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Breaking Down The Buckeyes: Rose Bowl Breakdown And Prediction
Posted by Matt Littlefield on Dec 31, 2009 at 01:05 pm
O.K. Bucknutters, let?s remember what a scout?s job is: provide an honest (and hopefully accurate) evaluation of what is seen. Why do I bring that up? Just re-read this opening after you get to the end.
That being said, here is my preview of the Rose Bowl:
Ohio State Offense:
The Buckeyes will be facing an undersized, aggressive defense in Oregon. The Ducks dog, blitz, and penetrate on nearly every play. That also means if you can block them, there are big plays to be made down field via the ground or the air.
Their front four will be difficult for the Bucks OL to handle due to their speed and quickness. The Buckeyes will have to pound them right up the middle to eventually wear them down late. They may want to shorten down the splits by the offensive lineman in order to lessen the gaps for the Ducks to shoot through.
Pryor will have to get rid of the ball quickly, which opens up the underneath passing games to the TE, RBs, and shallow WR drag/crossing routes. No matter what happens, they have to stick with the running game in order to have a chance. They cannot simply play spread offense and throw every down. They cannot keep up with the Ducks offense. The Ducks defense lacks any great individual talents or collective position group strength, which is why they have to slant, stunt, and blitz a lot to disrupt opposing offenses.
Possible Game Plan?
Switch between having a FB or a slot WR and then run the ball with a combination of Pryor, Herron, and Saine to control the clock. They must take a chance for a big-play down the field to Posey off play-action at least once a quarter. They will need to keep Ballard in to help and whoever the RB is will have to be very quick to pick-up the right man in pass protection.
Ohio State Defense:
The Buckeyes defense will be tested like at no other time during the 2009 season. The Ducks are similar to what Michigan hopes to be someday on offense. They have the most dynamic, multi-threat QB in the entire country in Jeremiah Masoli. He isn't as big as Pryor, but is much more elusive in space.
Masoli is an accurate passer to all fields, which makes him very difficult to defend against. However, he has the bad habit of putting the ball on the ground, so there may be an opportunity for the Bucks to rip the ball/knock the ball out.
To make matters worse they have one of the best RB tandems in the country with LaMichael James and LeGarrette Blount. James has a great combination of speed, quickness, and elusiveness for a man of his size. Blount is a physical and aggressive runner with more speed than you would think possible for such a large man.
Their receivers are good, but not dominant as a group in my opinion. Their offensive line is not very good; the Buckeyes should be able to dominate the line of scrimmage all game. The Ducks will probably try to keep the DL spread-out all game so that they don't get dominated up front.
Possible Game Plan?
Play a lot of three man fronts with Rolle and Homan at linebacker and six DBs in the game. They will have to be able to tackle in space very well to have any chance to win this game. The Ducks will be able to gain yards, but the key is to make the tackle immediately after the catch. They will have to bend, but not break, in order to frustrate the Ducks and hopefully force some turnovers. If the Buckeyes get too aggressive with blitzes, they will open up big-play possibilities for the Ducks.
Ohio State Special Teams:
If Aaron Pettrey returns, that will bring some confidence back to the field goal unit. The punt team will have to punt directionally and force fair catches. Small would have had a big impact on either punt or kick returns but with him gone they are in trouble. The Ducks did allow a 77-yard kickoff return this season.
The Ducks lost their explosive return man in the third game of the season. His replacement, Kenjon Barner, has been nearly as good and he has a 100-yard kickoff return TD this season. Their field goal kicker, Justin Kahut, is very accurate under 50 yards. But their punter, Johnny Hekker, has had a punt blocked this season. The Buckeyes may want to go for the block, rather than set up a return in this game.
Prediction:
Oregon 48, Ohio State 27
Matt Littlefield spent the past six years as the Midwest area college scout for the Kansas City Chiefs. Prior to that, he worked three years in the pro personnel department of the Jacksonville Jaguars. He spent the previous three seasons assisting the coaching staff in St. Louis. Post your questions for Matt in the comments section of this blog!
Breaking Down The Buckeyes: Rose Bowl Breakdown And Prediction
Posted by Matt Littlefield on Dec 31, 2009 at 01:05 pm
O.K. Bucknutters, let?s remember what a scout?s job is: provide an honest (and hopefully accurate) evaluation of what is seen. Why do I bring that up? Just re-read this opening after you get to the end.
That being said, here is my preview of the Rose Bowl:
Ohio State Offense:
The Buckeyes will be facing an undersized, aggressive defense in Oregon. The Ducks dog, blitz, and penetrate on nearly every play. That also means if you can block them, there are big plays to be made down field via the ground or the air.
Their front four will be difficult for the Bucks OL to handle due to their speed and quickness. The Buckeyes will have to pound them right up the middle to eventually wear them down late. They may want to shorten down the splits by the offensive lineman in order to lessen the gaps for the Ducks to shoot through.
Pryor will have to get rid of the ball quickly, which opens up the underneath passing games to the TE, RBs, and shallow WR drag/crossing routes. No matter what happens, they have to stick with the running game in order to have a chance. They cannot simply play spread offense and throw every down. They cannot keep up with the Ducks offense. The Ducks defense lacks any great individual talents or collective position group strength, which is why they have to slant, stunt, and blitz a lot to disrupt opposing offenses.
Possible Game Plan?
Switch between having a FB or a slot WR and then run the ball with a combination of Pryor, Herron, and Saine to control the clock. They must take a chance for a big-play down the field to Posey off play-action at least once a quarter. They will need to keep Ballard in to help and whoever the RB is will have to be very quick to pick-up the right man in pass protection.
Ohio State Defense:
The Buckeyes defense will be tested like at no other time during the 2009 season. The Ducks are similar to what Michigan hopes to be someday on offense. They have the most dynamic, multi-threat QB in the entire country in Jeremiah Masoli. He isn't as big as Pryor, but is much more elusive in space.
Masoli is an accurate passer to all fields, which makes him very difficult to defend against. However, he has the bad habit of putting the ball on the ground, so there may be an opportunity for the Bucks to rip the ball/knock the ball out.
To make matters worse they have one of the best RB tandems in the country with LaMichael James and LeGarrette Blount. James has a great combination of speed, quickness, and elusiveness for a man of his size. Blount is a physical and aggressive runner with more speed than you would think possible for such a large man.
Their receivers are good, but not dominant as a group in my opinion. Their offensive line is not very good; the Buckeyes should be able to dominate the line of scrimmage all game. The Ducks will probably try to keep the DL spread-out all game so that they don't get dominated up front.
Possible Game Plan?
Play a lot of three man fronts with Rolle and Homan at linebacker and six DBs in the game. They will have to be able to tackle in space very well to have any chance to win this game. The Ducks will be able to gain yards, but the key is to make the tackle immediately after the catch. They will have to bend, but not break, in order to frustrate the Ducks and hopefully force some turnovers. If the Buckeyes get too aggressive with blitzes, they will open up big-play possibilities for the Ducks.
Ohio State Special Teams:
If Aaron Pettrey returns, that will bring some confidence back to the field goal unit. The punt team will have to punt directionally and force fair catches. Small would have had a big impact on either punt or kick returns but with him gone they are in trouble. The Ducks did allow a 77-yard kickoff return this season.
The Ducks lost their explosive return man in the third game of the season. His replacement, Kenjon Barner, has been nearly as good and he has a 100-yard kickoff return TD this season. Their field goal kicker, Justin Kahut, is very accurate under 50 yards. But their punter, Johnny Hekker, has had a punt blocked this season. The Buckeyes may want to go for the block, rather than set up a return in this game.
Prediction:
Oregon 48, Ohio State 27
Matt Littlefield spent the past six years as the Midwest area college scout for the Kansas City Chiefs. Prior to that, he worked three years in the pro personnel department of the Jacksonville Jaguars. He spent the previous three seasons assisting the coaching staff in St. Louis. Post your questions for Matt in the comments section of this blog!
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If Oregon scores 48 points, I will shit in my neighbor's mailbox and post photos of it...rcp08;1629677; said:
"Everyone" doesn't include about 75% of America and 95% of the media...oreducks77;1629674; said:
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48 would be more than the scored on everyone but WSU. This is amazing that this dip shit spent the time to go through all the break down and came up with that. Are we the second worst D they've played all year? What a fucking moron. I know crazy hurry up o is sexy but they have put up 48 once! That is mind blowing that he could come up with that number
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rcp08;1629677; said:
Uhhhhh... Justin Kahut is Oregon State's kicker. What's this guy talkin about.
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NateG;1629700; said:
lets not sell him short, he scouts for the team that gave up 41 points to the Browns, that must count for something
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oreducks77
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Count me in to the 25% of Duck fans that are realistic... but I think this guy is giving us too much credit in some area's. Yeah we're fast, but we're not faster than Ohio State... perhaps we're smaller and shiftier, but not "faster". Also, we've lost to TWO teams (Stanford, Boise State) with far less speed and talent than we have. So "speed" just seems really irrelevant to me.
The bottomline... we're gonna load up the box, and make Pryor beat us with his arm or his legs. But what worries me, is I'm not sure that we'll be able to stop your running game even if we do. We're really small. The reason Pac-10 defenses have been struggling, because Pac-10 defenses are meant to stop Pac-10 offenses... we sacrifice size, for speed and quickness. Pac-10 is a quick-strike league for the most part. I just don't know how suited we are to stop the "grind it out" style of Ohio State, and once we're lulled to sleep by the run, have Pryor burn us on a bootleg.
In terms of our offense... we're gonna get our big plays, we always do (except for the opening game against Boise). But with the talent of your front four, and our average O-line, I see a lot of negative plays (4yd loss, etc) from the penetration of your defensive line. We'll try a lot of quick throws, and if our read plays don't seem to be getting anywhere, we'll take a lot of shots down field. We CAN throw the ball down field, but we don't do it unless we have to. If you see Masoli doing his stupid robot throws you should feel good about yourself, because those never work, and we seem to do those when we're getting desperate on offense.
It's gonna be a great game. Best of luck guys.
The bottomline... we're gonna load up the box, and make Pryor beat us with his arm or his legs. But what worries me, is I'm not sure that we'll be able to stop your running game even if we do. We're really small. The reason Pac-10 defenses have been struggling, because Pac-10 defenses are meant to stop Pac-10 offenses... we sacrifice size, for speed and quickness. Pac-10 is a quick-strike league for the most part. I just don't know how suited we are to stop the "grind it out" style of Ohio State, and once we're lulled to sleep by the run, have Pryor burn us on a bootleg.
In terms of our offense... we're gonna get our big plays, we always do (except for the opening game against Boise). But with the talent of your front four, and our average O-line, I see a lot of negative plays (4yd loss, etc) from the penetration of your defensive line. We'll try a lot of quick throws, and if our read plays don't seem to be getting anywhere, we'll take a lot of shots down field. We CAN throw the ball down field, but we don't do it unless we have to. If you see Masoli doing his stupid robot throws you should feel good about yourself, because those never work, and we seem to do those when we're getting desperate on offense.
It's gonna be a great game. Best of luck guys.
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In ESPN's Big Ten Blog's preview of the rose bowl, Adam Rittenberg mentioned that he saw Aaron Pettrey hit a 63 yard field goal. Wow! Wouldn't you like to see him do that tonight?
His recovery has been really inspiring and to me it's already a feel-good story of the Rose Bowl.
His recovery has been really inspiring and to me it's already a feel-good story of the Rose Bowl.
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