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  1. Explosive and fast as fuck is probably what you need here, though. He’s going for 5.7/carry over the last two seasons, that’ll get it done.
  2. I think there’s an opportunity for you to hit a few big plays on the ground - Blue is a great back and when your OL clicks you’ll pop one. I’d be very surprised if you’re able to sustain multiple drives by grinding it out - outside of Oregon in round 1, none of the teams you mentioned really did so. For example Tenn got half of its rushing yardage (65 yards) on their last drive of the game with its starters vs our 3rd string. PSU’s RBs averaged 2.4/carry - it was Allar and Warren of all people who boosted their rushing stats, and their offense totaled 6 points and 270 yards. IMO your offense’s best chance is to establish an intermediate passing game to stress our LBs in coverage and pull them back from the LOS. Styles has a lot of physical talent but he’s often out of position; JTT is a superior DE but he will overpursue a few times on the read option or RPO. Then find the right circumstance to hit us deep over the top or with some misdirection in the run game. Oregon did this well in October and I think you’ll be moderately successful at it - Quinn is certainly capable. What will hurt you is the lack of a QB run game, so using Arch creatively (but sparingly) could boost you there.
  3. Can’t fool me. TX defense has 21 INTs this season - that’s ludicrous
  4. The offense was actually decent against PSU - consistent and effective. Closed the game out with manball; Henderson averaged 5.5/carry and Judkins 6.8. What set us back and made the game close was turnovers - a pick 6 from Will to start the day and he also fumbled going into the endzone to kill another drive. 14 points directly on those two plays. This is the type of game I expect to see on Friday - good production but nowhere near the same explosiveness as against Tenn and Oregon. The turnovers are the thing - Howard (or anyone else) gives the ball away like that and I expect we lose.
  5. No, it’s just the transitive property is worthless in CFB and you probably all know that. I wouldn’t bank on OSU beating TX just because ASU took you to double overtime, even though I think OSU is a lot better than ASU. The last time we lost a game like that to Michigan was almost 30 years ago…in the 1996 game a 4-loss M team cost OSU a national title with a win in Columbus by nearly the exact same score (13-9). OSU subsequently beat Jake Plummer’s ASU in the Rose Bowl costing THEM a national championship. This Michigan game was an outlier like our last two games have been, just in the opposite direction. It could simply be that our true identity is inconsistent.
  6. I wouldn’t use OSU’s Michigan game as a barometer for anything - it is a season outlier more often than not. But generally you’re right…OSU fans are as shocked as everyone else about the last two games, since the team had never really looked like that all year, even in comfortable wins. Two games is not enough of a trend to bank on, so most assume we’ll come back down to earth somewhat now.
  7. No, we lost @PSU a few weeks later (in one of the early iterations of the White Out, a night game I attended. It was nuts. That PSU team itself only lost once, to Mich on the last play of the game). But your overall point stands; it was one of Tressel’s most talented teams, especially on defense.
  8. Hey all - OSU fan living in Austin, long-time lurker and first-time poster. It’s either a perfect or horrible time for me to initiate contact….either way I suppose it’s a win for the internet. TX has the right talent in the right positions to win this. Primarily - your superb DL vs our suspect OL. Now the OSU OL has actually been playing out of its mind during the CFP, and I hope it continues. But the depth is very thin and most guys are playing out of position - this is your best opportunity to derail our offense in the same way Michigan did. Get pressure on Will AND slow down the running game with your front 4, and your back 7 has the talent to disrupt our offense enough to make this game a barnburner. But you have to do it with your DL first; mixing in blitzes and such is great but it has to be supplementary to your line pressure or Howard will pick you apart. (Fortunately for us, at this point I don’t expect Day/Kelly to gameplan an offensive attack that plays directly into our opponent’s strengths - that was a special kind of pain reserved for the current hell of The Game). I know your secondary is great and you have historic reasons to doubt Howard, but he’s been phenomenal for OSU and a boost to this team in every game but one. On the other side of the ball, you have great talent at the skill positions and I’m a Ewers believer; you’ll hit a few big plays over the course of the game. But your OL needs to play to its full potential. OSU’s defense is actually its biggest advantage, especially on the DL and at safety. This combo is going to test Quinn something fierce but I know he’s capable of standing in the heat and making plays. I have great respect for Blue but I don’t think you’ll be able to establish a consistent running game - you will need to take situational advantage of the right circumstances to pop enough plays in the running game. I do think Sark is capable of this and the chess match vs Knowles will be fascinating. A quick final note - the only offense to really stress the OSU defense this year has been Oregon’s and that primarily because of Gabriel’s scrambling ability to extend plays and buy time for the OSU secondary to finally break. It’s the only offense to score a passing TD on OSU in the latter 2/3 of the season. This particular skill is not a facet of Ewers’ game, so as much as I respect the guy and think he needs to be your primary engine (given his experience and command of the offense) this is one area where Arch might be really helpful for you given his mobility. It would need to be within specific circumstances and he can’t just be a running back - gotta let him be a full QB threat or OSU will shut it down. But I can see him helping you if Sark smartly deploys him. My guess is 31-21 OSU, where we look a lot more pedestrian than in the previous 2 games but pull out enough plays to win it. Turnovers and whatnot (at which your D excels) could easily change this. Anyway, Go Bucks.
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