Game Thread Game One: Ohio State 38, Youngstown St. 6 (final)

[Jaxbuck]

Just got back from the East Side Grill watching the game with 808 Buck...our OL needs serious work. Really. Those who say ours is the best in the conference need to watch our game tape. We have a long way to go there...

Agreed, although I would like to hear from some of the coach types if they think it was due to extreme vanilla/predictable play calling and or constant mix and match of personnel not letting any real rythm develop. Dunno but overall I was less than impressed with the OL push, especially early on.

Rewatched the first quarter so far and Jim Cordle got blown up on several occasions. That just fucks up everything when the center is shoved into the backfield.

 

[Bleed S & G]

Agreed, although I would like to hear from some of the coach types if they think it was due to extreme vanilla/predictable play calling and or constant mix and match of personnel not letting any real rythm develop. Dunno but overall I was less than impressed with the OL push, especially early on.

Rewatched the first quarter so far and Jim Cordle got blown up on several occasions. That just fucks up everything when the center is shoved into the backfield.

Yea the o-line wasn't getting a good push.. i only watched it once, looked like they really werent firing out, they we're standing up and dancing with them.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Scout.com$ (Mark Rea)

Game recap.

Scout.com$ (Jeff Svoboda)

Sluggish Offense Knows It Has Work To Do.......article discusses the lack of consistency near the goalline and areas of that need improved. Chris Wells felt he played terrible.

 

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Dispatch

College football
No upset here
Buckeyes walk off with win as well as valuable lessons for youngsters
Sunday, September 2, 2007 3:52 AM
By Ken Gordon


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

RENEE SAUER | Dispatch
Ohio State's receiver Brian Robiskie snares a pass in front of Youngstown State's Lenny Wicks.

RENEE SAUER | Dispatch
Ohio State quarterback Todd Boeckman was 17 of 23 for 225 yards with two touchdowns in his debut as a starter.


It took someone else's misery to turn Kirk Barton's frown upside down.

The Ohio State offensive tackle was picking apart his team's 38-6 victory over Youngstown State yesterday. He wasn't happy with the penalties, the short-yardage run game, the offensive cohesion.
He was downright grumpy, and he hadn't even had time to mention the long-term loss of defensive end Lawrence Wilson to a broken leg.
And then, in the middle of a sentence, Barton was interrupted by a cheer from the back of the room. Appalachian State -- like Youngstown State, dwellers of a lesser subdivision -- had just toppled fifth-ranked Michigan.
Just like that, Barton's mood seemed to lift. The Michigan loss served as a dose of perspective: It could have been so much worse.

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Dispatch

Ohio State notebook
Hemmed-in Wells upset with himself

Sunday, September 2, 2007 3:43 AM
By Ken Gordon, Tim May and Mark Znidar


The Columbus Dispatch

DORAL CHENOWETH III Dispatch
Freshman receiver Taurian Washington races toward the end zone on a 37-yard scoring play in the fourth quarter. The touchdown was thrown by quarterback Antonio Henton.

KYLE ROBERTSON Dispatch
Chris "Beanie" Wells, who rushed for 46 yards on 16 carries, makes a move on Youngstown State's Nick Gooden in the second half.



A big man felt rather small yesterday.
Ohio State dispatched Youngstown State 38-6, but it was in spite of -- not because of -- Buckeyes sophomore running back Chris "Beanie" Wells.
The 6-foot-1, 235-pound bruiser found the going tough against the Division I-AA Penguins. After seven rushing attempts , he had just 3 yards.
"I wasn't focused," Wells said. "First half, my brain wasn't into the game. I didn't do a great job."
Wells said Youngstown State put as many as nine players close to the line. On OSU's first drive, after reaching the YSU 6-yard line, Wells carried for 2, 0, minus-1 and 0 yards.

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Dispatch

New ticket snafu spoils day for some
38-6 victory not all scarlet and great
Sunday, September 2, 2007 3:42 AM
By Misti Crane and Tom Reed


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

DORAL CHENOWETH IIIDISPATCH
Chris Gabriel, left, and Vince Dobransky spent some of their Ohio State tailgate time playing the cornhole toss game in the St. John Arena parking lot. The two say they like the atmosphere at home games better now, since the university cracked down on alcohol consumption.




Despite Ohio State's easy victory and the beautiful weather, not everyone in Buckeyeland was feeling sunny and bright yesterday.
Complaints about ticketing continued, including from some of the approximately 400 fans who turned up at the 'Shoe to discover their seats were occupied by the alumni band.
Laura Dawson of Clintonville, an alumna who had been bumped from the Michigan State game, was making the best of getting Youngstown State tickets instead. She and her husband, Chris, had made arrangements for child care and bought $22.50 in soda and food when they found band members in their seats.
Told they'd have to wait in line for a reassignment or refund, they did. Mr. Dawson estimates they were about 150 people back in a line of at least 400 people.
The Dawsons missed the first quarter waiting in line and asked for a refund.
"It's not the end of the world, but this university's not taking care of their alumni like they used to," Dawson said.

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Rivals.com$ (Kevin Noon)

Bucks not perfect but good enough.........game recap.

Rivals.com$ (Brandon Castel)

Instant Impact........recap of performances by Brandon Saine, Dane Sanzenbacher, Taurian Washington and Cameron Heyward.

Rivals.com (Free)

Game recap.

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Photo Gallery.

Bucknuts.com (Free)

Game recap.

 

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ABJ

Ohio State win no masterpiece
Boeckman plays well, running game slow in beating Penguins
By George M. Thomas
Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Sunday, Sep 02, 2007
COLUMBUS: Sometimes you can paint an unattractive picture and still call it art sort of like what Ohio State did for much of a 38-6 victory Saturday over Youngstown State at Ohio Stadium.
Lackadaisical. Lethargic. Listless. Choose your adjective.
That's how the offense looked after its first drive, which ended with quarterback Todd Boeckman hitting wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher for a 3-yard touchdown.
The defense won the game with stifling play that bottled up a YSU offense that averaged 31.4 points per game last season with much of the same personnel.
After that first drive, the game resembled more of a scrimmage than an actual Division I college football game.

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ToledoBlade

OSU freshmen impressive as Buckeyes roll
Sanzenbacher gets year's 1st points

By MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

COLUMBUS - Ohio State coach Jim Tressel hadn't seen that many whiskerless faces on his depth chart in a very long time.

Tressel entered yesterday's first game of the 2007 season with five freshmen and 11 redshirt freshmen - 16 guys playing their first college game - on the list that is supposed to reflect the expected player rotation.

"As a group, they've been real solid, and they've gotten an opportunity to play," Tressel said. "And life is all about what you do with those opportunities."

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CPD

OHIO STATE 38, YOUNGSTOWN 6
Ohio State cruises past Youngstown State


Sunday, September 02, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus -- Todd Boeckman awoke in his bed at the Blackwell Hotel on Friday night, five years removed from his last meaningful snap as a quarterback and less than 12 hours away from his next, with football thoughts racing through his mind.
"How am I going to do tomorrow, what's going to happen, who's going to come on a blitz, who's going to throw the ball, who's going to run the ball?" Boeckman said Saturday, the words spilling out to keep pace with his memory. "Just all those little things."
Ohio State's 23-year-old junior quarterback never could have dreamt what Saturday brought.

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CPD

OHIO STATE INSIDER
Ohio State's Lawrence Wilson breaks leg


Sunday, September 02, 2007 Jodie Valade
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus -- When Lawrence Wilson went down in the second quarter, writhing and squirming on the field as he kept his broken right leg straight, Beanie Wells grimaced on the sideline.
Ohio State's running back knew how hard Wilson worked in the off-season, as the two Akron products spent hours at the gym and on the field to improve and get ready for this season. This was going to be the breakout year for them, with Wells moving to the starting tailback spot and Wilson projected to be a cornerstone of the defense at end.
"I was expecting Lawrence to have a big year this year," Wells said, shaking his head.

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CPD

Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Bill Livingston analyzes Ohio State victory


Sunday, September 02, 2007 Bill Livingston
Plain Dealer Columnist
Columbus
-- Chris "Beanie" Wells trotted onto the Ohio Stadium field Saturday as the biggest man on an Ohio State campus that was fresh out of last season's giants.
The sophomore from Akron Garfield played the part of the little brother to Antonio Pittman, the Akron-bred running back who left for the NFL after showing Wells the ropes in the Buckeyes' national runner-up finish.
Both big (6-1, 235 pounds) and fast (4.5 seconds in the 40-yard dash), Wells had everything a man needs in football. Speed and power are the basics in almost all sports.
Wells, who said he has fully recovered from a nagging ankle injury, would be the back that let Ohio State play keep-away from opposing offenses this year until the quarterback situation settled down.
A big, fast back keeps hammering away, wearing down the defense's resolve. Three yards and a cloud of dust, the old Woody Hayes philosophy, was built on players like Beanie Wells.
"Personally, I feel like trash," said Wells, who gained only 46 yards on 16 carries, a 2.9-yard average, against Division I-AA Youngstown State. "I took too long to get my head into the game."

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Link

Short yardage woes mar Buckeyes' win
By JON SPENCER
Gannett News Service



COLUMBUS - Beanie Wells didn't have to suffer the indignity of losing to a Division I-AA team to feel as down in the dumps as the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday. Repeatedly given the ball at point-blank range, Ohio State's 230-pound tailback came up short on all but one carry in the Buckeyes' 38-6 rout of Youngstown State.

Wells gained more yards (52) on one touchdown run against Michigan last season than he did on 16 handoffs against the Penguins. Incredibly, he was held to two yards on seven first-half carries inside the YSU 6. Say what you want about YSU's spunk, and its fine history at the 1-AA level, but ballyhooed battering rams aren't supposed to be repelled by a team looked upon as a season-opening patsy.

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DDN

Tom Archdeacon: OSU lineman likes hungry quarterback

http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/osu/2007/09/02/ddn090207arch.html#​

By Tom Archdeacon
the Dayton Daily News

Sunday, September 02, 2007

COLUMBUS ? Kirk Barton said Todd Boeckman didn't have the appetite ? the stomach ? for the moment at hand.
That was the veteran Ohio State lineman's assessment of the St. Henry product who ? after spending more than four years in the wings here ? finally started at quarterback for the Buckeyes in Saturday's season opener against Youngstown State

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DDN

Receivers, not running backs, carry Buckeyes offense

http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/co...ollege/osu/2007/09/02/ddn090207osuside1.html#​

By Kyle Nagel
Staff Writer

Sunday, September 02, 2007

COLUMBUS ? Conversations about the Ohio State offense this offseason generally turned to one area of agreement: The running back corps was going to be strong.
"That's what I've been hearing a lot," said OSU receiver Brian Robiskie.
But as the No. 11 Buckeyes opened their season with a 38-6 victory against Youngstown State, the receivers became the main offensive threat. Not only that, the crew led by junior Robiskie ? the group was arguably most affected by last year's graduations and NFL draft entrees ? did its best to ensure a new quarterback wouldn't mean a more vanilla offense.

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