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Game Thread Ohio State @ Purdue - 10/20/18, 7:30PM (ABC)

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I don’t know what it is, but something tells me the Bucks get sick of the criticism surrounding their performances and lock it down this weekend.

Purdue will attempt to bring the Happy Valley night game vibe and be silenced.

People forget that we still have a deadly combination waiting to run the football. If the Oline steps up and takes the gloves off, it’s lights out.
 
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bukIpower said:
Just win... just win and get to the bye to get healthy.

Because lets be real we have a 2 week bye with Nebraska coming right after our bye week (Sorry Alex). Then maybe we can get Bosa back while being undefeated and then we can really go.

Just win and to be honest I'm really worried about this one.
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I'm with you on just winning. The reality is that if we win all our games, we're getting into the playoffs. I was as frustrated as anyone else with the Minnesota game, but largely because the same issues are not getting fixed and I feel like we will lose a game at some point this season if we don't improve. That being said, just win the games and yes, the bye week is going to be very welcome so we can try and get healthy.

As for Purdue, they seem capable of a challenge but wildly inconsistent. I expect their best shot because we always get it with them no matter how good or bad they are. Priority #1 for us is going to be limiting #4...I have seen enough to know he is the real deal and he particularly concerns me with the issues we have had with tackling in space and giving up the big play. I don't think we shut him out, but we need to limit him. #7 has also looked pretty good at WR for them. In any event, I expect them to put up some yards at the very least and am just hoping for bend but don't break.
 
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BANGED-UP OHIO STATE WILL TRY TO AVOID UPSET LOSS TO PURDUE

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Ohio State could have used a bye week before it played Indiana. It, once again, could’ve used a week off before playing Minnesota. And it certainly could use a week to recuperate, re-energize and get healthy before playing Purdue.

But that’s not going to happen.

The banged-up Buckeyes will make their way to West Lafayette, Indiana, to take on Purdue in their eighth game of the season, the final contest before getting their long-awaited week off. It’s the first time since 2015 that they have waited until the ninth week of the season for their open week.

This certainly hasn’t been the best season for Ohio State to play eight straight games without a break. It has avoided a flurry of major injuries, save for the core muscle injury that has kept Nick Bosa sidelined since the third week of the season. But the Buckeyes have been hit with a variety of minor injuries that have hindered more than a few key players, including concussions that kept Malik Harrison and Jonathon Cooper out of Saturday’s game.

Let’s take a quick look through the roster to see how each position has been affected by injuries this season:
  • Quarterback: Matthew Baldwin is still recovering from a torn ACL he suffered during his senior season in his school and has not appeared on any depth chart this season, but should be close to returning.
  • Running back: Mike Weber has played with a foot strain this season that has bothered him, but hasn’t kept him out of any games.
  • Wide receiver: Kamryn Babb continues his recovery from a torn ACL.
  • Tight end: Jake Hausmann missed the first three games of the season with a hamstring injury.
  • Offensive line: Brady Taylor underwent arthroscopic knee surgery, but Ohio State hopes to have him back soon. Brandon Bowen suffered a broken leg last season, and last week Urban Meyer said he is “close” to returning. Thayer Munford rolled an ankle against Minnesota and remains sore, but is probable for Saturday’s game.
  • Defensive line: Nick Bosa remains out with a core muscle injury that he suffered during the third week of the season. Robert Landers missed the Tulane game and has been hampered recently with an injury. Dre’Mont Jones suffered a foot injury in the Penn State game that left him at only “80 percent” for the next week, but he did not see any decrease in playing time and has played every game. Jonathon Cooper (concussion) did not play against Minnesota despite going through warm-ups, but is expected to play on Saturday. After the Tulane game, Meyer said Chase Young had battled “a little bit of an ankle” injury.
  • Linebacker: Malik Harrison missed Saturday’s game with a concussion, but is expected to return to the field against Purdue. Tuf Borland suffered an Achilles injury in the spring and eased into the season, but is now at full strength.
  • Cornerback: Damon Arnette left Saturday’s game with an undisclosed injury and is questionable for Saturday’s game against Purdue. Sevyn Banks dealt with an undisclosed injury and did not dress until the Indiana game. Marcus Williamson has missed the past two games with an undisclosed injury.
  • Safety: Jordan Fuller missed the season opener with a hamstring injury, but has played in every other game. Marcus Hooker and Amir Riep dealt with injuries earlier in the season, but both have returned to play.
  • Special Teams: Sean Nuernberger strained his groin and quad before Saturday's game, and Meyer said the kicking job is "open for conversation."
That’s an incomplete list, since some players have assuredly played through unknown injuries, but it paints the picture of a team that needs a break, a week off or something. But that’s not coming right away.

Purdue, which has won three games in a row, stands in Ohio State’s way.

“Obviously big road game, a team that is very good on film, obviously, and scoring a lot of points,” Urban Meyer said on Monday. “We've got to get some guys healthy and get ready to go.”

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-state-will-try-to-avoid-upset-loss-to-purdue
 
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URBAN MEYER BELIEVES OHIO STATE IS GETTING BETTER DESPITE CONTINUED NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT

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While Ohio State is one of just eight remaining undefeated teams in college football, having won all seven games it has played this season, the perception surrounding its last couple of wins hasn’t been great.

Although the Buckeyes ultimately earned a 49-26 victory over Indiana and a 30-14 victory over Minnesota, controlling both games in the second half, they struggled out of the gates in both games – more specifically, they continued to allow big plays on defense and struggled to move the ball consistently in the running game – and trailed both unranked opponents in the second quarter before eventually taking care of business in front of home crowds at Ohio Stadium.

The No. 2-ranked Buckeyes have done enough to win every game they’ve played this season, and Ohio State coach Urban Meyer doesn’t want that to go unrecognized. But he also acknowledged the notion that his team must continue to improve isn’t wrong.

“When you have 500-plus yards, they don't score for almost three quarters,” Meyer said in reference to Saturday’s game against Minnesota, “But we can play much better. I'm not disagreeing with anything. You enhance your strengths and work on your weaknesses – every team has weaknesses – and there are some things we have to work on.”

Much of the frustration that Ohio State fans have expressed over the past couple weeks, despite the team’s wins, has stemmed from the fact that the Buckeyes seemingly haven’t gotten better in the areas in which they have struggled. Their rushing yards per attempt have declined in every game since the beginning of the season, while the defense allowed 7.07 yards per play to Minnesota’s offense, the most by any team against the Buckeyes this year.

Even though the Buckeyes haven’t been able to demonstrate profound improvement on the field, Meyer says he is seeing positive progress from his team, particularly in regards to the steps forward that young players are making.

“I do feel like we're getting better,” Meyer said.

Meyer highlighted true freshman safeties Josh Proctor and Marcus Hooker, who are both now playing on special teams (with Hooker making his debut on the kickoff unit Saturday), as well as true freshman wide receiver Chris Olave, redshirt freshman guard Wyatt Davis and redshirt junior left tackle Joshua Alabi as being among the players who are impressing him with their development.

Meyer said Olave is “really starting to help us out” with his play on special teams, that Davis “is getting very close to playing time” and that he thought Alabi “did a pretty good job” stepping in and playing 25 plays at left tackle after Thayer Munford, who is probable to play this week, left Saturday’s game early with an ankle injury.

The Buckeyes haven’t had a week off from playing a game since the season began, and they are playing for the eighth straight Saturday this week, when they travel to West Lafayette, Indiana, to play Purdue in what will be their third night game (7:30 p.m., ABC) away from home this year.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...better-despite-continued-need-for-improvement

Re: Their rushing yards per attempt have declined in every game since the beginning of the season.

Just sayin': That concerns me the most, i.e. more than any "defensive issues".
 
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I analyze excessively but this is the internet:

Who’s on thin ice on the offensive line for Meyer to say Davis is close to getting playing time?

Further, his making it a point to identify safeties as guys stepping on special teams is also a message — in my opinion — because that’s the key to getting on the field/in a rotation under Meyer.

I don’t know, just interesting is all.
 
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If I am Purdue I am bringing the House very early in the game to try to throw Haskins off. If I give DH anytime at all my D is dead meat. I will spy Campbell on the probable screen and pick my poison. After watching the Penn State game that may be the only way to slow Haskins down a little. I would also pray for rain and windy conditions.
 
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Telekinesis said:
I don’t know what it is, but something tells me the Bucks get sick of the criticism surrounding their performances and lock it down this weekend.

Purdue will attempt to bring the Happy Valley night game vibe and be silenced.

People forget that we still have a deadly combination waiting to run the football. If the Oline steps up and takes the gloves off, it’s lights out.
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Really like the way you think. I'm one of the minority who think that we're gonna win decisively. Almost wish the media and Vegas has made us the dog in this game.

Yeah, if the O-line steps up, it's over from the get-go. :urban2:
 
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