System_id said:

Looking like Indiana only needed a drive to knock off the offensive rust.

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Yes, but bama is now the penn state of the sec.

Athleticism is the big issue with the OL currently. Miami athletic pass rushers were just running past our OL almost unimpeded while our guys looked like they were playing in quicksand.

The first sack was comical. Both stunters had ran past our OL and gotten to Sayin almost before our guys could even get turnt to even try to block them

The most important thing I want to know is who will be the leader on the offensive side of the ball? My view as an outsider is there is no one currently I can point to as being that person. Will it be Smith, Sayin or someone else?

I wonder the same for the defensive side.

Who will be the Will Howard or Jack Sawyer next year?

Bill Lucas said:

Gotta fix the line. I think that last night showed that Siervold is a guard, period. Line play was much better in the second half when Moore came in at left tackle. Ohio State needs actual tackles playing the position.

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Donovan Jackson was a ridiculous outlier as it relates to the success of a situation like that. Time to knock that shit off and play people at their natural spot.

Onebuckfan said:

Indiana sacked 2out of the first 3 plays.

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Good thing games are 60 minutes

System_id said:

Looking like Indiana only needed a drive to knock off the offensive rust.

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That is allowed? Who knew?

Good timing with the hire the day before the portal opens. If we are to assume we are in the market for a transfer WR.

Looking like Indiana only needed a drive to knock off the offensive rust.

Indiana punching. Maybe that's what we were missing to knock off the rust. Tried to get right into the pass game, instead of warming up with the run.

The soft coverage was frustrating. Made it way too easy on Beck and allowed him to get in a rhythm. Still, they were outstanding all year and I loved this D. Shame the offense couldn't hold up their end

Hey look a team was just able to throw a very basic screen pass without it being a pick 6

I'll be very interested im seeing if there's an exodus from the WR room with Hankton.

I’m not surprised. We all think he has a skill set similar to Parsons etc but if he did he’d be playing.

Just never put it together here. Good luck to him!

The prize for being a top four CFB playoff team is a rusty miserable loss.

Nicely done to kill the drive.

Unfortunately… horrible field position. Funny because I was just saying I’m kinda glad they didn’t pick it off at the 10. So much for that.

Indiana sacked 2out of the first 3 plays.

daddyphatsacs said:

It was a bad play call and Sayin needs to have better awareness in that situation.

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dragurd said:

Not really he was clearly coached to curl and seal as he curled the guy shot it. The Miami player gambled hard and won. But if he missed that int he would have put his team in a bad position cause they would have been down a man.

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You're not taught only one way. There's what you *want* vs what you *get* You're right about the curl and seal. Makes it easier to create the "alley"

If the DB expands laterally, you won't keep expanding with him just to get around and seal inside. If he's even leverage, or outside leverage, you attack the outside shoulder, shock balance and win with wingspan. Then work to seal inside. If you can't, you attack center mass to outside shoulder and work to drive vertically. You cannot give the inside up like that because of what we saw last night. TE pushing out on an escort motion is usually a gigantic tell, so it isn't as insane a gamble as you'd think.
The modern defense rallies top-down.

You have to be decisive because it's a longer developing type of screen when executing the fake. You get hands on, get physical, and work to dictate where the defender is going. You don't let him pick a lane and shoot inside when he isn't the conflict player.

Coaches targeted the overhang player and outleveraged him because he sat with eyes inside looking at GT read. They had what they wanted, players just didn't execute.

Indiana whiffs on a sack

Indiana hasn’t played for almost a month. Take Alabama and the points.