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10-14-2005, 02:43 PM
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if I don't take us down the field, bench me
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whoops, didn't mean to knock your good post to another page. bump for the rest of it.
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Originally Posted by BrutusBobcat
You know, I'd be happy with a non-explosive offense. If this team really DID have Tressel's "mistake-free and opportunistic" approach, I'd be okay with that. Pull your big plays to Ginn and Holmes right after an opponent's turnover, be disciplined and don't commit stupid penalties and don't turn the ball over, and he could run the Iso 40 times a game and I'd be cool with it. I really don't mind a team that wins every week 27-10, even if the score should be higher.
What I *DO* mind is an offense that gives the game away to the other team when the defense has played it's guts out. Our offense LOST the Penn State game. It didn't just "fail to win"...it LOST. Our defense won their battle.
We really don't need some kind of "North Coast Offense"...it won't work in the lousy B10 weather come November anyway. Just give me a big, bruising tailback, an offensive line that gets low, makes it's push and creates holes, a fullback who knows how to lay a hit, and let's go burn some clock and chew up yards. On the days that the QB can't read "See Spot Run", that will get you through. I just don't think that you can get the ball to the WR playmakers if the other team doesn't respect your running game. And for the love of all that is good and decent in this world, can we run a solid playaction?
I really don't think Ohio State needs fancy football. I don't think we need spread options, fun 'n gun, or Texas Tech's playbook. What we do need is sound offense played well, and I don't think we've seen that much.
I have no problem with Tressel's stated goals of balance, execution, being mistake-free, etc. The problem is that it's been missing for two seasons. Instead what we have is a volatile offense that either explodes (scUM, Ok State, Iowa) or blows up in your face (PSU, SDSU).
That probably puts me in the minority. It seems every poster on here has used the phrase "half a hundred" within the past month, or mentioned Rice. I seriously don't care about 70 point blowouts against Nobody State. If you want that, there's plenty of unused Red Raider merchandise on Ebay for you. However, when we can't execute at all against top notch defenses like Texas and Penn State, specifically by turning the ball over and by not gaining yards on the ground, controlling the clock and keeping the D off the field, we have issues.
It's not about scoring, unfortunately. It goes deeper than that, and we're going to be in trouble every time we face an excellent defense. (Iowa's defense was not great, btw. Iowa has some good individual players on a decidedly sub-par overall unit.) Thank goodness that the rest of the slate doesn't contain any.
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Is this from the yuppies in the UP, or do I need to travel further north to the CFL to find this sort of thing? 
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10-14-2005, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by sandgk
I am not overly concerned if our staple is 5-10 yd initial catches, its the YAC that really counts.
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This is something that has surprised me. We have tremendous recievers with great speed, but our YAC this year hasn't been too good. Again, scheme or individual responsibilty?
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10-14-2005, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Bucknut319
This is something that has surprised me. We have tremendous recievers with great speed, but our YAC this year hasn't been too good. Again, scheme or individual responsibilty?
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Guess?? As Troy should be going to these receivers in order it may have to with him not always taking the time to find the open receiver? (Instead taking of and running).
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10-14-2005, 04:44 PM
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Explosive we're not . Ithought we were going to be. I'd gladly take the Woody offense. Take the ball and ram it down your throat and make you like it. That's the way the D plays. Be physical don't rely on execution rely on the physical talents of the line and backs. The so-called schemes our OL line uses are ineffective if not run perfectly. One missed assignment blows the whole play up. Challenge the line to take them on man on man.I am thinking the line may like that. No drop- steps. get off the ball and hit someone.Obiviously it can't get much worse. Then the pass should open up.
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10-14-2005, 05:00 PM
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do I need to travel further north to the CFL to find this sort of thing? |
Hmmm...their weather is even worse than ours...think there's room to widen the field and extend the endzones a little? Maybe getting the B10 to go to a CFL field and three downs would solve our problems?
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10-14-2005, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by BrutusBobcat
Hmmm...their weather is even worse than ours...think there's room to widen the field and extend the endzones a little? Maybe getting the B10 to go to a CFL field and three downs would solve our problems? |
well, considering how many times our first down runs get us a second and long, i'd say we already have the three down O...
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10-14-2005, 06:55 PM
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