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09-19-2005, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Faust
2002: 51, 50, 45, 45, 34 (Averaged 29 pts per game on the year)
One could definitely make the case that Tressel teams usually win with superior defense, outstanding special teams, and a just good enough offense. A friend of mine called during the game and started railing about "that lughead Jim Bollman". But let's wait and see what the Buckeye offense does the next two games before getting too excited one way or the other.
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Keep in mind that during those playoff years for YSU, they were facing not only at least one I-A team every year, but also four of the very best teams in I-AA during the playoffs (not counting any other good teams during the regular season). For example, in 1997, they failed to score 25+ points in only three games out of 15...the 2002 Buckeyes failed six times out of 14 (not counting OTs).
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09-19-2005, 07:17 PM
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Tress , himself has said, "we should be explosive" . He has to be some what frustrated by the lack of production.
Do you think he knows something we don't? {sarcasm font}
It's a work in progress. This is the way his teams develop.
"Some times, the hardest thing in the world, is to be patient."
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09-19-2005, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by cincibuck
...but the Rose Bowl win against ASU should have given him an NC. It was the fact that they lost to MSU late instead of early...
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The Rose Bowl win against ASU came the year before the loss to MSU. But I agree with your theme, as I think does any Buckeye fan, that if the '98 team (who beat A&M in the Sugar Bowl) had gotten their crack against Tennessee, they would have smacked 'em. |
09-19-2005, 08:36 PM
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The Rose Bowl win against ASU came the year before the loss to MSU. But I agree with your theme, as I think does any Buckeye fan, that if the '98 team (who beat A&M in the Sugar Bowl) had gotten their crack against Tennessee, they would have smacked 'em.
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That was definitely the best offensive team I can remember for awhile...that would have been fun to watch
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09-19-2005, 09:24 PM
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IMHO, many of you are reaping what you sow with the annual high hopes of a USC-like offense.
People screamed for him to spread the field...it is spread.
People screamed to let the playmakers get the ball...they have had their opportunities thus far and have not delivered.
People wanted the stretch play...you got it.
The fact is, Jim Tressel is paid to win football games. He has a proven formula of success that has garnered him more rings than any of us will ever possess unless we open a pawn shop. Sure, we can complain, we can wish, we can hold our breath until we turn all sorts of funky colors, but when the final call comes down, when the buck has nobody else to pass on to, it is Jim Tressel who makes that final judgment.
He can spin it however he wants...5 wide, Polecat, Pro-I, but there will minimum risk involved by the players involved.
That is Jim Tressel.
In the past few seasons, USC has been known for their offense...but what about that defense? Who else shut down Oklahoma the way the Trojans did last year? It was a demoralizing beat down in every aspect.
The offense is the sweet icing that everyone loves...but the defense is the cake that makes it whole.
I'd love to see PS2-like big plays every game, but it is not going to happen. Could it? Sure...but not when JT is thinking 3 games ahead.
tOSU, with its "vanilla" playcalling, had multiple opportunities to put UT to sleep...but did not do so.
If Hamby catches that ball, if AY funnelled his man inside in cover 2 and Salley was a step quicker, if Huston hits the FG, if the KO safety was executed....this discussion does not take place.
Just my thoughts guys. Don't look for greener pastures...you might not like what you get in the long run.
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09-19-2005, 09:36 PM
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Tressel should not have put himself in a position-recruiting wise-where he does not have one true power back on the roster. MoC or not-he should have kept the pipeline filled. In the last 3 recruiting classes, we have not signing one power type back-perhaps, in this case, Tressel should have swallowed his pride and recruited a less hyped grinder to use as a situational back, like Joe. You can't expect to have a back like MoC every year, but you should expect to have a back like Brandon Joe every year at OSU.
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09-19-2005, 10:26 PM
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