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Purdue at tOSU, Nov 13th, 3:30 ET, ABC

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What I saw of the Purdue - MSU game, Sparty was in man coverage on D and Purdue's O was carving it. I don't think the same will work against our zone D. Don't know if Iowa played zone or man in their game.
 
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Two in a row?
Will Purdue play that well two games in a row against premier teams?
Will we play that bad two games in a row against average teams?

If teams are figuring out how to shut down our running game
why can't we figure out how they're doing it and fix it?
 
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NJ-Buckeye said:
Two in a row?
Will Purdue play that well two games in a row against premier teams?
Will we play that bad two games in a row against average teams?

If teams are figuring out how to shut down our running game
why can't we figure out how they're doing it and fix it?
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This is “The Million (several, I might add, coaches) Dollar Question.”
 
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Purdue is giving up 4.3 yards per carry on the season. That's down there with Rutgers (4.3) Maryland (4.0) and IU (4.0).

OSU coaches should be able to look and see the only 3 games the offense has been held under 30 points, the RB's were held at or below 5ypc. Against similar run defenses of IU/RU/MD they went for almost 6.5 ypc.

I'm going to keep it simple and guess this is a game where the OL issues get resolved, OSU slaps the shit out of Purdue, people climb down off the ledge for a week and get ready for the conquest of the state up north.
 
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Some more food for thought regarding Purdue's defense:

They have done a good job year to date on opponents completion percentage at 54%
They have done a mediocre job at giving up 7 yards per attempt
They have done a bad job at giving up 12.9 yards per completion
They do a bad job at getting sacks with 1.7 per game but that doesn't mean they don't create pressure (Penn State is only at 1.8)

They do not get called for many penalties and they have done a very good job on 3rd and 4th down conversion defense.

Take that fwiw given schedule and all that but just looking at that through the lens of some of OSU's offensive "woes" for some perspective.

Giving up big yards per completion and not being exceptionally stout against the run does not bode well for them vs OSU but yet, they have only allowed one opponent to score more than 30 points all year (Wisconsin).

Looks like one of those "something has to give" games and I'm thinking their defense can't hold up against OSU like it has with everyone else. Don't help them with penalties, turnovers and win the money downs then this shouldn't be all that close.
 
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Brohm is a very good coach who is doing an excellent job this year. He's proven that this Purdue squad is capable of knocking off top 5 teams.

However, while Iowa and Michigan State are both very well-coached teams, they do not come close to the talent that Ohio State has on their roster.

After a somewhat close call against Nebraska last week, and this game being at the Horseshoe, Day should have the Buckeyes laser focused on a Purdue team that's on everyone's radar and the Buckeye's will likely win convincingly.
 
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5 STAR U-G-A said:
Brohm is a very good coach who is doing an excellent job this year. He's proven that this Purdue squad is capable of knocking off top 5 teams.

However, while Iowa and Michigan State are both very well-coached teams, they do not come close to the talent that Ohio State has on their roster.

After a somewhat close call against Nebraska last week, and this game being at the Horseshoe, Day should have the Buckeyes laser focused on a Purdue team that's on everyone's radar and the Buckeye's will likely win convincingly.
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As one indicator of this, look at the 247 team talent composite

OSU and some other relevant teams we have played so far

3. OSU/92.99 per player
9. Oregon/90.6
16. Penn State/89.54
23. Nebraska/87.43
34. Maryland/86.35
38. IU/85.8
44. Minnesota/85.94
48. Purdue/84.87

Remaining
37. MSU/85.41
15. tsun/89.02
21. Wisconsin (possibly) which is the highest team in the West.

It certainly doesn't guarantee anything but it helps with perspective imo. Purdue and Sparty are in that weight class of teams we have handled decisively. Neither presents any big match up issue for OSU (to offset the talent gap) and both are at home.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
Looks like the betting markets agree. OSU opens -19.

I wouldn't run to put the mortgage payment on Purdue based on how OSU looked the last two weeks.
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Ew no I wouldn't go near that. 3 scores? I thought it'd be like 10.5 or something but 19 is crazy.

Have got to cover Bell and we've got to run the ball well. We do those two things and I think we'll be okay provided we do the small things as well (no turnovers).
 
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bukIpower said:
Ew no I wouldn't go near that. 3 scores? I thought it'd be like 10.5 or something but 19 is crazy.

Have got to cover Bell and we've got to run the ball well. We do those two things and I think we'll be okay provided we do the small things as well (no turnovers).
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Then put a bunch down on Purdue. It's up to 20 now in most places.
 
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bukIpower said:
Ew no I wouldn't go near that. 3 scores? I thought it'd be like 10.5 or something but 19 is crazy.

Have got to cover Bell and we've got to run the ball well. We do those two things and I think we'll be okay provided we do the small things as well (no turnovers).
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If Purdue hadn't upset 2 top 5 teams already, and if Ohio State blew out Nebraska last week, it might be more troublesome. Also if the game was in West Lafayette.

But Purdue has everyone on their radar. Ohio State had a relatively close call. And the game is in Columbus?

Buckeyes roll and win BIG.
 
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