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2019 tOSU Offense (Official Thread)

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BuckeyeNation27 said:
I hate when the other team tries.
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Right?

Sure let's forget this same team ran all over the field against excellent Wisconsin and Sparty rush defense, not to mention all of the other times. Let's also conveniently forget that the only three teams ranked ahead of OSU in rushing offense is the service academies.

Naw man. That one time we got stuffed by Rutgers is a huge fucking deal.
 
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Film: Ohio State keeps bulldozing through the best run defenses in college football

Against a Penn State team that was giving up less than 2.2 yards per carry, Justin Fields and J.K. Dobbins managed to keep on truckin’

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This Ohio State rushing offense has spoiled its fans this season.

Week after week, the Buckeyes have run a train

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over absolutely every team in their path, regardless of skill level. The success has become so consistent, mistakes tend to stick out like sore thumbs. Watching a team execute a zone run scheme with such brilliance — that even players at the professional level struggle to master — can make it easy to forget that these are still young men just beyond their teens. It’s unwise and unrealistic to ask them to consistently perform without error in the face of immense challenge and adversity game after game.

Penn State finally cracked what had previously been a sparkling Ohio State run game this past weekend, and yet the Buckeyes still managed to rumble for 229 team rushing yards after factoring in the yardage Justin Fields lost on three sacks. The Nittany Lions forced four fumbles on the afternoon, recovering three of them, and the Buckeye offensive line made various mistakes of their own throughout the contest. However, Fields made numerous excellent reads and reactions in the face of an aggressive Penn State defense that came in giving up the least yards per carry in the FBS this season (2.19), and that combined with J.K. Dobbins’ excellent vision and explosiveness proved to be the difference for Ohio State.



The first offensive play of the game for the Buckeyes showcases all of this. Penn State puts seven defenders in the box to match Ohio State’s seven blockers at the line, but their linebackers are better suited to stop Fields on a run to the strong side than Dobbins on the weak side, where there is more space to get to the edge. All of the blockers move towards the right after the snap, but Fields correctly identifies the linebackers are out of position relative to Dobbins. Jeremy Ruckert seals off the Will linebacker, the receivers get good chip blocks, and Dobbins is able to start the offense’s day with a massive 20 yard gain.



Fields continues to do well to recognize what’s in front of him by noting that Penn State has only placed five defenders in the box on a play where Ohio State has put five receivers out wide. Once the linebacker commits to the blitz, Fields immediately tucks the ball and looks for a running lane to pick up the 3rd Down conversion. Jonah Jackson does a tremendous job on this play of helping off his initial blocking assignment to pick up the blitz, and that late adjustment provides Fields with a running lane for the 1st Down that he otherwise likely wouldn’t have had. The insight gained from this play would end up setting up one of Ohio State’s massive 4th Down conversions later towards the end of the first half.



Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...-football-penn-state-jk-dobbins-justin-fields
 
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I’d accuse bulldoze of being hyperbolic against PSY; they averaged 3.8 YPC against the diddlers and while Dobbins’ effort/performance was admirable he was still only at 4.4.

Do sacks deduct from team rushing totals? Not sure how much they’d affect the mean.
 
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MGMT said:
I’d accuse bulldoze of being hyperbolic against PSY; they averaged 3.8 YPC against the diddlers and while Dobbins’ effort/performance was admirable he was still only at 4.4.

Do sacks deduct from team rushing totals? Not sure how much they’d affect the mean.
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Yeah they do. OSU had 287 total rushing yards, but with the sacks and JK's -10ish yard fumble, it came out to the 229 net. Fields had -35(!!!) yards in sacks. First, that can't happen again. That's just absurd. 2nd, take those away and you get an adjusted 4.4 ypc for the team.

In regards to the phrasing, yes and no. The final stats, while impressive against a D giving up only ~75ypg, are not efficient. But I don't think you can discount the effect the 3rd Q fuckery had. After that and getting one more TD, Day might as well have broadcasted his play calls right to Franklin.

If that's not convincing, I get it, but I still think it was damn impressive what they did in the 1st half. It's just impossible to maintain that with zero constraints. Doubt Day will want to or be able to be that conservative again.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
Yeah they do. OSU had 287 total rushing yards, but with the sacks and JK's -10ish yard fumble, it came out to the 229 net. Fields had -35(!!!) yards in sacks. First, that can't happen again. That's just absurd. 2nd, take those away and you get an adjusted 4.4 ypc for the team.

In regards to the phrasing, yes and no. The final stats, while impressive against a D giving up only ~75ypg, are not efficient. But I don't think you can discount the effect the 3rd Q fuckery had. After that and getting one more TD, Day might as well have broadcasted his play calls right to Franklin.

If that's not convincing, I get it, but I still think it was damn impressive what they did in the 1st half. It's just impossible to maintain that with zero constraints. Doubt Day will want to or be able to be that conservative again.
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I sure hope so because there was no need to do what we did last week with JF. JF will get his yards on scrambles so there's no need to call those runs. Yes on 3rd or 4th and short they were necessary but otherwise why all the sudden call the QB run?

We need to get back to what we did for the entire year which was on average 10 times a game.
 
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Based on the way the Buckeyes have run on the best defenses in the B1G, is there any team in college football this year that the Buckeyes couldn’t run on?

If the Ohio State defense focused on stopping the run (which they rarely do), they could probably do it

Anyone that this offense might face outside of practice?

I think not; not this year
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
Yeah they do. OSU had 287 total rushing yards, but with the sacks and JK's -10ish yard fumble, it came out to the 229 net. Fields had -35(!!!) yards in sacks. First, that can't happen again. That's just absurd. 2nd, take those away and you get an adjusted 4.4 ypc for the team.

In regards to the phrasing, yes and no. The final stats, while impressive against a D giving up only ~75ypg, are not efficient. But I don't think you can discount the effect the 3rd Q fuckery had. After that and getting one more TD, Day might as well have broadcasted his play calls right to Franklin.

If that's not convincing, I get it, but I still think it was damn impressive what they did in the 1st half. It's just impossible to maintain that with zero constraints. Doubt Day will want to or be able to be that conservative again.
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No I totally agree it’s impressive to an extent; context matters. I also didn’t realize fumbles deduct from rushing stats. Fields was only sacked 3 times so to lose 35 yards is like you said — abusrd. But that’s the byproduct of scrambling deep thinking you can take off for a run and/or thinking your line can pass block for 6.5 seconds.

One thing I’d like to see is Fields’ avg time to throw against PSU, Wiscy and to an extent — MSU.
 
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How the offensive line handles stunts and blitzes are by far and away my largest concerns; Fields communicating with the offensive line for protection changes is also a concern but I’m sure they’re preparing for it. Also slightly concerned about conservative playcalling in response to adverse situations although Day’s rationale was sound last week.

Dynamics in which I have confidence:

-The wide receivers developing separation against UX secondary personnel.

-Interior offensive line developing lanes for the rush

-interior Pass blocking

-Fields being smart with the ball
 
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