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BREAKING DOWN THE FOUR PROBLEMS OHIO STATE MUST FIX: GIVING UP BIG PLAYS, RUNNING GAME, RED ZONE AND PENALTIES
PROBLEM 1: GIVING UP BIG PLAYS
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
This problem has been obvious since the first game of the season, when the Buckeyes gave up seven plays of 20-plus yards – including 80- and 78-yard touchdown runs – and 31 points to Oregon State, and the problem hasn’t gone away.
Against TCU and Penn State, the Buckeyes gave up 93-yard touchdowns, which are now tied for the two longest plays against an Ohio State defense ever. In Saturday’s loss to Purdue, the Buckeyes gave up three plays of 20-plus yards, including three touchdowns of 40-plus yards.
For the season as a whole, Ohio State is tied for 108th in the Football Bowl Subdivision in 20-plus-yard plays allowed (42), 125th in 30-plus-yard plays allowed (26) and 113th in 40-plus-yard plays allowed (13). The Buckeyes’ four plays of 70-plus yards allowed are tied for the second-most in the FBS, and they’re the only defense that has given up two plays of 90-plus yards.
WHAT COACHES ARE SAYING
While Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano acknowledges that big plays have been a big problem for his defense all season, he believes the Buckeyes are showing in practice that they can fix those issues, and now they just need to translate it to game action.
“I’m not being naive to what’s been put on tape and what we’ve done, but I feel really encouraged that we’re getting close to playing mature defense,” Schiano said this week. “And mature defense, to me, is not only making these really good plays but not allowing the bad plays. You can give up some plays; a 10-yard out and a 15-yard dig aren’t going to kill you. But a 46-yard run, that’s going to hurt. Or a 79-yard pass, that’s going to hurt. We need to, we’re close. I really do feel that way.”
Schiano says the Buckeyes have held their opponents to three yards or less on 67 percent of first- and second-down plays, so if they can cut down on an allowing the big plays, he believes his defense can get the job done.
“Those plays are the ones that are killing us,” Schiano said of the big plays allowed.
After his offense scored six touchdowns and put up 539 yards of the Buckeyes, Purdue coach Jeff Brohm acknowledged that he felt like his Boilermakers were able to take advantage of Ohio State’s defense and make big plays about it because of its scheme.
“I thought their linebackers were good players, but they were up at the line of scrimmage quite a bit. If you could get past that first level, there was a bigger level between them and the safeties because they play up so far,” Brohm said. “I think because our passing game was able to make some plays, it opened up the running game late in the game where they were able to hit some big runs, and all those things just kind of worked in our favor.”
CAN THEY FIX IT?
At this point, the real question might be, “Why haven’t they been able to fix it already?” With the exception of games against two clearly inferior opponents in Rutgers and Tulane, the Buckeyes have had problems with giving up big plays to opposing offenses in each of their other games, and while Schiano and other defensive assistant coaches believe they have seen progress in practice, the defensive gameplay hasn’t gotten much better, if at all.
Clearly, there are adjustments that need to be made to Ohio State’s defensive scheme. Schiano said this week that the Buckeyes have already started moving away from playing their linebackers up at the line of scrimmage, which opponents have taken advantage of, and they have mixed in more zone coverage this season. He also said, though, that the Buckeyes won’t make any “wholesale” changes to their defensive scheme, though they are looking to make small tweaks to put players in better position to make plays.
If the Buckeyes can figure out a more effective scheme, there’s still the question of whether they have the personnel to execute that scheme and cut down on mistakes. Even though their defense is loaded with four- and five-star recruits, it’s lacked in star power since the departure of Nick Bosa, and they’ve made too many mistakes – including 20 missed tackles at Purdue, according to Schiano – especially in the back seven.
Minimal improvement through eight weeks of games doesn’t exactly spur confidence that Ohio State will get significantly better in this regard, but the bye week is a legitimate opportunity to work on their scheme and fundamentals and get players healthy. If they don’t show substantial improvement after the bye week, though, there won’t be much reason for optimism that the Buckeyes’ defense will get significantly better this season.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...big-plays-running-game-red-zone-and-penalties
PROBLEM 1: GIVING UP BIG PLAYS
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
This problem has been obvious since the first game of the season, when the Buckeyes gave up seven plays of 20-plus yards – including 80- and 78-yard touchdown runs – and 31 points to Oregon State, and the problem hasn’t gone away.
Against TCU and Penn State, the Buckeyes gave up 93-yard touchdowns, which are now tied for the two longest plays against an Ohio State defense ever. In Saturday’s loss to Purdue, the Buckeyes gave up three plays of 20-plus yards, including three touchdowns of 40-plus yards.
For the season as a whole, Ohio State is tied for 108th in the Football Bowl Subdivision in 20-plus-yard plays allowed (42), 125th in 30-plus-yard plays allowed (26) and 113th in 40-plus-yard plays allowed (13). The Buckeyes’ four plays of 70-plus yards allowed are tied for the second-most in the FBS, and they’re the only defense that has given up two plays of 90-plus yards.
WHAT COACHES ARE SAYING
While Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano acknowledges that big plays have been a big problem for his defense all season, he believes the Buckeyes are showing in practice that they can fix those issues, and now they just need to translate it to game action.
“I’m not being naive to what’s been put on tape and what we’ve done, but I feel really encouraged that we’re getting close to playing mature defense,” Schiano said this week. “And mature defense, to me, is not only making these really good plays but not allowing the bad plays. You can give up some plays; a 10-yard out and a 15-yard dig aren’t going to kill you. But a 46-yard run, that’s going to hurt. Or a 79-yard pass, that’s going to hurt. We need to, we’re close. I really do feel that way.”
Schiano says the Buckeyes have held their opponents to three yards or less on 67 percent of first- and second-down plays, so if they can cut down on an allowing the big plays, he believes his defense can get the job done.
“Those plays are the ones that are killing us,” Schiano said of the big plays allowed.
After his offense scored six touchdowns and put up 539 yards of the Buckeyes, Purdue coach Jeff Brohm acknowledged that he felt like his Boilermakers were able to take advantage of Ohio State’s defense and make big plays about it because of its scheme.
“I thought their linebackers were good players, but they were up at the line of scrimmage quite a bit. If you could get past that first level, there was a bigger level between them and the safeties because they play up so far,” Brohm said. “I think because our passing game was able to make some plays, it opened up the running game late in the game where they were able to hit some big runs, and all those things just kind of worked in our favor.”
CAN THEY FIX IT?
At this point, the real question might be, “Why haven’t they been able to fix it already?” With the exception of games against two clearly inferior opponents in Rutgers and Tulane, the Buckeyes have had problems with giving up big plays to opposing offenses in each of their other games, and while Schiano and other defensive assistant coaches believe they have seen progress in practice, the defensive gameplay hasn’t gotten much better, if at all.
Clearly, there are adjustments that need to be made to Ohio State’s defensive scheme. Schiano said this week that the Buckeyes have already started moving away from playing their linebackers up at the line of scrimmage, which opponents have taken advantage of, and they have mixed in more zone coverage this season. He also said, though, that the Buckeyes won’t make any “wholesale” changes to their defensive scheme, though they are looking to make small tweaks to put players in better position to make plays.
If the Buckeyes can figure out a more effective scheme, there’s still the question of whether they have the personnel to execute that scheme and cut down on mistakes. Even though their defense is loaded with four- and five-star recruits, it’s lacked in star power since the departure of Nick Bosa, and they’ve made too many mistakes – including 20 missed tackles at Purdue, according to Schiano – especially in the back seven.
Minimal improvement through eight weeks of games doesn’t exactly spur confidence that Ohio State will get significantly better in this regard, but the bye week is a legitimate opportunity to work on their scheme and fundamentals and get players healthy. If they don’t show substantial improvement after the bye week, though, there won’t be much reason for optimism that the Buckeyes’ defense will get significantly better this season.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...big-plays-running-game-red-zone-and-penalties
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Just saw the stat that GT threw for ZERO passing yards. Even for a triple option offense that’s pretty impressive.
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Greg Schiano Shifting Plans for Buckeye Linebackers
This week, Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano admitted that he had been asking too much of the Buckeye linebackers this season, which is why he asked less of them against Purdue.
The results, unfortunately for OSU, were the same. The Ohio State defense missed 20 tackles against the Boilermakers, and plenty of them were by the linebackers.
When watching a defense struggle, it is normal for onlookers to point at issues that they are seeing, and then continue to point at them until they are no longer seen.
One of those issues has been how closely the Buckeye linebackers play to the line of scrimmage. When watching the games, often the linebackers can be seen up on the line of scrimmage, and then once the ball is snapped, they are immediately lost in the wash as a running back gallops through an open prairie.
Contrary to what may be popular belief, there was a method to Schiano’s madness.
“In an era of zone read, RPO football, when you put a linebacker up in a gap, it takes double teams off of your defensive line immediately,” Schiano explained. “And with a talented defensive line, that gives you an opportunity to make plays in the backfield. And that has occurred.”
What has also occurred, however, is an inconsistent defense that can play well for 70% of the time, but get lambasted the other 30%.
Ohio State prefers an aggressive approach, and that’s from the nose tackle to the deep safety. However, too much aggression can clearly be a bad thing if you’re not as talented as you used to be.
The thing is, if the Buckeye defensive line is as talented as the public was led to believe, why do they need so much help from the linebackers?
It’s a matter of philosophy.
Some believe the defensive line needs to keep the offensive line off of the linebackers, while OSU was trying to use the linebackers to keep a second blocker off of their defensive linemen. That scheme works when the defensive line is routinely making plays, but when you lose Nick Bosa and most of the rest of the group is banged up, some of the linebacker work has been a wasted effort this season.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/10/greg-schiano-shifting-buckeye-linebackers/
This week, Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano admitted that he had been asking too much of the Buckeye linebackers this season, which is why he asked less of them against Purdue.
The results, unfortunately for OSU, were the same. The Ohio State defense missed 20 tackles against the Boilermakers, and plenty of them were by the linebackers.
When watching a defense struggle, it is normal for onlookers to point at issues that they are seeing, and then continue to point at them until they are no longer seen.
One of those issues has been how closely the Buckeye linebackers play to the line of scrimmage. When watching the games, often the linebackers can be seen up on the line of scrimmage, and then once the ball is snapped, they are immediately lost in the wash as a running back gallops through an open prairie.
Contrary to what may be popular belief, there was a method to Schiano’s madness.
“In an era of zone read, RPO football, when you put a linebacker up in a gap, it takes double teams off of your defensive line immediately,” Schiano explained. “And with a talented defensive line, that gives you an opportunity to make plays in the backfield. And that has occurred.”
What has also occurred, however, is an inconsistent defense that can play well for 70% of the time, but get lambasted the other 30%.
Ohio State prefers an aggressive approach, and that’s from the nose tackle to the deep safety. However, too much aggression can clearly be a bad thing if you’re not as talented as you used to be.
The thing is, if the Buckeye defensive line is as talented as the public was led to believe, why do they need so much help from the linebackers?
It’s a matter of philosophy.
Some believe the defensive line needs to keep the offensive line off of the linebackers, while OSU was trying to use the linebackers to keep a second blocker off of their defensive linemen. That scheme works when the defensive line is routinely making plays, but when you lose Nick Bosa and most of the rest of the group is banged up, some of the linebacker work has been a wasted effort this season.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/10/greg-schiano-shifting-buckeye-linebackers/
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EXAMINING OHIO STATE'S SCRUTINIZED STRATEGY OF PLAYING LINEBACKERS UP AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE
Ohio State’s defense has struggled this season, and recently, one of the most prevalent theories of why has been that the Buckeyes play their linebackers too close to the line of scrimmage.
Coming off of a 49-20 loss at Purdue in which the Buckeyes gave up 539 yards to the Boilermakers, several former Ohio State linebackers have criticized that element of the defensive scheme, including James Laurinaitis.
“It’s impossible to make plays as a linebacker and react when you’re up at the heel-step of the defensive line,” Laurinaitis said earlier this week on ‘The Audible’ podcast. “You don’t get to see the whole field, you don’t get to recognize the setup of what is the offense telling me … when you’re up there along the line of scrimmage, you don’t have time to react on anything, you’re just lining up there and you’re easy for the line to grab you.”
Fellow former Ohio State linebacker Joshua Perry has also questioned the Buckeyes’ use of that alignment.
“Everybody’s taking advantage of the scheme,” Perry said on this week’s Eleven Warriors Radio Hour. “You’ve got guys lined up at the line of scrimmage … and what that does is it flattens out your defense, and it gives a guy a chance to have a 12-yard run at your safeties if the linebackers can’t make a play. So that right there is terrible.”
Purdue coach Jeff Brohm said on this week’s Big Ten teleconference that the Boilermakers took notice of Ohio State’s strategy of walking the linebackers up to the line of scrimmage, and they took advantage.
“I thought their linebackers were good players, but they were up at the line of scrimmage quite a bit,” Brohm said. “If you could get past that first level, there was a bigger level between them and the safeties because they play up so far.”
Problematically for the Buckeyes, opponents have been getting past that first level and making big plays against them all year.
In the Buckeyes’ third game of the season against TCU, that scheme was partially to blame for a 93-yard touchdown run by Darius Anderson, at that point the longest play ever allowed by an Ohio State defense. With Baron Browning up at the line of scrimmage and Ohio State in a nickel defense, the Horned Frogs only had to block one linebacker – Malik Harrison – and they did, leaving Anderson with one just one man to beat – safety Isaiah Pryor – on his long stroll to the end zone, which can you see in the following video.
Two weeks later, Penn State’s K.J. Hamler took advantage for a 93-yard touchdown of his own. With Harrison and Pete Werner both up the line of scrimmage, Hamler was left with just one man to beat – again, Pryor – after beating Shaun Wade on a slant route over the middle, and he too was successful.
Indiana took advantage on its opening possession against Ohio State. With Tuf Borland and Werner up at the line of scrimmage and Malik Harrison playing just a three yards back, the Hoosiers were able to catch them out of position and spring a hole up the middle for Stevie Scott to run for a 45-yard gain.
Purdue took advantage on multiple occasions on Saturday.
With Harrison and Werner at the line of scrimmage, D.J. Knox ran right up the middle between them, leaving him with just Jordan Fuller to beat, and he made Fuller miss en route to a 40-yard touchdown.
One drive later, Borland was up at the line of scrimmage, leaving the Boilermakers with just one linebacker in Werner to block over the middle against the Buckeyes’ nickel defense, and they did to spring Knox again for a 42-yard touchdown.
The scheme isn’t the only reason why Ohio State given up those big plays. The players at the line of scrimmage could certainly be stouter, and the players who aren’t on the line of scrimmage could certainly take better angles to the ball. But the schematic decision to play linebackers at the line of scrimmage has been a common thread in many of the big plays the Buckeyes have given up this year, and unless they make adjustments to that scheme, opponents will likely continue to exploit it for big plays.
Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano said this week that the Buckeyes actually have started walking their linebackers up to the line of scrimmage less frequently, in recognition of the success that opponents have had against that alignment.
“We actually moved away from that last week. So if you study the game, you watch the game last week, there was a few times in base defense – not even a few, probably a couple times in base defense – they were walked up,” Schiano said. “There’s a lot of positives that can come out of that if you can get good at it, the main one being getting double teams off your defensive line instantly. But it’s not something that our guys, we thought as we went through the season, we would get more and more comfortable with it – that hasn’t been the case. So Saturday, we really limited it and picked our spots to do it, the times that the play set up perfectly to do that. And we’ll probably continue to do that.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...aying-linebackers-up-at-the-line-of-scrimmage
Ohio State’s defense has struggled this season, and recently, one of the most prevalent theories of why has been that the Buckeyes play their linebackers too close to the line of scrimmage.
Coming off of a 49-20 loss at Purdue in which the Buckeyes gave up 539 yards to the Boilermakers, several former Ohio State linebackers have criticized that element of the defensive scheme, including James Laurinaitis.
“It’s impossible to make plays as a linebacker and react when you’re up at the heel-step of the defensive line,” Laurinaitis said earlier this week on ‘The Audible’ podcast. “You don’t get to see the whole field, you don’t get to recognize the setup of what is the offense telling me … when you’re up there along the line of scrimmage, you don’t have time to react on anything, you’re just lining up there and you’re easy for the line to grab you.”
Fellow former Ohio State linebacker Joshua Perry has also questioned the Buckeyes’ use of that alignment.
“Everybody’s taking advantage of the scheme,” Perry said on this week’s Eleven Warriors Radio Hour. “You’ve got guys lined up at the line of scrimmage … and what that does is it flattens out your defense, and it gives a guy a chance to have a 12-yard run at your safeties if the linebackers can’t make a play. So that right there is terrible.”
Purdue coach Jeff Brohm said on this week’s Big Ten teleconference that the Boilermakers took notice of Ohio State’s strategy of walking the linebackers up to the line of scrimmage, and they took advantage.
“I thought their linebackers were good players, but they were up at the line of scrimmage quite a bit,” Brohm said. “If you could get past that first level, there was a bigger level between them and the safeties because they play up so far.”
Problematically for the Buckeyes, opponents have been getting past that first level and making big plays against them all year.
In the Buckeyes’ third game of the season against TCU, that scheme was partially to blame for a 93-yard touchdown run by Darius Anderson, at that point the longest play ever allowed by an Ohio State defense. With Baron Browning up at the line of scrimmage and Ohio State in a nickel defense, the Horned Frogs only had to block one linebacker – Malik Harrison – and they did, leaving Anderson with one just one man to beat – safety Isaiah Pryor – on his long stroll to the end zone, which can you see in the following video.
Two weeks later, Penn State’s K.J. Hamler took advantage for a 93-yard touchdown of his own. With Harrison and Pete Werner both up the line of scrimmage, Hamler was left with just one man to beat – again, Pryor – after beating Shaun Wade on a slant route over the middle, and he too was successful.
Indiana took advantage on its opening possession against Ohio State. With Tuf Borland and Werner up at the line of scrimmage and Malik Harrison playing just a three yards back, the Hoosiers were able to catch them out of position and spring a hole up the middle for Stevie Scott to run for a 45-yard gain.
Purdue took advantage on multiple occasions on Saturday.
With Harrison and Werner at the line of scrimmage, D.J. Knox ran right up the middle between them, leaving him with just Jordan Fuller to beat, and he made Fuller miss en route to a 40-yard touchdown.
One drive later, Borland was up at the line of scrimmage, leaving the Boilermakers with just one linebacker in Werner to block over the middle against the Buckeyes’ nickel defense, and they did to spring Knox again for a 42-yard touchdown.
The scheme isn’t the only reason why Ohio State given up those big plays. The players at the line of scrimmage could certainly be stouter, and the players who aren’t on the line of scrimmage could certainly take better angles to the ball. But the schematic decision to play linebackers at the line of scrimmage has been a common thread in many of the big plays the Buckeyes have given up this year, and unless they make adjustments to that scheme, opponents will likely continue to exploit it for big plays.
Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano said this week that the Buckeyes actually have started walking their linebackers up to the line of scrimmage less frequently, in recognition of the success that opponents have had against that alignment.
“We actually moved away from that last week. So if you study the game, you watch the game last week, there was a few times in base defense – not even a few, probably a couple times in base defense – they were walked up,” Schiano said. “There’s a lot of positives that can come out of that if you can get good at it, the main one being getting double teams off your defensive line instantly. But it’s not something that our guys, we thought as we went through the season, we would get more and more comfortable with it – that hasn’t been the case. So Saturday, we really limited it and picked our spots to do it, the times that the play set up perfectly to do that. And we’ll probably continue to do that.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...aying-linebackers-up-at-the-line-of-scrimmage
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Buckeye Defense Tackling the Issue
By now you may be tired of reading about the Ohio State defense and the numbers they are allowing from opposing offenses this season.
The Buckeyes are 68th in total defense, allowing 390.8 yards of total offense per game. That’s 88 yards more than they allowed in their first eight games last season, which if you’ll recall was not a great defensive year for OSU either.
The defensive statistics this year are as bad as they have been since Urban Meyer arrived at Ohio State. His first two Buckeye defenses struggled in 2012 and 2013 before defensive coordinator Everett Withers decided to move on and take a head coaching job at James Madison.
The problems back then were highlighted by Meyer and addressed. The problems this season have continued to be highlighted, and over the last week defensive coordinator Greg Schiano has attempted to address them as well.
“It’s always a mix when you’re struggling, or just when you’re playing well and dominating people,” Schiano explained. “It’s never just scheme or execution. It’s always both. It’s never any one thing making you great and it’s never any one thing that’s making you struggle. That’s what makes it a little more complex than just — ‘boop’ — fix it.”
One area that Schiano highlighted following last week’s loss at Purdue was the Buckeyes’ horrendous tackling, and they went to work on improving that area immediately.
“Up until last week, we’ve been one of the best tackling teams in America,” he said. “We missed 20 tackles last week. We haven’t missed 20 tackles since we’ve been here. When you say, ‘What are you working on?’ This week that became an emphasis, where it wasn’t really an alarming issue. We were in the single digits all the time, and sometimes in the low single digits. And that’s what you look at as a coordinator, you want to make sure your team is tackling at that level of efficiency. For whatever reason – let’s give our opponent some credit — but for whatever reason we tackled as poorly as we’ve ever tackled, at least in my tenure here.”
Over the last few weeks, any time Schiano or Meyer are in front of reporters, the subject of the defensive struggles — and particularly the Buckeye linebackers — comes up. Be it lack of plays being made at the position, or lack of tackles, or simply a glaring absence of presence, the OSU linebackers have received their share of criticism from the outside. Schiano, however, doesn’t think they’ve been as bad as people are saying.
“We missed 20 tackles, so any time that happens, I haven’t had that … I can’t even tell you the last time I had that at any place,” he said. “I get the sense that people are on the linebackers, but I actually think the linebackers have played consistently. When the ball does break, we haven’t gotten it on the ground always. And that’s our job.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/10/ohio-state-defense-tackling-issue/
By now you may be tired of reading about the Ohio State defense and the numbers they are allowing from opposing offenses this season.
The Buckeyes are 68th in total defense, allowing 390.8 yards of total offense per game. That’s 88 yards more than they allowed in their first eight games last season, which if you’ll recall was not a great defensive year for OSU either.
The defensive statistics this year are as bad as they have been since Urban Meyer arrived at Ohio State. His first two Buckeye defenses struggled in 2012 and 2013 before defensive coordinator Everett Withers decided to move on and take a head coaching job at James Madison.
The problems back then were highlighted by Meyer and addressed. The problems this season have continued to be highlighted, and over the last week defensive coordinator Greg Schiano has attempted to address them as well.
“It’s always a mix when you’re struggling, or just when you’re playing well and dominating people,” Schiano explained. “It’s never just scheme or execution. It’s always both. It’s never any one thing making you great and it’s never any one thing that’s making you struggle. That’s what makes it a little more complex than just — ‘boop’ — fix it.”
One area that Schiano highlighted following last week’s loss at Purdue was the Buckeyes’ horrendous tackling, and they went to work on improving that area immediately.
“Up until last week, we’ve been one of the best tackling teams in America,” he said. “We missed 20 tackles last week. We haven’t missed 20 tackles since we’ve been here. When you say, ‘What are you working on?’ This week that became an emphasis, where it wasn’t really an alarming issue. We were in the single digits all the time, and sometimes in the low single digits. And that’s what you look at as a coordinator, you want to make sure your team is tackling at that level of efficiency. For whatever reason – let’s give our opponent some credit — but for whatever reason we tackled as poorly as we’ve ever tackled, at least in my tenure here.”
Over the last few weeks, any time Schiano or Meyer are in front of reporters, the subject of the defensive struggles — and particularly the Buckeye linebackers — comes up. Be it lack of plays being made at the position, or lack of tackles, or simply a glaring absence of presence, the OSU linebackers have received their share of criticism from the outside. Schiano, however, doesn’t think they’ve been as bad as people are saying.
“We missed 20 tackles, so any time that happens, I haven’t had that … I can’t even tell you the last time I had that at any place,” he said. “I get the sense that people are on the linebackers, but I actually think the linebackers have played consistently. When the ball does break, we haven’t gotten it on the ground always. And that’s our job.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/10/ohio-state-defense-tackling-issue/
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Defense needs to focus on keeping all run plays within 3 yards or less and getting pressure on the QB in obvious passing downs. Thats it. Keep it to fundamental football and let the athleticism take over. Remove the over thinking and poor alignment and just let these guys freaking go play.
At that point when guys miss assignments you know exactly why and who missed it.
At that point when guys miss assignments you know exactly why and who missed it.
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URBAN MEYER DIAGNOSED TACKLING AS AN ISSUE, SO OHIO STATE MUST PROVE IT'S SOLVED
Rondale Moore’s final touchdown in Purdue’s 49-20 upset win against Ohio State was a microcosm of the issues the Buckeyes had getting Boilermaker players to the ground.
David Blough hit Moore in the flats where a diving Pete Werner didn’t slow him down, let alone get him to the ground. Moore then stuck Isaiah Pryor, who took on the wideout on the sideline, and ran right through the chest-to-chest tackle attempt, sending Pryor sliding off his back. The missed tackle prevented Jordan Fuller, Shaun Wade and Tuf Borland – all of whom were standing just a step or two away – from getting Moore to the ground. From there, Moore had enough space to avoid Kendall Sheffield and reach the end zone untouched from 43 yards out.
Given the opportunities to get Moore to the ground, the Buckeyes should never have allowed that to happen. And leading up to that game, they hadn’t.
“Up until last week, we’ve been one of the best tackling teams in America,” Greg Schiano said last week. “We missed 20 tackles last week. And we haven’t missed 20 tackles since we’ve been here.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...an-issue-now-ohio-state-must-prove-its-solved
Rondale Moore’s final touchdown in Purdue’s 49-20 upset win against Ohio State was a microcosm of the issues the Buckeyes had getting Boilermaker players to the ground.
David Blough hit Moore in the flats where a diving Pete Werner didn’t slow him down, let alone get him to the ground. Moore then stuck Isaiah Pryor, who took on the wideout on the sideline, and ran right through the chest-to-chest tackle attempt, sending Pryor sliding off his back. The missed tackle prevented Jordan Fuller, Shaun Wade and Tuf Borland – all of whom were standing just a step or two away – from getting Moore to the ground. From there, Moore had enough space to avoid Kendall Sheffield and reach the end zone untouched from 43 yards out.
Given the opportunities to get Moore to the ground, the Buckeyes should never have allowed that to happen. And leading up to that game, they hadn’t.
“Up until last week, we’ve been one of the best tackling teams in America,” Greg Schiano said last week. “We missed 20 tackles last week. And we haven’t missed 20 tackles since we’ve been here.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...an-issue-now-ohio-state-must-prove-its-solved
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Buckeye Defenders Confident in Tackling Progress
Over the last 10 days, Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer has been asked an array of questions surrounding the Buckeyes’ loss to Purdue, and many of those questions included an area of criticism that has been present all season long: the defense.
When Meyer was asked if they were able to determine the root of the defense’s problems, he said the number one thing was missed tackles. The Ohio State defense missed a total of 20 tackles against the Boilermakers, which is always going to make things difficult, especially on the road.
Speaking on Tuesday’s Big Ten coaches teleconference, he said the team immediately went to work and spent the bye week fixing the mistakes and the missed tackles.
Sophomore linebacker Tuf Borland said that they have been tackling quite a bit the past two weeks because tackling is the first thing they have to do to stop big plays from happening.
“Obviously missed tackles aren’t a good thing, so we’re doing our best to figure it out,” Borland said.
Of course, the team, the coaches, and the fans all hope that they figure out the problem and take care of it. At this point in the season in order to get better at tackling, Borland said they just have to practice what they are used to doing, and hopefully the outcome will be different.
“We’re doing the same thing. Open-field tackling, deductive tackling system, rugby tackling,” Borland said. “We’ve been working on that in practice.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/10/buckeye-linebackers-confident-in-tackling-progress/
Over the last 10 days, Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer has been asked an array of questions surrounding the Buckeyes’ loss to Purdue, and many of those questions included an area of criticism that has been present all season long: the defense.
When Meyer was asked if they were able to determine the root of the defense’s problems, he said the number one thing was missed tackles. The Ohio State defense missed a total of 20 tackles against the Boilermakers, which is always going to make things difficult, especially on the road.
Speaking on Tuesday’s Big Ten coaches teleconference, he said the team immediately went to work and spent the bye week fixing the mistakes and the missed tackles.
Sophomore linebacker Tuf Borland said that they have been tackling quite a bit the past two weeks because tackling is the first thing they have to do to stop big plays from happening.
“Obviously missed tackles aren’t a good thing, so we’re doing our best to figure it out,” Borland said.
Of course, the team, the coaches, and the fans all hope that they figure out the problem and take care of it. At this point in the season in order to get better at tackling, Borland said they just have to practice what they are used to doing, and hopefully the outcome will be different.
“We’re doing the same thing. Open-field tackling, deductive tackling system, rugby tackling,” Borland said. “We’ve been working on that in practice.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/10/buckeye-linebackers-confident-in-tackling-progress/
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ShowMeBuck
You know what? Chicken butt.
Schiano is totally overrated
Billy Davis shouldn’t even be rated
Billy Davis shouldn’t even be rated
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