Characterizing the OSU offense

[zincfinger]

Descriptions of the "style" of offense used by OSU recently (probably starting with late 2004) as being a "spread offense", a "read-option offense", "not a pro style offense", abound. Do you agree? What style of offense would you characterize OSU as using?

[NFBuck]

"multiple".

[Yertle]

"Scary"

[ytownbuckeye]

All day strong All day long

[Tresselbeliever]

erratic, opportunistic, steady, close to the vest, wide open, all the above.

Erratic in that there are one or two games each season when our protection isn't very good and the QB has to scramble 15 times for 30 yards and we end up losing by less than a td; opportunistic in that we play to the individual strengths of our key players and the collective weakness of our opponents; steady because our opponents know full well what they need to do to stop us offensively, yet most of the time they can't; close to the vest, but only when we have a sizeable lead; wide open meaning Tressel trusts Troy's ability to create, it's up to Troy to not cough it up as often as he did.

[DaddyBigBucks]

Here's a question:

Is this the most complex the OSU offense has EVER been, this early in the season?

IMHO, it's the most complex I've seen (at least this early). I've been watching since '68.

[BB73]

Originally Posted by DaddyBigBucks

Here's a question:

Is this the most complex the OSU offense has EVER been, this early in the season?

IMHO, it's the most complex I've seen (at least this early). I've been watching since '68.

I'm not sure, but I was very impressed at the number of formations the team just used in the second game of the season.

[sandgk]

DaddyBigBucks, the word I would use is coherent, as in:
This is the most coherent Buckeye Offense I have seen this early in the season.

[lvbuckeye]

Originally Posted by BB73

I'm not sure, but I was very impressed at the number of formations the team just used in the second game of the season.

it IS pretty amazing, and i think it goes back to Troy Smith, in two ways: 1) his grasp of the offense is VERY good, and 2) he had the whole team practicing 11 on 11 drills this summer instead of the usual 7 on 7... this builds a lot of continuity into the unit...

[fourteenandoh]

everyones knowledge of the system is unbelievable. in addition, all of the shifting we do keeps the defense off balance. like everyone else has said, you can take an offense as far as your quarterback can go. troy is taking it pretty damn far!

[buckeye247]

Amazing, but ive said it once and i will say it again. Next year we will go back to more a of smash mouth system similar to 2002.

[Scans]

Originally Posted by buckeye247

Amazing, but ive said it once and i will say it again. Next year we will go back to more a of smash mouth system similar to 2002.

That most likely will be the case since troy wont be here anymore. And Beanie will have a bigger role next year also.

[rocketman]

I was impressed with how often against Texas they'd use a lot of movement to confuse the defense and get a mismatch. I'm far from a football guru but I thought they ran a lot of read-option type plays or whatever its called with the QB faking or handing off to the RB when he runs up real close ahead of him. Also, Mo Wells is getting involved a lot more so far this season in those situations. He'll line up in the slot and get open in the middle of the field.

[Bleed S & G]

evolving

[BuckTwenty]

Avant-garde, one-of-a-kind, TresselBall 2.0, A-mazing, National Championship caliber