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Game Thread #1 tOSU at Washington, Sat. Sept. 27th, 3:30 ET, CBS

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iambrutus said:
someone's gotta throw mud at the wall and hope it sticks, then he can sound like a know it all if it happens. I'm curious to see how the bucks show up on the road, love to see a dominate game and keep getting Bo more and more involved.
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Exactly, I can't believe he was able to get through that rant with a straight face.

I do agree Sayin has to be better than vs Ohio, but the things he needs to change are very minimal. Basically throw the ball to Innis when he has no one within 10yards of him. If he does that we blow them away. Just to much talent and good coaching on both sides of the ball.
 
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There have been plenty of squads I've been worried about in big road games. This one isn't one of them. I love the vibe with these guys. There relatively young, at least in terms of starter minutes for a lot of them, and they don't seem complacent because of the '24 NC. I see them embracing the challenge and getting after it.
 
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MGMT said:
This would be irritating as hell. You’re harming the team’s offensive development overall if you pull some shit like that and you’re increasing the risk of losing.

Get Sayin acclimated to throwing a higher volume of passes as you gear up for conference play and ultimate the end of November. It’s absolutely inexcusable to not do so with this caliber of surrounding talent. It sounds more egregious than 2015.

Not to mention if being conservative becomes a norm with this offense tell me Smith won’t field offers to transfer to a Florida school.

Sheer negligence. Moving forward tje defensive output should have absolutely no influence on offensive game planning imo. Establish yourself or ger on all fours and take another fucking at the end of the season; they cannot stand for that.

Sorry don’t mean to come off as aggressive toward you directly; that shit got me fired up unexpectedly.
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I definitely hear you.

But check Ryan Day’s track record with a first year starter on his first road start. 24 passing attempts for Justin. 22 for CJ. 33 for Kyle, but a lot of those were extensions of the run game with screens and short passes because the run game was terrible. And none of those teams posed an offensive threat that this Washington team does, so he didn’t have the incentive to keep them off the field.

He doesn’t take risks. And with a dominant defense, he has more room to play conservative.
 
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buchtelgrad04 said:
I definitely hear you.

But check Ryan Day’s track record with a first year starter on his first road start. 24 passing attempts for Justin. 22 for CJ. 33 for Kyle, but a lot of those were extensions of the run game with screens and short passes because the run game was terrible. And none of those teams posed an offensive threat that this Washington team does, so he didn’t have the incentive to keep them off the field.

He doesn’t take risks. And with a dominant defense, he has more room to play conservative.
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And Fields is the only one that had a defense anywhere nearly this good. BTW I am fine with the run extension plays to number 4. Good things seem to happen when he gets the ball. Don't overcomplicate things.
 
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buchtelgrad04 said:
I definitely hear you.

But check Ryan Day’s track record with a first year starter on his first road start. 24 passing attempts for Justin. 22 for CJ. 33 for Kyle, but a lot of those were extensions of the run game with screens and short passes because the run game was terrible. And none of those teams posed an offensive threat that this Washington team does, so he didn’t have the incentive to keep them off the field.

He doesn’t take risks. And with a dominant defense, he has more room to play conservative.
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To me it's not so much about how many total passing attempts there are as about predictability. There's been a tendency in the past to run between the tackles on a substantial majority of first down plays. I'd like to see at least half of first down plays be passes, with 3/4 of those being at least intended to go seven yards or more past the line of scrimmage in the air, with more first down plays being passes if the running game isn't doing well.
 
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Jagdaddy said:
To me it's not so much about how many total passing attempts there are as about predictability. There's been a tendency in the past to run between the tackles on a substantial majority of first down plays. I'd like to see at least half of first down plays be passes, with 3/4 of those being at least intended to go seven yards or more past the line of scrimmage in the air, with more first down plays being passes if the running game isn't doing well.
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I do think Julian is helped by playing against Matty P’s defense everyday because Washington runs similar concepts with Belichick as their DC. So, if Julian completes his first few passes, we could see passing on early downs. But if he starts shaky, that’ll only reinforce Day’s tendency to play it close.
 
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RugbyBuck said:
There have been plenty of squads I've been worried about in big road games. This one isn't one of them. I love the vibe with these guys. There relatively young, at least in terms of starter minutes for a lot of them, and they don't seem complacent because of the '24 NC. I see them embracing the challenge and getting after it.
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Not suggesting you should be worried, but that just sounds like blind hope. People on here downplay just how challenging it is to travel to play on the west coast. Add in intense crowd noise and a young team with no road experience, and this game is nothing to scoff at. Getting off to a fast start is crucial
 
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I agree. I think all of the elements are there to get a serious dose of "bad" Ryan Day.

Unfortunately it seems like the "good/ruthless/aggressive" Ryan Day only shows up once he feels like he has nothing to lose and just let's it all hang out....which needs a catalyst that none of us want to think about.

I don't know on this one. OSU has the better team, there is zero question on that but a lot of the circumstantial stuff gives me pause, to include the line drop through 10 to -8.5. There is really only one answer to that and it's not a positive one for us.

My plea would be along the lines of "don't go into the phone booth for the fight Ryan. The call is coming from inside the house" kind of thing. You run risks by being too conservative and it doesn't play to your strength. Take the same risk and play your game, let your guy eat. He's got to learn sometime, somewhere.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I agree. I think all of the elements are there to get a serious dose of "bad" Ryan Day.

Unfortunately it seems like the "good/ruthless/aggressive" Ryan Day only shows up once he feels like he has nothing to lose and just let's it all hang out....which needs a catalyst that none of us want to think about.

I don't know on this one. OSU has the better team, there is zero question on that but a lot of the circumstantial stuff gives me pause, to include the line drop through 10 to -8.5. There is really only one answer to that and it's not a positive one for us.

My please would be along the lines of "don't go into the phone booth for the fight Ryan. The call is coming from inside the house" kind of thing. You run risks by being too conservative and it doesn't play to your strength. Take the same risk and play your game, let your guy eat. He's got to learn sometime, somewhere.
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what Jax said
 
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