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10-11-2005, 04:46 PM
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"...how are we going to protect when it comes to the run game, everyone's involved, because the quarterback has to decide what run we need to get out of if we've made a poor selection from the sideline."
There in lies the problem. I could tell from the way Troy runs the offense that most off the horrible plays we run when he stands back there and either gets sacked or spins then gets a gain of two on third and 10 weren't plays from the sideline. The guy is calling his own plays from the line of scrimmage. And I think we all agree he is not a very good offensive coordinator. Tressel knows what plays to run. Smith is the problem.
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10-11-2005, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Buckeyeskickbuttocks
I think you're probably right.... One thing that bugs me about CFB today is you get the lable of "Great Game" when the score is 42 - 38... to me, that's not a "Great Game" but, as I've said before, I'm more in to a crushing D. I think most people, as you indicate, are all about Big Offensive Numbers.
On the other hand, I see no reason why we can't have an awesome D (our current one) and a high powered O too. I'm the kind of fan that would still sit through each minute of a 84 - 0 ass whoppin, and I'd love every minute of it.
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Yeah, and you know, talent like we have on D, top-to-bottom, doesn't come along too often as a group. The thing that [censored]es me off about the philosophy I was talking about earlier is that despite that, instead of enjoying our defensive dominance, there are plenty of "fans" who would rather we have NW/Wisconsin games all the time...which I personally can't stand.
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10-11-2005, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BuckinMichigan
I never thought I would come away with the impression that Tressel was not willing to do a little self-assessing. I'm sure I was reading too much into it, but this time I felt he wasn't really open to a little introspection.
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You honestly think you could tell how much introspection a guy called Senator been doing from the transcript of a presser? I agree you were reading too much into it. |
10-11-2005, 04:50 PM
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Something I'm having a problem with understanding is why sometimes 2 wideouts are lined up in the back-field, which starts them off 5 yards away from the line of scrimmage. To me, this seems like they either take too long to get out into the open field, or are running just short hitch or out routes.
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10-11-2005, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Buckeyeskickbuttocks
On the other hand, I see no reason why we can't have an awesome D (our current one) and a high powered O too. I'm the kind of fan that would still sit through each minute of a 84 - 0 ass whoppin, and I'd love every minute of it.
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I could not possibly agree with a single post more. After the 2002 season was over, I'd watch my game DVDs during the off-season to tide me over to the next season. The three games I watched the most (in fact, almost exclusively) were the Kent State, San Jose State, and Indiana games...games we won 51-17, 50-7, and 45-17 respecively (don't have a copy of the Texas Tech game). I never got tired of watching us beat the [censored] out of the opposition.
Our offense and defense have absoluely nothing to do with each other, so there is no reason why we can't have both...those who think having both a punishing defense and an explosive offense is expecting too much should just look at USC.
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10-11-2005, 05:10 PM
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mili I agree, but I'm guessing you're referring to last year's USC team, cuz this year ain't that great on D.
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"...how are we going to protect when it comes to the run game, everyone's involved, because the quarterback has to decide what run we need to get out of if we've made a poor selection from the sideline."
There in lies the problem. I could tell from the way Troy runs the offense that most off the horrible plays we run when he stands back there and either gets sacked or spins then gets a gain of two on third and 10 weren't plays from the sideline. The guy is calling his own plays from the line of scrimmage. And I think we all agree he is not a very good offensive coordinator. Tressel knows what plays to run. Smith is the problem.
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um, first of all, the quote you used involves tressel not knowing what play to run, or at least making a mistake. second, Tressel & Bollman's extremely slow delivery of playcalls results in very little time to audible, which is probably why TS had to call a TO on that last drive. third, I'm glad you're able to tell that Troy is calling all of his own plays, and that the bad plays prove when Troy is making a call. I'm not even sure I understood taht second sentence, but you're stretching a bit man. I'm not defending smith's ability to read defenses, cuz that is lacking, but I have no idea how you watch a bad play and know it was TS' fault for checking off at the line.
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