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tOSU at Navy (M&T Bank Stadium), Aug 30th @ 12pm ET, CBS Sports Network

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Coqui said:
Ok. OSU started the third on defense, then scored while on defense, then stayed on defense, then got a one play break before going on defense.

The point simply was out of the first 32 plays, the defense was out there for 28 of them.
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Right, but the majority of those yards came on the very next play after the defensive score. If it was the amount of time they were on the field that allowed the extra yardage, were we one play away from them breaking a big TD run when the fumble happened?

I don't disagree that being on the field that long is a factor, but if we're talking strictly number of snaps....it was the very next play.
 
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A lot of defensive pundits would argue that if you stop them on the first 3 downs, you get off the field. We couldn't do that most of the day.

Regardless of that fact, Navy is damn good at what they do. They fight for 60 minutes and given one chink in your armor, they exploit it to the utmost usually. I was disappointed that Ash never moved his safeties up try and get Navy to pass a couple of times. When we put them in obvious passing downs, they were clearly outmatched. First game without a great DE in Spence. New LB's and Safeties playing together.... meh, was a rusty beginning but the ending had a W. Nuff said for me.
 
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I'm encouraged.

I think the offensive play-calling was cautious in the first half, but got more bold in the 2nd. I'll take 12-15, 2/1, 50 the rest of the season from JT, but I think he will do better than that on the last 2 stats. Defensively, who knows? That triple option gashes everyone, and you can't get a feel for the pass defense when the opponent throws 4 times. One answer we got was it looks like our frosh kicker is going to be fine.

I do want us to be able to pick up one yard when we need to and run between the tackles more = better OL play. But they are fine as long as they keep getting better each week.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
Right, but the majority of those yards came on the very next play after the defensive score. If it was the amount of time they were on the field that allowed the extra yardage, were we one play away from them breaking a big TD run when the fumble happened?

I don't disagree that being on the field that long is a factor, but if we're talking strictly number of snaps....it was the very next play.
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I noted to the person sitting next to me that it appeared that the second team defensive line was in for that long run by Navy.
 
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Jesus.

Did the OR start? No.

Is Miller going to be the backup to Spence? Damned right he is. The point is that it was NOT the starting defensive line in on that play. Maybe they were gassed after the previous play? Possibly but they were not on the field when that run occurred.

Get over it.
 
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Like when Bosa scored a "meaningless" TD in the waning moments against Northwestern last year, Vegas was none too thrilled with OSU's 4th Q surge against the Midshipmen.

http://espn.go.com/college-football...-football-recapping-weekend-vegas-perspective

The Midshipmen, who closed as 13.5-point underdogs, had the lead at halftime and were covering the spread for almost the entire game. But Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett threw a touchdown pass to Michael Thomas that put the Buckeyes ahead 34-17 with 2:09 left to play. It resulted in the biggest loss of the weekend for the SuperBook and several other shops.

"That was brutal how that ended," said Salmons. "We had an over-flux of public money on Ohio State."

Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer improved to 31-9 against the spread (ATS) in games he has more than a week to prepare, including season openers.
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Further down, it is noted that OSU went from 40-1 to 20-1 odds to win the title following Barrett's performance.
 
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buckeyesin07 said:
Schutt was an OR, and Miller was a starter. Kind of hard for Spence to be in on that play, given his suspension and all.
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Well if we're getting real technical here, Schutt was not a starter. Yes, he was an OR on the pregame depth chart, but he did not start the game. Only 11 players on defense can do that, and he wasn't one of them.

/completely useless argument due to players not yet having buckeye leaves to question the color of which they are or are not
 
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