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BUCKEYES HAVE TOUGH TASK TO MAINTAIN PASS DEFENSE STANDARDS SET BY CHRIS ASH
For Urban Meyer’s first two seasons at Ohio State, the defense wasn’t quite up to the usual standards Buckeye fans like to see out of their Silver Bullets. Big plays in the passing game, particularly on third-and-long situations, seemed to plague the team during the two years that Everett Withers teamed up with Luke Fickell to handle the defensive coordinator duties.
In Meyer’s first season, the Buckeyes ranked 78th in the country in passing defense, giving up 243.5 yards per game. As bad as that seems, it got even worse in 2013. Ohio State dropped all the way to 112th in pass defense in the second year of the Withers-Fickell partnership, allowing 268 yards per game through the air. Something needed to be done. Meyer promised to fix the defense and suddenly Withers found himself a head coaching job at James Madison.
Then along came Chris Ash.
After joining the Buckeye staff from Arkansas, Ash went to work, helping Fickell fix the communications between the different levels of the defense and installing a more aggressive mindset in his troops.
Ohio State responded.
IN 2014, THE BUCKEYES CLIMBED FROM 112TH, ALL THE WAY UP TO 29TH IN THE COUNTRY IN PASS DEFENSE, EN ROUTE TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
In 2014, the Buckeyes climbed from 112th, all the way up to 29th in the country in pass defense, en route to a national championship. Ohio State shaved their passing yards against down to 201.1 per game. Despite the fact that the team didn’t return to the College Football Playoff, the pass defense improved even more in 2015, finishing at No. 16 in the country, yielding only 184.5 yards per contest.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...ntain-pass-defense-standards-set-by-chris-ash
For Urban Meyer’s first two seasons at Ohio State, the defense wasn’t quite up to the usual standards Buckeye fans like to see out of their Silver Bullets. Big plays in the passing game, particularly on third-and-long situations, seemed to plague the team during the two years that Everett Withers teamed up with Luke Fickell to handle the defensive coordinator duties.
In Meyer’s first season, the Buckeyes ranked 78th in the country in passing defense, giving up 243.5 yards per game. As bad as that seems, it got even worse in 2013. Ohio State dropped all the way to 112th in pass defense in the second year of the Withers-Fickell partnership, allowing 268 yards per game through the air. Something needed to be done. Meyer promised to fix the defense and suddenly Withers found himself a head coaching job at James Madison.
Then along came Chris Ash.
After joining the Buckeye staff from Arkansas, Ash went to work, helping Fickell fix the communications between the different levels of the defense and installing a more aggressive mindset in his troops.
Ohio State responded.
IN 2014, THE BUCKEYES CLIMBED FROM 112TH, ALL THE WAY UP TO 29TH IN THE COUNTRY IN PASS DEFENSE, EN ROUTE TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
In 2014, the Buckeyes climbed from 112th, all the way up to 29th in the country in pass defense, en route to a national championship. Ohio State shaved their passing yards against down to 201.1 per game. Despite the fact that the team didn’t return to the College Football Playoff, the pass defense improved even more in 2015, finishing at No. 16 in the country, yielding only 184.5 yards per contest.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...ntain-pass-defense-standards-set-by-chris-ash
