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I mean we can say for certain that he spend time talking the the USF administration and/or his agent. His agent didn’t take the job with zero input from him.
We also know he and Day spent extra time with Chris Henry and Guilford due to his leaving.
We don’t know if he made any calls about staff or to any USF players and recruits. I imagine he spent a little time on it.
Day insinuated during his interview that it wasn’t a normal week and there were some distractions. We can also assume from our eyes that the offense wasn’t prepared for the IU defense. IU didn’t do anything different than they did all year, yet the offense had no idea how to deal with the stunts and simulated pressure. The strategy appeared to be to roll out a generic game plan that they have used all year.
Coaching in college football during the season is a 12-16 hour a day job 7 days a week. Any time spent trying to do another job is either coming out of that time or sleep time.
I was commenting to the idea that it was an absolute. "Hartline was just checked out"
If we are talking in the middle ground then yes, obviously he had some distraction while Cignetti's crew that's been together forever just sat around making a better game plan.
That said, you take the distractions away and I am not so sure Hartline and company still don't get beat by Cignetti's crew last night. Once the game started the adjustments were not quick. Distraction during the week shouldn't impact that.
The efficiency strategy is 100% the best way to play. It's risk management at the end of the day. You are taking away the things an inferior opponent needs (more chances for random variance to help them-flukey plays, penalties, turn overs etc).
You increase the volume of plays, you increase the risk factor.
The problem last night was getting beat at their own efficiency game (ever so slightly) by IU. Very few other teams profile to be able to do that.
There is literally no way any of us will ever know if Hartline was distracted or if that was a 1st year OC getting his pants pulled down by a veteran DC with a veteran team.
Our offense and QB were clearly on the back foot all night though. Adjustments were late and ultimately not effective enough.
I mean we can say for certain that he spend time talking the the USF administration and/or his agent. His agent didn’t take the job with zero input from him.
We also know he and Day spent extra time with Chris Henry and Guilford due to his leaving.
We don’t know if he made any calls about staff or to any USF players and recruits. I imagine he spent a little time on it.
Day insinuated during his interview that it wasn’t a normal week and there were some distractions. We can also assume from our eyes that the offense wasn’t prepared for the IU defense. IU didn’t do anything different than they did all year, yet the offense had no idea how to deal with the stunts and simulated pressure. The strategy appeared to be to roll out a generic game plan that they have used all year.
Coaching in college football during the season is a 12-16 hour a day job 7 days a week. Any time spent trying to do another job is either coming out of that time or sleep time.
How about we use some historical set up that fits the narrative we want to promote and ask why we don't simply get a rematch with IU for the NC like the SEC got to do on more than one occasion?
I'm sure y'all would be good with that logic since it served you so well in the past?
I just assumed that we had a can of whup-ass in the pantry and agreed that there was no need to open it until we needed it. We needed a little of that last night; not even a lot of it. Two fucking touchdowns wins this game. We can’t get two motherfucking touchdowns? And the third down conversion rate? Jhfc, why’d we even show up in Indy?
Agreed. Not even sure about Oregon to be honest. Indiana mostly shut them down at Autzen and only gave up 13 offensive points.
The question from here on out is can Buckeye offense muster enough to get to 20 points. Do that in three straight games and they're likely hoisting another trophy imo.
I think the coaches drank the rat poison about this game not mattering. The offensive gameplan and redzone playcalling especially leads me to believe they were not serious about winning this game. Not an excuse by any means but it just didn't make sense otherwise.
The way the game played out was eerily similar to the Michigan game last year, but for like the opposite reason.
Bizzaro world. I cannot fucking wait for these conference championship games to no longer exist.
I was on board with the laid back efficiency-focused offense during the season, but felt sure that he could flip the switch to an attacking aggressive offense when it became necessary. Either he couldn’t, wouldn’t, or didn’t realize it was necessary last night, because he sure AF didn’t. That was more than embarrassing, it was a waste of the talent of this side and the work they’ve put in.
I was on board with the laid back efficiency-focused offense during the season, but felt sure that he could flip the switch to an attacking aggressive offense when it became necessary. Either he couldn’t, wouldn’t, or didn’t realize it was necessary last night, because he sure AF didn’t. That was more than embarrassing, it was a waste of the talent of this side and the work they’ve put in.
Assuming we are the 3 seed it gives us a easier 2nd round draw as the 6/11 is likely to be Ole Miss vs Tulane. We will bitch slap Ole Miss (or Tulane) they don't concern me at all
Is it me or are we going to maybe luck out with the easier bracket?
IIndiana is going to have to go through Notre Dame and then either Oregon or Texas Tech. They will have to beat both Ohio State and Oregon a second time to win it all. That’s really tough to do and I think Texas Tech is a pretty impressive team.
Meanwhile we will likely get Ole Miss and then UGA. Ole Miss doesn’t have the defense and UGA doesn’t have the offense. Also, you know Ryan Day wants to get UGA back.
I think Oregon, ND, Tech is a rougher go than Ole Miss and UGA.
day playing chess... you know that if the guy has time to think about and gameplan the "what if our comms give out" scenario, he would think through the playoff bracket scenarios when he's trying to decide how much to ante up in the BIG CCG.
Don’t sleep on Georgia’s defense. They actually scare me more than any other team in the playoffs. I think we drop to #4. If both IU and OSU win their quarterfinal game, that sets up a rematch in the semifinals. I think they will try to avoid same conference in the championship game, but who knows, the SEC has had that opportunity a few times in the past.
Is it me or are we going to maybe luck out with the easier bracket?
IIndiana is going to have to go through Notre Dame and then either Oregon or Texas Tech. They will have to beat both Ohio State and Oregon a second time to win it all. That’s really tough to do and I think Texas Tech is a pretty impressive team.
Meanwhile we will likely get Ole Miss and then UGA. Ole Miss doesn’t have the defense and UGA doesn’t have the offense. Also, you know Ryan Day wants to get UGA back.
I think Oregon, ND, Tech is a rougher go than Ole Miss and UGA.
Birm reporting that PSU was targeting Matt Patricia this week, which adds to the saga and chaos leading into the game. But it looks like Matt told them to pound sand.
Also smoke on X that Rocco Becht will be transferring to Penn State, following Matt Campbell.
Agreed. Not even sure about Oregon to be honest. Indiana mostly shut them down at Autzen and only gave up 13 offensive points.
The question from here on out is can Buckeye offense muster enough to get to 20 points. Do that in three straight games and they're likely hoisting another trophy imo.
I'm interested to see what Day does to fix the o-line debacle. Different plays to make up for its inherent weakness? I don't see it getting fixed so it needs to be some nuance. If they don't figure it out, no Natty. IU showed everyone else how to attack our offense.
True but no one else really has the defense that IU has either. That was a very athletic front. Not the biggest but they’re pretty quick.
Who can really do what IU did? I don’t see anyone in the playoffs other than IU.
The offensive line has been good all year I think. We just picked the wrong night to have a bad game. 5 sacks has got to be the most we’ve allowed since maybe TCUN 2021?
The team will be fine. My primary concern is the play calling and pace of play. We took up 14 minutes in the second half to come away with no points on TWO drives. Playing slow and methodical I get during the season but during the playoffs we need to hit the gas. Force a team to have to keep up because with this defense anyone getting to 21 would be a huge surprise.
We need to work faster. Because 3 second half possessions is just asking for a loss if you can’t punch it in.
Our lack of at least apparent urgency on offense was disturbing. It was like we didn’t realize we were in a fight. Last week we did and it paid off. This week it was like we were flipping channels from a barcolounger. Does it have to take 8 seconds to get a running play open?
