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All five played significant roles in the Sugar Bowl win, after giving OSU coach Jim Tressel assurances they would return next season and serve out their punishment, instead of jumping to the NFL to avoid the penalty. Tressel, much as he has in the past when dealing with injuries or suspensions, Hamilton Khaki BeLOWEZERO HM-2 maintained a stiff upper lip and said the Buckeyes would adjust to the losses."We've got a plan," Tressel said. "and if we stick with our plan, we'll be fine."The offense takes the biggest hit because four of the "Tatt Five" play on that side of the ball, and the OSU coaches had already been planning on replacing the six or seven seniors who started on the defense in 2010. Pryor, Herron, Posey, and Adams were expected to be the heart of the offense, and all were solid candidates for top conference honors. Thomas would have moved into a starting role on the defense.

Pryor's absence leaves the biggest quandary for Tressel. Primary backup Joe Bauserman will be a senior and has the most experience, but he is essentially one-dimensional and if he takes over it would require the Buckeyes to shelve a good portion of the playbook. Kenny Guiton will be a Hamilton Khaki X-Wind HM-3 sophomore and is more versatile than Bauserman, but he has less game experience.A third and more intriguing option is incoming freshman Braxton Miller, the nation's top high school quarterback this past season when he led his Huber Heights Wayne team to the Hamilton Khaki X-Wind HM-4 Division I state championship game. Miller (6-3, 200) graduated early and is already in classes at OSU, where he will take part in spring football.As he prepared the Buckeyes for the Sugar Bowl, Tressel said he was not getting distracted by talk of the upcoming change at quarterback, but he was anticipating a wide-open battle in the spring.

"Of course, in the spring that would heat it up," Tressel said about the competition, which will also include redshirt freshman Taylor Graham (6-4, 225), the son of former Buckeye quarterback Kent Graham.The Buckeyes, who went 12-1 this past season and will be trying to win a seventh straight Big Ten Hamilton Khaki X-Wind HM-5 in 2011, might have to surrender their big dog status in the conference due to the tremors the suspensions have sent through the program.Adam Jardy, who tracks the intricacies of Ohio State football for Buckeye Sports Bulletin, said for the first time in a number of years, the Buc