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2007 tOSU Defense

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I can't find the adjective to descriibe the speed difference between the OSU defense and the Purdue offense last week.

I don't know that in all of the years of going to games that a speed sifference was so apparent to me except in the 98 Sugar Bowl when FSU almost ran us out of the Superdome.

The lateral speed of Laurinaitis is something to see.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;925709; said:
The opponents. I still think our secondary is vunerable to the short, quick stuff and crossing patterns.
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I asked a couple months back if our secondary was a strength for the reason in the sucess of Ohio State from the defensive side of the ball. Now 4 games
later it appears that our secondary has come into thier own now. Our linebacker seems to grasp what they are doing and the defensive line is coming too. I think "Cover 2" defense is something that Coach Heacock and his gang are really focusing on and that can be might trickey and dangerous.
Did we cover that area well in the Purdue game? or was it the pressure from the defensive lineman.
 
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Thump;956134; said:
I can't find the adjective to descriibe the speed difference between the OSU defense and the Purdue offense last week.
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Try making one up: "Troodjeb." That Ohio State defense looked so troodjeb against Purdue that I thought that their shoes were going to explode.
 
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kippy1040;956145; said:
I asked a couple months back if our secondary was a strength for the reason in the sucess of Ohio State from the defensive side of the ball. Now 4 games later it appears that our secondary has come into thier own now. Our linebacker seems to grasp what they are doing and the defensive line is coming too. I think "Cover 2" defense is something that Coach Heacock and his gang are really focusing on and that can be might trickey and dangerous.
Did we cover that area well in the Purdue game? or was it the pressure from the defensive lineman.
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We were still vulnerable over the middle when we blitzed. Purdue hit the TE for a 20+ yard gain once, and I think another time for a first down. Then again, that was the only passing lane available to them all game...
 
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Todd McShay did ESPN's "Midweek Exam" segment this week, and when offered the choice of which current undefeated had the best chance to face LSU for the national title (among Cal, BC, USF, and Ohio State), McShay went with OSU. Not really too surprising, but what made the segment funny was that McShay obviously got tongue-tied at the end, during a point where he should've said "just 7.3 points per game allowed on the defense" but it actually came out as "just 7.3 yards per game allowed on the defense."

Not knocking McShay or ESPN, I know what he meant, but it gave me a chuckle.

Uh huh. 7.3 yards per game! Now that would be a great defense! :tongue2:
 
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rocketman;956250; said:
Shit, we came close against Northwestern. :lol:

It seems like for a good long time at every home game this season the scoreboard has been blank where the rushing yards on the opponent's column should be.
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Home game rushing defense so far this year:

..YSU: 34 carries..85 yards (2.50 ypc)
Akron: 19 carries...3 yards (0.16 ypc)
...NW: 33 carries...0 yards (0.00 ypc)
TOTAL: 86 carries..88 yards (1.02 ypc)

What's funny is that I-AA Youngstown State has 28 times the rushing total as the two I-A teams combined. Amazing that the two I-A teams have 52 carries for 3 yards between them.

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Here's our rushing defense in conference play so far:

....NW: 33 carries...0 yards (0.00 ypc)
..Minn: 29 carries..45 yards (1.55 ypc)
Purdue: 17 carries...4 yards (0.24 ypc)
.TOTAL: 79 carries..49 yards (0.62 ypc)
 
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MililaniBuckeye;956283; said:
Home game rushing defense so far this year:

..YSU: 34 carries..85 yards (2.50 ypc)
Akron: 19 carries...3 yards (0.16 ypc)
...NW: 33 carries...0 yards (0.00 ypc)
TOTAL: 86 carries..88 yards (1.02 ypc)

What's funny is that I-AA Youngstown State has 28 times the rushing total as the two I-A teams combined. Amazing that the two I-A teams have 52 carries for 3 yards between them.

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Here's our rushing defense in conference play so far:

....NW: 33 carries...0 yards (0.00 ypc)
..Minn: 29 carries..45 yards (1.55 ypc)
Purdue: 17 carries...4 yards (0.24 ypc)
.TOTAL: 79 carries..49 yards (0.62 ypc)
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Damn that Div 1AA team screwing up our stats!!! :biggrin:

So, ignoring the Washington game, we've given up 137 yards on 132 carries. Hmmm.... Now, I'm no genius, but my drunken intuition tells me that's just over 1 yard per carry. My other drunken intuition (yes, you can have two of them) tells me that's a good thing.

I don't know the Washington stats, but I bet they faired better than 1 ypc.
 
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Locker was responsible for a good portion of the Husky ground attack. EDIT: 102 of 142 rushing yards

He did a great job of being tough and taking the beating necessary to get the yards.

But he still hasn't recovered really. He hasn't played as well as he played in the first half against us since then.

Sucks for him that his schedule was so front loaded. A few weeks between OSU (the real one) and USC would have done him good.

The fact that we "tenderized" him for them is one very good reason why transitive analysis does not work. The USC defense had a better day statistically (yardage wise).

But if you compare the 2nd half vs. OSU to the USC game, the OSU defense looks considerably better than the USC defense. The 2nd half was, for all intents and purposes, post-ass-kicking. If USC had played him pre-ass-kicking, I'd bet that it would have been a very different game.
 
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I have finally updated the Differential Analysis spreadsheet for this week.

As you might expect, Ohio State is now number one in the country in several categories.

While the NCAA simply adds up numbers, I have eliminated all games against non FBS competition, including all games involving Reclassifying Provisional Western Kentucky. My rankings are therefore slightly different than what the NCAA posts, but I believe them to be more useful.

Ohio State's Rankings:
Scoring Defense (SD):____1
Differential SD:_________1
Total Defense (TD):______2
Differential TD:_________1

Rushing Defense (RD):____1
Differential RD:_________1
Passing Defense (PD):___12
Differential PD:_________6


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In the above, Differential refers to the proportion of their usual yards (and points) that opponents get when they play you. For example, OSU's Differential Scoring Defense (DSD) is 0.235; so OSU's opponents get, on average, 0.235 times as many points as they get against anyone else they play. The number two team in DSD is LSU, who allow their opponents 0.323 times as many points as they average against anyone else. The 2006 Buckeyes had a DSD of 0.510.

For these purposes, opponents games against you are factored out of their average when doing the comparison. This method requires a great deal more calculation, but offers more valid results (and the spreadsheet is the one doing all the calculating, so it doesn't take any more time).
 
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From a coaching perspective, what makes a defense good at defending the quick slants? My uneducated opinion would be great individual CBs who jam u at the line, which exposes you to the deep ball if you let him get by. However, once you get by then you have to deal with our safetys who are pretty damn fast and don't get out of position very often. The only scheme thing I can think of is if you use the LBs to take away those passing lanes by dropping them into coverage. Anything you choose, it seems to me, has a drawback. For instance dropping the LBs into coverage means you risk giving up yards on the ground and can't pressure the QB as much. The coaches have to choose what they are willing to give up. If given the choice between deep ball, rushing yards, or quick 5 yard slants the decision, IMO, is a no brainer. Anyone who knows football defensive schemes care to enlighten me?
 
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