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2026 tOSU Defense Discussion

RB07OSU
jwinslow said:

A few things stand out here:

- Grady needs a lot more than 8 snaps.
- Beau dropped to 5 snaps.
- Russaw had 33.

I'd like to see 12 Russaw, 20 Grady, 11 WIlder next week.


If the LBs are going to make mistakes, and all of them are, I'd rather it be off-set with splash plays.

Alliegro and Pettijohn can change the game for you.

Pierce is not reliable enough to keep Pettijohn on the bench as much as he does. Live with the mistakes that Riley has, and weigh them against the game changing plays. A defense that has to account for Alliegro and Pettijohn might actually sweat a little in pass protection, particularly if Grady and WIlder are in front of them. If they need to lean on Russaw more on early downs, so be it, but those 4 on 3rd and long would change the complexion of the d.

Seeing zero snaps for Calhoun is something, and the kind of thing the social media trolls say Day won't do.

There's just no way around the colossal loss of Timmons. Yes the safeties need to play better, but they don't have 6 quality DBs. Virtually no one does in the NIL era.

USC won that game because OSU didn't recruit or bring an OL. Their secondary got worked a lot harder than OSU's, but they had to cover a lot shorter time.
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The bolded text...us following recruiting all knew OL misses would likely rear its ugly head, particularly when what we got in the Portal was borderline wasted scholarships after misses in the Portal as well. I thought this year actually wouldn't be the year that caught up to us so bad with some of the guys we had returning with Moore, Montgomery and Siereveld. But it takes 5 and a spare (or two). Case study is Miami - they cleaned up on OL in the Portal and it's no miracle they are doing so well.
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2026 College Football Playoff Discussion

ScriptOhio
The first set of CFP Rankings sure suck; Ohio State is ranked 12th overall and apparently gets bumped out by Boise State:

College Football Playoff Bubble Watch after first ranking​


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Indiana hasn't exactly passed the eye test -- but clearly the SEC has.

The three big lessons learned:
  • The SEC has reasserted itself at the top of the sport, with five teams ranked in the top 10, led by No. 2 Georgia and No. 5 Alabama.
  • And though the Hoosiers are leading the way for the Big Ten, No. 12 Ohio State has no margin for error. The Buckeyes would miss the playoff if it were today because they'd be bumped out to make room for the highest Group of 6 team -- No. 25 Boise State.
  • At No. 11, Notre Dame clearly has to beat Miami on Saturday. There's no guarantee for the Irish if they don't finish in the top 12 on Selection Day.
The Big 12 is still in good shape to get two teams in, as No. 3 Utah and No. 9 BYU are in safe spots for now, with No. 15 Texas Tech in a decent position on the bubble.

Just sayin': I think it pretty obvious that the only way Ohio State gets into the CFPs with 3 losses is to win the B1G CCG and get the automatic conference championship bid. However, Ohio State getting into the B1G CCG with 2 conference losses is not guaranteed.
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2026 tOSU Defense Discussion

jwinslow

A few things stand out here:

- Grady needs a lot more than 8 snaps.
- Beau dropped to 5 snaps.
- Russaw had 33.

I'd like to see 12 Russaw, 20 Grady, 11 WIlder next week.


If the LBs are going to make mistakes, and all of them are, I'd rather it be off-set with splash plays.

Alliegro and Pettijohn can change the game for you.

Pierce is not reliable enough to keep Pettijohn on the bench as much as he does. Live with the mistakes that Riley has, and weigh them against the game changing plays. A defense that has to account for Alliegro and Pettijohn might actually sweat a little in pass protection, particularly if Grady and WIlder are in front of them. If they need to lean on Russaw more on early downs, so be it, but those 4 on 3rd and long would change the complexion of the d.

Seeing zero snaps for Calhoun is something, and the kind of thing the social media trolls say Day won't do.

There's just no way around the colossal loss of Timmons. Yes the safeties need to play better, but they don't have 6 quality DBs. Virtually no one does in the NIL era.

USC won that game because OSU didn't recruit or bring an OL. Their secondary got worked a lot harder than OSU's, but they had to cover a lot shorter time.
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HC Ryan Day (B1G Coach of Year, B1G Champion, National Champion)

RB07OSU
Jaxbuck said:
Some years, it’s just not your year.
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There's that and the fact that we could not get away with Sayin being out for that amount of time. But that issue is mostly because the defense is so bad that we in turn have to ask a 5'10 frosh QB to be a savior that he is not...and that's not an indictment on Luke, but who in their right minds thought we were going to be good for the long haul with Sayin out? I'm probably talking to myself here for being too optimistic after Sayin went down, but we can't score a million points without him that our defense is spotting any team with an offense.

So yeah, it's not our year and it shouldn't be surprising at all. Disappointing, sure. But not surprising.
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OL Coach Tyler Bowen (Official Thread)

DaddyBigBucks
Onebuckfan said:
I agree “look out blocks” way too often. Fahey was fine statistically but it didn’t look like the team was ready to follow his lead. Austin mentioned cadence issue.
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If you had just said Fahey was fine, I would agree unreservedly. But when you say “statistically” you bring in everyone else involved in the passing offense. The drops and the poor protection resulted in the worst pass efficiency against USC by any team that doesn’t have “Fresno” in their name. So yeah, I also agree with “the team was not ready to follow his lead”. Everything before and after “statistically” is fine. That word doesn’t belong
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Week 10 Game Discussion Thread

Gizmo
ScriptOhio said:
The 2026 version of the Catholics Vs the Convicts

Catholics vs Convicts T-Shirt


#1 Miami (8-0) at #4 Notre Dame (7-1)

Game Details:
    • Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
    • Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
    • Location: Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana
    • TV Channel: NBC
Just sayin': If there was ever a game where you would like to see both teams lose this is it. However, based on both team's remaining (all cupcake) schedule. I'm saying regardless who wins this game, both teams are pretty much a lock for CFPs. The outcome of the game will probably only effect each team's CFP ranking. Since Miami has 2 guys in Heisman contention and to help Jeramiah Smith in the Heisman voting; I hope both of those 2 players really suck this weekend.

Go Catholics!!!!
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damn, that's right at the same time that I'll be doing anything else.
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OL Coach Tyler Bowen (Official Thread)

Mike80
Buckeyefrankmp said:
I think there was a lot of "not knowing who to block" going on. That goes down to coaching.
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Ehh...maybe.

You got Van Sickle getting stood up on a zone play....

You have Siervald reaching with his punches and coming out of his stance....

You got guys coming off of established blocks to slide inside to guys already blocked (3 different times).....

You had another example of Fahey dropping far too deep and drifting away from a pocket that was fairly sound instead of stepping up into it too.

I think they were all trying to do too much instead of just doing what's in front of them in a lot of cases. The snap cadence thing didn't help either. All in all it added up to a frustrating night where there were clearly plays to be had but the execution of them absolutely sucked. The coaches own some of that, but as has been said, these aren't high schoolers anymore, they aren't new to football and this isn't the first game of the season. Do your job and Ohio State is fine.
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OL Coach Tyler Bowen (Official Thread)

Buckeyefrankmp
Mike80 said:
Bad - yes.

Fixable? Also yes.

I think there was a LOT of "trying to do too much" going on. Just do your jobs fellas and stay low on your run blocks Gabe Van Sickle....you'll be fine.
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I think there was a lot of "not knowing who to block" going on. That goes down to coaching.
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