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2008 Ohio State Offense

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billmac91;1295178; said:
There have been some missed opportunities by Terrelle to take 6-7 yards on QB rushes, but he is just trying to let plays work themself out.
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Yep, I totally agree.

Honestly, what would you rather have? Pryor taking some bad sacks or him forcing it and throwing a pick? Honestly, when TP gets in over his head he just protects the ball and looks for a way out. There isn't any panic or anything.

As much as I love Boeckman, and believe me, I really respect the kid, he had a tendency to throw some bad picks when he was under a lot of pressure. Even that last pick he threw against USC, just throwing the ball to avoid a sack. Now, please realize that I know TB isn't an awful QB and he did/does have a lot to offer. I just prefer TP's approach to handling pressure more. Sorta like Craig Krenzel, just more athletic. Craig would step up and run if there wan't anything open, and thats how we stayed in games, no stupid throws or wasted plays.

This upcoming game will be a great test. If TP struggles early do you think Tress will give Todd a few snaps?

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Derek2k3;1302947; said:
Yep, I totally agree.

Honestly, what would you rather have? Pryor taking some bad sacks or him forcing it and throwing a pick? :oh:
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Why are those the only two choices?

TP hopefully will recognize where the daylight is. He needs to be stepping up into the pocket more, and taking what's there when he doesn't see anyone coming open downfield.
Going backward and outside continually is a recipe for taking huge drive killing sacks.
I'm all for keeping the play alive, and he does that very well, but he's not in HS any more. He can't run around forever and make big plays all the time.
Instead of either taking a sack or forcing a bad throw, I would rather have him moving in the pocket and either make a throw if it's there, take off and get what he can - positive yards - or throw the damn ball away.

When those are the three choices, then we will be moving the chains and moving the ball consistently. It's going to open up things downfield as defenders leave the receivers or their zone to come upfield to make the tackle on TP. Right now, they are staying back and forcing him to make a bad throw or run, and he's doing neither. He needs to take what the D gives him, whether it's the run (right now) or the throw (later on after he starts burning temas with the scramble).
 
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Dispatch
Offensive explosions elsewhere; a dud here

Monday, October 27, 2008 3:16 AM
By Ray Stein and Rob Oller


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH



A few light-of-day observations in the wake of Ohio State's 13-6 loss to Penn State on Saturday night: 1. Which one of these numbers doesn't belong?

28, 29, 13, 58, 17, 24, 52, 63, 6, 63. Those were the weekend point totals for the top 10 teams in the Bowl Championship Series standings, and it goes without saying which figure belongs to the local club. (Penn State and Southern California are the others checking in under 24 points.) Big Ten football allows such slow dances, of course, but there's the lingering feeling that Ohio State is managing to make underachievement an art. This is a team that returned nine starters on offense from last season, made a serious athletic upgrade at quarterback and yet has been held without an offensive touchdown in exactly one-third of its games. Hey, it was a tough one Saturday -- could have gone either way. But are there not some deeper issues at play here? Is college football really that difficult? And if so, why not at other places?
2. Just a kid, after all

In our high-speed Internet culture, we want it now. So it's understandable that fans have forgotten that while Terrelle Pryor is a true talent, he is a true freshman. Since the NCAA began allowing freshmen to play in 1972, only Oklahoma (with Jamelle Holieway in 1985) won a national championship with a true freshman QB. So although Pryor appears to play beyond his years, he remains limited by the lack of experience that leads to locking onto one receiver, waiting for receivers to get open before throwing and failing to view the entire field. Pryor the senior or junior or even sophomore probably sees tight end Jake Ballard running wide open down the middle of the field. Pryor the freshman didn't. Patience, people, patience.
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Blame Tressel for lack of Ohio State offense

10/27/2008, 6:31 p.m. EDT


The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? What's brewing today with the 2008 Ohio State Buckeyes ...
BUCKEYES BUZZ:@ Scoring points has never exactly been a specialty of Jim Tressel-coached teams.
The Buckeyes have not scored an offensive touchdown in nine of his 98 games as head coach of the Buckeyes. In other words, a little more often than once a season Ohio State fails to score an offensive touchdown.

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Dispatch
Ohio State football | Analysis: Too many formations at root of poor offense

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:09 AM
By Tim May


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Nine games into a season, forget the potential of a football team. By this point, the numbers tell the story, and in the case of the Ohio State offense, those numbers point clearly toward recession. The Buckeyes, coming off a 13-6 loss to Penn State that effectively knocked them out of the national championship hunt and probably out of a shot at a fourth straight Big Ten title, are 95th in the country in total offense. Saturday's loss was the third time this season that Ohio State failed to score an offensive touchdown.
There's no explaining that away to the satisfaction of irate Ohio State fans. They've bought the recruiting hype of the past few years, so they believe their team has plenty of talent.
The problem, as they see it, is that the offensive line has been abysmal, which has made the going tough for a dinged Chris "Beanie" Wells. That puts more playmaking pressure on freshman quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who apparently hasn't been entrusted to try every pass play in the book.
Many also say the play-calling is predictable, that the consortium of coach Jim Tressel, offensive coordinator Jim Bollman and quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels isn't adequately shuffling a deck that appears to have plenty of untapped playmakers.
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Tressel not 'ecstatic' with Buckeye offense

10/28/2008, 2:18 p.m. EDT By RUSTY MILLER
The Associated Press


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? This figures to be a week of learning for No. 13 Ohio State.
No, not necessarily in the classroom. Not even in a football game.
Instead, the Buckeyes will have a bye week to do nothing but rehash Saturday night's 13-6 loss to No. 3 Penn State that put a severe dent in any hopes of winning the Big Ten title or continuing as a national contender.

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OK I don't want to think about next year but since it's a bye week I'll ask this...

NEXT YEAR- What would you like to see on offense.

1. What type of identity (IE. Signature plays etc, certain plays that are a staple in our offense that we do well)
2. Personnel Groups
3. Formations
4. Run/Pass Ratio
 
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