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Blame the Sooner Blip on Lack of a Preseason?
The topic isn’t going to go away until the Ohio State offense makes it go away.
Even though we are now speeding toward November, the only two games in the recent past that have mattered to most were last year’s loss to Clemson and this year’s loss to Oklahoma.
No other games can get a word in edgewise — and certainly not any of the games this year.
The fallout from 31-0 came quickly and the Buckeyes have moved on, but the loss to the Sooners in September brought it all back out in the open.
The offense was supposed to be fixed, and everyone saw in week two that the fix wasn’t going to be so easy or so immediate.
That doesn’t mean things aren’t fixed now, however. Or aren’t still in the process of improving and growing.
The Ohio State pass defense gave up a ton of yards against an Indiana offense that no longer excels in the forward pass. At the time, cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs chalked it up to having new players in big-time roles and there being a period of adjustment. It was a logical thought.
It would follow, then, that the same thing could be said of the offense.
It is not easy to hit the ground running, as quarterback J.T. Barrett tried to explain this week.
“I think it’s interesting being that in college we don’t have a preseason, does that make sense?” he said. “NFL, they have preseason games. They get time to get going as far as actual games of football. We just try to do the best we can with practice.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2017/10/sooner-blip/
The topic isn’t going to go away until the Ohio State offense makes it go away.
Even though we are now speeding toward November, the only two games in the recent past that have mattered to most were last year’s loss to Clemson and this year’s loss to Oklahoma.
No other games can get a word in edgewise — and certainly not any of the games this year.
The fallout from 31-0 came quickly and the Buckeyes have moved on, but the loss to the Sooners in September brought it all back out in the open.
The offense was supposed to be fixed, and everyone saw in week two that the fix wasn’t going to be so easy or so immediate.
That doesn’t mean things aren’t fixed now, however. Or aren’t still in the process of improving and growing.
The Ohio State pass defense gave up a ton of yards against an Indiana offense that no longer excels in the forward pass. At the time, cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs chalked it up to having new players in big-time roles and there being a period of adjustment. It was a logical thought.
It would follow, then, that the same thing could be said of the offense.
It is not easy to hit the ground running, as quarterback J.T. Barrett tried to explain this week.
“I think it’s interesting being that in college we don’t have a preseason, does that make sense?” he said. “NFL, they have preseason games. They get time to get going as far as actual games of football. We just try to do the best we can with practice.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2017/10/sooner-blip/
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