about Ohio's tight ends:
They do a great job, offensively, of tailoring what they’re doing to their personnel. They’re not as much three-tight-end stuff this year because they don’t have those physical tight ends they’ve had in the past, but they do a great job with the wideouts they have, getting the guys that can make plays, either running backs or the wideouts.
They’ve played a lot of wideouts, about nine. They’ve played three or four running backs, they’ve basically played only the one tight end, No. 82 [Troy Mangen], because of their numbers. They do a great job of not putting round pegs in square holes and trying to match their offense to what their personnel can do.
I translated that out of coach-speak to english and got:
"Ohio is somewhat limited in what they can offensively this year because they have a real weak spot at tight end, where they lack the big powerful tight ends they have had in the past, and because they don't have their usual numbers of tight ends. As a result they can't run their usual 2-3 tight end sets, and are forced to try to get variety by using a lot more wide receivers".
So, now we're complaining about adding a big, powerful tight end? Don't get me wrong, I love having an Andrew Mooney or Troy Hill around, but I'll take a Jordan Thompson any day. I want a TE that can block, and one that can catch the ball in traffic when it's needed. The ability to get extra yards after the catch is a bonus, not essential, at least as far as I'm concerned.