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[Airspace]

Going back to the original point about winning the big games and losing others. Woody made the comment how hard it was to get the kids up for every game. Woody would point to three key games each year and try to keep the kids level headed for the rest. Now like then, so many teams get up to play and beat us. Look at scUM, Llloyd loses three every year to teams he should not lose. Today, I think you must try the same. Have your red letter games and have your kids pumped and ready to play. The rest have your team prepared and ready to play and beat them with superior athleticism.

 

[funman]

I don't think anyone knows what the offense will look like in 2005. One key will be if OSU can recruit Gwaltney. With Gwaltney, JT has a tool to run an offense based upon a chain moving, ball control, game shortening running game. This will allow Zwick, assuming he is the starter for game one and thereby game 2, to be effective with play action passing. With only speed backs (Pittman, Haw, and Wells) the field will be spread a little to force some defenders out of the middle of the field. If Smith takes the QB job back, regardless of the RBs, he is more effective with the field spread a bit.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Going back to the original point about winning the big games and losing others. Woody made the comment how hard it was to get the kids up for every game. Woody would point to three key games each year and try to keep the kids level headed for the rest. Now like then, so many teams get up to play and beat us. Look at scUM, Llloyd loses three every year to teams he should not lose. Today, I think you must try the same. Have your red letter games and have your kids pumped and ready to play. The rest have your team prepared and ready to play and beat them with superior athleticism.

Slight correction - LLLoyd has lost 3 games to a team he SHOULD have lost to since 2001.

I don't think anyone knows what the offense will look like in 2005. One key will be if OSU can recruit Gwaltney. With Gwaltney, JT has a tool to run an offense based upon a chain moving, ball control, game shortening running game. This will allow Zwick, assuming he is the starter for game one and thereby game 2, to be effective with play action passing. With only speed backs (Pittman, Haw, and Wells) the field will be spread a little to force some defenders out of the middle of the field. If Smith takes the QB job back, regardless of the RBs, he is more effective with the field spread a bit.
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Not taking anything away from JG, but saying he'll be the factor that makes our offense tick might be overstepping. I'd love to see JG come to OSU and dominate, but the chances are much more likley that his skills will conform to the overall offensive scheme than be dictated by his style.

 

[IrontonBuck]

I totally agree that Jim Tressel wants to develop the complete person, not just the football player. That's a great thing. But I can't agree to begin with anybody who thinks he's putting character-building above winning the game when he calls plays. And another thing: Jim Tressel should be trying to win every game. Losing does not make you better, and there are other ways to motivate a team. Jackson insinuated that Jim Tressel pulled punches in the Northwestern game to teach people on the team a lesson. With all due respect, I think that's BS. Nobody throws away a top-5 ranking on something like that, and even if it were plausible, it's as wildly speculative as the buzz about Rico McCoy's t-shirt.

It explains why Ohio State's offense has been so helplessly predictable in seemingly important games in 2003 and 2004. You can't tell me that they learned the offense they displayed against Michigan in 2004 in one week. That offense was taught over the course of the entire year. They just didn't let it go until the Michigan game.