Rewatching on YoutubeTV…the first two sacks are on Ewers (the patented self-sack), the third is probably a split-decision depending on what coverage looked like down the field, and the sack-fumble is 90% on Cam Williams. You can’t get beat one-on-one there. That being said, Ewers had Golden running underneath (which looked to be schemed?) from right-to-left and he might have had enough momentum to fight to the end zone if he catches it clean in space. Ewers worked the left side of the field from the snap and there was nothing going there — too many OSU bodies.
The run game is truly appalling sometimes. There’s a play in the 3rd quarter that sums up the interior OL experience where the play is schemed PERFECTLY with Majors and Conner pulling to the left with one edge player to kick out (J.T.)…Majors probably could have chipped him to help Conners out before moving to the second-level responsibility, but instead it’s Conners 1v1 on the pull and he gets absolutely fucking smoked and Wisner loses 2 yards when the play was blocked up for 7-8 yards otherwise with no OSU players near the LOS on that side of the field. He gets swim-moved inside SO EASILY. The execution is just not there in the run game…the reality is some of these dudes are JAGs and it was exposed against our best competition.