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#1 BuckeyeMan

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Posted 12 December 2009 - 10:45 AM

What does everyone think? Will Tressel open the play book and put together some type of an offense? Or does he feel his defense and 90 yards passing will win the game?


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Posted 12 December 2009 - 11:23 AM

Buckeyes SHOULD be able to run on Oregon. If they do indeed establish the run, that will open the passing game of OSU. What Tressel needs to do though, is play to Terrelle's strength's which is a running game plan with a few roll out passes etc.. You may not see 100 yds of passing from the Bucks as Tress will most likely try to keep the ball away from Oregons offense by making long time consuming drives with a power running game.

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Posted 12 December 2009 - 11:35 AM

I agree ADOG. If tOSU can run the ball with consistency, that's what coach will do. The Bucks won't win if it gets into an offense show. Run the ball, mix in a couple 6 to 8 yard passes and play great defense, defense, defense. The one part of the game that scares me the most (besides Oregon's offense) is Ohio State's poor punting. Punting the ball 38 yards and giving up 10 to 15 yards per return will not get it done in a big game.

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Posted 13 December 2009 - 04:38 PM

the key to osu winning is if they can limit the turnovers, osu should be able to run the ball and control the clock and i expect their stellar defense to step up but if pryor starts throwin the ball to the men in green or yellow or grey or whatever they decide to wear, it could be a long day for the buckeyes

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Posted 16 December 2009 - 10:28 PM

I'm not as sold as everyone else on this OSU defense. They haven't faced a good offensive team the entire season.

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Posted 01 January 2010 - 07:10 PM

Time for the all important 2nd half adjustments.

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 09:27 AM

WOW, what a game! The Bucks did not play as conservative as normal. Tress opened the play book and kept the Ducks off balance. And the defense.....another outstanding job. Oregon was averaging 37 points a game and over 400 yards a game. 17 points and 260 yards. If not for all of the great kick returns by Oregon, the game may have been a blow out. Way to go BUCKS !

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 10:17 AM

QUOTE (Easton @ Dec 16 2009, 10:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm not as sold as everyone else on this OSU defense. They haven't faced a good offensive team the entire season.



Easton, Not a slam at all here, just curious if yesterdays D performance "sold" you on them? I for one was pretty impressed with the D but was equally impressed with they way OSU threw against the Ducks. With the passing game of the Ducks I figured their DB's, LB's etc would stop the Bucks from throwing a lot ...wrong there.
1 complaint though...and please I am not a Pyror hater...but sure wish someone could/would teach him how to throw correctly. I will definitely take the results from yesterday, but wish he would clean up his mechanics and start throwing the ball properly and not from his ear. If/when he learns and perfects the proper mechanics, look out..he will be an awesome QB

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 10:01 PM

That looked like the OSU of the BCS bowls from 2002-2005. Great defense, offense got opened up and was well balanced. My question is where was that from 06-08?

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 10:11 PM

QUOTE (dhsdawg06 @ Jan 2 2010, 10:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That looked like the OSU of the BCS bowls from 2002-2005. Great defense, offense got opened up and was well balanced. My question is where was that from 06-08?

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 02:38 AM

QUOTE (ADog @ Jan 2 2010, 10:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Easton, Not a slam at all here, just curious if yesterdays D performance "sold" you on them? I for one was pretty impressed with the D but was equally impressed with they way OSU threw against the Ducks. With the passing game of the Ducks I figured their DB's, LB's etc would stop the Bucks from throwing a lot ...wrong there.
1 complaint though...and please I am not a Pyror hater...but sure wish someone could/would teach him how to throw correctly. I will definitely take the results from yesterday, but wish he would clean up his mechanics and start throwing the ball properly and not from his ear. If/when he learns and perfects the proper mechanics, look out..he will be an awesome QB


Most definitely impressed with both sides of the ball for OSU. Very balanced attack, got a bit conservative for a while but still moved the ball and kept it out of Oregon's hands. For JT to throw caution to the wind and let Pryor throw the ball really caught Oregon off guard.

OSU is won of the best teams in the country at forcing a team into being one dimensional. Oregon's offense is so predicated on the run and OSU kept the big runs in check for the most part. I was not impressed w/ the Ducks QB and imo in order to beat OSU you have to be balanced and Oregon could not get their passing game going at all.

I don't feel that this win was really that big in hindsight but so long as the OSU team feels it was and harnesses that confidence they should ride this wave to the title game next year.

Edited by Easton, 03 January 2010 - 02:42 AM.


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Posted 03 January 2010 - 02:16 PM

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I don't feel that this win was really that big in hindsight but so long as the OSU team feels it was and harnesses that confidence they should ride this wave to the title game next year.
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I'm not so sure that it wasn't a big win. Oregon blew out USC (I know USC was down this year) The Ducks scored over 40 points against Pete Carroll's defense and 17 against tOSU. I think all of the sceptisim on how Ohio State chokes in the big games is finally over. Last year against Texas, the Bucks outplayed them and had the game until that last final drive. Great game and a hard loss to take. Not everyone wins the big games (ie. FLA vs Bama) (Oklahoma vs Boise State) I'm just hoping all of the juniors are coming back next year. Highly unlikely, but if they do.....title game appearance for the Bucks, again? The Big Ten isn't as bad as everyone has been saying this year. Penn State, Wisconsin, and Ohio State have won. The three teams to lose were in a position to win (2 of them were bottom tier teams in the Big Ten)and lost their bowl game in the final minutes.

Edited by BuckeyeMan, 03 January 2010 - 02:20 PM.


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Posted 03 January 2010 - 06:53 PM

QUOTE (BuckeyeMan @ Jan 3 2010, 02:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm not so sure that it wasn't a big win. Oregon blew out USC (I know USC was down this year) The Ducks scored over 40 points against Pete Carroll's defense and 17 against tOSU. I think all of the sceptisim on how Ohio State chokes in the big games is finally over.


Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Was it a big game? Sure it was, but what were the consequences of losing? Nothing, it was in reality, an exhibition game. Both teams came in with two losses. In the grand scheme of things I see this win as no different than the BCS wins over Kansas St and Notre Dame.

OSU should run the table next fall. Beating an Alabama, Florida, or USC when the chips are on the table will be winning the big game.



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Posted 21 January 2010 - 05:07 PM

Bucks big game next year is week 2 at home vs the U.

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 02:47 PM

Yeah they have the U for 2years, then Cal 2012-13, then Virginia Tech 2014-15, then Oklahoma 2016-17, and then Tennessee 2018-19. They also play Cincinnati in 2012 and 2014. coffee.gif







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