Ohio State 23, Purdue 7 (final)

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

Well, we played the really vanilla offense for about 90% of the game and still had nearly 500 yards.

[Jaxbuck]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

Yeah, and we should've been able to do that against the nation's worst defense last night but didn't.

I think it will help us to get a "good enough but no where near great" performance from the offense last night.

Still plenty of coaching up to be done and the kids knowing it is neccessary. Minny was a team we could beat with a somewhat off night offensively. Now hopefully that opens the door for a crisper performance vs a Purdue team for which, we will probably need it.

[bukIpower]

31-19 Bucks...

I think Purdue will initially be fired up, and that offense can give us big time problems with the short passes. Once they get into the redzone though It'll be a different story. I think they get 4 field goals and a TD (late). I think it'll be 31-12 bucks with about 2 minutes to play.

The thing that was a big surprise watching the ND/Purdue game was that ND was able to really do a number on Purdue's Run game. So It really depends for me how our defense plays their pass. Do we press or do we play a zone and not get beat deep? If we pressed and blitzed them I'd like us 31-6 but if we play zone (and you know we will) I think it'll look rather close to the rest of the country.

I doubt we get Saine back, but man do we miss him or what? Not to knock on Mo Wells but he just can't break tackles very well. I would feel much better with a running back other than Mo when we have to get Beanie a rest. When Beanie runs though, it just seems like the push the drive from the line is better. Beanie's going to be crucial in this game this week, but more importantly Todd Boeckman's decision making is going to be even more important. If he can go 17-25 for 200 and NO PICKS then we'll be just fine I think.

[Dryden]

Originally Posted by bukIpower

The thing that was a big surprise watching the ND/Purdue game was that ND was able to really do a number on Purdue's Run game. So It really depends for me how our defense plays their pass. Do we press or do we play a zone and not get beat deep? If we pressed and blitzed them I'd like us 31-6 but if we play zone (and you know we will) I think it'll look rather close to the rest of the country.

I would expect to see a lot of nickel/zone this week -- eliminate the run and keep everything else in front. Purdue will move the ball. The key is to give up 3 and not 7.

[notfadeaway]

I agree...close early but buckeyes pull away 35-14

[Bucknut24]

does anybody know what the coverage map looks like?? I live in florida, and if i get the ucla/notre dame game, i am gonna be very [censored]ed, and gonna send abc a not so friendly letter.

You have 2 ranked teams going at it.....and i might get the game where neither team is ranked, and one of them hasen't won a game yet. Why would most people care about watching that game.

[TGfan06]

Originally Posted by Bucknut24

does anybody know what the coverage map looks like?? I live in florida, and if i get the ucla/notre dame game, i am gonna be very [censored]ed, and gonna send abc a not so friendly letter.

I believe musberger said people in california and south bend are the only ones getting ND-UCLA. So you should be ok!

[BuckeyeNation27]

Originally Posted by heisman

I know it's been discussed in the BTN thread, but it needs to be said in this thread as a reminder. This is an ABC regional telecast, so if you live outside the state of Ohio and you want to watch the game, you will probably have to purchase ESPN Gameplan to watch it.

That's a bit of a stretch.

[Bucknut24]

yep, i just looked at the channel guide for next saturday, and i get the ucla/notre dame game. Freaking Ridiculous.