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2014 Spring Practice Info & Tidbits (starts 3/4)

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RB07OSU said:
And not to mention that the offense always has the advantage in 7 on 7 situations...if they get pads on and consistently perform the same, then there is some cause for concern. I would be more concerned if the offense was not outperforming the defense without pads on.
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Heck, even with pads practice always favors the offense. Not a reason to panic.
 
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tsteele316 said:
so, there is already hand wringing about the secondary going on after one day of spring practice, when one of the guys was dinged and not participating. and there is bemoaning about the depth at cb when arguably two of the more talented corners osu has recruited in a while in damon webb and marshawn lattimore have yet to get on campus. impressive.
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Yeah.

From what I've heard about Ash's coaching ability, I'm going to assume he can get the kids we have playing at a higher level than we've seen the last two years. The argument the past two years has been talent vs. coaching. I tended to lean more towards coaching as we've recruited some pretty talented kids. Maybe not as good as we thought or are used to, but I think there's enough to see some significant improvement.
 
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BUCKYLE said:
If Coach Coombs shaved his head, he'd look like Hank's dad from King of the Hill.
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Cotton Coombs. I like it.
 
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Best news I've seen concerned Raekwon. regardless of the reasons, LB has been a disaster position for the last three seasons. It's one that has affected the entire defense, but especially the pass defense. The loss of Shazier isn't going to help.

That Raekwon is performing "as advertised" is great news, but he's still a freshman and, as we saw the last two years (Until Boren was converted), it takes more than 1 great LB to make a defense work. The great freshman we've had at that spot, Gradishar, Spielman, Tovar, Cousineau, Katzenmoyer, Hawk, Laureninitis, all came in with at least one solid upper classman to help them learn. In the case of Hawk and Laurenitus, they had to fight just to get playing time.

The good news is the schedule and the pathetic state of much of the Big Ten. There's a good chance the back 7 will be a cohesive unit by the time the team travels to Happy Valley. Then it will be a question of how fast Dantonio can reload his defense at East Lansing.

So pardon me if I'm not all Pollyanna yet about the 2014 defense. And remember that Pollyana was a virgin.
 
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http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...taffs-at-clemson-ohio-state-and-am-get-better
How the staffs at Clemson, Ohio State and A&M get better

There really isn't much of an off-season for college football coaches these days. There's spring ball, preparation for spring ball, recruiting (which has essentially become a 365-days-a-year process), all sorts of meetings and their own personal skill development. The latter often means clinics, research and brain-storming sessions with peers.

Last week in Columbus, Ohio, there was quite a gathering of some of the brightest offensive minds in football at Ohio State. A bunch of guys with old Conference-USA connections, joked Buckeyes OC Tom Herman, a former Rice assistant, who helped host a two-day get-together.

The other old C-USA guys in attendance: Clemson OC Chad Morris, a former Tulsa OC, as well as Kevin Sumlin's Texas A&M staff of former Houston and Tulsa staffers. In all, you had the brainpower behind three of the top eight ranked offenses in college football last season (No. 3 Ohio State, No. 5 Texas A&M, and No. 8 Clemson). They all have pretty different systems but each has been wildly successful in their approaches.

"You're not trying to change the style of offense, you're just looking for a couple of little things where you can tweak your offense," says Texas A&M offensive coordinator Jake Spavital, a one-time Tulsa graduate assistant who recalled meeting Morris years ago when the Tiger OC was the Lake Travis (TX) high school head coach and would come visit then-TU offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn.

The Ohio State staff was able to get a better handle on Clemson's ability to use misdirection, and A&M's screen game and the myriad of ways the Aggies block it all up. The Buckeyes' guests gained insight into how Ohio State led the nation in rushing yards per carry with their command of the Power and the Counter.

For the Aggies, it was especially helpful to pick the brain of Morris and his Clemson staff for ways they can exploit the talents of agile 6-6, 274-pound Cam Clear. The Tigers, the A&M staff had observed from previous film study, had been adept at utilizing some of their big wideouts/tight end/H-back kind of weapons in a variety of ways from different formations.

"If you got a coaching a point out of it, you made the play better," says Spavital. "So you're talking, 'Maybe the QB needs to take a shorter drop, or maybe it's better if it's slower developing.'

"You're talking about timing issues (within the play) about what the path of the offensive linemen are; how the quarterback's footwork should be. There is a lot to be discussed and you kind of just chip away it.

"I know we got a lot of little things that made us better."
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Nice summary in The Lantern on the current state of affairs.

Of note: Cardale Jones is running with the ones and looks like a new player/person (great news). Nobody has emerged at RB between Elliott, Smith, and Dunn. Decker looks great at LT and has toughened up since he got here. Darron Lee looks impressive but of course inexperienced. And finally, we brought in Clemson and A&M to exchange offensive ideas since we all have similar offenses.
 
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http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/student-race-2014.html
Students
So ... do you think you are a fast runner? Like, really fast? If you are, here is your chance to race against Ohio State’s fastest player – Dontre Wilson, Devin Smith, etc. – at halftime of this year’s spring game!

Coach Meyer likes to have fun with the “student appreciation” practice each year (this year’s student appreciation practice will be Saturday, April 5th at 11am). Two years ago the students were on the field encircling our field goal team while it was kicking field goals. Last year some students had the chance to kick field goals. And this year we want to find out who is the fastest student on campus.

If you think you are fast, here are the details:
  1. Report to the Biggs Lobby of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center next Wednesday, March 26, at 5 p.m. for an informational session and preliminary rounds of testing.
  2. The fastest individuals who emerge from this session will compete in a series of semifinal races during our student appreciation practice on April. 5.
  3. The semifinals winner will then have a date one week later to race the fastest Ohio State Buckeye at halftime of the spring game.
This competition is only for current Ohio State students with a valid OSU ID and proof of enrollment. Spread the word and we hope to see you next Wednesday at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center! GO BUCKS!

If you have any questions please contact Fernando Lovo at [email protected].
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