Austin practiced at tackle in camp when everyone else had hand foot and mouth disease. Zen has been practicing at tackle for 4 years. Hopefully he’s ready to step up. Go Bucks!

I’d bet the house on the under for Cade Stover passing yards. Go Bucks!

Sorry for your loss and thank you for sharing your story. I lost my dad in 2020, and still struggle with it every time his namesake (my 1 year old son) does something new that reminds me of him. But I know he’s watching and proud, as is yours. 

Correct. Obviously next year he’ll have a huge role when Emeka is in the league. Unless they let Inniss return punts this year

I think more importantly, all of these guys will play significant roles on this team (except possibly Inniss). Go Bucks!

Google Parris Campbell highlights…

I like it more on the simple/traditional end of the spectrum, so I’m ok with what they ended up going with…but I feel like script Ohio should be the end zone font or on the field somewhere at least! Go Bucks!

Completely agree that tackling could’ve been better, especially linebackers. But if we’re looking solely at who leads the team in tackles, and comparing to even 5 years ago, the argument is moot. The game is completely different now (just like OSU offensive mindset). There’s more passing and more plays on the edge. Much less runs up the middle…unless you’re playing mostly Utah, Wisconsin, Iowa, and service academies. I hope we have better linebacker play in the future, but honestly most offenses these days work to put linebackers in conflict each play (see film study on 11w why JSN was so successful against Utah’s all American LB). Go Bucks!

Holy shit! It’s just so beautiful!

BOOM!! Crazy to think that some of these guys need to gain about 40 pounds over the next few years to be able to hold up in the BIG 10. But I guess he’s only like 17years old lol. Plenty of time 

That’s true. I think they’re trying too hard to get CJ comfortable early in games with RPO calls. Sometimes you just need to line up and run the damn ball. Get the O line in rhythm. 

I was at the game and haven’t rewatched it so difficult to see in the moment. But watching the 11 minute clip of CJ above gives me optimism regarding his ability. I think this game was lost (obviously on defense) on offense on the last 2 full possessions. 6 minutes left and 4 minutes left roughly down 1 score. The over reliance on the pass. At some points 1st and 10 on the 50 yard line with 3 timeouts, and they drop CJ back 3 straight times. Needed to mix in a few runs in my opinion to keep the defense honest. You get a holding call on one possession a sack on another. Obviously hindsight is 20/20. Go Bucks!

45-24 Buckeyes!! Expecting a few trick plays by the Gophers tonight that catch an aggressive D off guard. 

The even more insane part is that 73-9 includes 3-5 in 2011. Take that out and Ryan Day and Urban Meyer went a combined 70-4 in Big10 games!! Lol

Speaking of focusing on himself…go back and read it again. He says “I” or “me” like 47 times lol

I’m not sure I like a format where teams get a bye. There will be more bias with seeding I think. Playing an extra football game is quite a disadvantage when you then have to play an elite team fully rested. 

The kickoff return TD stat is misleading because of the rule changes a few years back. Everyone just fair catches and starts at the 25 these days. Would be interesting to look at how many times the Buckeyes are actually returning kickoffs compared to years past. 

Imagine if JT had Ryan Day as a coach from the beginning! Sure..not as much arm talent as Dwayne or Justin, but the total numbers would be staggering. 

Completely agree. Incredibly unappreciated by a lot of Buckeye fans. Never understood it. The 2018 defensive scheme/coaches weren’t his fault. 

Agree with you here BB7. That game would have been much closer had both teams been at full strength. No one will convince me otherwise. I’m not saying the buckeyes win even 4 out of 10 times. But to say they’re not even close if the game is played 10 times is short sighted in my opinion. Not being able to run the ball/PA pass off of it/limit Bama possessions ended this game right before halftime. If the game ended 45-38 Bama we aren’t even having these conversations. Go Bucks!

Sermon being out also took away the play action passes that Fields buried Clemson with. 

Football games can be won or lost in a very small portion of the game. OSU beat Clemson because of a stretch in the second quarter. The Bucks lost this game right before halftime. 21-17. Buckeyes porous D gives up 2 touchdowns. I will concede one of those. But without Sermon they had two straight 3 and outs. No one will convince me that if we had Sermon that would have went that way. 28-24 (or even 28-21) at halftime is a world different than 35-17. Being able to consistently run the ball would have limited Bama possessions. I still think they score in the low 40s, but I think the Buckeyes would have too. Go Bucks! 

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JK I NEED to find more!!!

I think I might read this site too much, as this is the second week in a row that my score prediction is the same as 11W lol. GO BUCKS!