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2024 tOSU Spring Practices and Game (April 13)

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FIVE THINGS: TALENT ABOUNDS EVEN AS QUESTIONS REMAIN AT QUARTERBACK AND WITHIN OFFENSIVE LINE AS SCARLET BEATS GRAY​

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QB BATTLE LOOKS FAR FROM OVER​

BIA DON'T PLAY​

RB3​

LINE DANCE​

"DON'T FORGET THE SPIN"​


Good article from Fox Sports too:

Ohio State spring game takeaways: Ryan Day's offense has a long way to go | FOX Sports

Ohio State's spring game showed that the D is in great shape. The offense, though, has a QB competition and other items yet to settle. Here are our top takeaways.
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Ohio State spring game takeaways: Ryan Day's offense has a long way to go​

 
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Howard was better than the reports seemed to make him out to be. He is good enough to make the offense function.

I feel comfortable with either Howard or Brown now. With that said, this was an exhibition. The staff wasn't going to put either QB in a position to call them into question this early.
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I thought Howard had he better day.

He started 8 of 9, took shots when he had 1 on 1 and more importantly maneuvered in the pocket.

Devin maybe had more yards but he took off running a handful of times. Devin isn’t winning games with his legs and he has a tendency to take off.

Couple this with Howard being new in the offense and by the time game 1 rolls around I think Howard will shine.
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
I thought Howard had he better day.

He started 8 of 9, took shots when he had 1 on 1 and more importantly maneuvered in the pocket.

Devin maybe had more yards but he took off running a handful of times. Devin isn’t winning games with his legs and he has a tendency to take off.

Couple this with Howard being new in the offense and by the time game 1 rolls around I think Howard will shine.
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Howard only really seemed a bit off in the redzone but besides that
 
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dragurd said:
Howard only really seemed a bit off in the redzone but besides that
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Which for me I’m not concerned with because we all know the weapon he is running the ball.

Once he’s able to utilize his legs in the red zone that’ll open everything up.

Guy had 9 rushing touchdowns last year and the fact he’s not leaning on his running ability and is the best at staying in the pocket is a really good sign
 
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I'd have to go back and watch his end zone throws again, but my thought at the time was that they were all catchable, none were way off target, and the incompletions were more about DB play rather than Howard.
 
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Snap Counts: Breaking Down How Ohio State Divided Up Playing Time at Every Position in the Spring Game

Defensive backs Aaron Scott Jr. and Jayden Bonsu played the most snaps among all Buckeyes while most of Ohio State’s starters played only three series in the spring game.
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SNAP COUNTS: BREAKING DOWN HOW OHIO STATE DIVIDED UP PLAYING TIME AT EVERY POSITION IN THE SPRING GAME​

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Ohio State ran 121 total plays from scrimmage in Saturday’s spring game. We tallied up which 22 Buckeyes were on the field for every one of them.

In a spring game that functioned as an offense vs. defense scrimmage with the offense playing as the Scarlet team and the defense operating as the Gray side, 47 different Buckeyes played snaps on offense while 41 Ohio State players saw the field on defense as just about every available player got a chance to see some action in front of more than 80,000 fans in Ohio Stadium.

Of course, the snap counts for a spring game can’t be taken at face value the same way they would for an actual game. While the best players typically play the most snaps in a game that counts, Ohio State took its established starters out of the game early in the spring game, preserving their health for the fall while giving its less experienced backups more reps.

With that in mind, you’ll find below not only the number of plays each Buckeye played on offense or defense in the spring game, but additional context on how the Buckeyes divvied up playing time at each position and analysis of what we can take away from how the

Buckeyes split up the reps at each position in the spring game.

Eleven Warriors compiled all snap counts below based on the available camera angles of each play on FOX’s broadcast of the spring game. All snap counts should be considered unofficial as they were not provided or confirmed by Ohio State.

QUARTERBACKS​

Julian Sayin: 34
Lincoln Kienholz: 26
Air Noland: 23
Will Howard: 20
Devin Brown: 15
Chad Ray: 3

Howard started the game at quarterback but was on the field for only two drives, both with the first-team offensive line and other offensive starters. Brown, Howard’s top competitor for the starting job, also played just two drives in the first half, though only one of them came with the offensive starters.

Sayin and Kienholz played the most snaps among quarterbacks as each of them saw six drives of action, though neither of them took any reps with the established offensive starters in the spring game, suggesting that they’re competing for the third spot on the depth chart as of now. Noland, who’s been at the back of the depth chart among scholarship quarterbacks in his first semester as a Buckeye, got into the game for three drives in the second half.

Ray, a walk-on in his third year with the team, got into the game for three snaps on the game’s final series.
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OFFENSIVE LINEMEN

Austin Siereveld: 52
Joshua Padilla: 50
George Fitzpatrick: 47
Deontae Armstrong: 46
Ian Moore: 46
Carson Hinzman: 45
Luke Montgomery: 44
Tegra Tshabola: 43
Zen Michalski: 41
Toby Wilson: 40
Josh Simmons: 28
Donovan Jackson: 28
Josh Fryar: 28
Enokk Vimahi: 22
Seth McLaughlin: 20
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2024 Ohio State Spring Game: Three pleasant surprises

Here are a few things that stood out from Saturday’s Spring Game.
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2024 Ohio State Spring Game: Three pleasant surprises​

Here are a few things that stood out from Saturday’s Spring Game.

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The annual Ohio State Spring Game has come and gone. Team Scarlet nipped Team Gray, 34-33, in front of a crowd of 80,012 at the Horseshoe. However, since the Spring Game isn’t really a football game these days, the score and winning side is almost immaterial — except that all wholesome, correct-thinking individuals will always root for Team Scarlet, but I digress.

As always, there were plenty of talking points, and here are three of the things that stood out to me on Saturday.

Running Back Depth​

It was interesting to see a running game emerge during the Spring Game. With many players considered “down” when touched — or even just at the threat of it happening — it’s unusual for the running backs to stand out, but that’s what happened on Saturday, as the final tally was 243 rushing yards. That’s pretty good when most players don’t have the option to break tackles and gain extra yards after contact (although some did, as it was a mixture of live action and “thud tempo”).

There was good jump in the legs of both presumed starters, TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins, but they weren’t the only ones who looked good. With Dallan Hayden moving on, I was interested in seeing what the Buckeyes have behind Henderson and Judkins, and I wasn’t disappointed.

James Peoples and Sam Williams-Dixon showed their skills, and the Buckeyes look like they’ll be OK in the depth department this season. Peoples ran for 36 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries, but he always looked threatening in an if-this-game-was-for-real-things-might-be-different kind of way. Williams-Dixon did even better, running for 75 yards and a score on 11 attempts.

Both players look like they’ll be able to help out if needed in 2024. Plus, TC Caffey looks healthy again.

It wasn’t lost on me that the quarterbacks combined for 46 of those rushing yards, and I expect we’ll see more quarterback running in 2024 than we have over the past several seasons.
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I've gotta say that I thought the coverage of the spring game was pretty great from top to bottom. Beautiful looking day in the Shoe, full stadium, and I loved the coaches weighing in like they did during the game. I could get used to that type of format moving forward. Maybe a tad theatrical, but I think that put on a nice show for recruits watching or in attendance.
 
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Agreed. I thought Day did a great job of it. He came across as knowledgeable and authentic and not the wound-up reactionary guy we saw a lot of last year. Watching and not knowing otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to tell the heat he’s going to get if the 2024 campaign doesn’t go to plan. I loved that. He seemed tactically relaxed, which is exactly what I want to see. That makes me think that he feels good about the changes that have been made and if he does, I do.
 
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