chasing points, with a lead, in the 2nd quarter. Just dumb.

I looked up who OSU's special teams coach was this season because it's unbelievable we don't have one. Only saw Parker Fleming bio's and articles. Maybe you all know already, but he's going to UK with Will Stein for next season.

Kicking myself for not getting into football coaching, given the earning potential in the sport, regardless of the fact that I know nothing about playing the sport.

The kicker obviously won't be reliable, if there's no one there to show him the fine details, and whatever st coaches do.

osuvictory1 said:

Even though he is crazy, doesn't mean his takes are wrong.

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No....his craziness isn't why he should be completely disregarded 100% of the time.

osuvictory1 said:

He say's things to get people going.

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This is.

brodybuck21 said:

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VaTech or Cincinnati, perhaps? He’s a better thrower than Lincoln Kienholz but probably not a better runner.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

Anybody who ever brings up Zach Smith always posts it with a caveat. You'd think that would be enough of a big red flag, and yet....

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Because he is without a doubt loose cannon. I enjoy the podcast. He was a actual wr coach under Urban. Even though he is crazy, doesn't mean his takes are wrong.

He say's things to get people going. He is controversial. So yes, there will be caveats in place because he is polarizing.

I don't send him money through the chat or really anything other than listen. I listen because he is crazy and entertaining. Kris Drew is hilarious as well.

I feel like some of his takes have merit. Now on the other hand, there is NevedaBuck who has zero credibility.

OregonBuckeye said:

This was also an OL replacing 2 1st round picks and the Rimington award winner. IU and Cryami have aggressive, nasty front 7's too. Let's not overreact to the last 2 games

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Miami definitely has a talented D Line. Bain being the most talented, obviously. It didn't look like he needed to be prime OSU Chase Young out there. He was just going in a straight line at the QB, and we just let him do it. I KNOW he's good, I just didn't see it last night.....the same way I wouldn't see how great LeBron is against a bunch of 6th graders.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

Anybody who ever brings up Zach Smith always posts it with a caveat. You'd think that would be enough of a big red flag, and yet....

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Yet somehow it's never yes beat his wife and had dildos delivered to his office but....

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lol Day immediately goes to get a kicker.

Day needs to bring in someone who won't just be a yes man and let whoever that may be do their thing without major meddling. An internal promotion here assures the yes man and is a lame duck definite non championship move

AuTX Buckeye said:

No more retreads. It rarely works out. Fresh blood or else.

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This.

AuTX Buckeye said:

No more retreads. It rarely works out. Fresh blood or else.

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Patricia could be considered a bit of a retread in some ways.

I'd be ok with Wilson - he has a strong enough personality and a definite system that would be able to keep Coach Day in more of an executive role.

No matter who gets the job, whoever it is has to have established credibility to be able to run the show on his own. Kelly had it. Hartline did not fully have that 'it' yet. Tom Herman had it while he was at Ohio State, especially after JT got hurt against TCUN, Tim Beck did not as we saw the following year.

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Listened to Menace. Smith doesn't like the hire. Say's Hankton is not a good recruiter, but for a few guys. At each UGA and LSU the receivers regressed.

I know... I know Zach Smith, but he does know ball, and the different coaches out there.

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Anybody who ever brings up Zach Smith always posts it with a caveat. You'd think that would be enough of a big red flag, and yet....

“PAWWWWWWLLLLLLL!”

Thump said:

Huh?

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Satirical analogy, referring to Cryami fans' 23-year Terry Porter obsession.

I'm not going to crush the kid - unlike about 60% of the non-BP Buckeye fanbase, I don't get my jollies screeching about kickers.

Literally no one in the locker room feels worse about it than he does.

I do have some concerns about 'staying with your guy' too long but that's a Ryan Day problem, not a Jayden Fielding problem. There's putting people in a position to succeed or fail, and then there's trotting a guy out who has shown a propensity for not getting the job done. Everyone has their ceiling and their limitations, and it's ENTIRELY on the coaches to find them, understand what they are, and do what's best for the PROGRAM and the PLAYER.

OregonBuckeye said:

Well, he hasn't played. Not sure how anyone can accurately rank him. But he certainly has the physical tools to be great.

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Just sayin': Yeah, you're right and the only time he did get to play it was a disaster, i.e. 2023 Cotton Bowl.

No more retreads. It rarely works out. Fresh blood or else.

Ole Miss settling for FGs probably going to regret it.

Telekinesis said:

They were lined up offside on that one play.

We shouldn’t get over this for about 23 years!

Jesus, man! You act like they would have won if the refs didn’t screw us over so badly on that one play. Good god. Never forget.

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Huh?

It will be telling whom Day brings in. The one thing about Wilson is his background working with the OL.

Dude that last one was good from 61 or 62....absolute bomb.

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He also had some sour grapes over Hartline and his WR rotations

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I have heard him call Hartline the goat. He actually raves about Hartline.

It's true. Hartline did not rotate very much. Many people questioned that.

Get a real kicker for the love of christ, Ryan.

Not so much of a criticism as an adjustment I think he'll understand and make this next season.

College ball is necessarily different from the NFL. A LOT of NFL teams operate under the 4 minute offense (so does Ohio State in a lot of previous seasons). Teams that can dink and dunk all the way down the field without fucking up (like last night) are very rare. I want to say the longest pass attempted by Beck last night was under 25 yards (full disclosure, I didn't see most of the 4th quarter).

The adjustment is, as @Captain Buckeye stated - if your offense is chewing clock, and you're not getting off the field defensively (playing softer zones, not getting off the field on 3rd down, etc) - then BOTH teams are chewing clock. That will work 90% of the time when you have a team as powerful as Ohio State BUT when the other team can play that way like Indiana and Cryami did, then the system works against itself.

The adjustment has to be to attack more in those situations. When Ohio State did that last night on defense, they got several stops in a row.

Patricia is the best defensive coordinator Ohio State has had since Fickell or Dantonio. I'm certain he will figure it out.