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[NewPhoneWhoDis]

LOL what happened when we didn't stack the box? Dude your offense didn't do crap outside of those 5 big plays.

I stand corrected -- the 530 yards of offense and 45 points were crap -- OSU was stout defensively

 

[Across The Field]

I still say the turning point of the game was that stupid fucking head butt

We started at the Michigan 48, had a holding penalty and then that stupid fucking head butt on the same play which push us ALL THE WAY BACK to our own 27 for a 1st and 35, which of course we went 3 and out and punted. Michigan promptly scored on the next drive to basically end the game, going up by 11.

Stroud's first INT was a back-breaker. He had X wide open for a solid 2-3 seconds before he tried to throw it, and he likely has a first down at least if Stroud throws it earlier instead of letting the rush cave in on him.

 

[Across The Field]

I stand corrected -- the 530 yards of offense and 45 points were crap -- OSU was stout defensively

5 big plays - 349 yards (70 yards per play)
Other 57 offensive plays - 181 yards (3.2 yards per play)

 

[osubuckeye89]

Stroud's first INT was a back-breaker. He had X wide open for a solid 2-3 seconds before he tried to throw it, and he likely has a first down at least if Stroud throws it earlier instead of letting the rush cave in on him.

I mean that was the final dagger, but we were down 15 at that point. Best case scenario is we end up down 8 still

At the point of the great field position killing head butt we were only down by 4. I think even if we get a FG to make it 24-23 it's a much different game than what happened (3 and out, punt, Michigan scores, goes up by 2 scores, game pretty much over) That was a huge momentum shift.

 

[osubuckeye89]

I mean that was the final dagger, but we were down 15 at that point. Best case scenario is we end up down 8 still

At the point of the great field position killing head butt we were only down by 4. I think even if we get a FG to make it 24-23 it's a much different game than what happened (3 and out, punt, Michigan scores, goes up by 2 scores, game pretty much over) That was a huge momentum shift.

The drive before that was a kick in the nuts too.

We had 2nd and 2 at midfield, the 2 play calls? 2 awful runs with the LB playing RB for a loss of 1 and then no gain, resulting in another punt in good field position.

We really fucked ourselves in those first 2 possessions of the 2nd half.

 

[NewPhoneWhoDis]

So on one second you are showing us pics saying Ohio State had guys in coverage and in this one you are saying they were in cover zero the whole game. Which one is it?

I haven't posted a single pic and MnB, without a doubt, has never stepped foot on a football field, as no one who has or who watched the game would say Cornelius Johnson was double covered on the first TD.

OSU had an all out blitz -- JJ threw to the hot route, who beat the one guy covering him. That's why he was untouched after breaking one tackle.

 

[Across The Field]

I mean that was the final dagger, but we were down 15 at that point. Best case scenario is we end up down 8 still

At the point of the great field position killing head butt we were only down by 4. I think even if we get a FG to make it 24-23 it's a much different game than what happened (3 and out, punt, Michigan scores, goes up by 2 scores, game pretty much over) That was a huge momentum shift.

By and large, what I took from that game was Day and Knowles need to clean things up on their part and get the secondary figured out. Obviously we did a much better job against UGA, and obviously we're still a top 5 team. Just have to clean those things up before we head north this coming November.

 

[Across The Field]

I haven't posted a single pic and MnB, without a doubt, has never stepped foot on a football field, as no one who has or who watched the game would say Cornelius Johnson was double covered on the first TD.

OSU had an all out blitz -- JJ threw to the hot route, who beat the one guy covering him. That's why he was untouched after breaking one tackle.

Shockingly enough he wasn't untouched. Sawyer caught his foot, just not enough. Impressive as hell for a guy his size to catch up to Cornelius like that.

 

[osubuckeye89]

By and large, what I took from that game was Day and Knowles need to clean things up on their part and get the secondary figured out. Obviously we did a much better job against UGA, and obviously we're still a top 5 team. Just have to clean those things up before we head north this coming November.

Day's offensive play calling at times was a big reason we lost too. It wasnt all on the defense, the Michigan game. The Georgia game was pretty much all on the defense. Though I still say Day screwed the pooch with the "trust the kicker" offense from 50 yards at the end of the game.

 

[NewPhoneWhoDis]

5 big plays - 349 yards (70 yards per play)
Other 57 offensive plays - 181 yards (3.2 yards per play)

Well you guys definitely shut down Michigan if you take away every touchdown they scored.

I will give you some tips -- Michigan got to see that exact defense for many years. Don Brown ran at UM. It is a great defense until you play a team who has any sort of talent. Then it is highly susceptible to........................big plays, because you put your secondary on an island.

Another tip -- ANY DEFENSE could bring 7 or 8 guys on the rush and you know what they would do? They would limit an offense if they miss on big plays. What happens when the offense doesn't miss when you bring the house? You have big plays.

 

[osubuckeye89]

By and large, what I took from that game was Day and Knowles need to clean things up on their part and get the secondary figured out. Obviously we did a much better job against UGA, and obviously we're still a top 5 team. Just have to clean those things up before we head north this coming November.

The whole defense is still a mess against better teams.

take away sack yardage and UGA averaged like 9 YPC.

Michigan switched up how they were running later in the game and gashed us too.

I guess you can point to some of this being the safeties being really shitty in run support too. But the middle of our DL got torn apart by UGA and late against Michigan.

Safety play and interior DL play is a huge concern next year. The transfer Safety from Syracuse is a big start and a huge plug in, but he can't do it all alone.

I think our CBs might be ok enough, but we have shitty depth there. Can't afford any injuries like the tons we had this year

 

[fishinabarrel]

I haven't posted a single pic and MnB, without a doubt, has never stepped foot on a football field, as no one who has or who watched the game would say Cornelius Johnson was double covered on the first TD.

OSU had an all out blitz -- JJ threw to the hot route, who beat the one guy covering him. That's why he was untouched after breaking one tackle.

Yeah that's my bad. I thought it was you who posted the pic of them being in coverage.

 

[NewPhoneWhoDis]

It's bad play calling when you know your DBs arent good enough to cover 1 on 1 without any help

It was a pick your poison -- your defensive coordinator had zero trust in your front 7 to hold up against UM's OL, so he brought the LB's to shoot the gaps on essentially every play in the 1st half. Your safeties would come down and replace the LB's, leaving your CB's alone.

Though from seeing your safeties in coverage -- they aren't very useful anyways. Martinez got spun into ground on simple post route.

 

[osubuckeye89]

It was a pick your poison -- your defensive coordinator had zero trust in your front 7 to hold up against UM's OL, so he brought the LB's to shoot the gaps on essentially every play in the 1st half. Your safeties would come down and replace the LB's, leaving your CB's alone.

Though from seeing your safeties in coverage -- they aren't very useful anyways. Martinez got spun into ground on simple post route.

These things might work better if you have good safeties and CBs but our safety play was completely shit all year and our CBs were all over the place due to tons of injuries. It's like EVERYONE besides Knowles knew that.

It's not good coaching when you refuse to adjust and keep doing what clearly isnt working. You gotta try to find something that kind of works with what you have, not keep constantly trying to force shit that isnt working.

 

[NewPhoneWhoDis]

Yeah that's my bad. I thought it was you who posted the pic of them being in coverage.

No biggie. OSU wasn't doubling anyone all game. They had safeties over the top at times, but most of the time the safeties were fall in behind the linebackers, as they were trying to take the run away.

I will say -- your safeties are terrible though. They let our freshman TE release free down field alone. Cornelius Johnson spun the Martinez into the ground on his route, when Martinez HAD to know he had no help in the middle of the field.

 

[NewPhoneWhoDis]

These things might work better if you have good safeties and CBs but our safety play was completely shit all year and our CBs were all over the place due to tons of injuries. It's like EVERYONE besides Knowles knew that.

It's not good coaching when you refuse to adjust and keep doing what clearly isnt working. You gotta try to find something that kind of works with what you have, not keep constantly trying to force shit that isnt working.

They did adjust to an extent in the 2nd half -- it is when Michigan went to running the ball much more.

 

[ellupo]

Or...........here me out............it has to do with the national pandemic, the same reason Ohio "ran" from Illinois.

Ohio fans sure are desperate now that is has been 3+ years since they've beaten Michigan.

Its been the same before MI won. Harbs ran, it was said right after they ducked the game and its the same now.

Hear me out, he was scared and still had a full practice. Has any other coach ever used a pandemic to run scared?

 

[NewPhoneWhoDis]

Its been the same before MI won. Harbs ran, it was said right after they ducked the game and its the same now.

Hear me out, he was scared and still had a full practice. Has any other coach ever used a pandemic to run scared?

Yes -- Ryan Day and Ohio State ran scared from Illinois. Any other questions? We can keep doing this circle if you'd like, or you could concentrate on how OSU has WAY MORE talent on their roster, yet Michigan owns them and Michigan is the top team in the B1G now.

If I were you, I'd worry more about that, because it is looking very likely, even if Stroud comes back, that UM will beat them a 3rd time in a row and just like that it will be almost 5 years since you have beaten UM.

 

[ellupo]

Yes -- Ryan Day and Ohio State ran scared from Illinois. Any other questions? We can keep doing this circle if you'd like, or you could concentrate on how OSU has WAY MORE talent on their roster, yet Michigan owns them and Michigan is the top team in the B1G now.

If I were you, I'd worry more about that, because it is looking very likely, even if Stroud comes back, that UM will beat them a 3rd time in a row and just like that it will be almost 5 years since you have beaten UM.

Scared is scared. You make all the excuses you want. Just weird to run scared, what that the whole team that was scared and the fans or just the coach?

 

[NewPhoneWhoDis]

Scared is scared. You make all the excuses you want. Just weird to run scared, what that the whole team that was scared and the fans or just the coach?

1,135 days. I feel your pain. I'm sure it will be closer next year.