haolebuck, after your diligence in watching that game in such detail... i felt obligated to read your entire post
. i agree with you about the offense. i think it was probably the best offensive showing we have had all year. id still like to see the play calling come from someone other than tressel upstairs in the booth. personally i think this lends to quicker and more accurate adjustments to defensive schemes.
same holds true with snyder. we didn't adapt to anything NW was doing. i know we have a weak secondary. but no matter how weak/young you are at positions you have to adjust and take chances if the opposing team is moving the ball at will. our defensive scheme seemed to be "winning isn't necissary, just don't loose". that puts all the pressure to win the game on the offense. they aren't that good yet. personally i wouldn't have been upset in the least if one of our corners got burned while playing tight man. id accept a loss like that just like i accepted when gamble got burned for a td that lost us the game. he bit on a good fake and got beat. that happens when you play young inexperienced guys and take chances. but to play it safe the entire game and get beat... that i don't like at all. as a coach your job is to put your guys in a position to win and let them make the most of it. i don't think we did that in the least.
i really like zwick as a qb. he reminds me a lot of germaine (i never cared much for hoying). i think he has the tools to be the best qb to come out of
OSU in a long time. which to me says alot because i thought pretty highly of germaine.