Look at the number of times already the opposing QBs have escaped the pocket
and our front 6-7 can't catch them before they either scramble and get the pass off
or get to the sideline

Was not the case last year

Pettyjohn may be the exception
and watch out for Cincere... QBs will not get away from him

Honest takes

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BuckeyeNation27 said:

Both teams will go up in the polls. Ohio State drops 3 spots to make room.

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Sounds about SEC

Jagdaddy said:

That’s possible, but we don’t know for sure yet whether we just don’t have dudes or if it’s more communication/disicipline/scheme issues that can be fixed.

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I'm seeing a lot of DL get their asses whooped straight up. No scheme can fix that imo. LBs the jury is out for me because done woes there flow down from the DL getting worked, but my inclination is to say we're plenty talented there and they just need the DL to play better in front of them.

RB07OSU said:

Fair point. We lost a lot of talent on defense and its unrealistic to expect a similar defensive result. But then again, if we want a championship run (or a chance at one with our schedule), they've got to improve a lot on the front end and fast, or there will be at least 3 losses this season. Hopefully Patricia can get it fixed, but my concern is we just don't have the horses to do it on the DL and there's no championship team with an average or worse DL.

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That’s possible, but we don’t know for sure yet whether we just don’t have dudes or if it’s more communication/disicipline/scheme issues that can be fixed.

Most of those blokes were around for 4 years.
That's all I have to say about that.

BB73 said:

Starting to look like a huge Halloween game this year, at Mercedes-Benz in ATL instead of the WLOCP in Jax.

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God willing if the Braves get hot, there could be a World Series game in Truist Park on the same night as well. The ultimate high risk high award situation for your pal BigWoof

Jagdaddy said:

While last year’s D had outright freaks, even for OSU, it’s hard to know if this year’s edition is really lacking footspeed or are just playing slow because they’re inexperienced. I tend to assume that we have the athletes, if perhaps not freaks, but they’ve got to start playing decisively and downhill.

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Fair point. We lost a lot of talent on defense and its unrealistic to expect a similar defensive result. But then again, if we want a championship run (or a chance at one with our schedule), they've got to improve a lot on the front end and fast, or there will be at least 3 losses this season. Hopefully Patricia can get it fixed, but my concern is we just don't have the horses to do it on the DL and there's no championship team with an average or worse DL.

And yet, they're bound to give us fits next week.

System_id said:

Guess Ole Miss blew their wad last week lol

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Both teams will go up in the polls. Ohio State drops 3 spots to make room.

Gizmo said:

Iowa's put up some points this season, but I'm not sure how, as this QB looks very much like an Iowa QB.

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They have played 2 cupcakes. They put up less than 300 yards against Iowa state and they have less than 80 against Michigan at the half. Any defense with a pulse can shut them down.

Gizmo said:

Iowa's put up some points this season, but I'm not sure how, as this QB looks very much like an Iowa QB.

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Are you only saying that because of his full ass windup to throw with all of his shoulder to get the ball 25 yards down field?

Guess Ole Miss blew their wad last week lol

Iowa is a bad team.

Went to the game with my family. Kiddos made it through the whole game which is a win! Beautiful day and nice W. Quick observations:

- JJ Smith is the GOAT! Told my kids they’re watching an all time great and don’t know if we’ll see another as good as him in S&G
- Sayin moving chains / scoring a TD on the ground was fantastic
- Sayin did a better job today with his progressions and was mostly pinpoint accurate
- Credit to Illinois, they have dudes and played a tough game
- Houser and Valentine played great; Valentine was best RB on field today
- defense was frustrating to watch, we were spoiled and were a work in progress
- lots of missed assignments, missed tackles, not getting pressure and we got beat a few times but got lucky
- we clearly haven’t solved special teams
- Enjoy the W…regular season is 1/3 over

Iowa's put up some points this season, but I'm not sure how, as this QB looks very much like an Iowa QB.

ORD_Buckeye said:

Valenti had a segment on your Mt Rushmore of hate. Obviously, Simple Jim immediately jumped to mind, and he was such an overwhelming choice (all the way back to 86) that I actually struggled to think of three more. Best I could do is Doug "Boner Pill" Flutie for stealing Byers' Heisman.

In the end:
Simple Jim
Flutie
Max Verstappen
John Cooper

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No Paterno?

Georgia 150 Oklahoma 124 yards. 28-0 Georgia, this is why protecting the ball is important ladies and gentlemen.

NJ-Buckeye said:

Last year spoiled me
IMO the DL and the LBs just don't have the foot speed of the elite we lost
so they have to function much more in sync to make up for it
Significant miscommunication between the whole defense but when you lose what we did gonna take time
but I hope something miraculous happens before we enter the skid rows of the remaining schedule

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Ah I don’t know. They got some damn missiles out there but I think we are nearing the point where they just have to let the young kids play.

Let Alford, Wilder, Pettijohn, and even Perez play more than not.

I have to admit I’m pretty disappointed in all of the older transfer players on defense. Alliegro, Smith, Russaw, Terry Moore hasn’t played, and Little Jr. has been up and down too.

The middle of the defense particularly is pretty rough.

It doesn’t help that Sanchez has a long ways to go also. He’s not a lock down guy and he won’t be this year while he learns on the job.

Losing two straight years of high level NFL talent finally caught up especially up front.

NJ-Buckeye said:

Last year spoiled me
IMO the DL and the LBs just don't have the foot speed of the elite we lost
so they have to function much more in sync to make up for it
Significant miscommunication between the whole defense but when you lose what we did gonna take time
but I hope something miraculous happens before we enter the skid rows of the remaining schedule

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While last year’s D had outright freaks, even for OSU, it’s hard to know if this year’s edition is really lacking footspeed or are just playing slow because they’re inexperienced. I tend to assume that we have the athletes, if perhaps not freaks, but they’ve got to start playing decisively and downhill.

Maybe when teams get to the stadium to play Michigan, they're given a new rule book that says trying to do anything that doesn't play to Michigan's strengths isn't allowed.

Has anyone ever thought to tell Mateer to not suck?

Captain Buckeye said:

Yeah as it should be. I’m pretty worried about the Iowa running back next week in Kinnick.

The defense for Iowa is going to do better than Illinois so we can’t afford to give up 20 or so.

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Those are realistic concerns.

NJ-Buckeye said:

Last year spoiled me
IMO the DL and the LBs just don't have the foot speed of the elite we lost
so they have to function much more in sync to make up for it
Significant miscommunication between the whole defense but when you lose what we did gonna take time
but I hope something miraculous happens before we enter the skid rows of the remaining schedule

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It's going to be interesting to see if Patricia can pull this D together.