Game Thread tOSU vs. Western M*ch*g*n, Sep 26 2015 @ 3:30 ET, ABC/ESPN2

[Poe McKnoe]

There's nothing about the wildcat that says you need to throw out of it for it to be successful. It's a straight up numbers game. There's supposed to be an added blocker since you are basically eliminating the QB. We used to run it with Boom Herron, with some effectiveness. Darren McFadden never threw out of it. A pop pass or misdirection would be effective out of it, however.

But if you can't block it up properly, or the runner isn't finding the lanes that are being blocked properly, then that's what you are seeing recently.

 

[Jaxbuck]

 

[CFPBuckeye]

Didn't he also win the Tour de Sideline in 07?

He rode away with that title. He had the piss colored leader jersey for the whole thing.

 

[buckeyesin07]

There's nothing about the wildcat that says you need to throw out of it for it to be successful. It's a straight up numbers game.

...and that numbers game fails when the pass is not an option, as the defense brings everyone into the box.

 

[Poe McKnoe]

...and that numbers game fails when the pass is not an option, as the defense brings everyone into the box.

Right, so all of the teams that have run the wildcat have threatened a pass out of it?

 

[buckeyesin07]

Right, so all of the teams that have run the wildcat have threatened a pass out of it?

Did I say that? My point was that, if you've bothered to pay attention when OSU has run the wildcat this year, the box is stacked so much that there is no "numbers game" advantage to speak of. Check out the tape if you disagree.

 

[cincibuck]

And the Bucks have three backs - Miller, Barrett and Marshall - who are capable of throwing a pass. Well, Brax isn't ready yet, but he could be. I thought the idea of the Wildcat was to put a running back/wide out in the backfield before the defense could realize and react to the fact that the QB wasn't there. In the case of Brax and JT, it didn't matter. They could be either the RB or the QB.

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[jlb1705]

Just look at this cocky SOB. Can't wait until he gets found out like Tim Beckman.