johnson2443 said:

Incredibly sad. Entered Ohio State the same year I did and had a couple classes with him. Great person, and loved by everybody. Horrible news.

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Absolutely. We'll see the tributes rolling in today and they are a testament to how he lived his life. Sad day indeed.

Mike80 said:

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RIP Buckeye Legend.

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Incredibly sad. Entered Ohio State the same year I did and had a couple classes with him. Great person, and loved by everybody. Horrible news.

Jaxbuck said:

I don't think you are going to get many takers on this site lining up to defend Kelly

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Well there was one…

Just saw the news. Gutted for Nick’s family. RIP Nick.

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RIP Buckeye Legend.

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

I was told that “if a mongoloid like Ed O can win a natty at LSU, just imagine what a ‘proven winnah’ like BK could do here!”

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I don't think you are going to get many takers on this site lining up to defend Kelly

buckeyemania11 said:

Feels like the SEC might even stumble into 5 teams this year. Not because there are 5 great teams there but because of the incompetence of the rest of the leagues.

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I mean, to be fair, you look around and if it's 5 from the SEC to make the best field of 12 this year, then make it 5 from the SEC.

I hate this trying to be fair to everyone bullshit (and yes I know the SEC is often the one trying to be "unfair").

I was told that “if a mongoloid like Ed O can win a natty at LSU, just imagine what a ‘proven winnah’ like BK could do here!”

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Jagdaddy said:

Smith has 49 catches to Tate’s 34 and 7 TDs to Tate’s 6, and no other Buckeye has more than 20 catches or 2 TDs. Smith also is just ahead of Tate for receiving yards. I can’t find compiled target stats, but given that Smith has dropped a few, that defenses are presumably taking steps to roll coverage to him, and that on the deep balls he’s either been less able to get separation than Tate or Sayin just hasn’t been as accurate with his targets, depending on the attempt, I find it hard to complain about their efforts to get him the ball. There hasn’t been a lot of effective intermediate passing until last week, and I expect Smith’s YPC to improve as Sayin gets more efficient at that and throws more of those kinds of passes. That will then probably open up some deep shots as the price of completely bailing and rolling coverage to Smith increases.

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Defenses are clearly rolling coverage to his side of the field and saying "beat us somewhere else". They aren't going to stop doing it because Smith is so good. He's certain death to a defense, the others you have a chance with.

I am not an X & O guy but I know enough to know that when you do that with coverage, the backside has weaknesses and that is why they brought in Klare. Tate to a degree but Klare being the ultimate weapon if he's playing well and Sayin is reading well. You can't cover him with the LB or S you put in conflict on the back side of that rolled over coverage if it's done right.

Oversimplified a bit but I don't think teams are going to get away from the "roll to Smith, make them work down the field" kind of defenses we've been seeing. That is one of my main reasons for being so impressed by Smith. I have seen few and far between guy who dictate to a defense what they will play and that has been the bigger help to a young QB than just his physical ability to go catch the ball imo.

Last week was a huge positive in my mind because Day started pushing on the passing game so obviously he's got faith in Sayin to do it. With the training wheels off, the passing offense should be lethal. We may see a game in November where weather doesn't allow us to pass but not in the CFP we won't.

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23 targets sounds right this week.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

You forgot to give grad any points this week

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Well Benedict at least I didn't pick the Buckeyes to lose...

calibuck said:

Used to be that the SEC cannabalized themselves year over year in the rankings. Now the B10 is doing the same thing. The way it's looking now, is that the SEC will put four in the playoff, with the B10 only having three. Of course, there's a little way to go in the season, and it's been such a wacky year that today's prognostications are tomorrow's bird cage liner. Firmly believe that there's 2-3 teams that will surge towards the end, and upset all the intricate (and historical leanings) of playoff teams). Really, that's what makes college football so unbelieveably great!

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Feels like the SEC might even stumble into 5 teams this year. Not because there are 5 great teams there but because of the incompetence of the rest of the leagues.

Smith has 49 catches to Tate’s 34 and 7 TDs to Tate’s 6, and no other Buckeye has more than 20 catches or 2 TDs. Smith also is just ahead of Tate for receiving yards. I can’t find compiled target stats, but given that Smith has dropped a few, that defenses are presumably taking steps to roll coverage to him, and that on the deep balls he’s either been less able to get separation than Tate or Sayin just hasn’t been as accurate with his targets, depending on the attempt, I find it hard to complain about their efforts to get him the ball. There hasn’t been a lot of effective intermediate passing until last week, and I expect Smith’s YPC to improve as Sayin gets more efficient at that and throws more of those kinds of passes. That will then probably open up some deep shots as the price of completely bailing and rolling coverage to Smith increases.

Columbus Public is dead man walking.

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Is that bad?

Onebuckfan said:

Smith should have better stats, we give opposing defenses too much respect.

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Yep. They risk him losing interest if they don't get more creative getting him the ball. Or just at least give him 2 50-50 balls a game.

I love seeing Tate move up draft boards, but Smith is clearly the alpha and needes to be treated as such

Bill Lucas said:

Who is a deserving fourth in the B1G?

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There is such as drop off from OSU, IU and Oregon that I don't think the BIG deserves a fourth team this year. Let them put four SEC teams in. That will insure we get to play a couple of them in the CFP ....