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2019 tOSU Offense (Official Thread)

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INSIDE THE BOX: JUSTIN FIELDS' EFFICIENCY, CHASE YOUNG IS THE BEST LINEMAN OF THE DECADE, OFFENSIVE BALANCE

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The home team has balance again.



The Buckeyes' domination on all fronts has spawned an offense that scores the second-most points per game and the tenth most yards per play.

Ohio State's ability to spread it out and not focus on a single star is already paying dividends. The offense has two players with over 200 rushing yards (Fields has 190 yards, as well), three players with 10+ catches, and 12 different Buckeyes have scored a touchdown.

Altogether, the offense has been incredibly efficient, earning them the fifth-best offensive rating in ESPN's S&P+ rankings and the second-place spot overall. Even with the weak competition, the scarlet-and-gray have taken care of business.

The Bucks will look to extend Ryan Day's win streak against a hellish enemy -- Big Ten West opponents in primetime matchups. Nebraska poses a real threat with quarterback Adrian Martinez but if Ohio State plays anything like they have in the past four weeks, it should be over in Lincoln after three quarters.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-best-lineman-of-the-decade-offensive-balance
 
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Buckeye Offense Makes It Look Easy In Blowout Win Over Nebraska

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On the old Star Trek TV series, it generally wasn’t hard to figure out which crew members from the U.S.S. Enterprise were about the meet a particularly gruesome fate.

Captain Kirk, Spock, and an anonymous security guy would head down to some strange planet. You knew there would be drama, you knew there would be danger, and you knew darn well that neither Kirk nor Spock was going to be the one who met a terrible fate.

Those security guys always wore red shirts. And that brings us to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

When Scotty Frost beamed them down for their prime time game against the Buckeyes, things went extremely and predictably wrong for the guys in red jerseys very quickly.

Ohio State’s first nine drives netted 50, 60, 90, 50, 55, 72, 16, 57, and 67 yards. The only one that finished with less than half a field gained was cut short by the end of the first half.

The Buckeyes did whatever they wanted, whenever and however they wanted.

Justin Fields went 15-for-21 for 212 yards and three touchdowns passing. He also ran for 41 yards and another score.

J.K. Dobbins had 177 yards rushing at an absurd 7.4 yards per carry.

They went 7-for-8 on third down conversions in the first half, and the only failure came at the end of a 13-play, 90-yard drive.

They did this on the road, in front of what started out as a rocking prime-time crowd, without their normal starting right tackle.

“We kind of came in hitting on all cylinders,” said OSU head coach Ryan Day after the game. “That was great to see, I thought the line did a good job, the backs ran hard, and Justin (Fields) made some really big time throws.”

There was some thought during the week that a primetime atmosphere in a hostile stadium could present a challenge for the Buckeyes’ young quarterback. Once the game kicked off, that question was answered pretty quickly.

“We had to play against a big crowd and they were loud, at the beginning at least,” said Fields. “I think we handled it well, we just came out and jumped on them early and didn’t let up.”

Entire article: https://theozone.net/2019/09/ohio-state-offense-blowout-nebraska/
 
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Bestbuck36 said:
Haha yeah completely forgot that Alabi wasn't the starter this year and we didnt even miss half a beat. This Offense is for real
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It just feels like we have such high end back ups... I mean seriously think about our units as a whole and try to think about if you'd take another schools unit over ours.
QB- No. I love Justins upside and he's very careful with the ball.
RB- No.
WR- Bama has a very talented duo and so does Clemson. We are again pretty deep here though but I can see Bama/Clemson.
TE- hell no. We go 4 deep.
OL- No. We go 8-10 deep with very talented players.
DL- Not even close. No.
LB- we again have 5 legit high end producers
Secondary- Not even close there is no one.

This is a special team. That doesn't mean we are unbeatable but it does mean it's going to be extremely hard to knock us off.
 
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https://www.espn.com/college-footba...rd-breaking-hard-believe-stats-wild-september

The 2018 season is remembered primarily for chalk. Alabama and Clemson appeared head and shoulders ahead of everyone else for most of the season, and the other two College Football Playoff participants (Oklahoma and Notre Dame) were barely tested over the second half of the season.

If anything, this season has begun in even chalkier fashion. Alabama has won its first four games by an average of 37 points per game (down slightly from last season's 41.2), and while Clemson had to make a late two-point stop to survive North Carolina in Week 5, the Tigers saw two close calls last season before finding fifth gear.

They have company this season, though. For one thing, Ohio State looks like nuclear-grade Ohio State at the moment. The Buckeyes have not only won their first five games by an average of 43.8 points -- their plus-219 scoring margin through five games is their largest in the AP poll era (and they've had more than a few great teams in that span) -- but they've done so against a schedule that featured three SP+ top-40 teams (No. 29 Indiana, No. 38 Cincinnati and No. 39 Nebraska, whom they destroyed by a combined 141-17).
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BUCKEYES SPREAD THE WEALTH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MISMATCHES
For the second year in a row, Ohio State is throwing all over opponents.

The offense rarely relies on a single receiving threat, opting instead to spread it around based on the matchups they face. So far, this strategy has been run to perfection; in five games this year, three players have already surpassed the 200-yard mark and five players have multiple touchdown catches.

To further illustrate this point, let's take a look at the target share of some key receivers. A receiver's target share depicts how the rate at which he is the intended receiver. For example, a target share of 10% means that that player is targeted on 10% of all pass attempts.

Now, let's look at the home team. Ohio State's top five pass-catchers this year have been Chris Olave, Binjimen Victor, K.J. Hill, Austin Mack, and Garrett Wilson. Has Justin Fields been relying on a single target?

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Well, not really. Hill and Olave each have a target share of about 17% while Victor third with a target share of around 13%. Even though these five receivers have been the Buckeyes' top pass catchers this year, their combined target share is just 67%, meaning a third of passes goes to someone not in this group (most likely a tight end, J.K. Dobbins, etc).

Target share is a great metric, but it gets more interesting when you contextualize it with other statistics. For example, Garrett Wilson has a target share of just 8.2%, but scores on 27% of his targets. This likely means that the coaching staff is mostly using him in the red zone and trusts him to run fades in the end zone, like this:



Now, let's take a look at Binjimen Victor: he has a target share of 13.4% and averages nearly 15 yards per target, telling us that he is mostly utilized for big, explosive plays.

Overall, these metrics can help us put each receiver into a different archetype. K.J. Hill (17% target share, 87% catch rate, 9.5 yards per target) is a reliable receiver that specializes in short-to-intermediate routes. Chris Olave (17% target share, 16.25 yards per catch) is incredible at creating space and running after the catch.

These numbers and archetypes bring us back to the original point: the coaching staff looks for different matchups that they can take advantage of and Day can consistently put receivers in a position to succeed. Fields is rarely asked to make throws into tight windows as the coaching staff and receivers have been able to find combinations that help the pass catchers get open.

Ohio State's offensive scheme has simplified the quarterback's job, gets the ball to athletes in space, and puts every player in the best position to succeed. The
 
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sammyjenkis said:
I don't think there's much to the saying that they are making adjustments in the second quarter. I think the team is a little tight and a little slow as the games open. Then the players settle down and blow out the other team, and everyone relaxes as backups get work.
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Yeah.

To continue the season long boxing analogies, Day and his staff seem to be counter punchers of the highest order.

It's impressive
 
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I LOVE the in-game adjustments on both offense and defense. This staff and team know that they’ve got all kinds of weapons and tactics and seem very comfortable with them. Day is constantly assessing what’s working and what’s not and attacks where there are weaknesses. In the past, we’ve seemed to go into a funk when our plans didn’t work and sometimes we fixed it at halftime. This is better.
 
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