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Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye
I still think the QB play of Smith was the genesis of the turnaround. Once the offense got better and reduced the three-and-outs, it allowed the defense to be better rested and thus become more aggressive. Once the defense got stronger and reduced opposing offense's drives, we got better field position and could score more or put the opposition in worse field position when we didn't score. This in turn let the defense be even more aggressive...the offense and defense fed off each other. This synergism was the result of Smith coming in.
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Funny thing is I could say the same thing about TG. The Indiana game is the first game her really played well. Do you remember the deflected pass that TG caught where he made the entire Indiana team look silly. I believe TG also had a punt return for a TD.
I think one stat that JaxBuck missed was special teams scoring. TG was a huge weapon as a punt returner. Even though
OSU wouldn't punt to TG last night we got great field position because they were afraid of him. I believe the difference in offense was TG, not TS. I also believe that our O-line really started to come around towards the end (didn't Peterson take over the O-line?).