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Originally Posted by cincibuck
Next, why with three excellent and fast receivers that should be able to force DBs to go deep, can we not throw the ball over the middle to Hamby or Pittman? Is it because we have to keep the TE and the RB in to block?
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Cinci - good point on the clock management issue. It does seem to take precious seconds of game time when the Buckeyes are trying to get things going in the waning seconds of a half.
However, as far as the above is concerned -- isn't that rather like asked and answered? With a 3 WR set you would likely want your TE and RB to pass protect early. They may or may not release and go down-field, but that will be dictated by the defense you face. Against Penn State's D my feeling is that max protect had to be extended, or Troy would be flushed from the pocket early.