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All the ref bitching aside, the game was won by Venables.
-500+ yards and only 23 points
-3 red zone FG’s
-2 chances to ice/win the game with the ball in our offense’s hands in the 4th quarter.
Take your pick and tip your cap I guess.
-500+ yards and only 23 points
-3 red zone FG’s
-2 chances to ice/win the game with the ball in our offense’s hands in the 4th quarter.
Take your pick and tip your cap I guess.
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OhioState001
Tressel Loyalist
Was it? I mean JK dropped two TDs. Drove right down the field with ease at the end, Olave just broke off his route at the wrong time.
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Jagdaddy
Head Coach
Or by Day getting a bit too cute and giving Venables too much respect. 1st and goal from the five and you don't try JK? Sorry, that's losing football. All WRs 15 yards downfield on third and medium on repeated occasions when the quick outs were there all day? That's losing football. To be the man, you've got to beat the man, and for all his talk of aggression, Day didn't have enough confidence in his offensive dudes (which is why, for example you go after a punt when you don't need to).
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they were confusing Fields and the receivers all game at key moments. I chalk the Olave miscue to that.
at the end of the day you can always say a play was the offense guy making a mistake or the defense doing something.
Bottom line was a season low 23 points.
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1926Buckeyes
Head Coach
Day got a bit cute, but IMO it's more on execution. He definitely should've run more in the RZ in the first half, but you need to hit those called screens and dump offs. Those guys fought like hell but sometimes it just isn't there.
Honestly, reflecting back, with Fields only moderately healthier than against Wisconsin and Dobbins then hurting his ankle, that's a hard game to win. Thats the bitter truth. You have to deal with injuries, but that restricts calls. That's why Day got 'cute'.
I think it's all growing pains for Fields. Day doesn't trust him on the middle of field and intermediate passing game. That's why his legs were going to be such a big part of the gameplan in big games. PSU showed that, but he got hurt. Hope he gets healthy and improves his passing so that's different next year.
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Jagdaddy
Head Coach
True. As I've posted elsewhere, the ultimate Achilles heel of the team all season was Fields not being in complete command of the offense and his reads. That's why I'm somewhat ticked at Day for not just continuing to have him take the quick outs that were there all night instead of expecting him to be Haskins. Just a function of being green, not his fault, and something that I expect to be gone next year if he and Day are who we think they are, but this was the match up where, in combination with a sporadic lack of mental toughness from both the staff and players and a froggy replay official, it was enough to be fatal.
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Onebuckfan
classof76
That last pass was not the JF we saw all year.,he avoided those throws all year.,dump it off .,but I admit I thought he needed to throw more aggressive and trust his receivers. JF Olave and I are left shaking our heads.
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
Offense has to put up more than 23 points at this level. Of the 17 CFP games (12 semifinals, 5 titles), the lowest winning score is 24 points twice (Alabama 24-7 vs. Washington, Alabama 24-6 vs. Clemson). Otherwise, teams are putting up 30-40 points to win.
With how the offense looked, and it was JK’s game to own until the injury, I was expecting more.
Those early red zone trips will eat me alive.
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Systems_id
Head Coach
Only problem I had with the play calling last night was I wanted to see them run right at Clemson a couple of times when they were in the red zone. Thought Day called a magnificent game otherwise.
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billmac91
Head Coach
I thought Fields should’ve kept the ball several times when operating the outside zone stretch play with Dobbins.
It was odd....through 3.5 quarters, the only time Fields kept on zone read was when Teague came in for Dobbins when they were giving Dobbins a rest (prior to ankle injury).
I didn’t like that. It was clear that was the plan...that when Teague is in, Fields keeps, IMO. It was pre-determined.
I’m the same series Dobbins was overturned on the catch, if Field keeps the ball on second down on zone read, he doesn’t get touched walking into endzone.
It was an odd game though. Fields was the pocket QB last night while Lawrence was the bruising, running QB. Not what most would’ve predicted.
It was odd....through 3.5 quarters, the only time Fields kept on zone read was when Teague came in for Dobbins when they were giving Dobbins a rest (prior to ankle injury).
I didn’t like that. It was clear that was the plan...that when Teague is in, Fields keeps, IMO. It was pre-determined.
I’m the same series Dobbins was overturned on the catch, if Field keeps the ball on second down on zone read, he doesn’t get touched walking into endzone.
It was an odd game though. Fields was the pocket QB last night while Lawrence was the bruising, running QB. Not what most would’ve predicted.
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Hstead
Legend
Day ran JK on second downs in the red zone. He couldn't have made better play calls on the screen and the other pass to JK that was overturned. Those were things of beauty but we didn't complete the damn play. Day owned Venables last night IMHO. Not to mention our surest handed WR KJ Hill let one bounce off his facemask.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
J.K. DOBBINS (JR. RB)
2019 PREDICTION: 1,300 RUSHING YARDS, 6.1 YARDS PER CARRY, 150 RECEIVING YARDS, 15 TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS
2019 STATS: 2,003 RUSHING YARDS, 6.7 YARDS PER CARRY, 247 RECEIVING YARDS, 23 TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS
Coming into the season, I was not sure how effective J.K. Dobbins would be in a Ryan Day offense. That, combined with his declining production in 2018, was enough cause for me to be overly-pessimistic on the Texas native.
Instead, Dobbins would churn out one of the best rushing seasons in Ohio State's illustrious history. His 2,003 rushing yards this past year is the best single-season mark in program history as he blossomed into an all-purpose back as a third-year starter.
J.K. Dobbins ended the season as the sixth-place finisher in the Heisman race and may be the first running back off of the board in April's NFL Draft. To say I missed on this one would be an understatement.
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