2024 tOSU Offense Discussion

[pnuts34]

I saw this and I don't think it is hyperbolic to make that comparison. Funny thing is that if I'm Tre, I would be thrilled to have Judkins in the backfield with me. It's his last season and he will get to show out plenty, while also keeping the miles down looking towards the draft. But from a fan's perspective, I am just amped to see this combo on the field.

Gives me more vibes of Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown. Though I'd love the success of either backfield

 

[RugbyBuck]

Gives me more vibes of Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown. Though I'd love the success of either backfield

Funny you mention that. I had a call with Brown last week and although the last thing I was going to do was ask him about football (I'm assuming that's what he usually gets), I looked him up in advance. I didn't know/remember that he was the second pick in the 2005 draft. Crazy how the RB position value has changed in the NFL over the last twenty years.

 

[pnuts34]

Funny you mention that. I had a call with Brown last week and although the last thing I was going to do was ask him about football (I'm assuming that's what he usually gets) I looked him up in advance. I didn't know/remember that he was the second pick in the 2005 draft. Crazy how the RB position value has changed in the NFL over the last twenty years.

That’s a crazy story, and yeah I usually don’t bring up sports when in a professional setting with a former athlete. Unless they bring it up first.

But the RB position has become very expendable. It also should be noted that Cadillac Williams was the #5 pick in the same draft… RBs now in the NFL are lucky to even get a 2nd contract. It’s smart that these 2 are willing to share the workload to get fresher legs for the season and at the next level

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[ScriptOhio]

“I think the way things turned out last year, it kind of went into the first couple games of the season, that's not ideal,” Day said. “I wouldn't like to do that again this year. But it's going to come down to playing the best players.”

During Wednesday's interview, Day did not specifically address where Ohio State’s quarterbacks currently stand on the depth chart. Coming out of spring, Kansas State transfer Will Howard appeared to be the frontrunner for the job with Brown as his top competition, though redshirt freshman Lincoln Kienholz and true freshman Julian Sayin took just as many reps during the spring with true freshman Air Noland also seeing some action.

While Ohio State rotated the quarterbacks between units throughout the spring, Day acknowledged Wednesday that the Buckeyes will have to be more intentional about how they divvy up reps during preseason camp.

“There's been conversations about it for sure, and we're going to have to be creative,” Day said. “We've done some things. We had in the preseason (last year), had two fields going to make sure we're getting enough reps for everybody involved. But like you said, we're going to have to be really good and execute a good plan.”

Regardless of how the depth chart ultimately shakes out, Ohio State will have the advantage of excellent quarterback depth this season as none of the five scholarship quarterbacks who went through spring practices entered the transfer portal. Day believes that speaks to their desire to compete and get better.

“I say this all the time to some of the elite players, I say one of the recruiting pitches you're going to hear from other schools is ‘Don't go to Ohio State, they're loaded.’ Well, Marvin Harrison, it didn't matter to him that there was four five-stars in that room, or the fact that TreVeyon (Henderson) embraced when Quinshon came in and Quinshon came in knowing TreVeyon was going to be here,” Day said. “It's the same thing in that quarterback room. If you want to come to Ohio State, you're going to want to compete. That's the way we do it in the offseason, that's the way we do it on the field, we want to compete at the highest level.

“The cool thing is if you make it here, you’ll make it anywhere. But I think what's most important about the quarterbacks room is they have to feel like they're getting better, that they're getting developed, because that's just as important as anything as a quarterback. You can go to a lot of places, maybe you can play, but are you really getting developed? I think these guys believe in that.”

 

[ScriptOhio]

Another real good 11W (Ramzy Nasrallah) article:

 

[ScriptOhio]

At this point in time check out 11W's 3 deep on offense: