Ohio State Football 2024

Omar said:
I’m learning towards Penn St in this game, especially being at Penn St.
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Penn St has been within a few plays of beating Ohio St most of games the last 9 years - but came up short every time. In 2016 they blocked 2 kicks to win that game. At some point, odds are they will make the few plays they need.

But being doubted, criticized, and disrespected is where I want the Bucks to be. Pile it on. Hopefully they will play like their backs are against the wall - because their backs are against the wall.

Pribula was good against Wisky, but I wouldn't expect him to run too much this Sat because, quick, who is the 3rd string QB at Penn St? He runs and what I call QB that runs in the B1G is "day to day" or "out indefinitely". Everyone loves the backup, but there is a reason Allar is the starter. It will be interesting to see how all of that plays out.

As an aside, I love #44 Warren for Penn St. He is a football player's football player. I will enjoy watching him play while praying he doesnt make the difference for them.
 
IVCguy said:
Penn St has been within a few plays of beating Ohio St most of games the last 9 years - but came up short every time. In 2016 they blocked 2 kicks to win that game. At some point, odds are they will make the few plays they need.

But being doubted, criticized, and disrespected is where I want the Bucks to be. Pile it on. Hopefully they will play like their backs are against the wall - because their backs are against the wall.

Pribula was good against Wisky, but I wouldn't expect him to run too much this Sat because, quick, who is the 3rd string QB at Penn St? He runs and what I call QB that runs in the B1G is "day to day" or "out indefinitely". Everyone loves the backup, but there is a reason Allar is the starter. It will be interesting to see how all of that plays out.

As an aside, I love #44 Warren for Penn St. He is a football player's football player. I will enjoy watching him play while praying he doesnt make the difference for them.
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Counter point to everyone loving the backup, Marcel Reed at Texas A&M. If you're Penn St, you can't hold Pribulla's talent back for fear of injury.
 
Its pretty simple..If Ohio State fixes ,changes etc their Oline issues and the O line plays decent this Saturday ,they beat PSU by 14-21 points , if the O line is still a mess , flip a coin
 
kdiamond said:
Its pretty simple..If Ohio State fixes ,changes etc their Oline issues and the O line plays decent this Saturday ,they beat PSU by 14-21 points , if the O line is still a mess , flip a coin
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Thank you. People that didn't play football don't realize how bad it is to move your LG to LT in game and put the backup in. It's why we couldn't get yardage with counters, on the fly against a good D we had a whole side of the line we had to cobble it together. Losing Simmons was pretty brutal against Oregon, I just hope we can stop the bleeding here. Folks can hate on coaches and players all they want, a banged up O-Line is a tough one to overcome
 
If Ohio St runs for 60 yards, they will lose Sat.

So one of two things has to happen:

1) In one week, Chip schemes up ways to run the ball despite all of the questions and flaws in the OL. Looking at who they have, I'm not sure there is one true tackle in the bunch and you kinda need two. I saw him succeed at running the ball with a barely serviceable OL at UCLA. He had mostly 3 star O linemen and he found a way by hook or crook. He needs to cook something up.

2) If he knows he has no hooks or crooks that will be ready by Sat, the Ohio St offense will have to pass to run. If you aren't throwing picks and are moving the ball in the air, you force the defense to adjust to stop that, and generally that allows you to run against more favorable numbers . Those running backs just need a lane and explosive plays can happen.

FWIW
 
smurfyeah19 said:
a banged up O-Line is a tough one to overcome
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An easy fix. Move the tackles out wide with tight ends beside them.
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Stirred not Shaken said:
Yeah cost OSU 30 yds. in the Neb. game and control of the football. BIG going to change that, freaking zebras.

Edit: Have replay and the zebras still can't get it right. You don't call targeting less it is real obvious too big of a penalty to F up.
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He can't play the first half of this coming game because he has to be punished for playing football last week.

Something has to change with that rule. It's just way too punitive. If a guy is out there head-hunting, suspend him for 3 games, but when there is no intent, the "victim" causes the contact by changing his body position, or the contact to the head is incidental - the rules need to accommodate that.

The intent of the rule is good - they wanted to take the head-hunting and the intended KOs out of the game. But when the rule bleeds over into punishing hard hits to the chest or back to dislodge the ball, we are limiting one of the essential elements of football.
 
IVCguy said:
He can't play the first half of this coming game because he has to be punished for playing football last week.

Something has to change with that rule. It's just way too punitive. If a guy is out there head-hunting, suspend him for 3 games, but when there is no intent, the "victim" causes the contact by changing his body position, or the contact to the head is incidental - the rules need to accommodate that.

The intent of the rule is good - they wanted to take the head-hunting and the intended KOs out of the game. But when the rule bleeds over into punishing hard hits to the chest or back to dislodge the ball, we are limiting one of the essential elements of football.
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The Big 10 reversed this. That crew really messed up this call
 
smurfyeah19 said:
The Big 10 reversed this. That crew really messed up this call
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No kidding!

I read an article today that talked about how the B1G admitted that the officials screwed up the spotting of the ball that denied Nebraska a first down and it mentioned the Reese targeting call as controversial, but no mention that they over-ruled it.

Good for them for setting that right. But c'mon refs. You have replay with 15 angles, slo-mo, and hi-def. Use common sense and the evidence in front of you and make the correct decision by the criteria laid out in the rule. It's ridiculous.
 
IVCguy said:
He can't play the first half of this coming game because he has to be punished for playing football last week.

Something has to change with that rule. It's just way too punitive. If a guy is out there head-hunting, suspend him for 3 games, but when there is no intent, the "victim" causes the contact by changing his body position, or the contact to the head is incidental - the rules need to accommodate that.

The intent of the rule is good - they wanted to take the head-hunting and the intended KOs out of the game. But when the rule bleeds over into punishing hard hits to the chest or back to dislodge the ball, we are limiting one of the essential elements of football.
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Jack Tatum would get flagged for targeting getting off the bus.
 
Leadership, emotion, the indescribable "It" factor, or lack thereof?

Today's Eleven Warriors Skull Session feature has a summation of rather scathing comments by Zach Boren on his observation of the state of OSU football in the wake of the Oregon and Nebraska games:

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Skull Session: Zach Boren Says Ohio State “Shows Zero Emotion” and “Shows Zero Fight” in Games, James Franklin Reveals Drew Allar Will Be a Game-Time Decision on Saturday

Zach Boren says Ohio State “shows zero emotion” and “shows zero fight” in games and James Franklin reveals Drew Allar will be a game-time decision on Saturday.
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Given the general acknowledgement of Ohio States talent level, is Boren correct in saying the Buckeyes lackluster performance is because of this:

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Spille said:
Love the hit he put on Campbell, and Earl just shrugged it off and stumbled into the endzone.
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Earl didn’t just shrug it off. He said he was separated from his senses and a wave of pain went down his spine, and he just stumbled backwards into the end zone. Tatum was brutal. That hit probably would have killed any RB that was not Earl.
 
I agree with a lot of this. I didn’t play line, so I don’t know a lot about it. That said, the replacement LT was not athletic enough to do the job. He lacked the foot skills and quickness to stay anywhere near his opponent. He has been in the program for 4 years. We had 2 weeks to prepare. These coaches are being paid far too much money to put that guy on the field and produce those results. I have faith C Kelly will figure it out. But we got 1 OL from the portal last year? Seems we failed there.
 
McMurphy said:
These bigger games, I don't understand the noon kickoffs. These games should be in primetime at night
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The funniest part is, there won’t be anything on FOX this Saturday night except in the highly unlikely event the World Series gets to Game 7.

(And before others chime in, yes I’m aware there are agreements/restrictions between FOX, CBS and NBC about Big Ten exclusivity windows and a round-robin game picking order. It’s still dumb that this arrangement leads to a clear night game being on at noon. Especially on a rare night when the SEC doesn’t have a true marquee game to compete with.)
 
AEW Champion said:
The funniest part is, there won’t be anything on FOX this Saturday night except in the highly unlikely event the World Series gets to Game 7.

(And before others chime in, yes I’m aware there are agreements/restrictions between FOX, CBS and NBC about Big Ten exclusivity windows and a round-robin game picking order. It’s still dumb that this arrangement leads to a clear night game being on at noon. Especially on a rare night when the SEC doesn’t have a true marquee game to compete with.)
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Some of us have social lives and love big games at noon and 3:30 so that we can do other things on Saturday night. 🤷‍♂️
 
cjb5656 said:
Earl didn’t just shrug it off. He said he was separated from his senses and a wave of pain went down his spine, and he just stumbled backwards into the end zone. Tatum was brutal. That hit probably would have killed any RB that was not Earl.
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Tatum was an assassin. He didn't hit anybody and they stayed on their feet. Earl was just different.
 
wolves82 said:
Some of us have social lives and love big games at noon and 3:30 so that we can do other things on Saturday night. 🤷‍♂️
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Yes, but it is well documented the recruits preference for night games. Urban was big for pushing for as many night games as he could get.
 
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