OSU Rob
Senior
GOOD:
1. Ashton Yobouty has impressed the heck out of me. In a secondary that often misses tackles, he almost always makes them, even coming up to sniff out screens. He also showed great coverage skills and doesn't get burned, a must to be a great corner.
2. Hawk and Carpenter played well enough. You may point to the PI call on Hawk or some other instances- they were put in a tough spot being asked to play receivers man. I mean no linebacker in the country is going to be able to cover a receiver one on one for very long. Plus, they had to account for all the missed tackles attributable to Schlegal and the secondary minus Yobouty.
BAD:
1. Troy Smith isn't that fast so I don't understand his quick trigger in terms of tucking the ball and running. Add to that fact that he needs to secure the ball as he's been lucky to recover his own fumbles.
2. Defense getting run over by Brandon Jones in the 1st half. The fact that they were able to relatively contain him in the 2nd half keeps this from going into the ugly category, but I've never seen a runningback physically run over us like that in a while. Not saying running backs haven't been successful against us recently, but they haven't run over our asses like that.
3. Last purdue GW drive- heard of blitzing. You have a gimpy Orton- why don't you put serious pressure on him from the start BEFORE he drives to the 50 yd. line?
4. On a related note to playing man coverage. While I give kudos to Snyder for realizing he needs to play man, why the hell couldn't he figure that out in the 1st half? When Trev knows what defense you need to run and you don't do it, you get the "idiot of the day" award for that foul up. You say b/c our secondary is depleted. Sorry to say but w/ our d-line purdue was going to pick us apart even if we did have our regulars in there (salley, fox) just b/c their offense IS BUILT TO ATTACK ZONES. So don't try to put the blame on injuries- this was the defensive coaches failing to realize something obvious until the 2nd half, after purdue had already put up most of their pts.
UGLY:
1. Key turnovers in the red zone. This was what separated Smith from Zwick, even in my eyes. He wasn't making the critical errors that were costing us points. We got on Zwick for all his turnovers, so its only fair to get on Smith for his that basically cost us the game. The truth may sometime hurt folks, but it seems that both Zwick and Smith are decent quaterbacks but that's it. Neither is a worldbeater, and definitely won't become one anytime soon in our archaic and pathetic offense.
2. Bad hands for freshman- maybe it was the cold, but the missed receptions by Lyons and Ginn that both led to interceptions hurt a lot. I hope it was just a one time deal, b/c I had heard that both especially Ginn had really good hands.
3. Tackling- Snyder said we'd be in trouble if he needs to teach his team how to tackle this late in the year. Well, memo to Snyder: get of your high horse and teach this team to tackle! Only 3-4 players seem to be consistent, while the rest continue to get juked out way too often to actually have a great defense.
4. Lastly, both our lines suck. Especially our o-line but even our d-line barely gets any pressure. Following recruiting I guess I took for granted that one of our younguns would step up to fill the role Smith/Anderson/Scott played, but I guess I was wrong. Don't give me crap about how they're getting held- guess what, EVERY D LINE IN THE COUNTRY GETS HELD. Get over it- the great ones still are able to make plays.
We shouldnt beat scUM next week, but you never know in a rivalry game. We'll see.
1. Ashton Yobouty has impressed the heck out of me. In a secondary that often misses tackles, he almost always makes them, even coming up to sniff out screens. He also showed great coverage skills and doesn't get burned, a must to be a great corner.
2. Hawk and Carpenter played well enough. You may point to the PI call on Hawk or some other instances- they were put in a tough spot being asked to play receivers man. I mean no linebacker in the country is going to be able to cover a receiver one on one for very long. Plus, they had to account for all the missed tackles attributable to Schlegal and the secondary minus Yobouty.
BAD:
1. Troy Smith isn't that fast so I don't understand his quick trigger in terms of tucking the ball and running. Add to that fact that he needs to secure the ball as he's been lucky to recover his own fumbles.
2. Defense getting run over by Brandon Jones in the 1st half. The fact that they were able to relatively contain him in the 2nd half keeps this from going into the ugly category, but I've never seen a runningback physically run over us like that in a while. Not saying running backs haven't been successful against us recently, but they haven't run over our asses like that.
3. Last purdue GW drive- heard of blitzing. You have a gimpy Orton- why don't you put serious pressure on him from the start BEFORE he drives to the 50 yd. line?
4. On a related note to playing man coverage. While I give kudos to Snyder for realizing he needs to play man, why the hell couldn't he figure that out in the 1st half? When Trev knows what defense you need to run and you don't do it, you get the "idiot of the day" award for that foul up. You say b/c our secondary is depleted. Sorry to say but w/ our d-line purdue was going to pick us apart even if we did have our regulars in there (salley, fox) just b/c their offense IS BUILT TO ATTACK ZONES. So don't try to put the blame on injuries- this was the defensive coaches failing to realize something obvious until the 2nd half, after purdue had already put up most of their pts.
UGLY:
1. Key turnovers in the red zone. This was what separated Smith from Zwick, even in my eyes. He wasn't making the critical errors that were costing us points. We got on Zwick for all his turnovers, so its only fair to get on Smith for his that basically cost us the game. The truth may sometime hurt folks, but it seems that both Zwick and Smith are decent quaterbacks but that's it. Neither is a worldbeater, and definitely won't become one anytime soon in our archaic and pathetic offense.
2. Bad hands for freshman- maybe it was the cold, but the missed receptions by Lyons and Ginn that both led to interceptions hurt a lot. I hope it was just a one time deal, b/c I had heard that both especially Ginn had really good hands.
3. Tackling- Snyder said we'd be in trouble if he needs to teach his team how to tackle this late in the year. Well, memo to Snyder: get of your high horse and teach this team to tackle! Only 3-4 players seem to be consistent, while the rest continue to get juked out way too often to actually have a great defense.
4. Lastly, both our lines suck. Especially our o-line but even our d-line barely gets any pressure. Following recruiting I guess I took for granted that one of our younguns would step up to fill the role Smith/Anderson/Scott played, but I guess I was wrong. Don't give me crap about how they're getting held- guess what, EVERY D LINE IN THE COUNTRY GETS HELD. Get over it- the great ones still are able to make plays.
We shouldnt beat scUM next week, but you never know in a rivalry game. We'll see.
